Zevrix Solutions announces PDF Checkpoint 1.7.21, a feature update to company’s PDF preflight and conversion solution. Remarkably fast, PDF Checkpoint automatically preflights, saves as images, splits and optimizes multiple Adobe PDF files. The software can also convert PDF colors and helps users easily prepare files for print, web and mobile devices. The new version introduces automatic file renaming when splitting PDFs into pages in situations where files with original names already exist.

Ergonis Software today announced Typinator 7.2, an improved version of their highly acclaimed text expander. Unbelievable, but true, sophisticated changes under the hood made Typinator’s text replacement faster than ever. With a new technique for fine-grained adaptations to applications that need special handling of expansions and improved timing and context validation, robustness and compatibility have been improved as well. The new version also adds support for Citrix.

CloudMounter is a new addition to Mac apps family developed by Eltima. The utility mounts cloud services such as Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and Amazon S3 on your Mac and connects to WebDAV, FTP/FTPS/SFTP servers. This allows for easy access and management of data stored on them via Finder as if it were kept on your Mac’s hard drive. Update 2.0 brings the encryption feature that makes all your cloud data reliably protected; the support for OpenStack Swift storage system is now available.

DEVONtechnologies updates DEVONthink To Go, the iOS companion to DEVONthink for Mac, with enhancements and bug fixes. Version 2.1.3 uses DEVONtechnologies’ new decluttering service for clipping web pages and adds new settings for PDFs. It also improves automation with new URL commands and x-callback-url support. A new smart group lists items with comments, and email attachments are now shown separately so that they can be viewed and shared. The Apple Pencil support has been improved too.

Charlotte based einstein’s legacy v2.0, LLC today introduces Ombre 1.0.1, the company’s new image transformation tool developed exclusively for Mac OS X. Ombre is an creative tool for web designers, graphic artists and photographers alike. It lets you add radial or linear color gradient overlays to your images without altering the originals. With a focus on ease-of-use, a single-window interface keeps all essential application controls in view and immediately available.

Zevrix Solutions announces Output Factory 1.6, a feature update to its output automation solution for Adobe InDesign. Output Factory automates printing, exporting and preflighting from InDesign. The software offers batch processing, export as single pages, layer versioning, variable file names, multi-format output and other time-saving features. The new version lets users easily reprint previously processed files directly from history, or convert them to PDF, EPS, HTML and other formats.

Neoappz today announces Places Around 6.0, an important update to their popular travel app for iPhone and iPod touch. Places Around allows anyone to easily find places in their surroundings. It works world wide and provides accurate and concise information. The app provides one tap access to over 40 common categories and consists of voice search and other advanced features. Version 6.0 introduces a user friendly new design and many improvements.

Darmstadt based developer, Neonway has released Chords Compass 1.0, its new music app for iOS and Android devices. Chords Compass helps beginning musicians find the chords on the instrument of their choice, and try them out on a virtual fret board or keyboard. For string instruments, users can change the position of their chord on the fret board, and the app will show them how many chords of their selected key and type are available in this new position, as well as their chord diagrams.

To get in the spirit of International Book Day, Barcelona-based iClassics Productions has slashed the price of its immersive reading apps on the App Store. The iClassics Collection offers a total of 9 immersive reading apps, meaning that the whole collection is available for under $10 this weekend. Bookworms can get in the bookish mood this weekend and on International Book Day thanks to the wealth of unique reading material iClassics Productions offers.

3DTOPO Inc. introduces Oilist 1.0, their unique new painting app for iOS devices. Oilist was designed to automatically generate unique and original works of art based on photos supplied by a user. It analyzes the image using computer vision technology, then paints simulated paint particles that are applied with various brush strokes and techniques. The user may just watch the painting process, or interact with it through various options that allow each style to be infinitely customized.