Apple has updated Safari to version 10.0. According to Apple, it: ° Adds support for Safari Extensions from the Mac App Store; ° Displays HTML 5 video whenever it’s available for faster load times better battery life, and stronger security; ° Enhances security by running plug-ins only on websites you authorize; ° Improves Autofill and adds support for auto-filling any information from any contact in Contacts; ° Enhances the formatting in Reader view; ° Remembers the zoom level for each website you visit.

Jumsoft (www.jumsoft.com) has announced changes in the suite of its Toolbox applications. Toolboxes for Pages, Keynote, iWork, and Microsoft Office have been given a major interface revamp, including a tag-based search feature to make browsing through thousands of items much easier. In addition, all Toolboxes are compatible with the new macOS Sierra. Jumsoft's various Toolbox apps provide templates and illustrations for iWork and MS Office for Mac. Users can download Jumsoft's Toolbox applications on the Mac App Store free of charge. They requires macOS El Capitan or Sierra.

Einstein’s legacy (http://www.einsteinslegacy.com ) has launched Splitt, a video splicing application developed for macOS. It allows you to cut your movies into an arbitrary number of segments. Splitt features organization features, segment previews and Pa recise Navigation Mode, which gives you frame-accurate control over the length of each segment. With the tool, users can create new movies in a variety of formats for a range of devices and playback situations, says Douglas A. Welton, einstein's legacy chief product officer. “ Splitt requires macOS 10.11 or higher. It’s available for $9.99at the Mac App Store in the Video category.

Quark Software (www.quark.com) has announced a new software bundle that will save designers more than $290 when upgrading to QuarkXPress 2016. The bundle offer, allows users with any version of QuarkXPress – even versions 3 through 10 – who upgrade to QuarkXPress 2016 to receive a set of productivity tools worth more than $290, including: ° IDML Import XT (worth $69.99 – Mac only): Import and edit InDesign IDML files with QuarkXPress; ° JoLetter Mail and Merge XT (worth $129.00 – Mac/Win): Create mailings and personalized layouts in QuarkXPress from external databases; ° PDF Importer XT PRO (worth $19.99 – Mac/Win): Automatically import and convert PDFs to multi-page QuarkXPress layouts with native QuarkXPress objects; ° PortraitPro 12 Standard (worth $79.90 – Mac/Win): Retouch portrait photos in minutes. The Productivity Bundle is available until Oct. 31 with every new full version ($849) or upgrade ($179 from version 2015; $349 from versions 3-10) to QuarkXPress 2016. To find out...

Isle of the Kakapo (http://www.isleofthekakapo.com/) has released RailModeller Pro 5.2, an update to their model railroad and slot car layout design solution for Mac OS X. RailModeller Pro offers design tools that enable hobbyists to design model train and slot car track layouts via drag and drop. The app includes a library catalog covering over 200 track systems in all major model scales, allowing for custom designs of almost any layout a user can visualize. Version 5.2 adds: ° Image import: you can use original plans, Google or Apple Maps, aerial photography, or hand drawn sketches as a template for building model train layouts. Complex room shapes or even a bird's-eye view of a park or garden are easily integrated to be used as a basis for planning layouts. A variety of image file formats is supported, including PNG, JPEG, PSD, GIF, TIFF, and PDF. ° Customizable key bindings: Hot keys for all menu commands can be changed to adjust the app to personal preferences, providing a great...

Einstein's legacy has announced Deframe 2.0.1 (http://www.einsteinslegacy.com), an update to their video post-production utility for OS X. It provides a way to extract and repurpose the images and segments from their video assets. Those extractions can be used by other application or shared via internet-based applications like Facebook, Twitter and Vimeo. Version 2.0.1 introduces an enhanced user interface, new data types and a simplified extraction workflow. Deframe 2.0.1 is available for $19.99 and is available worldwide from the Mac App Store in the Video category. It requires Mac OS X 10.11 or higher.

MathWorks (www.mathworks.com) has introduced Release 2016b (R2016b) with new capabilities that simplify working with big data in MATLAB. Engineers and scientists can now more easily work with data too big to fit in memory. R2016b also includes additional features in Simulink; a new product, Risk Management Toolbox; and updates and bug fixes to 83 other products. Tall arrays now provide a way to work naturally with out-of-memory data using familiar MATLAB functions and syntax, removing the need to learn big data programming. Engineers and scientists can use tall arrays with hundreds of math, statistics, and machine learning algorithms. Code can run on Hadoop clusters or be integrated directly into Spark applications. R2016b also includes a timetable data container for indexing and synchronizing time-stamped tabular data; string arrays to help manipulate, compare, and store text data efficiently; and new functions for preprocessing data.

Apple has released a second gold master of macOS Sierra to developers, even though the finished version of the operating system is due next week. A golden master is a final version of software ready for release to manufacturing. The first non-beta version of macOS Sierra is due to arrive on Tuesday, Sept 20.

Smile (http://smle.us/store) has upgraded PDFpen, its all-purpose PDF editing tool for the Mac, to version 8.1. This version aids the positioning of images, text, and other objects by adding visible guidelines and position snap. PDFpen and PDFpenPro 8.1 add “snap to guides” that allows images, shapes, and other objects to snap into alignment with the center and edges of existing objects. Guides are visible when dragging. Special consideration is given to text boxes, which can now snap to the same baseline as existing text. PDFpenPro and PDFpen 8 work with PDFpen for iPad and iPhone version 2, allowing editing across devices when used with Dropbox storage or iCloud Drive. iCloud storage is available when PDFpen is purchased via the Mac App Store. PDFpen retails for $74.95, PDFpenPro for $124.95. Family pack licenses, which cover up to five computers in one household, are $94.95 for PDFpen and $149.95 for PDFpenPro. Office pack licenses start at $224.95 for PDFpen (for five users) and $...

Spiderweb Software has released the Mac version of Avadon 3: The Warborn (http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com/avadon3/), the final chapter in the Avadon Trilogy. It’s a retro fantasy role-playing game full of battles, lands to conquer, and more. You can choose from five different character classes, each with dozens of spells and abilities. You can explore dungeons, hunt for hundreds of magical artifacts, and pass judgment on your enemies. Avadon 3: The Warborn costs $20.

The team at booq (www.booqbags.com) has released a new backpack built for designers on the go: the $295 Pack Pro. “Because the original Cobra pack was a favorite among Booq fans, we wanted to evolve the design to include several key upgrades such as a larger, industrial plastic coil zipper, interior mesh pockets for added storage options, simplified straps for easy carrying and a redesigned front panel to better hold the pack’s shape and give a boxier, rigid look,” says Kema Subsomboon, lead product designer at booq. “The result is a more refined Pack Pro that gives Booq fans, who often travel for business, a comfortable solution for carrying their gear while maintaining the features they loved from the original Cobra pack.”    The Pack Pro’s 1680 denier ballistic nylon exterior with water-repellent coating and YKK high-performance zippers keep items safe from the elements outside. The backpack features a lightweight, rigid frame and a protective laptop compartment with a water-...

MacFlite Software has served up Tube Saver 1.0.4 for Mac OS X. It’s designed to make downloading YouTube videos simple and easy. Tube Saver also includes its own native media player to play videos directly from the download list fully supporting full screen and Apple AirPlay. It costs $9.99 and requires Mac OS X Yosemite or El Capitan. Tube Saver is available at the MacFlite website (http://www.macflite.com).

Escape Motions (http://www.escapemotions.com) has released Rebelle 1.5, an update to its watercolor and acrylic painting application for Mac OS X. Its watercolor simulation is based on a real-world color mixing, blending, wet- diffusion, and drying. Rebelle mimics the way natural media interacts with the canvas and itself. Users can paint, smear, re-wet dried colors, blow wet washes across the paper, tilt the paper to create water drops and runs and create countless fantastic watercolor effects. Wet tools — watercolors, acrylics or ink pen — can be combined with pastels, pencils, airbrush many other dry-media tools and effects. Version 1.5 offers: new, more realistic paint blending for watercolors and acrylics; new options for watercolors and acrylic; touch gestures for Wacom, Surface and other tablets; and more. Rebelle is available for $59.99 at the Escape Motions website. A demo is available for download; version 1.5 is a free upgrade for registered users.

VMWare has launched VMFusion 8.5 and VMFusion 8.5 Pro and there’s a two-day sale underway (http://tinyurl.com/zoja2oa) that let’s you save 15% or more. VMware Fusion Pro and VMware Fusion let you choose among hundreds of operating systems, from lesser-known Linux distributions to the latest Windows 10 release. Fusion securely connects with vSphere, ESXi and Fusion servers to launch, control and manage both virtual machines and physical hosts. Thanks to a common VMware platform, you can transfer virtual machines to and from your Mac. You can keep Windows and Mac OS X securely apart, or integrate them as one experience. You can install a fresh OS like Windows 10 or easily convert an older PC into a virtual one. Fusion also makes it simple to test almost any OS and application on a Mac. You can build a new app, build the supporting cloud servers, and test the end-to-end process right on a laptop. Support for Windows 10 Anniversary Edition and Windows Server 2016 will be built-in to...

LiveCode has announced the next feature release in the 8.x series of LiveCode (www.livecode.com). Faster networking and support for sFTP, TLS and SMTP makes this cross platform coding environment even more powerful on iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux and Server. Multimedia support has also been reworked with a new Player object removing Quicktime dependency. The new feature list includes: The new LiveCode Builder language which allows users to build and add their own widgets and extensions has made good progress in this release, according to LiveCode CEO Kevin Miller. Following the "Infinite LiveCode,” campaign the next iteration of LiveCode Builder will make it even easier to wrap external functionality to add it to LiveCode, he adds. Specific improvements in the latest release mean that most variables now get initialized by default, so less boilerplate is needed, unsafe blocks and handlers can be used to flag sections of code that do dangerous things, and you can even include raw...

Apple has released iOS 10, which it says is the biggest release ever of the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, featuring a huge update to Messages that delivers more expressive and animated ways to message friends and family, like stickers and full-screen effects. It’s available at the Apple App Store. iOS 10 introduces the ability for Siri to do more by working with apps, redesigned Maps, Photos, Apple Music and News apps, and the Home app, delivering a way to manage home automation products in one place. iOS 10 opens up incredible opportunities to developers with Siri, Maps, Phone and Messages, according to Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering. “iOS 10 adds Siri intelligence into QuickType and Photos, automates your home with the new Home app and opens up Siri, Maps, Phone and Messages to developers — while increasing security and privacy with powerful technologies like Differential Privacy,” he adds. Messages is the most frequently...

Apple has updated iTunes for Mac OS X to version 12.5.1. It’s available at the Mac App Store for free and includes support for iOS 10, which is due to be released today. According to Apple, iTunes 12.5.1 also has these features: ° Now with an all-new Apple Music design, which brings greater clarity and simplicity to every aspect of the experience. ° Siri. Play music from your Library and Apple Music using your voice. Just ask Siri. ° Picture-in-Picture. Watch videos as you multitask and use different apps. Your video floats above your desktop in any corner of the screen. The Siri and Picture-in-Picture features require macOS Sierra, which is due for release on Tuesday, Sept. 20.

128bit Technologies (www.macappware.com) has posted Image Smith 2.3 on the Mac App Store. The app allows you to process several photos simultaneously. You can apply name changes, image enhancements, cropping, image format changes, and more to a large batch of images. With Image Smith you can use the pre-defined presets to scale or stretch images down to formats suitable for web banners, e-mailing photos, creating backups, and more. Image Smith 2.3 requires OS X 10.7 or later and costs $14.99.

Xojo, Inc, says Xojo 2016 Release 3 — the application development tool for making apps for OS X, Windows and Linux, web, iOS, and Raspberry Pi — is now available. The tool has built-in support for graphics, database servers, Internet protocols and more. The latest release adds compiler optimization options and refactoring features for the IDE and Code Editor, along with more than 90 total improvements and 11 new features. Xojo is available to try in a free, time-unlimited trial (http://www.xojo.com). Registration starts at $99 for a single desktop license.

Miami-based security solutions company, ProtectStar, has launched Camera Guard Professional for Mac 2016 (http://tinyurl.com/h9mpgrn), a security solution designed to protect any Mac's webcam and microphone from being accessed by hackers, spyware or malware. It runs in the background, constantly monitoring for applications or processes that attempt to access the Mac's camera or microphone. The app blocks any attempted access, and immediately informs the user of the access attempt, according to ProtectStar CEO Chris Bohn. Camera Guard Professional also offers an added layer of security by protecting the individual settings of the software via a Personal Identification Number (PIN) that the user creates and enters. Any changes to the settings of the app will then require the entry of that PIN in order to take effect. Camera Guard Professional also offers an “intelligent” feature called Deep Detective, which keeps a close eye on all attempted accesses to the protected Mac. While...

SCOSCHE (www.scosche.com) is expanding its line of mobile accessories with two new MagicMount products. The MagicMount Wall Charger and MagicMount PowerBank, magnetically mounted portable power for Type-C devices, are specifically designed to keep consumers’ mobile devices juiced up, propped up and connected in any location, during any situation.  The MagicMount Wall Charger employs SCOSCHE’s MagicMount technology to dock a mobile device to a wall outlet. The 12W (2.4A) Perfect Charge USB port automatically detects and charges phones and tablets at the correct rate. Its surface is covered by a non-scratch silicon pad to prevent any marring of your device’s surface. As with other MagicMount products, the wall charger ships with a large and small MagicPlate metal plate for use in mounting a mobile device to the wall charger. It will be available for $29.99 in the fourth quarter. The MagicMount PowerBank, magnetically mounted portable power for Type-C devices, attaches to smartphones...

Apple has released the “golden master” public betas of macOS Sierra and iOS 10 to public beta testers. A golden master is a final version of software ready for release to manufacturing. macOS Sierra is due to arrive on Tuesday, Sept. 20. iOS 10 should be available for download on Tuesday, Sept. 13. If you're not already signed up for the public beta program, you can do so here: http://tinyurl.com/pffuwnz . The public beta program is free, but remember: beta software is unfinished software so use with care.

Fuel3D (www.fuel-3d.com), a 3D capture and imaging company, has updated its Fuel3D Studio software. In addition to several new features, the software is now available for OS X, making SCANIFY, the company’s high speed 3D scanner, available to Mac users for the first time. The $1,490 SCARIFY is a handheld, point-and-shoot 3D scanner that captures high-resolution, color 3D models of objects in in under 0.1 seconds, according to Fuel3D CEO Stuart Mead. The scanner is designed for use across a range of 3D applications, including 3D printing and personalization, as well as on-screen applications like 3D animation and virtual reality.

QNAP Systems has released an updated version of Qfinder Pro 2.1.2 (http://tinyurl.com/jjurc3t) for the Mac. This version rectifies slow Samba file transfer in Mac OS X (10.11.5 and newer), allowing Mac users to directly mount Samba shared folders with efficient high-speed data transfer. “Mac OS X 10.11.5 sometimes caused Samba transfer speeds to drop. We're pleased to release Qfinder Pro 2.1.2, which fixes this issue and provides other new user-friendly features,” said Bobby Chen, product manager of QNAP, adding "in addition to fixing the Samba file transfer issue, Qfinder Pro 2.1.2 can automatically check for new updates, allowing users to ensure they always have the newest version of Qfinder Pro.” Qfinder Pro 2.1.2 also provides an enhanced user experience for QNAP NAS models that include a USB QuickAccess port. After upgrading to Qfinder Pro 2.1.2, Mac users can mount NAS shared folders faster and directly access files stored on the NAS, with no extra mounting processes required...