I like Spam. I hate spam. Interestingly, the good kind of Spam is probably bad for you, but the bad kind of spam—email—is worse. There are more than a few ways to reduce your daily intake of spam. El Problemo Email spam is a blight on society, an unwarranted intrusion into our lives by unscrupulous … Read More »
iDMG
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
One of many Mac utilities which create disk image files. iDmg has an attractive charcoal interface and features drag and drop with encryption. Easy. Free. iDMG is an easy to use application to create .dmg files of a folder with a simple drag and drop. Also supports encryption and internet enable. HUD style! 9WR – … Read More »
Funtastic Photos
Thursday, July 16, 2009
One of my absolute favorite Mac photo enhancing utilities. If you’re bored by iPhoto and fearful of the dreaded Photoshop learning curve, then try point and click photo effects. Funtastic Photos is a “non-permanent and easily reversible” photo editor for macintosh computers, with over 50 simple to use 1-Click Styles, an Advanced Effects engine, direct … Read More »
LazyMouse speeds up your Mac’s mouse clicks
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Just as there are plenty of Mac features that Microsoft never bothered to steal, there are a few useful features in Windows that never made it to the Mac. One of them is the Snap To feature which sticks the mouse pointer to the default window button. Using LazyMouse Mac users can bring that same, … Read More »
The outliner for Mac users who hate outliners
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Remember outliners? They’re built in to many word processors and help us organize our thoughts, projects, plans in a logical, straightforward way. It’s been a few years since I’ve seen anyone using an outliner on a Mac. Why? There’s a learning curve. All those indents and options get confusing. Spend a few minutes with Tree … Read More »
Finder folder troubles? Take Default Folder. Please!
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Navigating around your Mac comes in two flavors. The Finder, and dialog boxes in applications which take you to the Finder. In other words, files and folders on your Mac are accessible directly from the Finder, and through whatever Mac application or utility which opens a window when you save or open a file. Unless … Read More »