Posts Tagged ‘Apple’

keka – The free Mac OS X file archiver

May 17th, 2010

Finally the Mac OS X users can get an open source program that allow file compression in other formats than zip (native on Mac OS X).

Keka can archive files in 7z, Zip, Tar, Gzip, Bzip2.

And can unarchive the following formats: RAR, 7z, Lzma, Zip, Tar, Gzip, Bzip2, ISO, EXE, CAB, PAX, ACE (PPC).

To archive some files all you have to do is drag the files in the keka’s icon on the Dock.

To unarchive is although very simple just open the package and keka will unarchive it for you.

Homepage: Keka’s Homepage
Download: Download

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Windows 7 window management on Mac OS

January 18th, 2010

Have you already used windows 7? Windows 7 has one great feature which is to manage the positioning of the windows on our desktop. If you move the window to the left it will resize it to fill the left half of the screen, to the right… it will fill the right half of the screen and to the bottom it will fill the entire screen. » Read more: Windows 7 window management on Mac OS

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Google Chrome for Mac OS

December 9th, 2009

Yesterday, Google as officially released a Google Chrome Beta for Mac OS.

Here is the email that they send to the interested people.

Google Chrome

It’s finally here: Google Chrome for Mac.

Available today in beta!

Hi there,

Thanks for signing up to hear from us regarding Google Chrome for Mac! We’re excited to let you know that Google Chrome is now available in beta for Mac OS X.

Here are a few fun facts from us on the Google Chrome for Mac team:

  • 73,804 lines of Mac-specific code written
  • 29 developer builds
  • 1,177 Mac-specific bugs fixed
  • 12 external committers and bug editors to the Google Chrome for Mac code base, 48 external code contributors
  • 64 Mac Minis doing continuous builds and tests
  • 8,760 cups of soft drinks and coffee consumed
  • 4,380 frosted mini-wheats eaten

Thanks for waiting and we hope you’ll give Google Chrome for Mac a whirl.

Google Chrome Team
www.google.com/chrome

I love the Lego pics of the Google Chrome’s Staff.

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Apple Software Update

December 9th, 2009

It looks like Apple released an MacBook EFI Update to version 1.4.

Apple EFI Update Version 1.4

Apple EFI Update Version 1.4

About MacBook EFI Firmware Update 1.4

This update eliminates the noise made by the optical disk drive during system startup and wake from sleep on MacBook computers. When installation is complete, please run Software Update again, and install SuperDrive Firmware Update 3.0 (…)

by Apple

After the EFI Update and the Super Firmware Update installation, I still get the noise from the optical disc during the boot, but when the computer wake up from sleep I don´t listen that annoying sound.

Is there anyone with the same bug?

Read: More EFI Update 1.4 for MacBook

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ClickToFlash – A Flash Blocker for Safari

September 2nd, 2009

ClickToFlashSeveral months ago, when I was starting to using Mac OS, my browser was Firefox, because it’s stability and the add-ons.
One of my ‘must have’ add-ons is a flash blocker, for to reasons: it blocks annoying ads and saves you battery.

When I moved to Safari, I’ve tried to reach a flash blocker plug-in but no success at all.
Today, I give it another shot and I’ve discovered a great Safari Plug-in called ClickToFlash.

ClickToFlash on Youtube

ClickToFlash in action on Youtube

The features of this plugin are:

  • Block evil Adobe Flash
    Flash only when you want it.
  • One-click Flash loading
    View blocked Flash with just one click.
  • Higher quality YouTube
    Play H.264 videos in QuickTime.
  • HD YouTube support (beta only)
    No more crappy, blocky video.
  • Website Whitelist
    Allow Flash on certain websites.
  • Application Whitelist (beta only)
    Allow Flash in certain applications.
  • sIFR Typography Support
    Load quality typesetting automatically.
  • Automatic Updating
    Download updates when they’re ready.

Now what I hope not to ear the fans on maximum speed, while my CPU usage is constant on 50% just because a Flash Add.

Download: ClickToFlash 1.4.2 (Stable Version) – Only for Leopard
Download: ClickToFlash 1.5 fc2 (Latest Beta Version) – Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard
Homepage: ClickToFlash

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Watch HD Trailers from Apple on Front Row

July 27th, 2009

With the upcoming version of Snow Leopard, I thought that Apple might have add the possibility to watch HD movie trailers on Front Row, but till now there is no rumors about that.

So I’ve google for that possibility and I’ve found the solution ‘Front Row Trailers.prefPane’, it’s installed on System Preferences and allows to choose the Front Row’s Trailers source, the sort type and to watch trailers in HD (720p is the maximum for now).

I recommend you to open your terminal and run this command. This will stop asking your password to change one by one definition on this prefPane.

sudo chmod o+w /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/BackRow.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Trailers.plist

After configure this preference you can launch Front Row and go to Movie Trailers and you’ll see HD Trailers Folder.

Front Row Trailers Preference Pane

Front Row Trailers Preference Pane

Download: Front Row Trailers.prefPane

Original site: 0xced Front Row Trailers

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Mac OS X Snow Leopard first impressions…

July 26th, 2009

Hi there, yesterday I’ve decided to upgrade Mac OS X Leopard to Mac OS X Snow Leopard, that will come out in September as announced by Apple.

On the next lines I’ll try to tell you the first impressions with this new OS…

aboutMac

» Read more: Mac OS X Snow Leopard first impressions…

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iSyncButton News

July 19th, 2009

iSyncButton was my first widget, and it’s available for download here and Apple. For my surprise, it also have been published on Mac OS Freeware Blog and MacUpdate.

Unfortunately I don’t know how many downloads have been already done, but I hope that have been many.

Stay tuned, in a few days/weeks a new version will be available.

Suggestions are all welcome.

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How To… Uninstall HttpMail

June 9th, 2009

httmail_iconHttpMail is a plugin that allow you to get the mails on your hotmail account on Apple Mail.
I’ve tried this plugin but unfortunately it didn’t work for me because I’ve got a live.com account. I’ve read that it only works with hotmail accounts.

To remove this Plugin from your Mac all you have to do is:

  • Go to your Library folder, open the Mail folder and then the bundles folder .
  • Delete the httpmail.mailbundle folder.

And it’s all… easy?

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