WhatSize was one of the top selling utilities in the past year on MUPromo. Especially if your Mac starts to get a lot of "stuff" on it, WhatSize helps find out what files are taking up all of that space. Then it makes it really easy to remove or move those files. You'd be surprised how many useless files are lying around on your Mac's hard disk. The files and folders are automatically sorted by size, with the biggest sizes first.

While the app is measuring a folder the user can browse the files within that folder and immediately see the size in bytes. Hidden files, cache files, directories will all show up with their corresponding size. This application is similar to the ancient NeXTSTEP, DarkForest.

Once the measuring of a folder has ended the user can also view the information by filtering for particular file sizes or types. The user can also move unwanted files and folder in the corresponding Trash bin similar to the Finder's Delete button.

Parallels Desktop (regular edition) gives Mac users the ability to run Windows, Linux or any other operating system and their critical applications at the same time as Mac OS X on any Intel-powered iMac, Mac Mini, MacBook or MacBook Pro.

Unlike dual-boot solutions, in which users must completely shut down Mac OS X and endure a full OS start-up cycle to access a important application, Parallels Desktop for Mac empowers users with the ability to run important Windows programs like Outlook, Access, Internet Explorer and all other applications without having to give up the usability and functionality of their Mac OS X machine even for a few minutes.

Parallels Premium Edition is now available. It adds a partition manager, Windows VM backup and anti-virus and spyware solutions.

BannerZest is Flash presentation software for professional and amateur web designers. Turn your pictures into a flash slideshow with a few simple clicks and share it on your website. BannerZest doesn't require you to know or even possess Flash!

BannerZest uses the concept of themes, that work like templates. You don't have to spend hours in Flash for a beautiful animation. Our designers have done it for you! Paste your photos, choose the colors, done!

Whether you are using Apple iWeb, RapidWeaver, Dreamweaver or any other tool, BannerZest will let you put your banners online in no time. Uploading your work via FTP or to your .Mac account is fully supported from within BannerZest. Integrating a banner on a page is as simple as pasting a code snippet prepared for you. Social web sites are supported too.

Sound Studio is an easy-to-use Mac OS X application for recording and editing audio digitally on your computer. Digitize tapes and vinyl records, record live performances, create your own mixes with crossfades, tweak the levels and EQ, apply digital effects, and save in all major file formats with Sound Studio

With Sound Studio you can record professional sounding Podcasts and other audio dialog. Check out the article on Suggested Recording Hardware to find out more about how to mic properly and other useful audio information.

Positioned perfectly between more expensive programs with steep learning curves, and far less robust apps, Sound Studio is for anyone who needs to record or edit audio. Some other possible applications include:

• Lectures
• Voice-notes
• Sermons
• Performances
• and more

Detailed Features

Recording:

• Multi-track support: layer stereo sounds and save in interleaved format
• Audio Unit plug-in effect support
• Saves in MPEG-4 AAC (advanced audio coding) m4a format
• Saves in MP3 when the LAME framework is installed
• Automator support (launch Automator to see the bundled actions)
• Added "New Mono Document" command for quickly creating a monophonic document
• 24-bit / 96 kHz sample quality, in stereo or mono
• Low latency monitoring, using Core Audio
• Automatic recording starting and stopping based on timers or audio levels (a.k.a. VOX)

Editing:

• Sample-accurate edits
• Markers (a.k.a. Cue Points) with text labels
• Time ruler with units for video and film
• Copy-and-paste editing
• Basic mixing edits
• AppleScript and Automator support

Effects:

• Supports Audio Units
• Dynamics: Compressor, Expander, and Noise Gate
• Equalization: Graphic EQ, Low Pass Filter, and High Pass Filter
• Delay: Chorus, Flanger, Echo, and Reverb
• Volume: Amplify, Fade In/Out/Special, and Normalize
• Repair: Interpolate, Silence, DC Offset, and Swap Channels
• Repair clicks and pops by interpolating samples or silencing them
• Tone, FM, and noise generators
• Pitch adjustment
• Backwards/Reverse Audio

File Formats:

• AIFF (.aif) and AIFF-C (.aifc) with compression including IMA 4:1
• AAC and MP3 (importing only).
• Sound Designer II
• Wave (.wav, PCM only)
• Tab-delimited text (export only)

Leap - Media Search... A combination Spotlight, Bridge, Finder, and more. With the Finder on Leopard you can find that you have over 10,000 images. Leap shows you all of them, and more importantly - where they are on your computer. No other tool does this. Works great for office documents, too.

DVDRemaster is an utility for Mac OS X to recompress large DVDs so that they fit on standard DVD5. DVDRemaster can also convert DVDs so they can be watched on iPod nano, iPod classic, iPod touch, iPhone, Apple TV and much more. It can either copy an entire DVD and keep all tracks, copy the main feature only, or copy selected audio and video tracks only.

DVDRemaster Pro also allows you to extract raw data streams from your DVD. These can be reused in other applications.

MenuCalendarClock for iCal gives you instant access to your iCal calendars from a menu bar icon. A monthy calendar view with your iCal schedule is just a click away. A configurable clock is included as a free add-on.

NEW! On Mac OS X 10.5, full task management is included!

Most features are free to use, some require a registration. See company web site for details.

Features:

• Adds icon with current date and/or time to the menu bar with iCal schedule and 'to do' items as tool tip
• Shows each days iCal events as tool tip of each calendar day
• Shows daily/weekly/monthly schedule list
• Opens iCal by double-clicking on a date for editing
• System-wide hotkey to open/close calendar drawer
• Shows calendar week
• Lots of preferences to customise look and functionality
• Release versions are available in English, German, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Catalan, Russian, Norwegian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and more.

The basic features can be used freely without strings attached, the advances features require a registration.

Hazel is your personal housekeeper, organizing and cleaning folders based on rules you define. Hazel can also manage your trash and uninstall your applications.

Organize your files using a familiar rule interface. Filter on the file's name, type, date, the site or email address it came from and more. And do more than just file. You can set color labels, Spotlight keywords and comments and even archive files. Hazel also cleans, sporting options to clean out incomplete and duplicate downloads.

In addition, Hazel can manage your Trash for you, relieving you of having to empty it yourself.

All this is done automatically in the background allowing you to focus on your real work.

StoryMill introduces aspiring authors to multi-level writing methods of tracking characters, scenes, and locations, while professional writers will appreciate StoryMill's time-saving ability to oversee and manage the full creative process with Smart Views. Even visually and interactively display your story across time with StoryMill's timeline view. Built from the ground up for Mac OS X, StoryMill offers an innovative way to channel and fine tune the creative writing process. From inception to publication, writing a novel has never been easier.

Typinator types repeating texts and pictures for you.

Have you ever resent having to type your name, e-mail address, home page URL or other words or phrases again and again? Or do you frequently need quick access to images like your signature, location plan, or company logo? Save your time and annoyance and let Typinator type repeating texts and pictures for you.

Features:

• Quickly type greeting phrases
• Set up a list of standard text fragments to be used in e-mail replies
• Insert the current date and/or time in arbitrary formats with a few keystrokes
• Auto-correct your most frequent typos in all applications system-wide
• "type" pictures, such as smilies or bullets
• Insert Unicode symbols by typing a few special regular characters (e.g., type "->" to insert an arrow symbol)
• Define shorthands for frequently used Unix commands
• Quickly create templates for code fragments, if you are a programmer
• and much more...

Art Text is an application to create high quality textual graphics, headings, logos, icons, banners and buttons. The program implements the latest Mac OS X technologies which allow you to easily modify any texts and vector shapes into a fancy graphic.

Pre-designed styles, shapes, icon art images, shading materials and other advanced visual effects make Art Text a powerful and intuitive program. Not only professionals, but anyone, who wants to make his text work look attractive, will find a use for the program.

Use the result with iWork, Microsoft Office, BeLight applications and other programs. It will become an indispensable part of your presentations, brochures, flyers, postcards, business cards and even websites.

Key Features:.

Neon Tango... Pixelated Warrior, Defender of the Bytes! Launch your cybership into battle against the forces of chaos across 50 stages of bitmapped treachery overflowing with glowing enemies and pulsating bosses. Conceived with a gorgeous minimalism, Neon Tango licks the shoot-em-up genre down to its chewy abstract center.

Get tricky by bouncing your shots off of walls and enemies as you charge up your cannon to deliver massive energy blasts. Dodge the forces of entropy by stopping time or activating your hyper thrusters. Each arcade-packed wave offers a brand new way to play, thanks to unique enemies and clever levels. State of the art OpenGL graphics and a killer soundtrack from Digital Droo, dazzle the senses, while the built-in online scoring lets you mock your friends as you beat their hi-scores like a Bulgarian circus monkey in Campaign, Survival and Fast Score modes.

If Chuck Norris had his action removed and hot-glued onto Jack Bauer, and then Mr. Bauer was blended into a protein shake, it would be called “The Neon Tango” and… it would be Delicious!!!

Today you can purchase WhatSize, Parallels Desktop, BannerZest, Sound Studio, Leap, DVDRemaster, MenuCalendarClock for iCal, Hazel, StoryMill, Typinator, Art Text, Neon Tango together as a bundle. Normally they cost $499.67, but you can buy them for only $474.72.

• Parallels Desktop: Run Windows OS and apps from within Mac OS X.
• BannerZest: Flash presentation software for pro and amateur web designers.
• Sound Studio: Audio recording and editing tool with automator Monbots.
• Leap: New Spotlight interface with tagging.
• WhatSize: Measure file/folder sizes quickly.
• DVDRemaster: Duplicate, burn or convert DVD movies for iPod, iPhone or Apple TV.
• MenuCalendarClock for iCal: Menu item calendar/clock with iCal integration.
• Hazel: Your personal Mac OS X housekeeper.
• StoryMill: Novel writing software.
• Typinator: Types repeating texts and pictures for you.
• Art Text: Create high quality headings, logos, icons, banners and buttons.
• Neon Tango: Psychedelic arcade shooter with thrilling action.