Mac Gems

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.

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.

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.

PTHPasteboard Pro provides multiple Clipboards and much more

Dan Frakes — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:21:00 -0700

PTHPasteboard Pro is a utility that provides multiple Clipboards, but it's also a powerful text-processing and -storing program.

Dictionary Cleaner lets you edit your spell-check dictionaries

Dan Frakes — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:14:00 -0700

Dictionary Cleaner is a System Preferences pane that lets you edit Mac OS X's custom spell-checking dictionaries.

Notify makes it easier to keep an eye on Gmail

Dan Frakes — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:35:00 -0700

Notify sits in your menu bar and monitors your Gmail accounts for new messages.

Bevy brings a unique view to application launching

Dan Frakes — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:08:00 -0700

Bevy offers an interesting—and, at times, fun—way to access your applications: via a wall of icons that pops up on your command.

App Store Expense Monitor tracks your iPhone-app spending

Dan Frakes — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:05:00 -0700

WetFish Software's App Store Expense Monitor makes it easy to get an estimate of how much you've spent on iPhone apps.

USB Overdrive lets you control your input devices

Jonathan Seff — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:29:00 -0700

USB Overdrive 3 provides Snow Leopard (as well as Tiger and Leopard) users with customizable, system-level mouse and keyboard control without slowing down your system.

Readability makes Web pages more readable

Dan Frakes — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:43:00 -0700

Readability is a browser tool that lets you quickly reformat cluttered Web pages for easier reading.

TwoUp and SizeUp organize multiple windows

Dan Frakes — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:18:00 -0700

TwoUp and SizeUp are utilities, one free and one not, that let you organize multiple windows on your screen; for example, to make it easier to move files between two Finder windows, or to more easily compare two documents.

Concentrate helps you focus on tasks

Dan Frakes — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:54:00 -0700

Concentrate lets you create groups of actions that help you focus on particular tasks.

LittleSnapper shines at screenshot management

Aayush Arya — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:30:00 -0700

LittleSnapper is a handy utility for taking screenshots, but it really shines at managing them. It's like iPhoto for screenshots.

SneakPeek Photo enhances Quick Look previews

Dan Frakes — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:47:00 -0700

SneakPeek Photo enhances OS X's Quick Look feature by providing lots of information about images while previewing them.

Chill Pill brings RSS Fever to your desktop

David Chartier — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:08:00 -0700

Fever is a self-hosted RSS reader that offers some unique, powerful features. If Mac users need some incentive to switch away from the competition, Chill Pill may do the trick.

Snow Leopard's (partial) Gem substitutes

Dan Frakes — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:30:00 -0700

With every new version of Mac OS X, Apple adds features that replicate, fully or partially, the functionality of some third-party software. Dan Frakes takes a look at past Gems you may no longer need after upgrading, as well as areas where Snow Leopard still falls short.

Promising Prospect: Read Right

Dan Frakes — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:46:00 -0700

Read Right is a specialized PDF reader that turns your MacBook into an e-book.

iPhoto2Twitter lets you share iPhoto images via Twitter

Jonathan Seff — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:49:00 -0700

If you use iPhoto and Twitter, iPhoto2Twitter may be the perfect match for you.

Docks gives you more Docks

Dan Frakes — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:42:00 -0700

The aptly named Docks lets you configure multiple Docks and easily switch between them.

Bluetoggle lets you toggle Bluetooth status

Dan Frakes — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:17:00 -0700

Bluetoggle lets you quickly toggle Bluetooth status -- and the Bluetooth menu extra -- on and off using a keyboard shortcut.

Tweetie for Mac brings excellent iPhone app to the desktop

Dan Moren — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:39:00 -0700

Tweetie was one of the first popular iPhone clients for Twitter to make the jump back to the Mac. The Mac version has many strengths, including support for multiple accounts and multimedia, but it also has its fair share of quirks.