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Jul 28 2010

Marks on your coffee table? There are coasters for that—iPhone App Coasters

iphonecoasters 370x208 Marks on your coffee table? There are coasters for that—iPhone App Coasters

I want to give a shout out to @Daynah for tipping me to these awesome iPhone Apps Coasters. I’d seen them on the periphery… I’d even seen some on Flickr… but now, for £19.99, I can see them on my coffee table. They are available in three different sets — The Core» , Home» , and Media» — each set featuring 6 of Apple’s default iPhone apps.

Do you love iPhone Apps and their icons enough to make them a part of your home decor? Leave me a note in the comments.

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Apr 27 2009

At Your Fingertips

Great freeware utilities make the important features of your Mac more accessible. This week we’ll look at several applications that do just that.

Tiger Launch

Tiger Launch is a menu extra that brings up a menu of all of your applications. If you have a lot of apps, you will be scrolling a lot, but it is one-click access.

QuikImageCM

This contextual menu item allows you to view images with a right-click in the finder. It doesn’t stop there either. On the same menu you can remove or add thumbnail icons.

Services Manager

This Preference Pane allows you to manage which system services are available to which programs. This one is still in beta, so you’ll want to be careful…

MediaDock

This utility gives you a second “dock” of sorts, which shows your mounted media. MediaDock lets you easily access your media in hierarchical menus, and is full of display and position options.

I hope this week’s picks have made your Mac more accessible. If not, at least it didn’t cost you anything.

Join me next week for more great free stuff.

Brian

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Apr 27 2009

MacLibre – Mac Freeware One-Stop Shop

With every new Mac and every reinstall you can spend hours downloading freeware. Now a spin-off of a Windows project has a better way.

The MacLibre project has knocked out a speed-installer for the best in Mac freeware. The 10 MB installer lets you select your apps and does the rest itself. The installer comes in two flavors – the standard and an offline version that includes all the necessary installers included.

maclibre MacLibre Mac Freeware One Stop Shop

The documentation is sparse. The included software require at least Panther, but the installer didn’t work on my 10.3.9 install. As with any Open Source project, I’m sure they’re looking for volunteers.

Check out the list of included software, you’ll find many of your favorites.

maclibre2 MacLibre Mac Freeware One Stop Shop

Once downloaded and installed, the installer reports back and even offers to clean up the mess of downloaded files. There isn’t a category of software left out. The installer also prompts before overwriting previously installed software.

For more great free software not yet included in MacLibre, tune in next week.

Brian

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