German researcher Stefan Esser from security audit firm SektionEins has disclosed a privilege escalation vulnerability in Mac OS X that’s yet to be fixed in the latest release of the operating system, according to ZDNet (http://tinyurl.com/pa6n8h8).
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crispSofties has launched copyThing 5, an update to the Mac utility for transferring music and more from an iOS device to iTunes.
copyThing connects with iPhones, iPads and iPods and lets you identify media content on those devices that’s missing from your iTunes library. Media and playlists can be synchronized with one click. Version 5 has been completely re-written from scratch with a speed boost and a new user interface.
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Smile Software (www.smilesoftware.com) has introduced TextExpander 5.1, an update to the Mac typing shortcut tool.
The upgrade improves the suggested snippets it recommends by excluding most single words found in a dictionary. There’s also a new preference to control whether you receive notifications of the suggestions.
TextExpander 5.1 requires Mac OS X Yosemite or higher. Pricing ranges from US$44.95 for a single user license to $779.95 for a site license.
Read MoreCS Odessa (www.conceptdraw.com) has released the Food Court addition to ConceptDraw Pro 10.
The Food Court solution provides users with a tool to illustrate food diagramming projects. It contains seven libraries containing 201 objects for adding color and appeal to food related diagrams.
ConceptDraw Pro 10 is now included in ConceptDraw Office 3, which retails for US$499. ConceptDraw Office is an integrated set of visualization products and document exchange technologies. It consists of a diagramming platform, a mind mapping tool, and a project management tool.
Read MoreZevrix Solutions has announced Deliver Express 2.5, a feature update to its hot folder based solution to automatically send files across the Internet and locally with email notifications.
The app can serve multiple users on a network and supports FTP, Amazon S3, WebDAV, Google Storage, AFP, SMB and other services. The new version lets users automatically expire files by deleting them from final destination after specific number of days since their transfer date.
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