SecureMac.com is excited to announce the release of PrivacyScan, Privacy Protection for the Mac. The company’s first Mac App Store release, PrivacyScan is a utility designed for people who value privacy and want to keep their online and offline experiences private. SecureMac is at Macworld | iWorld 2012 in San Francisco at booth #442 showcasing PrivacyScan and their other flagship product MacScan.

Every time the webs surfed or the computers used, bits of information are left behind — information that could compromise privacy of a user. PrivacyScan provides protection against these threats by scanning the Mac for files containing sensitive information and offering multiple levels of shredding to securely erase them from the system. With PrivacyScan, safely and securely destroy these hidden threats — saving space on the system and keeping personal information from prying eyes.

PrivacyScan works by searching for known applications which leave files on the computer that could lead to privacy concerns. PrivacyScan offers support for a wide range of items, including popular web browsers such as Camino, Chrome, Firefox, Flock, iCab, OmniWeb, Opera, Safari, SeaMonkey, and Shiira, privacy threats presented by Flash Cookies, as well as standard apps such as Finder, Preview, and QuickTime. Once a scan has run its course and privacy threats have been detected, PrivacyScan offers a variety of choices for cleaning — from a standard quick delete to one of the many secure delete shredding options.

SecureMac’s president, Nicholas Raba, describes a recent experience: “Over the holidays, all of the relatives were in town. The little kids ended up sneaking onto the computer and looking up the purchase history from all of the recent online shopping, and managed to ruin the surprise by finding out what all of the presents were before they even opened them! PrivacyScan can help avoid situations like this.”

With PrivacyScan, users can rest assured that tracks remain covered, private information remains private, and deleted items stay that way. To learn more about PrivacyScan visit http://privacyscan.securemac.com/

Pricing and Availability:
PrivacyScan 1.0 is available at a introductory price of $4.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and is available worldwide through the Mac App Store in the Utilities category. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/privacyscan/id494950833?ls=1&mt=12

Shedworx is pleased to announce the release of Smart Converter Pro on the Mac App Store.

The original Smart Converter spent most of July 2011 as the Worldwide Number One free app on on the Mac App Store. Hundreds of thousands of people all over the world have now experienced how simple and fast their video conversions can be.

Smart Converter Pro builds on the strengths of the original Smart Converter to provide batch conversions and greater control over how conversions happen.

The Smart Converter engine, used in both Basic and Pro versions of the app, has a huge advantage over traditional video converters in that it analyses the source and destination video types before conversion. The Smart Converter engine can then choose the best conversion settings for the destination device. This often results in a ‘pass through’ video conversion where the video is not converted, but ‘rewrapped’ into the new format. A rewrap conversion can take as little as one percent of the time required for a regular conversion.

Shedworx, an experienced video software company, has released Smart Converter, a multi-purpose free video converter, onto the Mac App Store.

Within 48 hours of release, Smart Converter has shot to Number 1 on the Mac App Store Free App listings for most of the large countries. With 5 star ratings around the world and rave reviews, Smart Converter has become the go-to video converter for Mac users the world over.

Smart Converter has an edge over the plethora of video converters on the Mac App Store in that it analyses video files before converting begins. This allows Smart Converter to be smart about the way it does the conversion, which usually means that it is up to 20 times faster than regular converters. Smart Converter’s conversion approach also gives a better quality and more reliable result than traditional approaches.

Smart Converter is the first general-purpose video converter from Shedworx. A Pro version is in the works.

Apple® today announced Final Cut Pro® X, a revolutionary new version of the world’s most popular Pro video editing software which completely reinvents video editing with a Magnetic Timeline that lets you edit on a flexible, trackless canvas; Content Auto-Analysis that categorizes your content upon import by shot type, media and people; and background rendering that allows you to work without interruption. Built on a modern 64-bit architecture, Final Cut Pro X is available from the Mac® App Store™ for $299.99.

“Final Cut Pro X is the biggest advance in Pro video editing since the original Final Cut Pro,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “We have shown it to many of the world’s best Pro editors, and their jaws have dropped.”

“I’m blown away by what Apple has done with Final Cut Pro,” said Angus Wall, Academy Award-winning film editor. “Final Cut Pro X is incredibly modern and fast, but most importantly it lets you focus on telling your story in the most creative way, while it actively manages all of the technical details.”

At the heart of Final Cut Pro X is the Magnetic Timeline, a trackless approach to editing your footage that lets you add and arrange clips wherever you want them, while other clips instantly slide out of the way. You can use Clip Connections to link primary story clips to other elements like titles and sound effects, so they stay in perfect sync when you move them. You can even combine related story elements into a Compound Clip that can be edited as a single clip. The groundbreaking new Auditions feature lets you swap between a collection of clips to instantly compare alternate takes.

Content Auto-Analysis scans your media on import and tags your content with useful information. Final Cut Pro X then uses that information to dynamically organize your clips into Smart Collections, so you can easily find the clips you want by close up, medium and wide shots as well as media type and the number of people in the shot. You can also tag parts of clips with Range-based keywords to add custom search criteria to your media.

Completely rebuilt from the ground up, Final Cut Pro X is a 64-bit app that takes full advantage of the latest Mac hardware and software so you never have to wait for the next edit, even if you’re working with 4K video. Final Cut Pro X uses multi-threaded processing and the GPU on your graphics card for blazing fast background rendering and superb real-time playback performance. Additionally, a ColorSync-managed color pipeline ensures color consistency from import to output.

Final Cut Pro X also includes powerful tools for audio editing and color correction, and is complemented by two companion apps, Motion 5 for professional motion graphics and Compressor 4 for advanced media encoding, available from the Mac App Store for $49.99 each.

Pricing & Availability
Final Cut Pro X is available today for $299.99 from the Mac App Store. Motion 5 and Compressor 4 are available today for $49.99 each from the Mac App Store. Full system requirements and more information on Final Cut Pro X can be found at www.apple.com/finalcutpro.

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced iPad 2 which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.

Sound Stage for Mac, a desktop application that makes it effortless to create high quality video demos of iPhone apps and Mac desktop apps, has released a new version. What sets Sound Stage apart is that it allows for image backdrops, soundtracks and voice overs to be added to any recording with little effort. The ethos of the product is simple. How many times have you purchased an app merely on its image and winding up not enjoying it? With the introduction of Sound Stage, New Leaders hopes to help curb “Whoops, I bought it!” syndrome that plagues many of our credit card statements. Sound Stage can also help developers provide complex support documentation, share iterative concepts and explain their product in a more clear and straightforward way.

The first version was released opening day of the Mac App Store in January. Since its release thousands of customers have downloaded the new app. “Since Sound Stage’s launch we’ve had the opportunity to hear from hundreds of customers. Above all else they want lossless recording quality, low processing time and the ability to record not only the iPhone Simulator but their full desktop. Today Sound Stage 1.3 is going to live up to their expectations by introducing the newest version that incorporates these features.” explained Kevin Milden, the co-founder of New Leaders.

Beyond the new high quality features and performance enhancements that customers want, New Leaders is also lowering the barrier to entry by bringing down the introductory price of Sound Stage 1.3 to $4.99. Existing customers can download the new version a no additional cost. “We are already underway on our next app to add to our lineup of Mac software products. While there are a number of screen casting recording utilities available for the Mac, we aim to make Sound Stage the go-to application for recording. To accomplish that New Leaders needs to bring down the price point as low as possible to encourage users to give it a try. Over the next few months New Leaders will introduce even more features that allow different types of recording.” added the Sound Stage’s creator Raffaello Colasante.

Sound Stage is available for download today for $4.99 USD at the Mac App Store. It will require the user to have Mac OS X 10.6 pre-installed with the Mac App Store. Developer tools and iOS SDK should also be installed to take advantage of iPhone App video recording.

For more information about Sound Stage please visit:
http://SoundStageApp.com or email Info(at)SoundStageApp(dot)com

Buy a copy from the Mac App Store at:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sound-stage/id411392259?mt=12&ls=1

To see the types of demos which can be created with Sound Stage visit:

http://www.youtube.com/soundstageapp