DigiTools

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DigiTools

DigiTools 2.0 running on Mac OS X v10.4.
Developer:	Joshua Coventry
Latest release:	2.0 / August 25, 2005
OS:	Mac OS X
Use:	Multipurpose
License:	Freeware
Website:	www.megaworks.co.uk

DigiTools is a freeware multi-purpose software application productivity suite for Mac OS X, which combines word processing, movie playback, image viewing, font browsing and other useful tools together. Development was started in December 2003 by high school student Joshua Coventry, and was in early beta stage by the next month; on August 24, 2004 version 1.0 was released. The program gained moderate success in the Macintosh community, and was reviewed by several columnists.

DigiTools includes support for a wide range of file formats including RTF. The word processor module includes a word counter, which is not included in the TextEdit program bundled with Mac OS X. The movie player can playback movies in full screen without the need for QuickTime Pro, which costs US$29.99 from Apple Computer. The program also heavily supports several Mac OS X technologies including Aqua and Spotlight.

On August 25, 2005 version 2.0 was released, and was completely rewritten including more than 20 new features. Since its introduction in 2004, the program has been downloaded more than 10,000 times. ^[1]

On April 15, 2006 it was announced by Coventry that DigiTools 3.0 was currently in development in Xcode and estimated for release before the end of 2006. With his "informal" announcement, Coventry also stated it would be a Universal Binary and become shareware. However, a price was not mentioned. ^[2]