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PocketMac, the long-time developers of handy Mac apps, has released RingtoneStudio 2.0 for iPhone. The app is intended to be the "Final Cut" of ringtone creators, adding several robust features to get the sound from your computer to your iPhone, allowing you to create an unlimited number of ringtones, and bypassing Apple's 99 cent charge to convert songs.

Most of you on a Mac have probably experienced the annoyance of iPhoto automatically launching every time you plug your iPhone into your computer. We posted a tip a while back to stop it, but since then a much more elegant solution has come out from Flexibits. It's called Cameras, for Mac OS X, and it lets you customize which apps are launched for each individual camera you own, including the iPhone.

The people at Ideaswarm have updated AppViz, their tool for helping iPhone app developers keep track of their sales in iTunes, to version 1.5.2. Since the initial release back in December of last year, they have taken the suggestions and customer feedback and created a whole new UI and a pile of new features, adding even more ways for developers to keep track of their apps.

The guys at RiP Dev have announced a new utility for getting files onto the iPhone from a computer. It's called JuiceDrop, and it lets you move files onto a connected iPhone or iPod Touch by just dragging and dropping them where they need to go.

Ideaswarm has announced AppViz, a cool new application for the Mac that "helps iPhone developers download and visualize their application sales." Instead of downloading statistics manually every day, AppViz obtains them with the click of a button.

Losing little things from your iPhone like precious photos can be a real pain, but it's usually not worth restoring your iPhone from a backup for. Now you don't have to, thanks to Mac developer Pádraig Kennedy. He created iPhone Backup Extractor, a Mac app that lets you open up and browse through your backup files.

Veisoft has just released their much-anticipated iPhone app, DataCase, for the iPhone and iPod touch. DataCase lets your iPhone double as a wireless storage device, giving you the ability to wirelessly store and retrieve data files of any kind on the device using your Mac, PC, or Linux machine. It also allows you to view Word, PowerPoint, PDF and Excel documents on the device.

The iPhone Dev Team has just released a new version of the PwnageTool, version 2.0.2. The new version includes an updated version of Cydia, as well as a new public beta of Installer 4. It can jailbreak iPhones running either 2.x or 1.1.4/1.1.5, the iPod touch, and now the iPhone 3G running the latest software update (although an unlock for the 3G update is still not available). A direct download is available here for newcomers here, and the suggested update method for those who already have the PwnageTool is to update through it's update option.

Far Out Labs just released two apps for purchase to the App Store: ProRemote and ProRemote Light Edition. ProRemote lets you control ProTools and Apple's Logic Music production systems running on a Mac over an existing wireless network. The full version includes a dedicated transport view that lets the user perform advanced audio scrubbing/shuttling, set markers, and control several advanced aspects of the transport, as well as the basic play, record and return to zero functions.

All the talk about Apple not keeping the iPhone platform as secure as it should be has left some wondering about the safety of their data. Now that the App Store has been launched and the majority of the devices can now install applications easier than ever, it raises even more security questions. To provide an answer, Intego, the Macintosh security specialist, has announced the release of VirusBarrier X5 10.5.3, which adds the ability to scan a connected iPod or iPhone for malware.