The folks behind the scenes at MacHeist are at it again, this time with a promotion they call the nanoBundle 2. The software bundle includes five Mac apps for $19.95 with the possibility of two more being unlocked if certain sales figures are met. The retail value of all the applications, including the two that are currently locked, is over $260. Once again, the team is giving a portion (25 percent) of all sales to a charity of your choice. You can choose from a list of 11 at checkout.

The bundle is what we have come to expect from the folks at MacHeist: a couple apps you may never use, one or two that you will use once, and two or three that may find their way into your everyday workflow. Included this time around are MacJournal, RipIt, Clips, CoverScout, and Flow. Tales of Monkey Island will be unlocked when 50,000 bundles are ordered, and RapidWeaver will be unlocked at an undisclosed number of sales (which will be revealed after ToMI is unlocked). Each one of the included applications retail for more than the $19.95 asking price for the bundle.

I don't have any firsthand experience with any of these applications, but I can say that at least one current and one one former colleague here at Ars swear by MacJournal for all of their writing needs. CoverScout seems like a useful utility that fills album artwork gaps in your iTunes library and, if you have been looking for an FTP client, it may be worth at least checking out Flow.

If you are worried about the unlockable applications, we should note that, in the history of MacHeist, the entire bundle has always been unlocked regardless of sales figures. The bundle will be on sale through March 9.