Mac Backup Utilities Freeware
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  Have you ever wanted a simple, complete, bootable backup of your hard drive? Have you ever wanted to upgrade to a larger hard drive with minimal hassle and without reinstalling your OS and all of your applications? Have you ever wanted to move your entire Mac OS X installation to a new computer? Then CCC is the tool for you! CCC makes these tasks simple by harnessing the Unix power built into Mac OS X. In addition to the features that CCC has provided in the past, version 2 offers synchronization of the source and target as well as scheduled backup tasks. Now you can setup a regular backup regimen that occurs in the background, even if you are not logged in! Version 2 also offers enhancements for lab administrators, including the option to run pre and post-flight shell scripts, the ability to modify the list of items to be removed at the end of a clone, and the ability to create a disk image on the fly. download: Carbon Copy Cleaner Project Simply Burns  SimplyBurns is a Mac OS X (requires 10.4.x aka "Tiger") application with a GUI, which allows the user to burn CD / DVD media. It is OSS / FS licensed under the GNU GPL, so you are most welcome to submit patches, localize, post feedback, suggestions and ideas in the forum, request features, or file bugs. Already known bugs are listed in BerliOS Bug TrackerAlready requested features are listed in BerliOS Feature Requests Rough Feature overview (see the status page for details)
Download:here ClamXav 1.0.6  ClamXav is a free virus checker for Mac OS X. It uses the tried, tested and very popular ClamAV open source antivirus engine as a back end. WHAT'S NEW Version 1.0.6:
Download:Here QuickSynergy  QuickSynergy is a graphical interface (GUI) for easily configuring Synergy2, an application that allows the user to share his mouse and keyboard between two or more computers. Without the need for any external hardware, Synergy2 uses the TCP-IP protocol to share the resources, even between machines with diferent operating systems, such as Mac OS, Linux and Windows. So QuickSynergy is a graphical user interface for Mac OS and Linux systems, since the official website presents only a Windows version. Comments:Download:Here Desktop Manager 0.5.3  Desktop Manager is a free virtual desktop manager that places an unobtrusive desktop pager in the menubar and allows fast switching of desktops either with hotkeys or by clicking in the pager. It is designed to be fast, lightweight, and Just Works. It is released under the GNU General Public License.Version 0.5.3:
Download:Here Quicksilver  At first glance, Quicksilver is a launcher.Quicksilver’s greatest strength, however, is not search. Any item you are able to find, drag, or otherwise pull into its universe is endowed with many potential uses. Hitting Quicksilver can be given the ability to understand the data inside of files, allowing you to work with data in new, faster ways. Plug-ins add both new items and new actions, allowing you to run scripts, send instant messages, dial phone numbers, look up words in a dictionary, queue up songs in iTunes party shuffle, and much, much more.
Frequently used commands can be bound to triggers, giving you the ability to execute them immediately by hitting a hot key or using the mouse on a corner or edge of the screen. Download:hereXplorers  Does the Finder have too few features for your liking? Does it offer too little information? Xfolders, the new file manager for Mac OS X, Tiger, is the solution. Xfolders supplements the Finder and it is, thanks to its compatability with Norton Commander, an effective assistant for administrating your files. Features: - Completely for Tiger re-written Cocoa application. - Uses the new technology of Mac OS X Tiger. - Full integration of the Finder, thus support of all file operations from and to the Finder. - Drag-and-drop between both filelists and the Finder. - Support for all important file operations. - Info dialoge for simply changing the file and folder attributes. - Intelligent path navigators for both file lists. - Bookmarks and manager for folders. - Direct access to importend system utilities. - Navigation with the keyboard, like in Norton Commander. - Integrated, detailed Spotlight search. - Versatile search and compare possibilities. - Zip archive support. - Flat or 3D Unified look. - Supports the following languages: English, German, Italian, French and Spanish. - Optimized for the PowerPC G5 processor, but remains compatible with G3 and G4 processors! - Universal binary: Compatible with Intel-based Macs! - Xfolders is freeware! - Support for finder labels added. - Create aliases (drag & drop with alt+command) added. - Confirmation for file operations by drag & drop fixed. - View package content of mpkg fixed. - English language fixed. Download:here Sloth  Sloth shows you all of the open files on your Mac. Have you ever tried to eject a CD or external hard drive but it wouldn’t because a file was in use? With Sloth you can tell which files are being used by which processes (applications.) You can filter and search the list, and you can even kill any processes that shouldn’t be running any more. Download:here Textpander  When Textpander stopped being free, there was a hole in the freeware universe. RapidoWrite fills that hole, making it easy to type full sentences or paragraphs using abbreviations. This is great for signing your emails with a signature, inserting your address into a form, or typing a long, easy-to-mispell word. Simply type the abbreviation you chose and RapidoWrite expands into the full text.Download:here JiWire  Are you having a hard time locating WiFi spots? If so, JiWire probably has just the dashboard widget you’ve been looking for… along with those free WiFi areas. Once installed, JiWire locates various WiFi hotspots in order for you to piggyback. Not only does JiWire find these hotspots, it also loads additional information about those responsible for providing it. If you are an iBook user with a wireless network card, JiWire is just the tool you are looking for. Download:here JaBack
JaBack is an automated Data Backup application from HiTek software. Nobody thinks having good back ups are a bad idea. The problem is, having good backups can turn into a tedious chore or hassle. That’s where JaBack shines. It makes it easy to create and manage your backups on whatever schedule you like. The scheduler software is probably my favorite aspect of JaBack. It’s super easy to configure and use. JaBack will even zap you an email if it fails a scheduled task for whatever reason. Bottom line: JaBack is free, it’s easy and it’s always better to have a back up and not need one than to need a backup and not have one. Download:here Ukelele Macs allow you to use a variety of keyboard layouts. When writing Portuguese, my favorite keyboard layout is USInternational. Ukelele allows you to create your own custom keyboard layouts. If you’d like certain keys to be in a certain place, create your own layout and have it your way.Download:here  BatChmod — short for “Batch Change Mode” — lets you change the permissions on your files and folders. Finder’s “Get Info” also lets you do this, but BatChmod gives you more fine-grained control. (By the way, don’t change permissions on files if you don’t know what you’re doing.) BatChmod’s most universally useful feature is “Force Empty Trash”, for those pesky times when you can’t empty your trash the normal way. Download:here Twotade
This is a simple app, but I can definitely see why it would be useful. “Twotade is a drop application utility for setting the creation dates of files and folders to the modification date, and conversely. Various options are available, such as only processing files.” So if you need to cover your tracks or just keep with a chronological scheme, this app will be your friend. Download:here Menu Butler
If you like the convenience of Menu Items, but you don’t like the icons taking up your Menu all the time, Menu Butler is the app for you. Menu Butler is a widget that will let you quickly add icons for common items like Airport, Bluetooth, Displays, etc. Just click on the icon in the widget and it willl be place in the Menu bar. As soon as you’re done useing it (and you want your Menu bar space back), hold Command and drag the icon off. It will go up in a poof of smokeDownload:here Keyboard Cleaner  Here is a nice little utility that may come in handy. It allows you to clean your keyboard without making your Mac go crazy. You won’t use this app every day, but it’s so small you can keep it for a grimey day. When you start “Keyboard Cleaner”, you screen is blacked out. The only keys that have any ability are “Command” and “Q” and only when pushed at the same time. So, once started, you can wipe down your keyboard. Expectedly, the developer gets the response “Why don’t you just unplug your keyboard”, but for those of you who are laptop owners…that’s a little hard to doDownload:here Punakea  When it comes to organizing your random files, Punakea is as easy as it gets. It’s as simple as drag, drop and tag. Want to keep a webpage to look at later? Drag the favicon to the sidebar that pops out on the edge of your screen, drop it there and tag it. This also works with photos, pdf’s, just about anything. I like how simple this app is and tags make it easy to use. I especially like that the “tags” or “keywords” are stored in the Spotlight comments of the file. With this feature, you can use Spotlight to search this database. Nice integration. Download:here SafariBookmarkChecker
Download:here iLikeYouMore  Most operating systems use file extensions (endings) to distinguish files from each other. For example, if a file ends with “.psd” it’s usually a Photoshop file, or if it ends with “.txt” it’s usually a text file. But Mac OS X also allows files to be marked with 4-digit Type and Creator codes. These Type and Creator codes override the file extensions. For example, you can mark a file with the code “8BIM” and then Mac OS X will know it’s a Photoshop file, even if it doesn’t have a “.psd” ending. iLikeYouMore allows you to easily change the Type and Creator codes of any file. You can also use iLikeYouMore to erase these Type and Creator codes, which can be useful for applications like BBEdit, which adds its Creator code to any files it can get its hands on, even if your default application for those files is something else. Download:here Posted by: blogtemplates ---------------------------------------------------------- Recent Articles Magazine Archives December 2006 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007
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