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March 3rd 2002

NEW MACOS X MONICA BETA RELEASED

Black Diamond Products today announced the release of the second public beta MacOS X version of Monica, its popular download manager.

Monica is a queue based file download program for the Mac for downloading files from the Internet using FTP, Hotline and HTTP protocols. Monica achieves exceptional download throughput by utilising queue technology, optimised processing of Internet protocols, and by extensive use of transfer resumption techniques.

This version should fix various minor reported bugs and the issue of strangely coloured menus on some Macs.

May 12th, 2001

MACOS X VERSIONS OF MONICA AND HEFTY FTP RELEASED

Black Diamond Products today announced the release of the first public beta MacOS X versions of Monica, its popular download manager, and Hefty FTP, its FTP client. Simultaneously, Black Diamond are releasing a set of 13 free utility programs for MacOS X.

Monica is a queue based file download program for the Mac for downloading files from the Internet using FTP, Hotline and HTTP protocols. Monica achieves exceptional download throughput by utilising queue technology, optimised processing of Internet protocols, and by extensive use of transfer resumption techniques.

Hefty FTP is a queue based FTP client for Unix and PC FTP servers that that supports file transfers to or from up to four FTP servers simultaneously as well as HTTP transfers. Hefty FTP implements automatic connection retries, automatic resumption of stalled or interrupted transfers, as well as queue scheduling and AppleScript control.

May 12th, 2001

BLACK DIAMOND MACOS X FREE UTILITY PACK RELEASED

A free utility pack for MacOS X! Thirteen utilities made up of:

• qdTextEditor - a quick and dirty plain text editor
• qdTextViewer - a quick and dirty plain text file viewer
• Ty-Pyst! - our utility to set Mac type and creator codes
• TypeBanger - our utility to set Mac type and creator codes from the file extension
• Kloba - a program to delete resource forks
• Piccly - a picture thumbnail browser
• Thumbnailer - a utility to create thumbnails from picture files
• NutCase Binhex - to create and unpack binhex ( .hqx ) files
• NutCase UU - to create and unpack uuencoded ( .uu ) files
• NutCase Gzip - to create and unpack gzip ( .gz ) files
• NutCase MacBinary - to create and unpack MacBinary ( .bin ) files
• qdFolderLabels - coloured folder icons, like the old labels, for folders
• ResConv - convert resource forks to data files ( .rsrc ) and back

March 18th, 2001

MONICA 3.0 ( English ) PUBLIC BETA RELEASED

Monica is a queue based file download program for the Mac for downloading files from the Internet using ftp, Hotline and http protocols.

Monica achieves exceptional download throughput by utilising queue technology, optimised processing of Internet protocols, and by extensive use of transfer resumption techniques.

Monica a great time saver for people who download many or large files off the Internet!

Changes in this version are extensive. Much of the underlying code has been redesigned and rewritten. Key changes include:

• Improved handling of buggy FTP servers
• Improved handling of many HTTP servers
• Better handling of queue-enabled Hotline servers
• Redesigned main screen
• More efficient queue handling
• Documentation in HTML
• Ability to show/hide download windows easily
• Facility to change number of concurrent downloads on the fly
• Addition of a ( beta ) FTP Loader helper application
• Improved stability ( compiled in REALbasic 3.0 )

Monica is available for the Mac and is shareware, priced at $20 for a single user license.

To find out more please see the Monica page.

March 18th, 2001

THUMBNAILER RELEASED

ThumbNailer is a free program for creating thumbnails of images. Great for batch creating thumbnails for your web page! ThumbNailer features:

• User specified fixed height and width
• Or, specify the height and the thumbnail will scale in proportion
• Or, specify the width and the thumbnail will scale in proportion
• Drop files from the Finder
• Automatic thumbnail naming
• JPEG or PICT output

ThumbNailer is available for the Mac and is free.

To find out more please see the free programs page.

March 4th, 2001

BOPALONG PUBLIC BETA RELEASED

Bopalong is a file manipulation and listing program for the Mac. It allows you to rename batches of files, batch change various file properties, and generate file and folder listings. Bopalong:

• Allows previews of any file changes before making them
• Has simple wildcard renaming facilities
• Can set file labels, comments, type and creator codes
• Allows you to delete resource forks ( useful for web graphics )
• Has flexible file selection facilities
• Allows you to view or export file listings with selectable fields and separators
• Features a folder size lister to help see where all that disk space is going
• Can generate lists based on various search criteria

To find out more please see the Bopalong page.

February 4th, 2001

FILEFONE PUBLIC BETA RELEASED

FileFone is a phone for sending and receiving files over the internet. It allows you to "ring up" another FileFone user by his IP address to send a file. FileFone:

• Works peer-to-peer with no central server of any kind
• Has independent send and receive lines, allowing you to receive a file while sending one
• Is extremely simple to set up and run
• Allows you to accept or reject incoming transfers
• Can receive files unattended
• Maintains a list of favourite destinations
• Has configurable text, allowing easy translation or customisation
• Resumes broken transfers
• Is available for Mac and PC and works between them
• Allows extensive customisation of the user interface ( skins )
• Stores a retry list of any failed or rejected transfers
• Has attractive inbuilt help facilities

To find out more, and read about our FileFone Competition, please see the FileFone page.

December 10th, 2000

SOCKETOOME 1.0 RELEASED

SockeToome is an application to send files to other users, directly, person-to-person. It involves no central server, and can be used by people with both static and dynamic IP addresses. It works at the sender's convenience, queueing files for transmission to other users, and holding them in a queue until successfully sent. If you regularly exchange files with other people, SockeToome can simplify your life.

SockeToome:

• both retries and resumes transfers
• transmits directly between the sender's and receiver's computers
• involves no central server, preserving your privacy
• works at the sender's convenience as well as at the receiver's
• works between Macs and PCs
• can handle up to four outgoing and three incoming transmissions simultaneously
• is very simple to set up and run
• is particularly suitable where two parties regularly exchange files
• works with both static and dynamic IP addresses
• utilises a priority-based queueing system
• allows messages to be sent with files
• features comprehensive logging
• can be run unattended
• features many queue management facilities
• can be used to back up critical files to a friend's computer

See what SockeToome can do for you, and what is new in this version, here.

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