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VirusBarrier: Is it medicine your Mac doesn’t need?
Antivirus software makers have feasted for years on Windows PC customers. The scourge of malware is a fact of life for most PC users. Meanwhile, Mac users bask in relative security. So, why does a maker of Mac software continue to push and prod customers to buy their latest malware products?
Coda: one window coding on a Mac
If you code for a living on your Mac then you already have a number of utilities to help you. I have about 10 on my Mac which help me develop web pages in HTML, modify PHP scripts and Javascript, edit CSS files, manage color, validate code, and generally give me headaches trying to remember which open window on my Mac is the one I want.
Finder folder troubles? Take Default Folder. Please!
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 you know exactly where your files are, that in-application folder navigation can be painful for many Mac users. Enter Default Folder, a must have utility for busy Mac users.
Who’s using your Mac? Little Snitch tells all
Have you ever wondered who’s using your Mac besides you? Those little blinking lights on your router might be telling you something. Some software on your Mac phones home without telling you it’s using your phone to place the call. Little Snitch acts like a reverse firewall to protect your Mac from the inside out. How does it do what it does?
What’s better than iPhoto for photo albums and CDs?
Apple’s iPhoto is a wonderful value for digital photography, but lacks variety when it comes to creating photo galleries. Not to worry. There are other ways to create photo albums and galleries, for CD distribution, for uploading to websites. The price tag of JAlbum makes iPhoto look expensive.
Apple needs Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer
As much as Apple needed and needs co-founder Steve Jobs manning the bridge on the Mac maker’s ship of state, Jobs owes Microsoft founder Bill Gates a debt of gratitude. One of the best things to happen to Apple in the past eight years as been the reign of Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer. His missteps, miscues, and misguided muscle help Apple every day.
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