Update Engine

How do you keep your users up to date with the latest versions of your products? We use Update Engine, and now you can too. It can update nearly any type of software, including Cocoa apps, screen savers, and preference panes. It can even update kernel extensions, regular files, and root-owned applications. Give it a spin, and let us know what you think.

Top Draw

Hot off the presses comes Top Draw. Top Draw is an image generation program. By using simple text scripts, based on the JavaScript programming language, Top Draw can create surprisingly complex and interesting images. The cool part is that the program has built in support for taking your image and installing it as your desktop image.

Google Toolbox For Mac Spotlight Importers

We've just updated the Google Toolbox For Mac with some new spotlight importers for Xcode projects, AppleScripts, and Interface Builder documents. We find they make it easier for us to find our source and how it's used in our different projects. Check them out here.

The code is available here should you have any improvements to share.

Please check out the documentation about installing the AppleScript importer to make sure you put it in the right place.

Precipitate

Say hello to Precipitate, a tool that lets you search your online content from Spotlight or Google Desktop. This release supports Google Docs and Google Bookmarks—watch the horizon for more to come.

Google Toolbox For Mac 1.5

We released a new version of the Google Toolbox For Mac 1.5 today, with a massive pile of enhancements. We also put up a write up on code verification and unittesting in GTM. Please check them out.

Vidnik 0.13.0

Vidnik has arrived. Vidnik allows you to quickly and easily post videos of yourself to YouTube. It's hot off the presses, and available right here.

CoverStory 3.0 is now available. CoverStory now has better error handling, supports code complexity analysis and allows you to reload your data, as well as several other bug fixes and performance enhancements. Grab it here.