#osx (234 links)
- Max from sbooth.org sbooth.org
Mac audio ripper with Musicbrainz integration.
- scraplab : clarke - an os x fire eagle updater scraplab.net
Ace. "It’s just a toolbar thing that sits there, quietly, using Skyhook’s API to triangulate your location from nearby wifi points, pushing it to Fire Eagle. Yes, it’s YAFEU (Yet Another Fire Eagle Updater)."
- qsb-mac - Google Code code.google.com
Google Quick Search Box is an open source search box that allows you to search data on your computer and across the web.
- Running IE6, IE7 and IE8 on your Mac — The Mozmonkey Blog blog.mozmonkey.com
"I’ve been using Linux as my primary development environment for a number of months now, despite being an abject Mac fanboy. Why?" Notes on virtualizing dev environment to reduce risk to core OS.
- Color Oracle colororacle.cartography.ch
Takes the guesswork out of designing for color blindness by showing you in real time what people with common color vision impairments will see.
- Must Have Menu Bar Applications For Mac OS X Leopard | Mac Tricks And Tips mactricksandtips.com
- Password Manager + Automatic Form Filler for Mac OS X agilewebsolutions.com
Probably a better bet than passwordmaker. "use strong and unique passwords for every site and never forget any of them".
- Local W3C validator on OSX | AlastairC alastairc.ac
You can install it as a local ’service’, essentially a web application running on Apache on your local machine. That means you can adjust the Web Developers Toolbar for Firefox to use you local version.
- mathusalem - Google Code code.google.com
A robust and unintrusive backup system for Mac OS X Leopard, which can be used either as a System Preferences pane or directly as a command line tool.
- Terminal Tip: Backup Delicious Bookmarks from the Shell lifehacker.com
- Layers | Screen forensics layersapp.com
"Capture your displays as a Photoshop layered image". Can't think of a use for this yet, but cool.
- ZigZig Software - ZigVersion zigversion.com
Another mac svn client. This one looks like it might be quite good.
- Alex Payne | How I Use TextMate al3x.net
More useful TextMate tips.
- TextMate productivity tips | 456 Berea Street 456bereastreet.com
Some good tips here. TextMate is by far and away the best editor I've ever used.
- Nokia - Nokia Map Loader for Mac nokia.com
"With Nokia MapLoader for Mac, you can sideload maps to your phone directly from your Mac. This way, you can save a lot on your data transfer costs – especially if you are planning a trip abroad." Wish you could sideload Google Maps for Mobile.
- Unison File Synchronizer cis.upenn.edu
A file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows. It allows two replicas of a collection of files and directories to be stored on different hosts (or different disks on the same host), modified separately, and then brought up to date by propagating the changes in each replica to the other.
- Hyperspaces hyperspacesapp.com
"Hyperspaces uses new technology in Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard” such as Core Animation and Core Image. Watch as your desktop gently fades from one color to another, or use the new space switcher to quickly flip between your spaces." A giant "laser".
- fruux - "Just Sync, No-frills!" fruux.com
A lightweight and convenient system preference pane, that syncs your Address Book, Calendars, Tasks and Bookmarks between different Macs.
A powerful free video converter, player, editor for Mac and Windows. It can play many movie files, not only MPEGs; it can convert MPEG files between muxed/demuxed formats for authoring; it can encode movies to many formats, including iPod; it can cut, trim and join movies. MPEG Streamclip can also download videos from YouTube and Google by entering the page URL.
- KeyCue - find, remember, and learn menu shortcuts macility.com
KeyCue gives you an instant overview of the overall functionality of any application, plus lets you automatically start working more efficiently by making use of menu shortcuts.
- ChronoSync | Perform File and Folder Synchronizations and Backups Like Clockwork | Econ Technologies econtechnologies.com
Allows you to efficiently synchronize files and folders from one disk location to another.
- Ciarán Walsh’s Blog » TextMate Plug-in: ProjectPlus ciaranwal.sh
Looks like an excellent TextMate plugin. Thanks, Tom!
- teleport 1.0.1 - MacUpdate macupdate.com
"A simple prefpane utility to let you use one single mouse and keyboard to control several of your Macs." Similar to synergy but Mac-only.
- Wake Assist - a Mac OS X wake up fix dssw.co.uk
Fixes the stuck-until-clicked wake problem
- Zennaware » Cornerstone zennaware.com
New Subversion client for Mac. Looks like it might be better than Versions.
Using Fluid, you can create SSBs to run each of your favorite WebApps as a separate desktop application.
- Xslimmer - Your Mac, on a Diet! xslimmer.com
Remove unnecessary code from fat binaries. Strip out unneeded languages.
- TotalTunes Control eagle-of-liberty.com
As discreet as the invisible man, TotalTunes Control gives you the control of iTunes. TotalTunes Control offers the ability to create shorcuts to control iTunes and toggle shown TotalTunes Control controller window.
- Freedom, OS X Networking Freedom Software ibiblio.org
An application that disables wireless and ethernet networking on an Apple computer for up to three hours at a time.
- O'Reilly -- Mac OS X Screenshot Secrets digitalmedia.oreilly.com
- Isolator willmore.eu
When you're working on a document, and don't want to be distracted, turn on Isolator. It will cover up your desktop and all the icons on it, as well as the windows of all your other applications, so you can concentrate on the task in hand.
- Dual Boot OS X Leopard Tiger (10.5 10.4) Installation « Mac OS X Leopard & Tiger Dual Boot installingcats.wordpress.com
The following is a summary of how I created a dual boot setup of OS X Leopard (10.5) and Tiger (10.4) on a MacBook Pro, keeping the original Tiger installation intact and available through alt/option booting during system startup.
- Contextual Menu Plugins for Mac OS X abracode.com
- Pure Mac: Contextual Menus - Software for Macintosh pure-mac.com
- Orbicule | Weblog orbicule.com
I always have this problem: "It turns out that all you have to do is hold down the option (alt) key during startup and once you enter your firmware password you will be able to select a disk."
Integrates SFTP right into the heart of Mac OS X. This allows you to remotely mount any SSH or SFTP server onto your desktop [...] and use them as if they were local disks.