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    <title type="text">NoodleMac &#45; Certified Mac Software by Ron McElfresh</title>
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    <updated>2010-03-09T19:54:06Z</updated>
    <rights>Copyright (c) 2010, Ron McElfresh</rights>
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      <title>Parallels Desktop</title>


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      <id>tag:noodlemac.com,2010:/1.113</id>
      <published>2010-03-09T13:44:05Z</published>
      <updated>2010-03-09T19:54:06Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Ron McElfresh</name>
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        <p>A mini update to the major update to the pricey but increasingly popular way to run Windows or Linux within Mac OS X. Share files between Windows and Mac. Support for Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3 and Windows 7.</p>

<blockquote><p>Run Windows, Linux, and more side-by-side with Mac OS X on any Intel-powered Mac, without rebooting. Run Mac OS X and Windows at the same time. You can even drag-and-drop files between desktops!</p></blockquote>

<p>9WR - <a href="http://www.parallels.com/en/" title="Parallels Desktop">Parallels Desktop</a>: Runs Windows, Linux with Mac OS X on Intel Macs.
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    <entry>
      <title>Little Snitch</title>


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      <id>tag:noodlemac.com,2010:/1.228</id>
      <published>2010-03-09T12:56:19Z</published>
      <updated>2010-03-09T18:20:20Z</updated>
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            <name>Ron McElfresh</name>
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        <p>If you&#8217;re concerned about Mac security, Little Snitch does what your Mac&#8217;s firewall cannot. It protects and alerts you whenever a Mac application tries to communicate from your Mac to wherever. You would be surprised to know how many Mac apps and utilities <em>phone home</em>. A Mac&#8217;s firewall protects against unwanted intrusions. Little Snitch protects against unwanted, outbound connections from your Mac.</p>

<blockquote><p>Little Snitch informs you whenever a program attempts to establish an outgoing Internet connection. You can then choose to allow or deny this connection, or define a rule how to handle similar, future connection attempts. This reliably prevents private data from being sent out without your knowledge.</p></blockquote>

<p>9WR - <a href="http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html" title="Little Snitch">Little Snitch</a>: Outbound firewall alerts Mac user to outgoing communication requests.
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    <entry>
      <title>Microsoft Office 2008</title>


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      <id>tag:noodlemac.com,2010:/1.142</id>
      <published>2010-03-09T11:15:49Z</published>
      <updated>2010-03-09T18:19:50Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Ron McElfresh</name>
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        <p>The latest big bug fix of Microsoft&#8217;s somewhat buggy but popular Office suite of Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Entourage. Welcome relief for many Mac users, certainly. Office 2004 11.5.8 is also available. I&#8217;ll spare you ad copy and go right to what you want to read about&#8212;bug fixes. It&#8217;ll make you proud to use Office.</p>

<blockquote><p>Compatibility is improved.</p></blockquote>

<p>9WR - <a href="http://tinyurl.com/37nmp7" title="Microsoft Office 2008">Microsoft Office 2008</a>: Another bug fix update enhances security, stability, and performance.
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    <entry>
      <title>Dejal Simon</title>


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      <id>tag:noodlemac.com,2010:/1.133</id>
      <published>2010-03-08T09:20:16Z</published>
      <updated>2010-03-08T19:25:17Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Ron McElfresh</name>
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        <p>Our favorite Mac site monitoring tool. Solid, dependable, full of notifications when checking sites. Tracks sites, servers, forums posts, comments on blogs, even checks web mail.</p>

<blockquote><p>It checks servers for changes or failures, and notifies you via e-mail, sound, speech, Twitter, or other means. You can use it to track updated sites, and to alert you when an important server goes down or recovers.</p></blockquote>

<p>9WR - <a href="http://www.dejal.com/simon/" title="Dejal Simon">Dejal Simon</a>: Server monitor tracks failures, notifies via email, alerts, Twitter.
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    <entry>
      <title>TrailRunner</title>


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      <id>tag:noodlemac.com,2010:/1.23</id>
      <published>2010-03-08T04:34:55Z</published>
      <updated>2010-03-08T15:06:56Z</updated>
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            <name>Ron McElfresh</name>
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        <p>Major update of the rather clever utility for people on the move. Literally. Plans routes with maps, graphs, locations, and calculates distance. Check the ancient Mac360 <a href="http://mac360.com/index.php/mac360/comments/youre_a_runner_let_your_mac_do_the_work/" title="review">review</a>. Watch runner and hiker routes in Google Earth. Includes diary, and MobileMe export.</p>

<blockquote><p>TrailRunner is a route planning software for all kinds of long distance sports like running, biking, hiking, inline-skating, skiing and more.</p></blockquote>

<p>9WR - <a href="http://trailrunnerx.com/" title="Trail Runner">Trail Runner</a>: Route planning for runners, bikers; maps, diary, exercise plan.
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    <entry>
      <title>NeoOffice</title>


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      <id>tag:noodlemac.com,2010:/1.209</id>
      <published>2010-03-07T07:59:21Z</published>
      <updated>2010-03-07T18:40:22Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Ron McElfresh</name>
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        <p>Mini update for the popular Open Source, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office for the rest of us. If you must have an office suite on your Mac and cannot afford Microsoft&#8217;s Office or Apple&#8217;s iWork, this is one to get. Big, kinda klunky, often compatible, somewhat slow, very loaded with features, very free, but now competing against the very good <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/" title="OpenOffice">OpenOffice</a> 3.0.</p>

<blockquote><p>A fully-featured set of office applications (including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and database programs) for Mac OS X. Based on the OpenOffice.org office suite, NeoOffice has integrated dozens of native Mac features and can import, edit, and exchange files with other popular office programs such as Microsoft Office.</p></blockquote>

<p>9WR - <a href="http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php" title="NeoOffice">NeoOffice</a>: Open Source office suite (free), word processor, spreadsheet, database.
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      <title>MacPilot</title>


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      <id>tag:noodlemac.com,2010:/1.161</id>
      <published>2010-03-07T07:54:59Z</published>
      <updated>2010-03-07T18:40:00Z</updated>
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            <name>Ron McElfresh</name>
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        <p>Because you can never have enough tools to tinker on your Mac, there&#8217;s MacPilot. A huge list of utility functions, features, fun tweaks for the Mac geek hiding inside.</p>

<blockquote><p>Easily enable and disable hidden features in Mac OS X, optimize and repair your system, and perform numerous routine maintenance operations with the click of a button! Optimize your network for broadband connectivity, completely customize Apple File Sharing, perform essential maintenance without having to remember mind boggling acronyms.</p></blockquote>

<p>9WR - <a href="http://www.koingosw.com/products/macpilot.php" title="MacPilot">MacPilot</a>: Geeky utility tweaks Mac, opens hidden features, cleans caches.
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      <title>MoneyWell</title>


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      <published>2010-03-06T12:05:50Z</published>
      <updated>2010-03-06T22:30:51Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Ron McElfresh</name>
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        <p>Everyone wants to manage your money these days. MoneyWell takes a different approach. Think digital envelopes. Think buckets. Lots of easy access reports, schedules.</p>

<blockquote><p>Powerful personal finance organization and analysis tools in a simple, single-screen solution. Without running complex reports or having to trudge through six levels of pie charts, you&#8217;ll know immediately if your spending is on track.</p></blockquote>

<p>9WR - <a href="http://nothirst.com/moneywell/" title="MoneyWell">MoneyWell</a>: Gentle learning curve, comprehensive &#8216;envelope&#8217; budget management, one-click reports.
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      <title>Optimism</title>


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      <id>tag:noodlemac.com,2010:/1.54</id>
      <published>2010-03-06T08:00:15Z</published>
      <updated>2010-03-06T17:41:17Z</updated>
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            <name>Ron McElfresh</name>
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        <p>Highly beneficial Mac utility to track and chart depression and mood disorders, causes, trends. Monitors daily health using simple selection criteria. Impressive.</p>

<blockquote><p>An advanced health and mood diary. Optimism helps you discover your depression triggers, the symptoms that they produce, and based on this knowledge, effective strategies for staying mentally well.</p></blockquote>

<p>9WR - <a href="http://www.findingoptimism.com/software/overview.html" title="Optimism">Optimism</a>: Effective mood diary discovers, tracks, monitors depression triggers, influences.
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      <title>Default Folder X</title>


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      <id>tag:noodlemac.com,2010:/1.268</id>
      <published>2010-03-05T08:02:37Z</published>
      <updated>2010-03-05T15:30:38Z</updated>
      <author>
            <name>Ron McElfresh</name>
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        <p>One of my favorite always on utilities. Default Folder adds tools to the Open and Save dialog boxes in OS X, and remembers where to save files based on which application is used at the time.</p>

<blockquote><p>Default Folder X attaches a toolbar to the right side of the Open and Save dialogs in any OS X-native application. The toolbar gives you fast access to various folders and commands. You just click on the buttons to go to your favorite and recently used folders, manage the folders and files shown in the list, and make changes to your settings.</p></blockquote>

<p>9WR - <a href="http://www.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/index.html" title="Default Folder X">Default Folder X</a>: Adds tools and remembers which folder to save files based on application.
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