Minor update to the popular general purpose maintenance utility. Checks disks, runs system maintenance, clears caches, optimizes network, clears logs, keeps things tidy under the hood.

A scrumptious mix of maintenance tools and interface tweaks, all accessible via a comprehensive graphical interface. Most of Cocktail’s major features are arranged in five basic categories. In addition, a Pilot lets you clean, repair and optimize your system with one click of the button.

9WR - Cocktail: Maintenance utility, Leopard interface tweaks, Pilot for repair, optimization.

Slide show maker for Flash junkies. Takes digital images and produces video and audio slide shows in Flash SWF format, standalone or web presentations.

In just a couple of minutes you can convert a folder full of photos into a stunning slide show with sophisticated transitions and effects.

9WR - SWF ‘n Slide Pro: Makes audio video slide shows in Flash from photos.

Why is something that should be so easy really so hard. Try printing a list of files in a folder using the Mac’s Finder. PrintFinder does well what the Mac doesn’t do well. It prints a list of files in a folder. Not bad for free.

PrintFinder will generate a list containing both a heading and a list of your files… with a real-time preview… export to a file as .txt, .rtf, .pdf, .doc, or .html.

9WR - PrintFinder: Free utility prints list of what’s inside a folder.

Major update to the pricey but increasingly popular way to run Windows or Linux within Mac OS X. Share files between Windows and Mac. Support for Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3.

Run Windows, Linux, and more side-by-side with Mac OS X on any Intel-powered Mac, without rebooting. Run Mac OS X and Windows at the same time. You can even drag-and-drop files between desktops!

9WR - Parallels Desktop: Runs Windows, Linux with Mac OS X on Intel Macs.

Update of Photoshop wannabe with attractive interface, buckets of tools, filters, effects, including advanced color correction tools. Well done.

Pixelmator is a layer-based image editor. You can quickly create layers from your photos, other pictures, from selections… allows you to blend layers, change their opacity, create clipping masks or even add layer masks to hide some portions of layer.

9WR - Pixelmator: Mini Photoshop with tools, filters, effects, layers, color correction.

The perfect utility for Mac newbies. TinkerTool unleashes hidden features and settings in Mac OS X without damaging your system.

TinkerTool is an application that gives you access to additional preference settings Apple has built into Mac OS X. This allows to activate hidden features in the operating system and in some of the applications delivered with the system. All preference settings changed by TinkerTool can be reset to Apple’s defaults, or to the state that existed before using the tool. No dangerous background processes are used for TinkerTool’s operation.

9WR - TinkerTool: Utility to open hidden features, settings in Mac OS X.

Excellent tool for obsessive compulsive cleaning of Mac OS X caches and other files. Works on Mac utilities and applications, too, from Adium to iChat, Firefox to QuickTime and a few torrent utilities, too. Cover your tracks.

In only seconds, it can perform over fifty tasks which would take nearly an hour to perform manually. Safely erasing caches, logs, cookies, histories, and more… MacCleanse won’t miss a thing and could reclaim hundreds of megabytes of storage space.

9WR - MacCleanse: Windex for Mac caches, logs, cookies, files which clutter.

Highly beneficial Mac utility to track and chart depression and mood disorders, causes, trends. Monitors daily health using simple selection criteria. Impressive.

An advanced health and mood diary. Optimism helps you discover your depression triggers, the symptoms that they produce, and based on this knowledge, effective strategies for staying mentally well.

9WR - Optimism: Effective mood diary discovers, tracks, monitors depression triggers, influences.

Another open source BitTorrent utility for peer-to-peer file transfers, a common euphemism for stealing files over the internet.

Transmission has been built from the ground up to be a lightweight, yet powerful BitTorrent client. Its simple, intuitive interface is designed to integrate tightly with whatever computing environment you choose to use. Transmission strikes a balance between providing useful functionality without feature bloat. Furthermore, it is free for anyone to use or modify.

9WR - Transmission: BitTorrent utility, queue, throttle torrents, Growl support, Dock badge.

Not just another alarm clock. More of an alarm clock system that does a little of everything whenever you want. Sends text messages and email, plays iTunes music, and does about 127 other things.

Speak or display favorite inspirational quotes randomly throughout the day, or even send them as text messages to your cell phone! Have important reminders, or even birthday cards, e-mailed to contacts. Record laps with the Stopwatch. Track time differences for your investment portfolio. Even use it to help cook dinner by using the timer!

9WR - Alarm Clock Pro: Alarm clock, scheduler, timer alerts, sends messages, plays music.

Nicely done image editing and drawing application features non-destructive editing, multiple layers, live filters, and vector drawing tools all in the same window.

DrawIt includes a large number of ready-to-use and easily customizable special shapes; circles, stars, rounded rectangles and polygons, as well as support for an unlimited number of nested groups, masks and custom overlays. Supports over 100, stackable, nondestructive Core Image filters. Individual properties can be freely edited, regardless how many filters have been applied.

9WR - DrawIt: Bitmap editing, vector drawing tools, multiple layers, filters, masks.

Seemingly weekly update of a useful, feature laden context menu utility to move, copy, alias, and zip files without moving around the Finder, without drag and drop. Very handy for context menu users.

It is a generalization of the Finder’s “Move to Trash“ contextual menu item, you can apply it to any folder you like.

9WR - MoveCM: Right click to move, copy, alias, zip Mac files.