Airlock is an interesting piece of Mac software I’ve come across recently. It’s a new pref-pane app developed by the people at The M.H.A LLC. It can be configured to lock your Mac’s screen as you move away from it, and unlock the screen as you come back to continue using it. Airlock works with all Macintosh models (both desktop and portable), and is also a Universal Binary (Intel and PPC supported), although it requires Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard or higher. The beauty of this program lies not in its user interface (which is also a strong point of Airlock), but in its invisible nature. The app just pairs your Mac with your iPho... [read more >>] Developed by atPurpose Technologies, atPeek takes advantage of Mac OS X QuickLook plugin framework to display fully functional previews of assets found in iPhone applications, whose contents are otherwise inaccessible using Mac OS system tools. iPhone developers can even extend the core functionality of atPeek by creating and installing custom QuickLook plugins.By default, atPeek is bundled with two custom QuickLook plugins developed by atPurpose Technologies, which can decode iPhone crushed PNG images and PVR textures. The plugins are also available as a separate download, for free.Before downloading atPeek, readers should note that the pr... [read more >>] Although (fortunately) I haven’t had my Mac stolen, when I came across Prey, I found it interesting to say the least. The tool really looks like it’s able to catch a thief and, simply because it’s completely free, there’s no reason why this app shouldn’t be running on every Mac out there. And there’s more.It’s not just that it’s free that makes this tool worthwhile. As with any app, it’s the features that are the selling points. Prey uses a remote activation system, gathers information about your Mac’s location and sends it to your Prey web-based control panel, or directly to your ... [read more >>] ReelBean offers all of the features you would expect in a normal media player, but also boasts abilities like convert, record and edit video and audio. The free version of the app lets users playback various video formats, and tweak their appearance and sound output. The full (Pro) version of the app costs $15 and enables the full set of features, including the ability to convert, split, join, view by chapter, etc. This review focuses on the full version of the application.The app's translucent user interface offers intuitive, easy-to-use controls. Playing a movie is as easy as dropping it onto ReelBean's window, or by choosing &l... [read more >>] Bevy has been specifically designed for those who like to use the mouse, according to developer bergdesign. You may wonder why an app like Bevy is even necessary – after all, you have the Dock as your perfect application launcher, right? Wrong. While the Dock indeed does the job of launching your apps, it provides limited functionality for organizing your icons. The more applications you add to it, the smaller it gets, hence the more difficult it is to click and launch the right application. That is, if you can spot it. By contrast, Bevy displays all your applications in a much bigger space, not being limited by the size of your disp... [read more >>] DMGConverter is a highly intuitive Disk Image (.dmg, .cdr, .iso) create-and-convert tool. Best used for the collective processing of more than one file and every folder, the program can deal with all the fundamental processing, offering the drag & drop functionality and quick results. Besides DMG, DMGConverter includes support for sparse disk images, CD/DVD master disk image (CDR), and various types of ISO images. The tool is completely free, making it a must have for any Mac user dealing with various kinds of image files, including Windows-specific ones. With such a simple utility on our hands, I'll just get down to the basics. Th... [read more >>] If you thought Leopard's Spaces feature was cool, wait until you get a load of Dock Spaces from developer Patrick Chamelo. This truly useful app can equip you with as many as ten different Docks, each customizable to your liking. Whether you want 3D or 2D Docks, one with 20 icons, with another holding just a web browser and an IM app, Dock Spaces will assist you, and even better as a Leopard Spaces user. While there are multiple applications that allow Mac users to modify the looks and the works of their Dock, none offers the many advantages of Dock Spaces, from a functionality point of view. For power users, the ability to switch thro... [read more >>] Even though Mac users are free from the hassle of having to reinstall Mac OS X on a monthly basis, they still need to keep their computers clean and healthy, in order to have a decent working operating system.With almost every application that you install come caches, universal binaries, unnecessary logs and languages, install preferences, support files, etc., while dozens of widgets may be half uninstalled or simply lying unused on your Mac's hard drive. In case you didn't know, all this clutter not only occupies valuable disk space, but also slows down your Mac. It can become a nightmare if you decide to clean everything up manu... [read more >>] If you need to run Windows apps, but love your Mac so much you simply cannot go with a PC, VMware Fusion may be the answer. However, before buying your own copy of VMware Fusion 2, be sure your Mac is prepared to handle the workload. The LooksFor those who've used virtualization software before, installing Windows Vista with VMware Fusion is as easy as pie. Newcomers too will find the program intuitive. As soon as you slide in your copy of Vista, Fusion partitions your resources for the guest OS, creates a Virtual Machine Library and starts installing the OS. The on-screen information is extremely simple to follow. Just sit back and wa... [read more >>] We can easily say that the software market is saturated with graphic editors of all types: simple or advanced, expensive or free. Still, why not try something new? You may be surprised to realize that a newly introduced program provides a wide range of features, all wrapped up in a beautiful interface. This may very well be the case with Voila, the newest image annotation tool from Global Delight Technologies. Voila is a software application that offers the most common image capturing and editing functions. By using it, you can easily grab a picture from your desktop, a webcam, or a video file, apply different effects, add custom captions ... [read more >>] | 
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