Posted June 7, 2006 by Appleologist
In case you don’t know, Cyberduck is a full-featured FTP/SFTP client available for Mac OS X bundled with many great features, it is compatible with external editors, and is very tightly-integrated with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. Cyberduck is freeware, open source, and very stable. Download Cyberduck 2.6 as a freeware application from cyberduck.ch” or [...]
Posted June 6, 2006 by Appleologist
Firefox for the Mac seems so unstable and dirty, but when I discovered this optimized version of Firefox the other day I gave it another chance. I downloaded the Intel build with the Firefoxy widgets, and after I launched it I was very surprised with its fast download times. The version of Firefox, codenamed “Deer [...]
Posted June 4, 2006 by Appleologist
One of the first issues I had when using Windows XP for the first time on my MacBook Pro was the inability to right-click. I automatically tried to use the control-click method, forgetting I was no longer in Mac OS X. Soon I discovered the Apple Mouse Utility which fixes the right-click issue in Windows, [...]
Posted February 14, 2006 by Appleologist
From the makers of the Screenshot Plus Widget, comes the Desksaver Plus widget. Desksaver Plus doesn’t act as a widget, but more like a utility or a preference pane. Desksaver Plus allows you to choose a screensaver, then it turns your desktop into that screensaver. For example, run the RSS screensaver on your desktop, and [...]
Posted February 4, 2006 by Appleologist
High Priority is a very cool menu bar item, that lists out your To Dos. High Priority can also configure and make new To Dos without even opening iCal.
This is a very simple menu bar item that gives users a lot of control and ability to harness the power of iCal without opening iCal. High [...]
Posted February 3, 2006 by Appleologist
As requested, I found a script that can save all of your open tabs in a bookmarks folder.
This script, BM Safari Tabs script, selects all open tabs in the frontmost Safari window, saves a file in your Home folder, then requires you to select that file, and now you have all of the tabs saved [...]
Posted February 3, 2006 by Appleologist
SafariStand adds very cool features to Safari; such as a sidebar that shows a preview of open tabs, a seperate window that displays bookmarks and RSS feeds with a way to search through the history and RSS feeds, a “Quick Search” feature in the contextual menu.
SafariStand also gives you options to perform “hacks” and implement [...]
Posted January 29, 2006 by Appleologist
Dashboard KickStart fixes a major problem with the pause between you actually activate the Dashboard and the time the widgets become useful.
Dashboard KickStart works by opening up the Dashboard at system login, so that when you launch the Dashboard, your widgets will already be loaded and fully useful.
Setting up Dashboard KickStart couldn’t be easier. All [...]
Posted January 27, 2006 by Appleologist
FoggyNoggin Software has recently developed another great menu bar item that I have been waiting for a long time. With this new menu bar item, you can switch and toggle the desktop on and off.
FoggyNoggin Software released version 1.0 about a week ago. I checked it out, and was pretty disappointed that it didn’t keep [...]
Posted January 25, 2006 by Appleologist
A couple days back I reviewed Vienna, which is a great and complex RSS application. Today, I have discovered an even easier way to get your RSS feeds, all in the Menu Bar. RSS Menu allows you to configure certain RSS feeds for updates periodically, and also has a folder with your iTunes podcasts. The [...]
