automation
JaSFtp 8.29
JaSFtp is a versatile and innovative SFTP client (secure FTP) designed primary for automation of SFTP, FTP and related tasks. more>>
JaSFtp 8.29 is a versatile and innovative SFTP client (secure FTP) designed primary for automation of SFTP, FTP and related tasks. Goal is to create advanced SFTP and FTP tasks that can be scheduled automatically or run instantly. Supports a very flexible wildcard system to transfer multiple files at once. Supports subdirectory transfers. Includes flexible task scheduler. Email notification of task failure.
Version 8.09 includes unspecified updates.
Enhancements:
- Rename field now provides group replace options with the format: regex_patterngroup_formatted_string
- Synchronize task - target directory is created if it does not exist. (needed when using variables)?
- Visual script task user interface improved. Add existing task and Add new task have separate panels.?
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Automize 8.29
Automize is considered to be a functional and useful task scheduler and automation software that can automate a variety of tasks, including FTP transfers, FTP monitoring more>>
Automize 8.29 is considered to be a functional and useful task scheduler and automation software that can automate a variety of tasks, including FTP transfers, FTP monitoring, Web downloads, Web site monitoring, E-mail checking and sending, Telnet, ping, database SQL, advanced zip, unzip, copy, synchronize folders, and directory and file monitoring. In addition, the chaining feature can run tasks in sequence or conditionally depending on exit codes.
Additional features include e-mail notifications on task failure, FTP browsing, ZIP file viewer, extensive logging, and remote task control. It supports dynamic variables to achieve advanced automation tasks. E-mail notification profiles based on exit code can be set for tasks. Schedules can be synchronized to allow or prevent overlapping schedules. Version 8.09 adds Schedule module to schedule every odd, even or custom week.
Enhancements:
- Rename field now provides group replace options with the format: regex_patterngroup_formatted_string
- Synchronize task - target directory is created if it does not exist. (needed when using variables)?
- Visual script task user interface improved. Add existing task and Add new task have separate panels.?
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LinkOptimizer 4.1.4
LinkOptimizer offers you a professional and highly-efficient workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign. more>>
LinkOptimizer 4.1.4 offers you a professional and highly-efficient workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign.
LinkOptimizer works automatically with Adobe Photoshop to:
- reduce the size of images linked to InDesign document by eliminating excess image data:
LinkOptimizer will automatically reduce the image resolution, scale and crop the images in Photoshop according to their dimensions in the InDesign document and the target resolution specified, and reimport them to InDesign at 100%. - perform essential image adjustments:
convert colors,
apply sharpening,
merge layers. - convert file formats.
LinkOptimizer also allows to dramatically reduce the size of InDesign job, cut down on processing time and reduce production costs. LinkOptimizer will help you save valuable storage space, time and reduce production costs by:
Major Features:
- Saving valuable disk space
- Reducing output time
- Speeding up job transfer to service providers, publications or other outside sources
- Reducing the job cost through faster processing by service providers
- Speeding up your overall job turnaround
Enhancements:
- Fixed an issue in which Unsharp Mask settings weren't saved with the current preset.

ArtOptimizer 2.3
ArtOptimizer is addressed at a very niche workflow automation solution for reducing the size of images linked to Adobe Illustrator document by eliminating excessive image data. more>>
ArtOptimizer 2.3 is addressed at a very niche workflow automation solution for reducing the size of images linked to Adobe Illustrator document by eliminating excessive image data. The program reduces the size of linked images whose effective resolution is higher than user defined target resolution.
ArtOptimizer will open images in Adobe Photoshop, automatically reduce their resolution, and scale the images according to their dimensions in Illustrator document. ArtOptimizer will then reimport the images into Illustrator at 100% in their precise position. ArtOptimizer will help you save valuable storage space, time and reduce production costs in a variety of ways by reducing the size of images linked to your Illustrator document.
Major Features:
- Saving valuable hard drive and backup storage space.
- Saving hours (and, for large projects, even days) of optimizing image size and resolution manually.
- Increasing speed of document printing and creating PDF files. (For high resolution, image rich projects you can reduce the output time from hours to minutes).
- Saving time when transferring jobs to outside sources.
- Reducing job cost through faster processing by service providers.
- Speeding up your overall job turnaround.
Enhancements: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard compatibility.
Requirements:
- Adobe Illustrator CS-CS4
- Adobe Photoshop CS-CS4
- Mac OS X 10.4.2-10.6

Thinking Home 2.1.3b12
Thinking Home will make you satisfied because it is considered as the easiest-to-use and affordable home automation solution which is created to boast a modern design that delivers performance without compromising ease of use. more>>
Thinking Home 2.1.3b12 will make you satisfied because it is considered as the easiest-to-use and affordable home automation solution which is created to boast a modern design that delivers performance without compromising ease of use.
Thinking Home supports some of the most popular new hardware, including both PowerLinc V2 models, ActiveHome Pro (CM-15A) and more than 100 other models of gadgets and scores of USB serial adapters.
Version 2.1 is well-equipped to run 24-7 and make use of Mac-only things like speech, scripts, email, instant messaging and web access.
Major Features:
- Faster than ever!
- In many cases, it can store your schedule in a controller and let you turn off your Mac.
- Built-in speech recognition. You say "Turn on the living room lamp." and it does!
- Setup Assistant to help you get started
- Gadget Guide with more than 100 models of hardware
- INSTEON and X-10 standards
- Events and Responders can operate gadgets, open web pages, play audio, all kinds of actions
- Innovative Desktop Remote operates your gadgets directly from the Finder
- Sherlock plug-in for finding answers in home automation forums, wiki's and newsgroups
- Web access that fits seamlessly with Apple's built-in Personal Web Sharing
- Email and iChat/AOL Instant Messenger, even to cell phones
- Scripting with AppleScript and virtually any language you have installed (unix shell scripts, Python, Perl, etc.)
- Voice commands and spoken announcements
- Logging
Enhancements:
- Universal application.
- Resolved issues with Snow Leopard
- Corrected several issues with schedules stored in CM-11A and CM-15A.
- Improved handling of CM-11/CM-15 reports
- Drag & Drop on Leopard.
- Fixed 24/7 following Leopard restart.
- Added more models.
- Improved handling of X-10 aliases in some cases.
- Improved 24/7 behavior for multiple users.
- Mac OS 10.3.9 or later
- Non-USB controller models require a USB-serial adapter.
- The Sherlock feature is available on Mac OS 10.4 and earlier.
PDF Checkpoint 1.0b17
PDF Checkpoint is popular as a new and easy-to-use control and automation solution for PDF. more>>
PDF Checkpoint 1.0b17 is popular as a new and easy-to-use control and automation solution for PDF.
Major Features:
- Quickly preflight PDF files
- Specify Preflight Profiles to detect problems
- List all PDF fonts, color spaces, images and document info
- List resolution of PDF images
- Preview PDF images
- Route PDF files by preflight results
- Export PDF as images into various formats and color spaces
- Split files into single page PDF documents
Enhancements:
- New action: Split Files. Split multiple PDF files into single page documents with an option to process all files or only the ones that passed preflight successfully.
- PDF checkpoint now assigns the folio page number to the new files rather than the absolute one.
- Fixed an issue in which some PDF/X versions weren't properly identified.
Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.4.2 - 10.6
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PDF Checkpoint is a new quality control and automation solution for PDF. Major Features: Quickly preflight PDF files. Specify Preflight Profiles to detect problems. List all PDF fonts, colorLicense:update/patch
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Indigo 4.1.0 b4
Indigo 4.1.0 b4 is known as an intelligent home control server that integrates an assortment of home control hardware modules to provide unprecedented control of your home and help you save money, conserve water, and reduce electrical usage. more>> <<less
LBackup 0.9.8r1
LBackup 0.9.8r1 is known as an open-source backup system, aimed at systems administrators who demand reliable backups. more>>
LBackup 0.9.8r1 is known as an open-source backup system, aimed at systems administrators who demand reliable backups. LBackup is configured with configuration files and the backup is started from the command line. The core LBackup code has been tested for over 2 years.
Major Features:
- Designed for User Data Backup.
- Licensed under the GNU GPL.
- Full Backup Tree.
- Encrypted Backups (Transport and Storage).
- Email Reports.
- Hard Links (Saving Space).
- RSync Back-end (Reliable).
- Pre and Post Actions (such as mounting and un-mounting volumes).
- Automation.
- LBackup Mac OS X Compatibility
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- Mac OS 10.2.9
- Mac OS 10.3.9
- Mac OS 10.4.x
- Mac OS 10.5.x
- LBackup LINUX Distribution Compatibility
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- Debian (including derivatives)
- Arch Linux
Apple Logic Pro 9.0
You already know how to write great music. Logic Pro 9 streamlines the technical side of things, so you can record, edit, and mix it, too more>>
Shion 2.0 Beta 12 / 1.1
An application and userspace driver for home automation devices. more>> An application and userspace driver for home automation devices.
Shion (and included userspace driver) implements portions of the INSTEON command set and helps users build a list of devices that may be controlled remotely.
Shion (and driver) is currently under development and will be extended and completed as time permits. The long-term goal for Shion is to package it as a reusable framework for other MacOS X developers.
Main features:
- Native support for INSTEON devices.
- Native Intel and PowerPC binaries.
- AppleScript Interface.
- Web Interface and XML API.
- Remote Interface (Apple Remote).
- Growl Support.
- Auto-updates via Sparkle.
- Scheduling Support via iCal.
System requirements:
- SmartHome PowerLinc USB.
Enhancements
- This is a minor update that fixes a handful of problems in hardware error reporting as well as providing a visual indicator (the Shion icon in the menu bar turns red) when there has been a hardware problem.
Aetherial.Net - Home automation application & driver. Shion. Shion 2.0b12 provides you a powerful home automation application & driver (and the included userspace driver) which
Aetherial.Net - Home automation application & driver. Shion. Shion 2.0.1b1 is an effective application allowing you to implement portions of the INSTEON command set and allow usersLicense:Freeware
MozMill 1.2 Beta 1 / 1.1
MozMill is a useful, free and open source tool that can be used for full UI automation of all Mozilla applications. more>> MozMill 1.2 Beta 1 / 1.1 is a useful, free and open source tool that can be used for full UI automation of all Mozilla applications.
Enhancements
- Entirely redesigned user interface, better recording ability, better inspection abilities and more intuitive results output.
- Fixed bunches of bugs.
License:Freeware
mini$ 3.3
Miniature sized money manager that features simplicity and power in a small package more>>
mini$ 3.3 is a convenient miniature sized money manager which has simplicity and power in a small package
Major Features:
- Checkbook style transactions.
- Purchase itemization.
- Spending management.
- Reporting tools.
- Support for importing and exporting data.
- Transaction automation.
Enhancements:
- Fixed an issue with the "$" in the preferences file name.
- A few other minor bug fixes.
- Added a menu option for account statements in the Tools menu.
Sahi 20090521
An automation and testing tool for web applications, with the facility to record and playback scripts more>> An automation and testing tool for web applications, with the facility to record and playback scripts
Sahi runs on any modern browser which supports Javascript. Developed in Java and Javascript, Sahi uses simple Javascript to execute events on the browser.
Sahi runs as a proxy server and the browser needs to use the Sahi server as its proxy.
Sahi then injects Javascript so that it can access elements in the webpage. This makes the tool independent of the website/ web application/ browser.
Main features:
- in-browser controls
- intelligent record and playback
- Ability to add assertions (check points) for validation
- text based programmable scripts with ability to parametrize variables, re-factor into functions and organize and include other scripts
- ability to run scripts in batch mode for automated testing
- good integration with build tools via ant tasks and command line
- automatic html reporting with error logs
- easily extensible via simple javascript functions to cater to highly dynamic websites
- database, file read/write APIs for data driven testing
- simultaneous execution of tests for reduced build time (multi threaded playback)
- HTTP and HTTPS support
- excellent AJAX support
System requirements:
- JRE 1.4 or later
Version restrictions:
- Framesets/pages with frames/iframes loading pages from multiple domains is not supported
- File upload field will not be populated on browsers for javascript verification. File upload itself works fine
- Sites requiring NTLM or 401 authentication. (Work in progress)
Unssh 1.3
Easily delete entries from OpenSSHs known_hosts files more>> Easily delete entries from OpenSSHs known_hosts files
Unssh provides an easy and fast way to delete entries from OpenSSHs known_hosts file. This is a simple automation of the things normally done by the user when having an "offending key" in his/her known_hosts file caused by a changing host key of the destination.
System requirements:
- Bash 3.1.16
- Grep 2.5.1
- Awk 3.1.5
- Sed 4.1.4
Enhancements
- This is a bugfix release. There was a problem with the ssh-keygen backend, silently not removing entries from the known_hosts file due to incorrect invocation of the internal function.
Inforama 1.2 GA1
Document templates, generation and distribution automation more>> Document templates, generation and distribution automation
Inforama will allow you to import existing Acrobat forms and create letter templates using OpenOffice.
Merge data to produce high quality PDF documents and automatically email, print and view.
Main features:
- Compose document tempates, Import Acrobat Forms
- Link to databases, spreadsheets and other data sources
- Generate PDFs, Merge PDFs, Email PDFs
- Carry out mailshots, Format data, Print documents
- Integrate with existing systems
- Generate documents via webservices
- Automatically store documents in a central respository
Enhancements
- Fixed bug with invalid encoding in FO doc
- Fixed bug with studio hanging when invalid folder selected #2665219
- Added feature request to improve the project open dialog #2665209
- Fixed bug with numbered bullets not outputting correctly #2665088
- Fixed bug with hyphenation causing exception #2657880
- Fixed bug with table name in binding not working #2637048
- Fixed bug with dialog not showing errors due to NPE #2674624
- Fixed bug with numbered bullets not outputting properly #2665088
- Fixed bug with email subject not displaying #2657084
- Fixed bug with XSL-FO not being parsed #2674623
- Fixed bug with error messages not getting translated #2674624
- Fixed bug with mailshots not iterating #2671554
- Fixed bug where documents only generate when Studio is running in English #2671694
- Fixed bug where mailshot couldnt be sent without attachment #2671518