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BumpTop Mac, a brand new way to look at your Mac desktop

February 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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BumpTop is a full 3D experience with smooth, realistic physics, making your Mac’s desktop act more like the real desktop it’s sitting on. BumpTop will stay out of your way, complementing all of the Mac OS X features you know and love: like Spaces, Exposé, and Quick Look. Your desktop is a workspace, and like any workspace it can get messy. Reclaim your mess. Make the most of your screen real estate; Clean Up or Pile your items, or Grow and Shrink them independently. View the contents of your piles quickly and effortlessly with BumpTop's Grid View. Pin important files to BumpTop’s walls … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Productivity Tools, System/Disk Utilities

TechSmith Camtasia, The all-in-one screen recorder for Mac

February 23, 2010 By 2 Comments
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Software for making a movie from content you record off your computer screen. There's no easier way to create videos that are effective and fun to watch. Use it to make: training videos, on-demand presentations, marketing demos, how-to screencasts... Create eye-catching training, presentation, and demo videos the easy way…with Camtasia for Mac screen recording software. Record onscreen activity, Keynote slides, camera video, microphone or system audio – all with sparkling clarity. Edit it into a stunning video at the perfect size to share online or on Apple devices. Software for making … [Read more...]

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AppleJack

February 20, 2010 By 1 Comment
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That being said, don't forget Murphy's law -- eventually something will go wrong. When it does, you may as well be prepared, so it's a good idea to have the right tools handy and to polish up on your troubleshooting skills. You can kill a number of these birds with a single stone using the handy utility AppleJack. AppleJack is a user friendly troubleshooting assistant for Mac OS X. With AppleJack you can troubleshoot a computer even if you can't load the GUI, or don't have a startup CD handy. AppleJack runs in Single User Mode and is menu-based for ease of use. Using AppleJack, you can … [Read more...]

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iPad Simulator Thinks It Has A Camera

February 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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One of the biggest surprises, and certainly biggest disappointments for many, when Steve Jobs revealed the iPad was the lack of a front-facing camera on the device, especially after we had heard several rumors saying it would happen (though arguably one of the most reliable people said it wouldn't). Still, a glimmer of hope, albeit a shaky one, for the future has been uncovered in the new iPhone OS 3.2 SDK beta that may hint at future support for a camera. The clue was found in the iPad simulator that all developers get when they download the new 3.2 SDK that simulates a real iPad running … [Read more...]

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Aperture v3.0 Mac, Taken photos and further

February 11, 2010 By 2 Comments
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Aperture 3 requires a Mac with an Intel processor, if you need Aperture for your PowerPC Mac please read post Aperture 2 in MacOsXApplications. The new Aperture 3 gives you powerful yet easy-to-use tools to refine images, showcase your photography, and manage massive libraries on your Mac. It’s pro performance with iPhoto simplicity. You’ve taken a great shot. Now you’re ready to make it even better. Aperture 3 gives you all the tools you need to turn your photography into so much more. For extra flexibility, Aperture lets you store your images wherever and however you like — directly … [Read more...]

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Mac OS X 10.6.3 10D552 arrives days after last build – minor changes

February 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Apple is seeding a new test build of Mac OS X 10.6.3 to developers, 10D552. The 737.2MB build 10D552 began circulating last night - the last beta reached developers last Friday, following January’s seeding of build 10D538. The code is said to continue many of the troubleshooting efforts taken with the last two builds, correcting problems with AirPort, OpenGL, graphics drivers and QuickTime X, while improving the performance of 64-bit Logic. Also fixed are some compatibility and reliability issues with third-party printers, and a glitch which causes background message colors to behave badly … [Read more...]

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