New features in Mac HelpMate include zero-interaction screen sharing setup via URL, a Mac HelpMate widget to initiate screen sharing via Dashboard, improved Growl notifications, and a number of bug fixes and interface refinements. Mac HelpMate 2.6 from MOST updates the subscription-based remote control software designed largely for consultants and help desks to support remote machines regardless of intervening firewalls.The update includes a set of shortcuts for all FileMaker 9 functions, an Application Settings command in the Action and Status menus, an improved technique for defining application-specific exceptions, a refined English language dictionary, and workarounds for several issues with OpenOffice, NeoOffice, Apple Mail, and BlueJ. Typinator 3.2 from Ergonis Software is the latest version of the popular auto-typing and auto-correcting utility.Finally, users can no longer abort backup operations by pressing the spacebar to wake up their monitors – the cloning process Stop button no longer has focus. The “Backup everything” method is now 25 percent faster, and can properly handle inherited ACLs. An issue with failed incremental backups caused by the synchronization engine has been resolved, as has a bug affecting PowerPC-based Macs wherein creation dates for modified files were not preserved.
As stated on Apple’s Web site, the update provides “enhanced customization capabilities and improved performance for migration over FireWire, Ethernet and wireless networks.” Since the new MacBook comes without FireWire capabilities, the Migration Assistant can now use Ethernet or AirPort.