Digital Heaven released Disksomnia 4.0, a new version of their popular utility that stops hard disks from going to sleep. Waiting for disks to wake up can be a frustrating experience. Disksomnia 4.0 has been completely rewritten as a menu bar app that works seamlessly in the background to keep disks awake, including those that ignore Energy Saver preferences. Learn more here: www.digital-heaven.co.uk/disksomnia.

Shane Reetz sent this in:

"I'm a young editor/shooter from the Midwest. Today I just learned about a FCPX Browser shortcut which is supposedly "undocumented". CTRL+U in the Browser will filter for unused clips. I know you posted about this feature in FCP7 (and knowing how you are with shortcuts, you probably know this one already), but I thought you might want to share this with your audience."

Cool.

A couple of issues ago, I asked readers to send in their favorite iPad apps that they use when working with media. Here's an initial selection, I'll have more next week.

Adam Bedford suggested Bossjock for playing open/close themes and commercials. Supports up to 32 programmable "carts".

Peter Tours suggested Adobe Live Logger. (With Adobe's recent news about updating all their products, I'll be looking at the new software when Adobe releases it.)

Richard Aanrich suggested iRecorder. It only costs a couple bucks and it works pretty well. We use it to record the audio separately in addition to the Camera. We also turn it on when we are free flowing on ideas for the shoot.

Hector Pina suggested iMovie for the iPad, Pinnacle Studio, and Splice. All three are video editors, with Hector favoring Pinnacle Studio.

I'll have more apps next week. If you have a favorite, send me a note and I'll share your favorites with everyone.