functionality

Capturing Jaguar’s Screen

This week we have a few tools that will put you in charge of your screen.

Print Window

A truly missed feature of good old OS 9 is the ability to print windows. With Print Window you can bring that functionality back. This program can be activated with a command-P in the Finder or from the “services” menu. Preferences let you tweak what exactly is printed. Very useful.

Kunvert

If screenshots are more your style, then check out Kunvert. With Kunvert you can, well, convert those pesky PDF screenshots OS X generates into jpg’s without having to whip out Preview. Handy.

Capture 1.1

Now a freebie for our Mac OS 9 friends. This screen capture program is used to create 60 x 60 pixel graphic. Intended to help you make a thumbnail of your web site, it can also capture anything on the screen.

Be sure to tune in next week for a new batch of freeware,

Brian

Add some flickin’ scrolling abilities to your Mac

sxprefpane 20080506 201842 Add some flickin scrolling abilities to your MacDo you like the way you can flick through long lists on the iPhone and iPod touch? Do you wish your Mac had the same functionality? Thanks to Marcmoini’s Smart Scroll, you can bring the same flickin’ scrolling abilities from the iPhone to the desktop.

The USD$19 System add-on runs on Mac OS X 10.3.9 to 10.5.2 (PPC/Intel) and offers “Super Scroll” and something called “Grab Scroll” which allows you to move a window’s contents by “throwing” it. Very weird. Very cool.

Smart Scroll got a bug fix update today, so if you are already a Smart Scroll user, be sure to update.

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You Software releases You Control 1.5.1

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You Software has announced the immediate availability of You Control 1.5.1, their utility for creating custom menus on the Mac. This maintenance update is focused on improving the functionality of the Pasteboard module, as well as providing various fixes to user-reported issues in other modules. The Pasteboard module is one of 19 modules included with You Control. You Control modules are the building blocks that allow users to create a wide variety of custom menus, with all kinds of information directly available from the menu bar.

You Control 1.5.1 is currently available for download and purchase from the company’s website. This is a free update for all current registered users. New users may purchase the software for USD$29.95 directly from the You Software website. New users can download free, fully functional 15-day demos of all products from the website. All products are backed with a 30-day money back guarantee.

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