SoundApp Reborn

It took a little over eight years, but a program that many people remember fondly from the OS 9 days has finally made its way to OS X. SoundApp, by Norman Franke, was last updated on Nov. 23, 2000. And now, in 2009, we have SoundApp Reborn, which looks and acts a lot like the original — going so far as to take on the old icon. The question is: do we really need a program that simply plays sounds? Why not, for example, highlight a sound file in the Finder and hit the space bar? QuickLook will pop up and play it. On the other hand, the developer has promised plenty more features, so it may be worth keeping an eye on SoundApp Reborn. And besides, it’s hard to pass up a bit of Mac nostalgia now and then.