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ScreenSharingMunulet - Quick and Easy Screen Sharing for Local and Remote Macs
Monday, March 15, 2010 2:51 PM
If you have several Macs on the same network or even Macs on a different network you can set them up so you can VNC login to them and control their screens. This is really easy if you are on the same network because all you need is there local IP address and your in. You have to remember or know what that IP address is in order to access it and this is what make... Read More...
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Snowtape – Internet Radio Like iTunes Should Have
Monday, March 15, 2010 12:47 PM
The internet radio section of iTunes is less then impressive. They have a bunch of stations but not a whole lot of features, despite the fact that internet radio has been a part of iTunes for a long time. So if you are a bit internet radio fan you are going to love Snowtape. Snowtape has several features that iTunes should have added years ago. Snowtape has an... Read More...
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Steam Announced Several Titles to come to Mac in the Spring
Thursday, March 11, 2010 1:24 PM
Everyone is excited that Steam has decided to port over some of their games to Mac. Everyone has been talking about it and I couldn't be happier. Not all the titles will make it over to Mac at least not for a while, but Steam has announced several big titles that will be coming to Mac Including Portal, Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Left 4 dead, Left 4 Dead 2... Read More...
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CrashPlan - Affordable Online Backup System
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 11:57 AM
I run an backup of all my files on to an external hard drive attached to my computer. What if you experienced some kind of natural disaster like a flood, earthquake, power surge, or fire. Then your computer and all your files would be ruined. There is also a possibility that both your computer and your backup could both die at the same time what would you do... Read More...
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TotalFinder - Add Tabs and other features to Finder
Monday, March 08, 2010 3:25 PM
Finder is the application on the Mac used to find your files and folders on your computer. Though it's full of some great features it also is lacking in others. There have been many applications out there that have tried to replace finder or make finder better like Path Finder and the do a pretty good job of it. Though applications like Path finder are good... Read More...
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Steam Rumored to come to Mac
Monday, March 08, 2010 12:39 PM
Steam, a popular online gaming website and platform, might be coming to Mac. Steam is a website where you can download and play all of Steams releases. You can join the steam community, and play and chat with friends, create and join matches all on steams dedicated servers. The rumor of Steam coming to Mac all started when a beta version of the Steam client had... Read More...
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Ripit can Compress Movies like Handbreak!
Wednesday, March 03, 2010 2:22 PM
I downloaded Ripit from the MacHeist this morning and realized that it was a different version than I already had. It has a new feature that allows you to compress movies into a video file either MP4, Apple TV, and iPhone/iPod Touch formats. The Ripit website allows you to download this version but makes no mention of the new feature. The button has a Beta tag... Read More...
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LastPass – Password Management for any OS and any Browser
Wednesday, March 03, 2010 11:54 AM
How do you handle all your passwords? Do you use the same one for every account or do you use different ones? Well however you come up with your passwords i'm sure you could benefit from a little organization and storage. LastPass will provide a secure and simple way of storing your passwords at the same time allowing you to auto fill them for easy login... Read More...
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The Macheist – Get $266 in Mac Programs for $19.95
Wednesday, March 03, 2010 10:17 AM
The Macheist nanoBundle2 is here with a series of applications at discounted prices that benefit charities as well as promote some great indie software for Mac. I woke up this morning to an email that the Macheist was all ready to be sold and I went to the site to check it out. I saw that Ripit was one of the applications in the bundle which I was going to buy... Read More...
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Choose Wisely - For Mac Let's You Choose which browser to Open a Link in
Monday, March 01, 2010 3:10 PM
If you are like many people you have more than one internet browser installed on your computer. Sometimes it's appropriate to open a link in a specific browser. For example the web page might be only viewable in a specific browser, or you might prefer one over the other. Most people stick to one browser but recently I have started to branch out and for that... Read More...
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Phone Disk - Mount your iPhone or iPod Touch in Finder
Monday, March 01, 2010 12:05 PM
Back in the day you were able to mount your iPod on the desktop and use it as a storage device. I'm not sure if you can still do that with the older ipod models but with the iPhone and iPod touch you can not. If you want to mount your iPhone or iPod touch on the desktop you will need a little program called Phone Disk to get the job done. The application... Read More...
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And Yet it Moves - Indie Puzzle/Physics Game - Lots of Fun - Windows and Mac
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 2:20 PM
There are so many indie games out there but very few of them are actually really good. "And Yet It Moves" is the exception rather than the rule when it comes to indie games. The goal of "And Yet It Moves" is to get your character to the end of map without falling off the page, falling to your death, or getting crushed by objects. The controls... Read More...
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TeamViewer Screen Control and Screen Sharing Window and Mac
Thursday, February 18, 2010 2:10 PM
I don't know about you but my parents and friends are always having computer problems and they want me to fix it. It's hard for me to troubleshoot over the phone so a remote desktop option is always best. There are many really good options out there but many of them are confusing and require making accounts on websites and I just want something simple... Read More...
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How to Make your Mac Hybernate not just Sleep
Thursday, February 18, 2010 10:55 AM
Something I never liked about Macs is there is no Hibernation mode. You can put your laptop or iMac to sleep but you can't force it to hibernate until the battery reaches a certain point. Once your battery goes below 20% in sleep mode your laptop will go into a deep sleep of safe sleep mode. The machine loads the RAM information onto the hard drive and shuts... Read More...
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Slink – Take your Home Network Anywhere – Mac Only
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 1:27 PM
Slink is an application that allows you to gain access to your home network and Bonjour applications on your home network from anywhere. The best part about the application is that you don't need to be a network wizard to get it to work. You just install a Preference Pane app on the host computer and then the Slink app on the remote computer and your done... Read More...
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