os x

Apr 27 2009

Get your Photos on the Web

There are a ton of tools to put pictures on the web, including iPhoto. This week, we’ll be looking at the best of the free photo-to-web tools.

mu Get your Photos on the Web WebAlbum

Here’s a free option to convert a folder of photos into a web site. While the interface is a little confusing, this app does let you customize your site with your own css styles or several provided with the application.

mu Get your Photos on the Web PhotoSite TimeSaviour

Though still in pre-release, this promising app gives you all kinds of options in a very comprehensive interface. Also, this utility is both OS 9 and OS X compatible.

mu Get your Photos on the Web iPhoto to PhotoToWeb Exporter

This iPhoto plug-in adds additional control options when exporting web pages from iPhoto. This plug-in also lets you export presentations.

mu Get your Photos on the Web Galerie

This one is my personal favorite. Galerie can create web sites from selections in iPhoto and from a folder of photos. This app includes a progress bar and nice preview features.

Don’t let those vacation pictures collect proverbial dust on your system, get them out there and share them!

More free software next week,

Brian

mu Get your Photos on the WebDownloads provided by MacUpdate

By admin • Articles, Freeloader Friday Download of the Week • Comments Off • Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Apr 27 2009

iPod Freeware

Got an iPod? I wish I did. Be warned, I havenít had a chance to test these like I do my other picks. Of course, I’d rather have no iPod than a fake one.

mu iPod FreewarePodWriter

This OS X app lets you compose and synchronize notes to your iPod similar to the way notes work on a palm. This one is still in beta, so use caution!

mu iPod FreewarePod2Go

News, weather, movies, stocks, driving directions and more, synchronized to your iPod. You can even use this app to sync MacMercís RSS feed to you iPod for offline reading.

mu iPod FreewareiPodEject

This utility lets you eject your iPod from the menu bar. A very handy menu item for you iPoders.

mu iPod FreewarePodMonkey

With a name like that, you know itís going to be fun. PodMonkey lets you browse your iPod, music and all, from the Finder.

mu iPod FreewareText Reader

This free application ìreadsî text files into an audio format you can listen to on your iPod. Think of all the MacMerc stories you could listen to!

Well, thatís all the envy I can handle. If any of this stuff nukes your Pod, let me know and Iíll make note of it. After all, Iím sure one of my fabulous readers is packing one up right now for meÖ

Come back next week for more,

Brian

mu iPod FreewareDownloads provided by MacUpdate

By admin • Articles, Freeloader Friday Download of the Week • Comments Off • Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Apr 27 2009

Down & Dirty FTP in the Finder

By Jon Gales

James is on vacation from his column dutues this week so he asked me to pitch hit for Power User Monday–a position I once filled. It’s my pleasure.

Since I’m a web developer, I’m always using FTP, the most popular way to get files from here to there on the web. Panther introduced a rebuffed system for loading FTP servers in the Finder, and it’s actually quite handy for those times you’re on another machine and just need quick access to FTP. No need to rush to Panic.com to download a demo of Transmit while you’re at a client’s office! It should be noted that although this is a great feature in Panther, I still use Transmit as my FTP client. It offers a lot more–this is just a quick hack. And no, I’m not being paid by Panic. I really do just use their product. Really.

connect to server Down & Dirty FTP in the FinderWhen you’re in the Finder, just hit Command-K. You’ll be prompted to type a server address. For the example, I’m going to type mobiletracker.net (the mobile phone news site that I run). Depending on the server, you may have to tell it to use FTP by putting ftp:// before the address. After OS X has made contact with the server of your choice and has decided that a compatible protocal is available (it doesn’t technically have to be FTP), you’ll be asked for a username/password. I’m not going to tell you what I’m using for obvious reasons.

If your login was correct, you’ll be asked to select the volume you want to mount. In my case, there’s only one choice. I’m not sure why it asks when there is only one choice, but it’s probably because there are cases where you are expecting more than one and would like to know if something is missing. Still seems odd though. Press OK and look in a Finder window. Mounted just like any regular disk is your FTP server! You can navigate around just like it was any other folder, except it will probably be a little slower because it’s not a local drive.

Enjoy!

By admin • Articles, Power User Monday Tip of the Week • Comments Off • Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 »