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Archive for the 'Free Software' Category

AOL desktop for Mac released

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

AOL has released the next generation of AOL Desktop for Mac, to the collective sound of a great internet yawn. The world’s worst internet program and provider trying to make a program for the already fully functional Mac is laughable at best.

Freeware Mac, clean up your Mac’s act with Onyx

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

Freeware Mac, clean up your Mac's act with OnyxMac OSX Leopard and previous versions are pretty good about cleaning up after themselves but occasionally may take longer to start up or shut down or a bit of both.  I recently experienced this on a two week old MacBook Pro running Leopard.

Plugins that bring Firefox-only features/add-ons to Safari

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Plugins that bring Firefox-only features/add-ons to Safari You finally caved and bought a Mac and may be using Safari as your primary browser.  I’ve tried using Camino, Opera and Firefox under Mac OSX Leopard but none of them now hold a candle to Safari 3.1 running under that operating system.  The only problem is you are limited in the selection of add-ons/plugins.  While some previous features that were left out are now included you will still find that it needs some.

Campfire for iPhone released

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Campfire for iPhone released Campfire has finally been released for the iPhone. Campfire is a business chat application that lets you communicate with your project team members and employees in real time online. It includes group chat, file sharing, photo and video sharing capabilities and more.

Free Mac Sunday, hide your OSX desktop icons with Desktopple

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

Free Mac Sunday, hide your OSX desktop icons with Desktopple The last thing on a lot of our minds is where to put those downloaded files and they usually end up occupying a folder on the desktop.  Unless they are filed away permanently, this can create a messy desktop after a while.  Windows users should be familiar with Iconoid which hides desktop icons.  Mac users also have a utility to do the same, Desktopple.

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac debuts at MacWorld Jan. 15

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac debuts at MacWorld Jan. 15Though I wince every time I consider how dependent the free world is on Microsoft products, I must admit that Microsoft Office is most times a necessity for Mac users; with that in mind, it either gives me great pleasure or makes me slightly nauseous to announce that the newest iteration of Microsoft Office, 2008, for Mac will be coming out of its closet at MacWorld.

Free Mac Sunday, Seashore for basic photo editing

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Free Mac Sunday, Seashore for photo editing Those of you that have the money to buy the full version of PhotoShop for Mac, great, for those of you that don’t there are a few cheaper options but why not go with something that’s completely free.

Is Apple finally cracking down on software pirates?

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

Is Apple finally cracking down on software pirates?For the longest time now, those who have chosen to take the “unpaid” route for Apple software have been able to do so without repercussion; however, Apple submitted a patent earlier this month that might be looking to crack down on all those hapless pirates.

Symantec blasts Mac OS X security

Friday, December 21st, 2007

Symantec blasts Mac OS X securityMost Mac owners are quite content with the security that accompanies each copy of OS X.  Symantec, provider of various protective software services, claims that OS X is just as vulnerable to attacks, and the same kind of attacks, as Windows.

Free Mac Sunday, automatically change desktop backgrounds with Desktopia

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

Automatically change desktop backgrounds with Desktopia Over the years all of us collect hundreds or even thousands of desktop backgrounds some of which will never see the light of day again, that’s where a free program called Desktopia may help out.

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