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| TextExpander 2.3 Adds Accented Words Snippet Group |  | TextExpander, a Mac OS X utility that lets users define abbreviations for frequently-used text and images, has recently been updated to version 2.3. SmileOnMyMac has decided to add a useful feature that predefines snippet groups of accented foreign words commonly used in English. The update also expands ... [read more >>] | | 24 July 2008, 03:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Limit Point Software Releases PhotoTiles 1.0 |  | PhotoTiles, coming from the folks at Limit Point Software, is currently at its first release as an application used to create single images of a tiled group of cells (images or other types of visuals). Cell size and spacing can be configured by the user, as can also be the number of columns.
The app does a superb job at tiling all the images within a folder you choose to drop on it, while the array of images can be of various ... [read more >>] | | 07 July 2008, 07:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Softpedia Recommended Mac Apps of the Week - 05.07.2008 |  | Hello and welcome back to Mac Apps of the Week. We've got some pretty exciting pieces of software for you this week (all free), especially this hefty plugin which allows you to chat with the visitors to your website, ON your website, through an IM client. Chec ... [read more >>] | | 05 July 2008, 09:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Cocktail 4.1.3 Adds OS X 10.5.4 Compatibility |  | The general purpose utility for Mac known as Cocktail has been updated to version 4.1.3. Cocktail (Leopard Edition) 4.1.3 adds Mac OS X 10.5.4 compatibility, fixes a Firefox 3 bookmark bug and addresses an issue in which Cocktail may stop responding in a certain cache-clearing scenario.
Maintai ... [read more >>] | | 03 July 2008, 04:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Softpedia Recommended Mac Apps of the Week – 28.06.2008 |  | It hasn't been a very exciting week as far as free Mac software goes, but we've managed to get a hold of three pieces of free software that can improve your Mac experience nonetheless. Read on for the details.
MacLoc 1 ... [read more >>] | | 28 June 2008, 09:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Speed Up Your Work with Speedy Mac |  | Altomac has released a truly useful Mac app for Mac OS X 10.4.11 and later, which allows its users to automatically access their favorite/most used apps, folders, web sites and more. As if it wasn't enough, Speedy Mac also allows users to activate tasks with a click of a button and, best of al ... [read more >>] | | 27 June 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| MenuMeters 1.3 Adds PPC Support |  | As a hardcore Mac user, you can't just rely on putting your ear to the machine to hear how fast the CPU fan is spinning so you can form an idea of how solicited it is. What you need is a nice little free app such as MenuMeters. Luckily for PowerPC users, the latest version of the app adds PPC ... [read more >>] | | 26 June 2008, 17:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Evernote Leaves Private Beta. Open Beta Commences. |  | Evernote sure has made progress lately. The developers have revamped the user interface, added dozens of improvements, as well as the option to subscribe for a $5 a month user plan that increases your monthly transfer from 40 MB to 500 MB, SSL for all data and more. Evernote is now in Open Beta.
With the newly-inclu ... [read more >>] | | 25 June 2008, 05:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Softpedia Recommended Mac Apps of the Week – 22.06.2008 |  | Hey there. Sorry for the delay, it's been a busy week. But, even so, we can't let down those interested to see and try out new Mac software. This time around we have an app that lets you control iTunes on a Mac with your iPhone, and two more additions to make your day-to-day activities less stressful. So, browse through and take your pick – everything is free!
wifiTunes ... [read more >>] | | 22 June 2008, 14:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CopyPaste Pro 1.0.8 Fixes Nasty Bugs |  | CopyPaste was the first Mac application to add multiple clipboards. This meant that more data could be moved in less time, also allowing users to see multiple clipboards, edit them, archive them and save them through restarts. The application tapping into the potential of the Mac clipboard has now been updated to version 1.0.8.
The latest iteration of Script Software's CopyPaste comes with some hefty abilities, but with t ... [read more >>] | | 18 June 2008, 06:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Softpedia Recommended Mac Apps of the Week – 14.06.2008 |  | Welcome back! As usual, we have three Mac apps for you to download and use, free of charge, thanks to their generous developers. If you've had a busy week and need to calm down and get in touch with yourself, or if you just need to be a bit more orga ... [read more >>] | | 14 June 2008, 10:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Softpedia Recommended Mac Apps of the Week - 07.06.2008 |  | There's nothing like waking up to a sunny Saturday and checking out new Mac apps, is there? Saturday is Mac apps-day here at Softpedia and if this is not the first time you're visiting, you'll know that three new apps await your Mac's ... [read more >>] | | 07 June 2008, 09:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Keep Your Mac 'IceClean' (V 3.0.6) |  | IceClean was created to help Mac users solve maintenance and optimization problems using built-in Unix system tasks. This way, users ensure their Macs work at optimum efficiency and also keep them running as smoothly as possible.
TUAW points out that there are a number of UNIX System Tasks which can be set to keep your Mac running "at peak performance." However, many Mac owners hate the idea of having to pop open the ... [read more >>] | | 06 June 2008, 16:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Dragoman 1.0 – Universal Batch Converter for Mac |  | Attention multimedia fans (like there's anyone out there who isn't a multimedia fan): Dragoman 1.0 has just been released. This useful piece of software enables you to convert most of the popular music, image, and archive files. And it does so on the fly. Check it out!
Dare to be Creative, the ... [read more >>] | | 03 June 2008, 06:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Softpedia Recommended Mac Apps of the Week – 17.05.2008 |  | Welcome back. Oh, are you going to love this week's apps! We haven't (yet) broken the rules, meaning we have: three apps; all free; super-useful; Mac friendly; they even work great together... The list goes on below.
Evernote 1.1
Evernote Corporation has recently updated its information management application that enables Mac OSX and ... [read more >>] | | 17 May 2008, 15:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| RapidoWrite 3.1 Improves Performance |  | RapidoWrite has the most important qualities a utility of its kind should come with: it's free and it’s very useful. Why is it useful? Well, the keyboard-shortcut-based app lets you insert frequently used phrases by using abbreviations/tags. RapidoWrite automatically shows you related texts as you type! The best thing about it is that you can do this in any application. Version 3.1 is now available for ... [read more >>] | | 16 May 2008, 03:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Record 'Tapes' on Your Mac Using TapeDeck 1.0 |  | SuperMegaUltraGroovy and Toastycode are happy to introduce their new recording application designed exclusively for use in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. The app's quick-capture workflow records "tapes" that can be ... [read more >>] | | 12 May 2008, 18:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Softpedia Recommended Mac Apps of the Week – 10.05.2008 |  | Windows users like to brag saying they get sooo much software on their platforms that they don't even know what to do with it anymore. Although it's quite true, Mac users can live with it because they get just the necessary amount of software they n ... [read more >>] | | 10 May 2008, 09:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Opacity 1.1 Allows Vector Graphics for Web Page Crafting |  | Opacity, exclusively crafted website imagery and desktop software (such as launch icons), has been updated to version 1.1, adding support for SVG, which allows web vector illustration. The software relies on both Quartz and Core Animation technology, and has vector, layer, and filtering tools. A downloadable ... [read more >>] | | 09 May 2008, 19:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Bezipped 1.0, Free Compression and Archive Utility for Mac OS X |  | Fruit Stand Software has released Bezipped 1.0, a free file compression and archive utility built on top of the bzip2 command line tool that comes with Mac OS X. The utility creates smaller archives than those generated by Finder’s "Compress" functionality, but also allows one to create "Wind ... [read more >>] | | 07 May 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apimac Launches Mac Notepad ‘08 for Mac OS X |  | Mac Notepad is a Mac OS X application that helps users organize texts, but protect their notes with a password too. The notepad program also allows users to paste and copy any piece of text they want to have at hand. You can try it out for free by clicking HERE.
Apimac says Mac Notepad is de ... [read more >>] | | 07 May 2008, 16:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| UTC Global Clock 3.0 Adds Timers, Stopwatches, Hourly Chimes |  | American Dream Partnership's UTC Global Clock has just been updated to version 3.0, adding count-up and countdown timers, stopwatches, hourly chimes, and other useful functionality support for over 300 worldwide time zones, associated with daylight saving time rules, when ap ... [read more >>] | | 06 May 2008, 17:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| iMedia Browser 1.1 Available. Download Here. |  | iMedia Browser, from Karelia Software, is very similar to the media browser in Apple's iLife applications. Using it, you can browse your iPhoto library, which includes both photos and videos, browse your iTunes library, links and so on, all from this standalone app wh ... [read more >>] | | 06 May 2008, 03:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Pastor 1.8 Adds Speakable Passwords in Password Generator |  | Pastor, a free tool to store all your passwords, website logins, program serial numbers and more, has now reached version 1.8, adding a Find As You Type feature, Speakable passwords in Password Generator, all this while the software now opens new document window at startup.
Password-protected and RC4-encryp ... [read more >>] | | 05 May 2008, 04:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Softpedia Recommended Mac Apps of the Week – 03.05.2008 |  | While this week hasn't exactly been application heaven, we've managed to decide on three items that might be of interest for the Mac user who can never have enough utility software on his/her hard drive. That's right, this time around it's utility only, but hey, you can ... [read more >>] | | 03 May 2008, 06:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mac Pilot 3 Packs 200+ Improvements |  | Koingo Software's Mac Pilot has recently been updated to version 3.0.1. The latest release, Koingo claims, sports around 200 new features and enhancemen ... [read more >>] | | 30 April 2008, 16:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| AppMenuBoy Restores Tiger's Folder Behavior in the Dock |  | AppMenuBoy by David Phillip Oster of the Google Mac Team restores the Tiger behavior of folders in the Dock, showing only applications, following aliases and so on. More than that, if a folder contains only an application, AppMenuBoy silently "hoists" that application in the menu so you don' ... [read more >>] | | 30 April 2008, 06:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Renamer4Mac 3.0 Adds New Look, Feel |  | Dare to Be Creative has released Renamer4Mac version 3. The batch file renaming utility adds a new look to Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5, and is designed to improve usability, productivity and efficiency. This version is the first official release since Dare to Be Creative acquired Renamer4Mac. A trial version ... [read more >>] | | 30 April 2008, 05:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Boot Camp Updated to Version 2.1 |  | Apple's Boot Camp has just been updated to version 2.1. It is available in three forms, for Windows XP, Vista 32 bit, and Vista 64 bit. Update 2.1 addresses certain issues with the utility and improves compatibility with XP and Vista. Click ... [read more >>] | | 25 April 2008, 04:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Softpedia Recommended Mac Apps of the Week – 19.04.2008 |  | Ready to further expand, improve or make productive use of your Mac? Good. Glad you stopped by this time around to have a look at three pieces of software we've chosen to let you in on. These are WeFi, iconXprit (Finder plugin) and JDarkRoom. If you want to be a part of the first open global WiFi network, make jigsaw puzzles out of your very own images and photos, or to be able to concentrate on writing without any distractions whatso ... [read more >>] | | 19 April 2008, 13:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Easily Unmount Drives Using Semulov 1.3 |  | Do you use a lot of external drives? Do you have some internal ones connected to your Mac as well? How about eliminating the fuss of having to open new windows in order to unmount them, and just do it with a single click? I'm not even going to ask if you like what you're hearing, especially when the software you need is ... [read more >>] | | 11 April 2008, 07:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Free Game Agent 1.7 Available |  | Aspyr Media has recently released a free update to its Game Agent application for Mac. The app itself deals with updates, particularly updates for Aspyr's games for Mac. By installing the app, you get periodical notifications (users can even set the frequency at which updates are check ... [read more >>] | | 07 April 2008, 17:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| InstallEase Is Free to Download |  | Say you need to install the same software on more than just one computer. It's a drag, right? Especially when there are tons of preferences and plugins involved. Well, InstallEase takes care of all that using "snapshots." Best of all, you can download it right now ... [read more >>] | | 05 April 2008, 08:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Boinx Software Rolls Out Mouseposé 3 |  | Got a presentation on for next week? Good, no need to start searching the web for a professional software to help you capture the attention of your audience because Mouseposé 3 is here. Chances are you're already using ... [read more >>] | | 29 February 2008, 05:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 20 Hidden Windows Vista Tools |  | The default installation of Windows Vista weighs in at approximately 8 GB. In fact, Microsoft's latest operating system won't even install with less than 15 GB of space available on the hard drive. This is valid for both the low-end and the high-end editions of the platform. A full Vista installation will take up no less than 40 times more hard disk space compared to Windows 95's 200 MB and five times more than Windows XP� ... [read more >>] | | 29 September 2007, 09:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Try These Google Goodies Now! |  | The search giant’s RSS reader is now receiving more attention from the company’s employee and is promoted even more than before the release of Google Gears and the interoperability with Google Reader. Although the offline accessibility is quite important, Google wants to make Reader famous and tries to encourage users to install several goodies that can improve the performance offered by the RSS client. Among the hot tools promot ... [read more >>] | | 07 June 2007, 03:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Tired of “Pro”s |  | Almost everything we do on our computers leaves behind a series of tracks that can both be followed and can create difficulties in running our usual applications. For instance, not all uninstalling softwares clean up their “mess” during that process. Lately, even some cleaning softwares have this vice. This lack of neatness leads to empty folders, orphaned files, invalid registry entries, startup missing tasks, invalid links that slow down ... [read more >>] | | 26 March 2007, 04:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| XP Rumble for Nothing |  | XP may seem like the big bad wolf for some of the users. There are so many things to learn about it and the options are spread all over the place. Well, there are some utilities on the market that help you make the necessary settings and configure XP all by yourself.
XP-Utilities is one of these applications that provide you all the settings in one place and you no longer have to look or bump into them while working on Windows XP. The v ... [read more >>] | | 01 March 2007, 11:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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