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Synchronize, back up, mirror, archive, clone. All from the most dependable, stable Mac utility I’ve ever used. Simple for back up and cloning, yet loaded with features including auto mounting, auto scheduling, and file filtering.
ChronoSync is the complete data management utility that allows you to efficiently synchronize or backup files and folders from one disk location to another. There are hundreds of settings available within each Synchronizer document to customize your synchronizations. You can synchronize or backup files to almost any device. ChronoSync will even automatically mount other computers. Create as many documents as you need to handle all the synchronization and backup scenarios you have.
9WR - ChronoSync: Auto sync backup, clone between Mac, Mac hard drive.
Ultra capable keyboard shortcut creator performs multiple tasks with simple keystrokes. Now includes a recorder, integration with KeyCue, and contains a clipboard history switcher.
Design a custom action sequence with your own shortcuts and activate them at any time, you can navigate through running applications and open windows with Program Switcher, and you can work with an unlimited number of clipboards - all by pressing simple keystrokes.
9WR - Keyboard Maestro: Great utility creates keyboard shortcuts, built-in recorder, clipboard history.
One of my all time favorite, and highly used, web development tools. xScope measures, aligns, inspects graphics and layouts on your Mac’s screen. If you design or develop on a Mac, this is a must-have tool.
A powerful set of tools that are ideal for measuring, aligning and inspecting on-screen graphics and layouts… available via the Mac OS X menu bar, xScope’s flexible tools float above desktop windows and UI elements making measuring a breeze… really seven tools in one that will help any designer do their job faster and produce more accurate results.
9WR - xScope: Seven tools; ruler, screen, loupe, guides, frames, crosshair, dimensions.
If you use your Mac to create presentations for marketing, sales, training, education, using either PowerPoint or Keynote, then ProfCast is a tool you need. It records your presentation while you give, and distributes it as a video Podcast.
All elements of your presentation, including slide timing and voice narration, are recorded. You can then publish your complete presentation on the Web as a PodCast, complete with RSS support.
9WR - ProfCast: PowerPoint, Keynote; sales, marketing, education, training presentation recording tool.
Excellent utility for system administrators and web masters to manage Unix servers remotely, including Linux and Mac OS X.
Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix. Using any browser that supports tables and forms (and Java for the File Manager module), you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and so on.
9WR - Webmin: System administrator utility manages servers remotely using web browser.
Geeky Mac utility that converts movies to a bunch of formats not handled by Apple’s QuickTime. It ain’t pretty but it works.
Converts movie files to an MPEG2/MPEG1 DVD/SVCD/VCD ready movie format, and exports MPEG1/MPEG2/VRO/VOB/TiVo/Hitachi VOB to QuickTime.
9WR - MPEG2 Works 4: Clever utility for movie conversion nerds, MPEG2 to/from whatever.
Winning the Think Different™ award for graphic image editors is Graphic Designer Toolbox (GDT). Drag and drop blocks of effects; stack the blocks, re-arrange the blocks, adjust the parameters for each block, to create stunning visual effects. Simple, elegant, efficient, useful. Think of it as a Leggo set for graphic effects on an image or photo. Read my detailed review.
GDT is about snapping building blocks together, just like those you can buy in the local toy store. Maybe you even have played with something like this when you were a kid. It’s simple to understand and use, yet you can make huge complex buildings. This building block idea is so versatile that it’s used in applications like: modular synthesizers, video editors, planning tools, etc.
9WR - Graphic Designer Toolbox: Building block image editor; stack effects, change effects parameters.
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