Quick Tag, a tagging utility for iTunes, has been updated to version .6. While still beta, this update adds Leopard compatibility, a new icon, improved tagging speed and performance, a new tag cloud window, advanced control over tag delimiters, and a number of bug fixes.
For details about the .6 release, visit the blog announcement. To download, visit the Quick Tag page. For help with using Quick Tag, see the Quick Tag quick help.
WebnoteHappy, probably the best of the Mac bookmark managers, and Booxter, an intriguing alternative to Delicious Library (with admittedly mediocre tag support), are offered as MacSanta featured items today December 8, 2007 only for 20% off with the coupon “MACSANTA07″. If you miss out, though, you’ll still be able to get them for 10% for the rest of December.
I definitely recommend trying out WebnoteHappy if you haven’t already. Although it has some limitations (like only supporting del.icio.us and not my favored Ma.gnolia), it’s still a very nicely designed piece of software with solid tagging support.
Code Collector Pro, the tag-based code snippets manager, has been updated to version 1.1.1. This minor release fixes a crash for PPC users when syntax highlighting was turned on, and as such is highly recommended for all users. For more info and release notes, visit the Code Collector Pro page.
In more exciting news, the developer posted a very tantalizing link along with the update notes to CodeCollector.net. Although I don’t have any insider info or anything, it would appear that he is busy at work designing a web counterpart to Code Collector Pro. I haven’t been using Code Collector myself (because my most-used snippets are in TextMate bundles and I haven’t had time to track down the lesser used ones), but if a future version of Code Collector allows you to sync your snippets online and then access them from anywhere (maybe share them with others?), then I’m ready to set some time aside and start collecting that code.
Code Collector Pro, a storage area for snippets of code that features tag-based organization, has been updated to version 1.1. This version includes menubar access to snippets (Leopard only), commands to add snippets from the Services menu and clipboard, significantly improved syntax highlighting, and the ability to grab language information from TextMate.
For more information, head over to the Code Collector Pro website and view the change log (no direct link).
Cha-Ching, that tag-a-rific personal finance manager, has been updated to version 1.2.1. This minor update brings an enhanced preferences panel, autofill to multi-edit title fields, and a number of minor bug fixes. Definitely a good update to install if you already use Cha-Ching, and not really anything to see otherwise.
There are sadly no release notes outside of the in-program auto-updating, so tough luck if you’re curious. In other news, both MacWorld and TUAW posted this update. Which makes sense, because there’s so many new…yeah, okay, I don’t understand the more mainline Mac press at all. Cha-Ching’s still a cool little app that deserves some love, though, so give it a whirl if you haven’t already. For those with simple needs in the finance-tracking department, it’s a great choice.
Many Tricks has released yFlicks 3.0, a movie manager that helps you collect, manage, and watch anything from movies around your Mac to movies off YouTube. yFlicks 2 was alright, but 3 adds “tagging” (which is actually just standard key-value metadata, so it’s not actually tagging), smart groups, automatic metadata assignment via Amazon for full-length movies (including downloading cover images), batch renaming, and many other performance improvements a neat little features. Although the tagging is not what I’d hoped, this is still definitely a worthy piece of software to look into if you would like to enjoy YouTube videos and so forth later without having to engage in fruitless YouTube searches.
Additionally, yFlicks 3 is available today, November 20th, 2007 only for 40% off ($14.95) from MacUpdate Promo. I highly recommend giving yFlicks a spin and considering getting it at the sale price; I’ve enjoyed yFlicks 2, and expect yFlicks 3 to be even more useful. yFlicks 3 is a free upgrade for previously registered users.
Booxter, a tag-friendly Delicious Library competitor that I only recently made aware of, has been updated to 2.0.4. This minor update brings a German localization, fixes a UPC parsing bug and Booxter 1.x import bug, and resolves an issue under 10.5 where Booxter panels would overlap the Dock in some instances. Unfortunately, there are no release notes except through the program’s auto-updated.
Booxter is definitely an interesting product, and worth a second look if you’ve been disillusioned by Delicious Library’s lack of any reasonably powerful way to sort and browse your collection. Although its tag cloud style browsing is fairly useless if you have any middling to large collection, the inclusion of smart views is alone worth the price of admission, even if tagging (via “keywords”) is fairly well hidden within the interface.
Cha-Ching, the tag-based financial manager, has been updated to version 1.2. This update brings a number of Leopard bug fixes, the ability to sort budget items by tags, the addition of local backups, paying bills from the Master Vault, and a slew of other small tweaks and fixes. If you’re using Leopard, or just want a version of Cha-Ching that works a little better, you should definitely give it a download.
The release notes are available via the in-program auto-update, and are also posted in the Midnight Apps forum. Update: you can also find a (better formatted) version of the release notes in the Midnight Apps blog.
MailTags, that paragon of Mail.app tagging, has been updated to the second public beta for Leopard. Although to-dos and iCal integration are still inactive, this version brings much more stable tagging to Mail.app 3.0 than the first public beta, and is definitely a good one to download if you’re a MailTags lover like myself.
For more information about the beta, see the MailTags 2.2 beta page.
iGTD, a powerful GTD task manager with tagging support, has been updated to 1.4.5.6. This minor update is intended for users of Mac OS 10.5 Leopard only, and mainly re-implements adding tasks to iGTD via the function keys for most major programs. iCal synching is still unavailable.
Although iGTD will eventually be merged back into a single application that is compatible with both Tiger and Leopard, the developer wished to get the fix out as soon as possible. For more details, please see the 1.4.5.6 announcement.