Type of Article: MacNews Web Site

Publicspace.net (http://www.publicspace.net/) has released A Better Finder Rename 8.6.3, an update of the renaming solution for the Mac. The upgrade improves the “rename from file list” feature with improved compatibility for Microsoft Excel exported file lists.

A Better Finder Rename costs US$19.95. Business, family and enterprise licensing is also available. Customers may chose to include a “forever upgrade” with their purchase.

A Better Finder Rename requires Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6. It’s Universal Binary so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs.

Xeric Design has released version 5.4.1 of EarthDesk (http://www.xericdesign.com/earthdesk.php), the real-time dynamic desktop map for Mac OS X. The new version fixes some bugs.

Tagtrum has released version 2.1.11 of beaTunes (http://www.beatunes.com), the iTunes add-on for Mac and Windows. The new release is a maintenance update that fixes some bugs.

BeaTunes can detect various types of metadata, such as beats-per-minute and musical key, as well as find and fix typos and inconsistencies such as misspelled artists and rarely used genres. It analyzes the color and tempo (BPM) of your songs, intelligently creates playlists of matching songs, corrects your iTunes Music Library (typos, wrong genres, etc.), lets you blog about your playlists and more.

CrispSofties (http://www.crispsofties.com/) has updated its iPod.iTunes music synchronization tool to version 4.5.3, which has been tweaked for iTunes 9.2.1.

Toon Boom Animation has announced the upcoming release of Toon Boom Storyboard Pro 2 (http://www.toonboom.com/products/storyboardpro/), a new version that the company says infuses more power and flexibility into the idea creation, development and visualization process.

New feature highlights include: