“Got a favorite Mac software title? Tell me about it. I might like it, too. Or not.”
Normally, NoodleMac is all Mac. Today is an exception. Why? The Parrot AR Drone Wi-Fi Quad Helicopter. It works with the iPhone (sorta of like having a Mac in my pocket).
Times change. Apple moves on. Mac apps and utilities move on, too. But not all of them. The venerable Steel, an elegant password, login ID, and serial number database, has been discontinued. For the past few months I’ve been moving all my Steel data, and there’s about 10 years of data, to my Wallet.
If you were to look at the applications and utilities on my Mac you would come to the conclusion that I’m a collector. There are a few hundred non-Apple, non-Adobe, non-Microsoft, 3rd party apps and utilities. Some I love but don’t use. Other utilities have hundreds of features but never get double-clicked. Cocktail is one such Mac utility.
The digital age has permeated much of what we do. The last bastion of manual overload might be the postal service, which still carries letters and packages by hand. Paying homage to the 21st century, most of those labels and address where handled digitally. Your Mac makes the creation process easier, simpler, almost automatic with Labels & Addresses.
For Mac users who publish photographs on the web, our tools are not limited. From Photoshop to GraphicConverter to iPhone, we have plenty of choices to enhance photos, display photos, crop photos, and one-click to a complete gallery. If you collect Mac utilities, you’ll like this one-trick pony that makes good photos look better—perfect for the web.
For over 10 years I’ve tried every decent Mac application or file launcher under the sun. The best is James Thomson’s DragThing. It’s not even a contest as no other launcher comes close to the features, capability, usefulness, and ease-of-use found in DragThing. If the Mac’s Dock is making you wince, DragThing will make you smile.
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