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xGestures updated for Snow Leopard

Jeff Porten — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:52:00 -0800

xGestures is a program that allows mouse movements to trigger menu items, keystrokes, and AppleScripts; it's recently been updated to work with Snow Leopard.

Add more effects to Photo Booth and iChat

Rob Griffiths — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:31:00 -0800

Learn how to add over 20 additional effects to photos taken in Photo Booth and iChat

Skype's legal storm clears up

Juan Carlos Perez — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:28:00 -0800

Skype's cofounders have reached an agreement to withdraw their legal challenges against eBay and Skype's future majority owners.

JavaScript getting faster, could displace Flash

Paul Krill — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:45:00 -0800

JavaScript's creator claims JavaScript has displaced Java as a Web client, outlines projected enhancements

Mac developers band together for One Finger Discount

David Chartier — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:43:00 -0800

Over two dozen Mac developers are participating in a "One Finger Discount" sale to celebrate great Mac software and offer a 20 percent discount to customers.

Secrets pref pane updated for Snow Leopard

Jeff Porten — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:37:00 -0800

The Mac preference pane with hundreds of hidden user interface tweaks is updated for Snow Leopard.

MacHeist offers six Mac apps for free

Jeff Porten — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:22:00 -0800

MacHeist offers six Mac applications for free, in exchange for your email address. And no Twitter spamming this time, either.

Review: Bombia Design The Invoice Machine invoicing software

Jeffery Battersby — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:30:00 -0800

Simple to manage and easy to use, The Invoice Machine is a good web-based invoice application for very small businesses.

Interview with the producers of Warhammer Online

Chris Holt — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:39:00 -0800

A chat with two of the producers of this new MMORPG.

Jitouch adds new gestures to Multi-Touch trackpads

Dan Frakes — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:30:00 -0800

Jitouch is a simple program that adds eight new sets of gestures to the Multi-Touch trackpads on recent Apple portables.

Four hints about Mail and Spaces

Rob Griffiths — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:10:00 -0800

Four hints for the price of one ... learn how to easily switch between open windows of an app across Spaces, how to delete Mail messages without showing a preview of the next, and two tips for working with links in messages in 10.6's Mail app.

Viewfinder aids Flickr searchers

Dan Moren — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:52:00 -0800

Connected Flow's new Flickr browser, Viewfinder, makes finding images of particular license types or sizes a snap.

Vendors scrambling to fix bug in Net's security

Robert McMillan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:01:00 -0800

Vendors are now scrambling to patch a critical flaw in the SSL protocol.

Orb for Mac lets you stream your media anywhere

Lex Friedman — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:20:00 -0800

A new Mac version of the popular Orb software streams music, photos, and videos to any Internet device, including iPhone

Novation Launchpad debuts

Jackie Dove — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:30:00 -0800

Novation has unveiled Launchpad, an easy-to-use audio controller that works with Ableton Live 8 performance software to let you create musical compositions.

Review: Studio One Pro 1.0.1

John Brandon — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:30:00 -0800

New kid on the block: StudioOne is a powerful new music creation and production app that rivals Apple and Avid offerings.

Flickr plants an App Garden

Ramu Nagappan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:03:00 -0800

Photo-sharing site Flickr has launched an App Garden to show off all the third-party software that works with its service.

RemoteSight turns an iSight into CCTV

Jeff Porten — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:16:00 -0800

Ben Software's new RemoteSight can turns an iSight—or other video input source—into a video-monitoring system for your home.

New Mac 'game' plays Russian roulette with your files

Tony Craine — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:42:00 -0800

An artist tries to get gamers to think about their actions by creating an arcade-style game for the Mac that purposely deletes files from your hard drive as you score points.

Keep track of changes in Pages

Kirk McElhearn — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:37:00 -0800

Apple's Pages not only tracks changes and comments in your documents, but also lets you share those changes, even with Microsoft Word users.

Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac arrives

Rob Griffiths — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0800

Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac is shipping, including Aero support in Vista and Windows 7, a new Crystal mode for full Windows/Mac OS integration, OpenGL 2.1 acceleration in Windows and Linux, and more.

New DiskTool Pro update includes CPU meter, improved Snow Leopard support

Roman Loyola — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:38:00 -0800

Macware on Tuesday announced an update to DiskTools Pro, the company’s software utility for hard drive management.

Create pause-zoom-pause effects in iMovie stills

Rob Griffiths — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:01:00 -0800

Learn how to show a still image for some time in your iMovie project, then zoom/crop/move that image, and then pause on the final image again before moving on.

Introducing Macworld's Total Snow Leopard Superguide

Jason Snell — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:15:00 -0800

Macworld's new Total Snow Leopard is a one-stop guide for everything you want to know about using OS X.

Backblaze opens online backups to businesses

Dan Miller — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0800

Backblaze has been offering online backup services to individual Mac users since last April. Now it's expanding those services to businesses, too.

Delibar makes Delicious bookmarking easy and attractive

David Chartier — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:17:00 -0800

Delibar improves greatly on the experience of sharing, accessing, and creating bookmarks for the popular Delicious bookmarking service.

Review: Google Picasa 3.5 photo organizer

Kris Fong — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:30:00 -0800

When it comes to organizing, editing, and sharing photos, most Mac users know iPhoto. But Google offers Picasa, a free photo editing and sharing app that rivals iPhoto ‘09.

Is Spotify the future of music listening?

Kirk McElhearn — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:03:00 -0800

Spotify, hoping to make its way to the U.S. soon, lets you stream music to your computer or iPhone/iPod touch. Will it be worth the wait?

Sorenson Media releases Sorenson Squeeze 6

Jackie Dove — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:15:00 -0800

Sorenson Media has released Sorenson Squeeze 6, an update of its video encoding software. This version is designed to let users more easily encode and publish video to the internet. It adds e-mail and text notification, secure review and approval, optimized video codecs, new filters, and more.

Review: Acorn 2.1 image editing software

James Dempsey — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0800

Acorn 2.1 is a great app for digital photography hobbyists, bloggers, or anyone who needs a decent amount of flexibility in editing images but doesn't require the power of a full image editor.

Creating a favicon for your Web site

Chris McVeigh — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:30:00 -0800

Go to any major Web site, and you’ll almost certainly see an icon to the left of the address in your browser. This tiny image is called a favicon (or Favorites Icon), and with a little effort, you can create one of your own.

Camino 2 release candidate sees light of day

Lex Friedman — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:42:00 -0700

It's Safari! No, it's Firefox! No, it's that other Mozilla-based OS X friendly-browser you'd forgotten all about.

Verizon Media Manager streams photos, music to your FiOS DVR

Nicholas Bonsack — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:02:00 -0700

Verizon has released a Mac version of its Media Manager software, allowing FiOS TV customers to stream music and photos to their DVR set-top boxes.

Delete networked files without caution dialog

Rob Griffiths — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:43:00 -0700

Learn a timesaving (but potentially dangerous) method of deleting files stored on networked volumes without going through the Finder's "are you sure?" warning dialog.

Review: VHS capture tools compared

Christopher Breen — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:15:00 -0700

If you have a box of VHS slowly deteriorating in the basement, use these tools to convert them.

Bugs & Fixes: Snow Leopard's Spelling Ignore button is ignored

Ted Landau — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:43:00 -0700

After upgrading to Snow Leopard, have you noticed that words continue to be flagged as potentially incorrect even after you've clicked the Ignore button in the Spelling Checker? Ted Landau gets to the root of the problem.

iTunes 9.0.2 update blocks Palm Pre syncing, again

Dan Moren — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:15:00 -0700

In a startling case of déjà vu, Apple's recent iTunes 9.0.2 update once again blocks the Palm Pre from syncing with the software. Then again, maybe it's not very startling at all.

iTunes 9.0.2 update adds Apple TV 3.0 support

Jonathan Seff — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:49:00 -0700

The iTunes 9.0.2 update released on Thursday adds support for the new Apple TV 3.0 software, plus a new dark Grid view background option.

Restore your old pictures with iPhoto

Derrick Story — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:55:00 -0700

Return your scanned old photos to their former glory with a few easy adjustments in iPhoto.

OnOne introduces PhotoTune 3

Nick Spence — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:49:00 -0700

onOne Software has announced a range of new products including PhotoTune 3 for Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom.

See icon previews in folder Quick Look windows

Rob Griffiths — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:41:00 -0700

Learn how to see a rotating set of icon previews for files within folders in Quick Look mode - perhaps not terribly useful, but visually intriguing

SMART Utility monitors your hard drives' health

Dan Frakes — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:00:00 -0700

SMART Utility monitors the SMART status of your internal hard drives, warning you if any of them is showing signs of drive failure.

Review: MetaLab Ballpark invoicing software

Jeffery Battersby — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:35:00 -0700

Ballpark is a simple, Web-based estimate and billing application that allows you to manage estimates, bills, and payments from the Web.

Four smart tips for managing scanned photos

Derrick Story — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:00:00 -0700

Bring order and security to your scanned printed media with these smart iPhoto management and back up strategies

Self-promotional sites with iWeb

Adam Berenstain — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:30:00 -0700

Pulling together a self-promotional Web site can be complex. Using iWeb for the task can make your job easier.

Plex 0.8.3 brings extensive Snow Leopard compatibility

Aayush Arya — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:45:00 -0700

The latest update for Plex makes the best media center application on Mac OS X even better by improving compatibility for Snow Leopard.

Two more Snow Leopard Expose tips

Rob Griffiths — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:41:00 -0700

Learn how to change the Expose All Windows sort order, and how to control whether or not Expose searches across Spaces in Application Windows mode.

1Password 3 beta now open to all

Nicholas Bonsack — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:19:00 -0700

1Password 3, the latest version of Agile Web Solutions's password storage utility for Safari, is now available in beta mode for all interested parties.

Outsource your photo scanning projects

Derrick Story — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:00:00 -0700

Scanning all your old photos is a daunting process. Should you use a third-party scanning service can help you migrate old photos from the shoe box to the computer?

Avoiding death by e-mail

Tom L. Barnett — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:35:00 -0700

Do you love your e-mail? Come on, it's just the two of us. Do you really? If you feel imprisoned by your inbox (and like you never get any work done as a result) check out one company's idea for breaking out.