Archive for the 'Macintosh' Category

Default Folder X
Wednesday, August 13th, 2003

Default Folder X is probably one of the nicest looking apps I’ve seen on the Mac. Not that its graphics are astounding or anything, it’s just so useful looking. I spend way too much time flipping back and forth between directories in Windows. It make saving and opening files in several different applications per job […]

Dragthing
Wednesday, August 13th, 2003

Again, I haven’t used the Dock in OSX yet, but apparently some people find it lacking. This little app increases its usefulness quite a bit, and Zeldman seems to think quite highly of it, so it can’t be too bad.

Dragthing

Enigmo
Wednesday, August 13th, 2003

Enigmo looks a lot like Sierra’s The Incredible Machine except with much prettier graphics and an overall better look experience. I used to play the Incredible Machine when I was the 8th grade, and it was great fun. Can’t wait to be able to try this new “version” of it. It seems to get some […]

Launchbar
Wednesday, August 13th, 2003

I don’t think I can completely understand the possibilities of Launchbar until I have had the chance to install it and use it for a while, but it certainly looks promising and looks like a real time saver for power-users. Can’t wait to try it out and see what all the fuss is about.

Transmit
Wednesday, August 13th, 2003

Transmit is one of the slickest looking FTP programs I’ve ever seen, and I can’t wait to be able to use it. FTPeel is another possibility, though Transmit is probably more feature-rich and stable, considering FTPeel just came out.

Color Consultant Pro
Wednesday, August 13th, 2003

Color wheel programs are very handy to have around when trying to pick color schemes for your site, and Color Consultant Pro looks like a great one. I’ve used ColorSchemer in the past on the PC, and it was quite good. This one looks to be even more detailed and flexible.

NetNewsWire
Wednesday, August 13th, 2003

NetNewsWire will definitely be what I use for my News aggregator on the Mac. I am using Newzcrawler on the PC right now, but I still don’t like it very much. I will probably also eventually purchase the pro version of NetNewsWire, and use it to post to my Blog so I can have spellcheck, […]

Image Well
Wednesday, August 13th, 2003

Image Well is a tiny little program that sits at the top of your screen, which allows you to drop image files onto it and resize them, add borders, crop and rotate them, or upload them to your iDisk or an FTP server automatically. You can even take screen grabs with the program, crop them […]

CSS Edit
Wednesday, August 13th, 2003

I’ve been using Topstyle on the PC to code my sites recently, but CSSEdit looks like it may be a decent replacement for the Mac. I don’t think it is anywhere near as full featured as Topstyle, but it’s only $15 and at a 1.0.1 release, so I’m sure new and better features will be […]

Detour
Wednesday, August 13th, 2003

Detour is a very handy looking little application that allows you total control over the sound settings and volumes in all of your MacOSX programs. Mute the sound from Safari so it doesn’t interfere with the music you are playing on iTunes, or make only the iTunes sounds go through your main speakers, so you […]