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AppFresh + IUseThis.com

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

If you keep up with technology at all, you know that all software has bugs (sometimes LOTS of bugs), and many applications contain security risks. You probably also know that many companies and independent developers regularly release updates to patch these problems, as well as to occasionally add new features. You probably receive occasional reminders for certain apps, or for your operating system. Wouldn’t it be nice to be notified whenever any of these new releases are available? In fact, you can. Read on….

Making Updating Easier

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EGW CD-ROM via Darwine on OS X — It’s Fast!

Friday, May 1st, 2009

The Ellen G. White Estate has not released a Mac application for searching Ellen White’s published writings for many years. In fact, they have never released one that runs natively under OS X. And because newer Macs no longer ship with OS 9 emulation, this means new Mac users (and probably most users in general these days) are left out in the cold.

Of course, using Apple’s Boot Camp, it is possible to install Windows on a Mac, and run the EGW software that way. But this involves tedious rebooting each time you want to switch to Windows. Or it is possible to run the EGW software under a virtual environment such as VMware Fusion or Parallels. And that is what I had been doing; it works, but it’s slow (open VMware, wait for Windows to awake, start the EGW software, which then runs a bit slow in the virtual environment).

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22 Very Useful Free Apps for Mac Users

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

A number of my friends and coworkers have recently purchased Mac computers, and so I thought it would be appropriate to share a little guidance to help them get started. Below is a list of free applications and other goodies that will enhance your Mac experience. Of course, it’s a good idea to install only the things you think you will need or use.

Some of these are applications you would not use every day, but are nonetheless good to have around for special situations or needs.

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Free Weather Updates in iCal

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

If you would like free weather reports in Apple’s iCal (which can be synced to your iPhone or iPod Touch), there’s good news: Weather Underground supports the iCal .ics format as a subscription format. (It also offers RSS.) And unlike the shareware application WeatherCal (which provides the same service), it is free.

What this means is that you can subscribe to weather reports for any city, and have the forecast appear within iCal. The 7-day forecast will display as a series of all-day events in the calendar. (All-day events appear as headers at the top of each day.) Weather details older than one day are automatically deleted, which is nice; it doesn’t fill up your calendar.

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MacHeist 3 Bundle

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

MacHeist 3 Bundle

In case you missed it, the MacHeist 3 bundle has been released. It’s really great this year; I’ve already purchased mine.

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