This is just a quick note to people that are waiting for help with iTunes Sync. I have received many, many emails looking for help and I am doing my best to answer each one, but there is currently a large backlog. Please be assured that you will receive a response as soon as possible.

A new version of Clipboard Text Scrubber has been released into the wild. v1.3.0 fixes an annoying bug that caused too many notifications to be shown, even when the clipboard hasn't been changed. Now, you should only receive a notification about the clipboard being scrubbed when it actually has done something. For example, copying text to the clipboard in the Notepad application will no longer cause a notification, but copying text from Microsoft Excel or Word will, because it really is being cleaned.

Check out Clipboard Text Scrubber today!

After over a month with no new release of Clipboard Text Scrubber I decided that last night and tonight I should focus on it, to clear up some outstanding issues. Here's a quick rundown on the wholesome goodness included in the 1.2.1 release:

• Double-clicking on the system tray icon scrubs the text on the clipboard
• Removed the "invalid format" message when non-text data is on the clipboard, it was annoying
• Now saves application settings so you don't have to keep setting it up every time
• New application icons
• Significant memory usage reduction
• Provides HTML scrubbing - this will remove any HTML tags from your clipboard
• Setup now detects whether you need to install the .NET Framework 2.0 and will open a download page automatically

Wow, looks and sounds good to me! Take a peek today.

Just a quick update about iTunes Sync and the planned localization support. I have had an overwhelming response to include a German interface option in the next release of iTunes Sync. Amongst this response I have had about 1 person per day volunteering to help translate the interface. Fantastic! I have had to start turning people away because I have enough people already to help with German, but if you're interested in a different language just drop me a line. You can be sure that I will try my best to get German support into the next release.

Thanks to everyone!

iTunes Sync 1.4.0 has been released and it's jam packed full of changes. The biggest change in this new release is that iTunes Sync can now check for updates on program startup, if you so desire. The auto-update check is enabled by default but can be easily disabled using the system tray menu. The other big change is the re-design of the synchronize window (again). I have merged the "Select a Drive" window with the sync window, so that you can get your music sync'd easier, with less clicks.

Here is a complete rundown on the changes:

• Automatic update checking at startup (defaults to enabled, but can be disabled if desired)
• Double-click the system tray icon to open the synchronize window
• Fixed the empty notification balloon for device insert/removal when the volume label is blank
• Added 5 new folder structures:
• \ Album \ Artist \ # - Song.mp3
• \ Artist \ # - Song.mp3
• \ Album \ # - Song.mp3
• \ Genre \ Artist - # - Song.mp3
• \ Genre \ Artist \ # - Song.mp3
• Doesn't allow duplicate MP3 player names anymore
• Changed "unknown" filenames to be more descriptive (example: "unknown artist" or "unknown album")
• Got rid of the "Choose a Drive" window and moved it to a drop-down in the synchronize window for quicker drive selection
• Saves the last used MP3 player name and selected it automatically when opening the synchronize window
• Saves the volume name that was last used for each MP3 player and selects it automatically when selecting that MP3 player in the synchronize window
• Added a "Language" option to the system tray menu in preparation for localization support (currently only has English as an option though)
• Now detects and truncates long files (over 240 characters) to prevent errors when trying to copy the file the MP3 player

Download it and enjoy it's delicious fat-free flavour today!

I was checking my stats for iTunes Sync recently and noticed that in my top 10 referring sites 1 was French and 2 are German. This came as a bit of a surprise to me, as iTunes Sync is English only. This got me thinking, is there any demand for localized versions of iTunes Sync? I have always wanted an excuse to play around with localization, so if anyone is interested in assisting with translations just drop me a line. There really isn't that much text in the interface, so translation would consist of about 50-60 words and phrases. If there isn't enough demand right now this is always something that can revisited for a later release.