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Odds and Ends

This week we have a random bunch of freeware designed to tweak preferences and clean up corruption.

mu Odds and EndsIPMenu

IPMenu is a spiffy little menu item that tells you your current IP address. This is especially handy for people with dynamically assigned IPs. This app includes both your local and external IP.

mu Odds and EndsReturn Receipt

Use the “request return receipt” header in your email? Be a pal and use this script to have Entourage do the same for people who email you. This script, which only works for Entourage X, requires Jaguar or later.

mu Odds and EndsSafari2Yahoo

Swap Google search for Yahoo! search with this script. To make the switch the script requires Panther and Safari 1.2.

mu Odds and EndsCheck Preference Files and PrefBoy

These two utilities help you review and weed out corrupt preference files. Check Preference Files utilizes a terminal command to get the job done. PrefBoy requires Tcl/TK Aqua, and is a script.

mu Odds and EndsFont Cache Cleaner

While you’re cleaning up corruption on your Mac, spread the fear to your fonts. This utility will clean up your fonts by cleaning up the cache.

Thanks for coming by. Come back next week for more free downloads.

Brian

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Extensis releases free Suitcase Fusion update

Extensis today released a free update for Suitcase Fusion–Extensis’ single-user font manager. The update brings improved performance for font activation and searching speeds as well as enhanced font corruption checking.

This update also adds native support for Intel-based Macintosh and PowerPC systems for FontDoctor. Morrison SoftDesign’s FontDoctor is the industry standard tool for locating and eliminating hard-to-find font problems that impact a system’s performance and applications. FontDoctor is free with the purchase of Suitcase Fusion.

Registered owners of Suitcase Fusion are eligible to receive the free upgrade immediately through the Extensis website.

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