CardRaider
Recover lost photos

Normally: $19.95

ZOT Price: $11.95

Have you ever accidentally deleted all your camera photos? Maybe you or someone you know accidentally pressed “erase all” on your digital camera. With CardRaider, one click is all it takes to watch your photos and movie clips come back like magic. It’s the easiest and most affordable way to recover lost photos from your digital camera, memory card or thumb drive.

Find the ones you’re looking for and then quickly recover to your computer, or send directly to iPhoto.

Features:

     One-click scan and recover.
     See thumbnails and preview before recovering.
     Finds JPEG and most RAW image formats.
     Finds AVI, MOV and MPG movies too.
     Send recovered images to iPhoto.
     Works on damaged or reformatted cards.
     Upgrades are always free.
     Try before you buy. Download the demo.

Bonus Feature:

     Permanently erase a photo.

How It Works

When a digital camera erases photos it doesn’t actually erase them. Instead, it just forgets where the pictures are located on your memory card. As you take new pictures, the old picture data eventually gets covered over with your new photos.

That’s where CardRaider comes in. By carefully scanning your memory card, it can find and restore pictures that your camera doesn’t see. It seems like magic, but it can save your day.

So now you’re probably thinking about that picture or movie you took. You trashed it using the button on the camera… but it’s really still there. CardRaider will find it. That’s why CardRaider has a bonus feature that allows you to permanently delete an erased photo, overwriting it on the card so that it can never be recovered in the future.

System Requirements:

     Any Mac with Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later
     A memory card reader or digital camera with “PC Mode”.

Reviews

Still not convinced?
Try the free demo.

Or read some reviews:

Electronista – 4.5 star review
MacUpdate – Many 5 star reviews
Mac360 – glowing review

Check out some testimonials:

CardRaider Saved The Day “ Thank you. CardRaider saved the day. My daughter just returned from a six week archaeological dig at the north rim of the Grand Canyon with 453 photos on her XD picture card. She began downloading them to iPhoto but something went wrong. Only 38 of the 453 photos downloaded and the XD card was now blank. To use the word heartbroken would be a huge understatement. CardRaider recovered all 453 photos! Thanks again. ”                -Dan Strong

Find What Was Lost with CardRaider “ During the pre-wedding photo shooting, my CF card on my Canon 400D SLR camera failed. I was shocked and devastated as I did not know this could happen! However, thanks to my computer expert friend back in New Zealand, we found your site through Google search and within a few minutes and only $19.95 I had all my 70 images on my computer! I watched and listened to a miracle happen! Thank you Ken to you and your staff for this opportunity to have “found to which that was lost” as the New Testament states! Kind regards, ”                -Joy van Lier

CardRaider Recovered All 309 Images “ Just home from a big wedding of our best friends’ daughter. I filled a one gig SD card at the ceremony and know I got some fine images. Stuck my card in the card reader and it showed zero images on it. Imagine my disappointment. CardRaider immediately recovered all 309 of my photographs in about five minutes. Thanks for saving the day for us! I will tell all my photo friends to keep this in the tool chest! ”                -Dave Doolittle

CardRaider Recovers Minolta RAW Files “ Hello! First, thanks for making a great product. When my 4GB card full of wedding photos was corrupted, it recovered nearly all of it. (Minolta Raw off of a Maxxum 7D). I tried three different card recovery programs (very few support Minolta) but only yours was able to recover pretty much everything. ”           – Neil Girling

Read lots more testimonials on our website.

Will You Need a Memory Card Reader?

Some cameras allow memory card access when connected to your Mac via the USB cable supplied with the camera. With other camera models, such as Canon digital cameras, this is not possible and a memory card reader is required to use CardRaider.

If you don’t know for sure, download the CardRaider Demo and check to see if your camera is recognized.

If you need to get a card reader, check out our card reader suggestions.

Check out the CardRaider webpage for our FAQ and more.

ZOTnote – We’ll have more eCamm products on this weekend. Jan 24th and 25th.

Multisite for iWeb

Normally: $19.95

ZOT Price: $9.95

Multisite is a utility for Apple’s iWeb Application

Apple built iWeb to manage a site going to a single server. If you have found, like many others, that you need to build several sites then Multisite solves your dilemma. It also speeds up iWeb’s publishing by putting sites into individual files behind the scenes so you do not have to publish every site each time.

Multisite Features

Multiple websites with iWeb. Set the current site and all the details are taken care of for you

Create, duplicate, or delete entire sites

Import and export entire sites

Easily move sites between people and computers

Support for iWeb ’08 and also iWeb 1.1.2

Support for Leopard (OS X 10.5) in addition to Tiger (OS X 10.4)

Searchable Apple help from the help menu

“This is an absolutely excellent utility for managing iWeb projects. I was getting fed up attempting to manage my sites by renaming and moving the domain.sites files; and losing track of my projects (not good when you are doing light commercial work with iWeb). I googled for a solution and up came Multisite. I must say it is really really good, works nice and fast too. Well worth the price.”
— Guy Hemmings

System Requirements: Mac OSX 10.4 or later.

iWeb ’08 or iWeb 1.1.2 (iLife 2006)

To find out more visit Clarkwood Software’s site.

Path Finder
The Finder, reinvented
Developer ZOT Interview below

Normally: $39.95

ZOT Price: $25.95

The Mac OSX file browser with moxie.

Path Finder is an award-winning file browser and management application for Mac OS X. If you’ve ever wished Apple’s Finder just did *feature X* or *Y*, Path Finder may be what you’ve been looking for.

Designed from the ground up to for speed and extensive system integration, Path Finder is a standalone application that leverages what you already know about working with your files.

Path Finder takes the Finder’s familiar interface and adds numerous powerful features and interface innnovations to help anyone be more productive on Mac OS X.

Features

Dual Pane File Browser

Dual pane view comes to Path Finder! View the contents of two folders or volumes side-by-side in one window.

New Leopard-friendly Interface

Mac OS X 10.5′s brand new sidebar design comes to Path Finder, featuring Devices, Network Shares, favorite Places, and Searches. Path Finder’s innovative Drop Stack has also been enhanced and refreshed.

Network share browsing

Path Finder 5 supports auto-detection of Mac and Windows network volumes, and you can now activate screen sharing from within the file browser.

Cut and Paste in the File Browser

One of our biggest feature requests is now avaialble in Path Finder 5: you can now cut and paste files and folders in the file browser.

Versatile Coverflow View

Activate Coverflow from any file browser view (icon, list, or column view) or within a dual pane.

Enhanced Image Editor

The integrated image editor has been overhauled to take advantage of new Mac OS X 10.5 technologies.

Dozens of Enhancements and Improvements

Path Finder 5 has been extensively rewritten to take advantage of Mac OS X 10.5 technologies and there are tons of improvements and enhancements throughout the application.

Praise for Path Finder

More Path Finder features

System Requirements

Mac OS X 10.5 or higher
65mbs hard drive space
1G RAM or more recommended

Click to the Path Finder Site for more detailed info.

At macZOT

We love bringing you daily deals on great Mac software, and another goal of ours is “Connecting Mac Users with Mac Developers Worldwide.”

Here’s a mini-interview with Steve Gehrman – Creator of Path Finder.

So – Tell us about yourself in third person Steve.

Steve has been programming on Mac OS since 1989. His first job out of school was at Alsoft, makers of Diskwarrior. Next he moved to Los Angeles and wrote the popular screenwriting software “Final Draft”. After a brief stint at a dot com he was soon laid off and decided to go on his own and founded Cocoatech in 2000. He’s now living in San Francisco with his wife and two kids, and working on Path Finder full time. Steve has never used Windows in his life and is very happy about this.

Here’s a photo of Steve in Japan at a Maid Cafe.

What’s the most unique, useful feature of your product?

The drop stack has been a favorite of mine and many of my customers. It allows you to drag items in, navigate to a new location and drag them off. It makes it so much easier to drag and drop files around using a single window. There’s also the dual browser and tabs which are very useful and popular.

Why did you create this app? or What need were you trying to satisfy?

It started off as a “learn Cocoa” project and just kept growing. I started it when the first Mac OS X Server (Rhapsody) was released back in I think 2000. I kind of figured that Apple would keep the Finder simple for novice users, so there was an opportunity to create a more full featured file browser. Back in 2000 no one except Apple was hiring Cocoa engineers and I didn’t want to get another mac programming job using the old mac toolbox APIs.

What is most interesting to you about developing SW for the Mac platform.

I really like Objective C which is only used on Macs. The language is simple and clean and it’s like C++ but with out all the complexity. Previously mac development was mostly C++ using Codewarrior and Powerplant frameworks. I had gotten to a point where I was sick of C++ and Powerplant and it was perfect timing when OS X was released.

What features should a prospective buyer look into during a trial of your product?

There’s lots of features to see. The tabs are cool. The Path navigator bar is very useful. Much of the UI has contextual menus that most people probably don’t notice right away. Dual pane is a newer feature that’s also very useful.

What are some interesting experiences you’ve had creating new versions of your software when OS is upgraded?

It’s always great when there’s a new OS update. Lots of new features and I am usually able to delete a bunch of code and hacks added to get around limitations of the previous OS. New OS upgrades also usually contain new bugs which isn’t so fun, but for the most part it’s great. It’s fun to update my code to use the latest features.

What’s your favorite Mac app out there from another developer? Why?

To tell you the truth, I don’t use much third party software. I probably should and I’ve seen lots of cool apps. I did use ScreenFlow recently for my screencast and it was very nice. I live in XCode and spend most of the day in that. I also obviously use Mail, iChat, Safari and other standard Apple apps.

What features would you like to add to your product that at this time seem improbable/impossible?

At some point I would like to convert most of my UI to use Core animation. I keep hoping Apple will update Cocoa to use more animation, but looking at SnowLeopard doesn’t look like they’ve done much. Core Animation is a little buggy at the moment. Some video drivers crash which is disappointing. Core animation isn’t improbable or impossible, but it’s a lot of work, so not sure when I’ll get to it.

What are the answers to some common questions people have about your app before they buy?

Some people wonder if they should quit the Finder or remove the Finder or some how replace the Finder. There’s no reason to worry about the Finder. My application is separate but similar to the Finder and they both run side by side just fine.

(Drop us an email if you’ve got a question you’d like to hear some of our developer/partners answer in future Interviews. )

Secret of the Lost Cavern
A Stone Age quest with Puzzles and Mystery!

Don’t miss the Special Offer and Weekend ZOT Preview below!

Normally: $39.90

ZOT Price: $19.90

Experience your adventure through the eyes of Arok and meet many fascinating characters. Contend with the wild world where fishing, hunting, gathering, and mysterious shaman ceremonies are all part of the struggle for survival as you follow the path of your mentor and work with him to recreate the paintings of the renowned Lascaux Cave.

Secret of the Lost Cavern is a point & click adventure game with pristine photo-realistic graphics and environments including rivers, troglodyte caves, and green valleys. It takes players back to the dawn of human existence

Also featured is an integrated encyclopedia filled with historically accurate data on the Paleolithic period, and the Lascaux Cave is represented in 3D for the 1st time in a video game.

Take advantage of this Great Price Today Only!

Secret of the Lost Cavern is an Universal application and run on Mac computers sporting Intel and PowerPC G5 processors.

The game is localized in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian languages.

Click to Coladia’s Site for more information about Secret of the Lost Cavern.

Special Offer Today?

“SyncMate”

SyncMate is an easy to use tool which lets you synchronize your Bookmarks, Address Book, iCal, Favorites, Contacts, Calendar, Notes, and Stickies from your Mac Desktop to your Windows Mobile device and vice versa. iTunes and iPhoto synchronization is also available. Many devices are supported!

Buy, Try, and/or find out all about this great product from Eltima Software here…

This weekend’s ZOT? Jan 17th and 18th
Path Finder
The Finder, reinvented

Path Finder is an award-winning file browser and management application for Mac OS X. If you’ve ever wished Apple’s Finder just did *feature X* or *Y*, Path Finder may be what you’ve been looking for.

Designed from the ground up to for speed and extensive system integration, Path Finder is a standalone application that leverages what you already know about working with your files.

Path Finder takes the Finder’s familiar interface and adds numerous powerful features and interface innnovations to help anyone be more productive on Mac OS X.

We’ll Also have a ZOT mini-interview with developer Steve Gehrman.

This Screencast will make you want to try it out!

Learn more about Path Finder 5 here…

Navicat for MySQL
The Best MySQL Administration Tool for Mac Users

Normally: $103.00

ZOT Price: $62.00

Navicat for MySQL

Navicat for MySQL is a powerful MySQL Database Server administration and development tool. It works with MySQL server version 3.21 or above and supports most of the latest MySQL features including Trigger, Stored Procedure, Function, Event, View, Manage User, and etc. It is sophisticated enough for professional developers yet easy to learn for users who are new to MySQL. With its well-designed Graphical User Interface(GUI), Navicat for MySQL lets you quickly and easily create, organize, access and share information in a secure and easy way, taking your MySQL administration to the next level.

Since early 2001, Navicat has been downloaded millions of times worldwide. Navicat is recognized as the Most Popular MySQL front end GUI and it is available in three OS platforms – Window, Mac OS X and Linux for local or remote MySQL administration and development. Navicat has been nominated for several awards in the category of best database management tool in the past 5 years and is chosen as a standard hosting tool by many hosting companies such as Rackspace, one of the most successful managed hosting companies.

Navicat is well-known, trusted, and used everyday around the world by small businesses, global enterprises, government agencies and educational institutions. Currently more than 100 Global Fortune 500 companies are using Navicat.

Highlights of product features:

- Support of MySQL versions from 3.21 or above

- Support of Unicode / Character Set

- Support of MySQL Events, Views and Stored Procedures creation

- Support of Triggers

- Support of Foreign Keys

System Requirements: Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, 10.4 Tiger or 10.5

Leopard

Customer Testimonials:

“I live in a cross platform world. We need to be able to offer every access to MySQL database for Mac as well as PC users. Navicat is the only program I have seen that works this well on the Mac.

Able to export and import easily. Very easy to use. Lightening fast. Scheduling, back-ups, Queries are all very easy to use. This does a lot more than what I expected.”

- By Scott Lozier, Administrative Coordinator , Office for the Arts at Harvard

“Navicat provided a quick and easy means of importing many different spreadsheets into database tables and an easy way to update those tables.”

– By James Hoover, HP(Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.)

Click to Navicat’s Site for Detailed information about how you can benefit using Navicat for MySQL.

iWallet
Simple expense and money management!
ZOT Interview below

Normally: $19.99

ZOT Price: $9.99

Money management, finally made easy again!

Get in control of your expenses, manage you money and stick to budgets. All of this inside one application that makes it super simple, fun and easy!

Leveraging the latest leopard technologies, iWallet features a clean and simple user interface that makes managing expenses easy and fun.

iWallet focuses around grouping expenses into manageable chunks, and then setting budgets. The application provides an easy way to view budgets with the Budget Bar, which serves as a graphical depiction of the budget and its status. And iWallet offers truly global appeal, so all currencies are supported.

	All-In-One iWallet is a true all in one application, manage your expenses, do the budget and internet banking in one window!
	Easy to use The iWallet user interface is really easy to use, with elements that tell you what’s going on, at a glance!
	Find Things Catalogue your expenses and find them with just a few keystrokes with instant search technology.
	Universal iWallet is currency independent, meaning if it’s money, iWallet supports it!

Our Customers Say:
“iWallet has been very valuable for me and my husband in managing our household budget we have been able to free up cash from areas it was being wasted and get a better outlook our expenditure.” – Mrs. C. Renford, New York, NY

Features:
- Universal Currency Support
- At a Glance ‘Total Expenditure’
- Graphical UI For Budgeting
- Multiple Account Interface
- Built in browser, with internet banking support.
- Minimal UI
- Automatic Updates

iWallet is perfect for business and personal use, check out our product page, and Apple download page below for more info!
The Dream Apps – iWallet
Apple – iWallet

System Requirements:
iWallet requires a G5 PowerPC processor or higher (Intel Supported), Leopard and an active internet connection for product registration and use of the Internet Banking function.

Developer Interview:
1 What’s the most unique, useful feature of your product?
I would say the visual budgeting, that allows users to not only set budgets, but stick to them by making it more fun and graphical.

2 Why did you create this app? or What need were you trying to satisfy?
I created this application because I was sick of there being a void between expense management applications and budgeting applications. I wanted a simple application that combined the two and added extra features that other apps were missing too, such as internet banking.

3 What is most interesting to you about developing SW for the Mac platform.
Developing for the Mac allows you to express yourself, it allows you to create something that not only looks good but functions well. I’ve not been able to do this on any other platform.

4 What features should a prospective buyer look into during a trial of your product?
I would recommend checking out the Budgeting and Internet Banking functions of the product. Make sure that you like the way things are done and that it fits with the way that you like things organized.

5 What are some interesting experiences you’ve had creating new versions of your software when OS is upgraded?
In the latest major release, when Leopard came out, it was really great to start incorporating really slick animation into the application when performing various tasks, this just wouldn’t have been possible without Leopard.

6 What’s your favorite Mac app out there from another developer? Why?
Probably, Panic’s Coda, because it’s so easy to use, and they’ve managed to pack so many amazing features into such a clean user interface.

7 What features would you like to add to your product that at this time seem improbable/impossible?
Everything is possible, the impossible just takes longer. But seriously, I’d really like to eventually get a web based sync-able version of the app going, so you can manage your expenses on the fly.

8 What should I ask that I’m forgetting?
“Do we make other software?” would be a good one, and the answer is yes we make a few applications for Mac and iPhone you can check them out over at The Dream Apps.

About The Developer:
Located in Corby, United Kingdom, The Dream is a small software development company founded in 2003 by Christian Owens. Over the years the company has created award winning Macintosh applications. Our applications have been featured on many websites and given great reviews and have been in many popular magazines.

Swift Publisher
Easy page layout on your Mac

Normally: $44.95

ZOT Price: $22.50

Swift Publisher – Easy page layout on your Mac

No doubt that staying in touch with your customers and group members is important for you. With Swift Publisher, publishing good looking and informative documents for business, social and home activities becomes easy.

Swift Publisher is an excellent Macintosh page layout application for designing and printing colorful flyers, newsletters, brochures, letterheads, booklets, etc. A great selection of templates inspires your creativity and a variety of editing tools lets you quickly apply it.

Key Features:

1,100 high quality images, 100 unique masks and about 90 professionally designed templates (flyers, brochures, booklets, letterheads, newsletters, catalogs, etc.) are what you need for creating high-impact documents. Insert images in many supported formats — TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PDF, EPS from your computer, network or apply your iPhoto pictures using iPhoto integration.

Flow text from column to column or to another page entirely. Adjustable layout guides are convenient for precise object placement. Text Wrap feature will be helpful if you need to combine graphics and text on a page. Take advantage of rotating each page of your multipage document on a fly. Switching between Background and Foreground layers enables you to create and edit complicated designs.

Swift Publisher makes desktop publishing fun, easy and intuitive. Choose one of the ready-made templates, use a set of editing tools to control transparency, tiling, apply masks and fills, crop images, and enjoy the result. Want to share your stunning documents? Use adjustable PDF, TIFF, JPG and EPS export capabilities.

About Version 2

The release of Swift Publisher revealed a great interest in medium level page layout software for Mac. Users often asked us to add a bit more advanced publishing capabilities, while keeping the program intuitive as it is. We hope this balance is met in version 2.

Particular attention during development of Swift Publisher 2 was payed to publishing functionalities, such as Imposition and Master page options. Of course, we have not forgotten about those of you who asked us for more designs. We believe 20 new designs will help your creativity fly.

Swift Publisher version 2 is FREE for all users who purchased version 1.x.

System Requirements: Mac OSX 10.3 or later.

Available in: English, German.

Click to Belight’s Site for A LOT of great information about Swift Publisher.

Web2 Delight
Transfer your favorite videos & photos from internet to your iPods & iPhones

Normally: $19.95

ZOT Price: $11.95

With Web2 Delight you can:

• – Locate your favorite videos & photos from the sharing sites
• — Preview and then download videos
• – Transfer videos and photos to iTunes/ iPhoto
• – Sync with iPhone/ iPod and watch them on-the-fly
• – Export videos to different file formats such as MOV, M4V and 3GP
• – Create slideshows, smart collection folders for videos and photos

System Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4.9 or later, iPhoto 6.0.6, iTunes 7.2 and QuickTime 7.2 or later

Note: Web2 Delight is intended to be used as a personal entertainment tool only. Please respect the rights of the copyright holders of any material you download.

Click to Developer’s Site for more info.

Ovolab Geophoto
Your world scrapbook

Normally: $24.95

ZOT Price: $12.47

Ovolab Geophoto is a new Mac OS X application for browsing and collecting digital pictures by location.

Break the limits of long lists of pictures sorted by date! Pinpoint your photos to the exact location where you took the shot. You can now browse your photo albums by panning, zooming and flying through your pictures on a stunningly beautiful three-dimensional representation of the Earth.

Once geotagged, photos can be shared with other users and will automatically appear in the correct location on the Earth when opened in Geophoto.

Geophoto provides seamless integration with iPhoto: users can browse albums’ photos on the Earth, and add geotagging information to photos that are not linked to a specific location yet.

Through Geophoto, you can also subscribe to iPhoto photocasts and browse photos on Flickr, where a vast community of people around the world already shares geotagged pictures.

Finding Flickr photos taken in a specific area on the Earth is as easy as clicking on that area and choosing “Find Flickr Photos in this Location” from Geophoto’s menus.

Geophoto is a wonderful tool even if you’re not a traveler or a photographer. You’ll be able to discover faraway places through pictures taken by Flickr users, or simply organize the photos with your friends by pinning them to their neighborhoods.

Professional photographers will find it invaluable: finding that photos taken during a photo safari in Africa is as easy as zooming onto the Serengeti park – and Geophoto knows exactly where it is, thanks to an exhaustive database of cities and landmarks. Plus, Geophoto supports many image file formats, including JPEG and Camera RAW, and reads the GPS data, IPTC tags and image properties embedded in those files.

System Requirements: Ovolab Geophoto requires Mac OS X 10.4 and is a universal binary. It requires a Macintosh computer with a graphics card with at least 64 MB of VRAM.
It does not require a connection to the Internet, except when using specific features related to online services.

Click to Ovolab’s Site for more info.

Maurizio and Matteo (Geophoto creator) at Macworld ’09

BannerZest
Add punch and movement to your still images online.
Weekend ZOT Preview below

Normally: $49.00

ZOT Price: $29.00

Hassle Free Banner Animation Software

Visit the Aquafadas Site and scroll down to see BannerZest in action.

For bloggers or website designers

Enliven your website or blogs in seconds and at low cost with BannerZest. It’s the fastest and easiest way to add punch and movement to your still images online, and create professional-looking slideshows.

Integration with all major web site editors is a snap !

Social websites are supported too.

So Fast

The Flash-based animations require zero understanding of Flash. In fact you don’t even need to own Flash. Everything has been pre-integrated into BannerZest, allowing you to be up and running- or rather, scrolling, popping and rolling!- in no time.

So Easy

All you have to do is select, drag and drop the images you want into a designated area. Then choose among BannerZest’s menu of creative pre-set animated themes, click and you’re done!

It’s that simple.

So Professional

BannerZest creates slideshows and animated banners that give your website or blog a business-like, professional appearance while improving functionality.

Click here to view a sample slide show made with BannerZest – Standard

It allows you to reorder the displayed photos, and to assign a link to each picture. Most important, because it is so easy to use, BannerZest saves you time- and therefore money. You don’t get more professional than that!

Easy web integration

BannerZest talks to all the leading website and blog editors. So whether you are using Apple iWeb, RapidWeaver, Dreamweaver, Freeway or any other tool, BannerZest allows you to get your banners online easily.

Uploading work via FTP is fully supported from within BannerZest. To integrate a banner on a page you simply paste a code snippet that BannerZest has automatically prepared for you. Nothing could be easier.

What’s more, your upload settings are saved with your document, so if you need to change your banner, you just have to hit the upload button again and BannerZest replaces the old files with the new ones. Your site will reflect the change without any modification to your HTML.

This ZOT is for the Standard version of BannerZest.
To see get a list of the exact features of the Standard version, please see the feature list of the Standard vs Pro version of BannerZest here.

System requirements

Visit the Aquafadas Site to see BannerZest in action, and for more info.

This weekend’s ZOT? – January 10th and 11th -
Ovolab geophoto – Shoot Local, Share Global.

Break the limits of long lists of pictures sorted by date! Pinpoint your photos to the exact location where you took the shot. You can now browse your photo albums by panning, zooming and flying through your pictures on a three-dimensional representation of the Earth.

Learn more about Ovolab geophoto here…