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Menuet and Art Collector released as careware
Ollie Wagner sends word that he has release both of his Spencere apps, Menuet and Art Collector, as careware. Over on his site, you can get both of the apps for free, as long as you promise to donate to the charity of your choice (he's listed eight good choices if you don't have a preference).We've covered both before-- Menuet is a pretty iTunes controller with a few other features built in, including Last.fm support, themes, and a sleep timer. Art Collector grabs artwork from Amazon for your iTunes library-- it's a little useless, because iTunes now does this for you, but if there are a few covers iTunes can't find, maybe Art Collector can.Together, they used to run around $13 (although Art Collector separately was $7, and was originally bundled with Menuet). If you've seen these before and never gotten a chance to try them, here's it is, and hopefully you can help out a charity as well.
Art Collector 1.0
Specere, the people who brought you Menuet, comes Art Collector. What's Art Collector? An app that downloads album art from Amazon for your tunes in iTunes. Sure, there are other apps that do this, but the UI on this one is a cut above the rest. Plus, for you Menuet users, it is fully integrated with Menuet.Art Collector costs $7.95 alone, though it is included with Menuet for no extra cost (Menuet runs $12.95).
Menuet 1.1b1
Menuet 1.1b1 has been released and it sports a feature or two that are worth pointing out. Firstly, this version of Menuet incorporates Last.fm, which is an online way for you to share what you're listening to with others, and gather statistics about your listening behavior. The site also recommends music that you might like based on what you have listened to and what other who seem to share the same taste like.The new Sleep Timer lets your 'set it and forget it.' Simply tell Menuet when you would like it to stop playing music and go about your business (perhaps trying to fall asleep). Menuet will then stop iTunes at the appointed time, ensuring that you will not be startled awake by Pink lamenting 'stupid girls.'Menuet costs $12.95 for a single user, and $29.95 for a 4 pack.
Enhance your iTunes experience with GimmeSomeTune
I've been happily using Menuet and Growl together to make my interaction with iTunes that much more enjoyable: Menuet for the programmable hot keys, and Growl for the popup notifications. But, what if there was one utility that handled both functions, and what if it was free?Check out GimmeSomeTune. There's a opaque popup window that displays information plus album art, and completely user-configurable hot keys let you control nearly all of iTunes' functions. Did I mention it's free? GimmeSomeTune requires Mac OS 10.3 or later and is universal.[Via FreeMacWare]
New Menuet skins available
Menuet, the menu bar add-on that lets you control iTunes, view album art and more, has been updated to version 1.0.1. The update includes several new "iPod" skins in six colors. I registered a copy soon after Scott found it at Macworld in January and now I use it every day. Other changes in 1.0.1 are: Improved Growl song information bezel Fixes for the high-resolution album art grabber Fixes to and improvements for the registration and demo process Various squashed bugs Plus, this version is a universal binary. Menuet requires Mac OS 10.4 and a single license will cost you a worthwhile $12.95.
