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Utilities Updates: Impasse; IPNetTunerX; Trash X;

Utilities Updates: Impasse; IPNetTunerX; Trash X;

CNET staff
2 min read
AutoHide; XGamepadSupport; MouseWorks; more

Impasse 1.2.4 is a firewall for Mac OS X.1 written with two design goals: ease of use and intelligence. To that end, Impasse runs in your System Preferences and tries to automatically detect the optimal settings for the services you are running. The update fixes a bug that caused Impasse to hang on loading for some users.

IPNetTunerX 1.0b1 is an OS X version of this utility that allows you to optimize TCP/IP network performance under Mac OS X by tuning internal TCP/IP parameters to match your network environment.

Trash X 1.4 puts a functional Trash icon on your Desktop. New in this version: Trash X can now automatically empty items from the Trash; Trash X recognizes and warns about aliases.

SpeedMeUp Lite 1.5a is an AppleScript that essentially runs the Unix update_prebinding command.

AutoHide 1.1 is a background application that will automatically hide applications after you switch out of them.

MoosePad X 10.2 Build 2A74 is the latest version of this replacement for Apple's Note Pad, which unlike Stickies does not require that you keep all of your notes open. The update fixes a couple of bugs.

POPmonitor 2.0 is the latest OS X version of this email/spam utility. It deletes unwanted email from your mailbox without you having to download it to your computer first. The update fixes several bugs. This is the first release of POPmonitor 2 for OS X.

XGamepadSupport 0.05is a generic driver that allows USB gamepad devices to work in OS X.

Kensington MouseWorks 2.0b3 is the OS X driver for Kensington mice and trackballs. In this update, a problem that could lead to a kernel panic on some machines has been fixed.

LockOut X 4.4 is a maintenance update to this security application that helps keep people from using your Mac while you're not using it. [OS 9 & X]

CharView 1.4.2 shows up all printing characters of a selected font including any Unicode character. The update has several bug fixes.[OS 9 & X]

Nisus Email 1.6.1 allows you to write, send, manage email in any text editor. The update now runs in OS X. [OS 9 & X]

Norton AntiVirus Definitions for Juneare out. [OS 9 & X]

Virex DAT file for June is out. It works with Virex versions 5.9.x & 6.x. [OS 9 & X]

VueScan 7.5.30 is a maintenance update for this canner software. [OS 9 & X]