Mactracker does what your memory cannot. Everything you wanted to know about every Mac model from the original 128k in 1984 to the latest MacBooks. Handy, detailed, fun, and free. Mactracker provides detailed information on every Apple Macintosh computer ever made, including items such as processor speed, memory, optical drives, graphic cards, supported Mac OS … Read More »

Addictive 3D moving satellite image view of the world. It’s always fun to find out where you live. Earth Plus version is $20, Pro version is $400. Now with ocean layer and a blast to the past. iPhone users rejoice for Google Earth for iPhone. Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view … Read More »

Handy Menubar utility which monitors your Mac. Easy to read, unobtrusive, elegant, useful. My recent review of iStat Menus on McSolo. And now with a price tag. iStat Menus lets you monitor your system right from the menubar. Included are 8 menu extras that let you monitor every aspect of your system. CPU, Memory, Disks, … Read More »

Minor update to the major update of the classiest photo enhancement tool for Mac users with taste. New effects, cropping, thumbnail view to manage batch changes, media browser included, cool slider functions. Very sweet. Must have. Trust me. With an animated “drag and drop” style interface, Picturesque makes images gorgeous with tasteful effects like 3D … Read More »

Because you can never have enough speed, there’s Speed Download. Great interface to Mac utility which is four utilities in one. Download manager, FTP client, file sharing utility with encryption, and a .Mac/iDisk/WebDAV connectivity utility. A lite version is also available. Faster and more secure, more features, easier to use and sporting a new look, … Read More »

Mini update for the popular Microsoft Office for the rest of us. If you must have an office suite on your Mac and cannot afford Microsoft’s Office or Apple’s iWork, this is the one to get. Big, kinda klunky, often compatible, somewhat slow, very loaded with features, not quite free, but effective competition for Office … Read More »

The Mac slide show application for the 21st century. Storyboard your image shows with text, transitions, audio video tracks, and animations. Excellent, intuitive user controls. Not cheap. I use it for quick video production. Boinx FotoMagico lets you create professional slideshows from your photos and music with just a few, simple mouse clicks. 9WR – … Read More »

Nearly professional level application to create moving slide shows—movies from digital photos. Easy to use interface, intuitive controls. Pan and zoom across photos, add titles, export to QuickTime movies for use in iMovie. Photo to Movie enables you to create a movie by zooming and panning over a photo. It presents a simple interface to … Read More »