invisible files

Tiger Tracking and Backup Updated

This week we’ve got an odd assortment of old and new. Including a new version of an old favorite.

Carbon Copy Cloner 3 beta

CCC is the best free comprehensive backup solution out there. This utility creates bootable backups and includes invisible files.

CarbonCopyCloner3 Tiger Tracking and Backup Updated

In this new Tiger-only beta you can back up across a network and specify what gets backed up on a folder-by-folder basis.

DoIt

DoIt is an ultra-streamlined task manager. Use it to manage multiple task lists in a slick interface.

DoIt Tiger Tracking and Backup Updated

Apply deadlines and attach files to tasks in this unobtrusive free app.

Slife

This is a very meta application. It analyzes the time you spend using applications on your Mac.

Slife Tiger Tracking and Backup Updated

You can browse a history of the webpages you visited, documents you viewed or mail messages you looked at. Take it a step further and share your Slife with an Slife account.

Plot

Data processing hasn’t been a traditional strong point of Macs, but with Plot you can chart impressive graphs (and save them as graphics or PDFs). Its a perfect, free compliment to last episode’s BG Spreadsheet.

More great Mac freeware. What more could you need?

Brian

Boost the usefulness of QuickLook with these free plugins

quicklook 20071126 200946 Boost the usefulness of QuickLook with these free pluginsOver the last few days, I’ve noticed a few QuickLook plugins popping up and I thought I would link you to a few of them.

First, there is the Folder QuickLook Plugin which allows you to see the contents of folders from QuickLook including invisible files and time stamps.

From the same developer comes Zip QuickLook Plugin, a handy add-on that lets you look inside .zip files without taking the time to decompress them.

Last but not least, EPSQLPlugIn lets you get previews on EPS files in QuickLook from the Finder.

If you know about any other cool QuickLook plugins, please let me know.

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Managing Invisible Files

Your Mac is full of invisible files. These are typically system files and application support files. Sometimes, however, these may be files which you don’t want lying around. You can learn how to manage these invisible files by reading this week’s Power User Monday. Enjoy!

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