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Macintosh and iPhone/iPod updates and announcements for April 3, 2009:

Macintosh

• Coladia has announced a special Adventure Pack promotion from April 3rd to April 8th. The Adventure Pack contains two great point and click adventure games Secret of the Lost Cavern and Destination: Treasure Island. Secret of the Lost Cavern plunges the player into an inspiring adventure that takes place during the Paleolithic period. Destination: Treasure Island is an adventure recounted in Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel. Free demo versions are available for download.
• Urban Design Limited has announced the release and immediate availability of Mail-Grab. Mail-Grab simplifies sending emails to multiple recipients from Apple Mail. In a few easy steps, Mail-Grab extracts email addresses from your Mail Application, narrows the set by applying filters, and then uses the addresses to get Mail to generate your batch emails for you.
• Macgamestore.com has announced the availability of two new games, County Fair and Flower Shop: Big City Break for the Mac through its web site and digital download service, Mac Games Arcade. The game were developed by TikGames. County Fair combines resource Management for setting prices, hiring staff and selecting the hottest new rides and attractions and more. With Flower Shop, help Meg turn a small flower shop into a blooming success.
• St. Clair Software has announced the immediate availability of Default Folder X 4.2. This release adds OpenMeta tagging, as well as improving the compatibility and feature set of our award-winning utility for enhancing Open and Save dialogs. Awarded Macworld Magazine’s Editors’ Choice Award for Best System Enhancement Utility, Default Folder X makes Open and Save dialogs “work the way they should.” It enhances the file dialogs in all Mac OS X applications, making them work as quickly as you do.

iPhone/iPod

• Bark Machine, a free dog training app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, has rocketed to Top 10 app status in the Utilities category on iTunes. Users around the world have quickly made Bark Machine & Dog Tricks one of the most downloaded pet tutorial apps on iTunes. The app features photographs and instructional text that were supervised by certified professional dog trainers.
• IvySkin has announced the Glider-Pro leather case for iPhone and iPod touch. Old School hand-made case meets a patent pending gliding design. With its solid chrome tab, removing the iPhone when you need to is as easy as 1-2-3. Simply pull on the chrome tab, and the iPhone glides out. This pulley system allows you to access the iPhone instantly. The patent pending Glider-Pro technology is the most innovative leather case in the market.