Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Mozy Online Backup Service

"Why all the fuss about backup?

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ShoveBox for Mac & iPhone

"ShoveBox for Mac catches all those little scraps of information that you can't act on now but would rather not forget. It sits up in your menubar, waiting for you to drag in text, images, URLs, and more.

It also provides a sensible interface to sort everything you shoved. It's all about spending less time processing and more time actually working on the things that matter."

System Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.


ShoveBox for iPhone: Capture, view, organize, and edit data on-the-go. And sync wirelessly with your Mac. Use it to take web archives with you on the train to read offline, or take field notes for later review.

ShoveBox for iPhone puts the power of the desktop version in your pocket.

System Requirements:
Requires an iPhone or iPod Touch with iPhone OS v3.1 or higher.

Mini vMac for Mac OS X

"The goal of the Mini vMac project is to help preserve software made for early Macintoshemulators that allow such software to be used on modern computers. The first member of this family emulates the Macintosh Plus.

Mini vMac began in 2001 as a spin off of the program vMac. It was originally intended to be of limited interest, a simpler version to serve as a programmers introduction to vMac. But vMac hasn’t been updated in many years, so Mini vMac may now be considered its continuation.

The “Mini” in the name now means that each emulator in the family is as small and simple as possible. The meta program and data that generate the emulators (the Mini vMac build system) is rather bigger. Besides the Macintosh Plus, there are also emulations of the Macintosh 128K, 512K, 512Ke, SE, Classic, and SE FDHD. Work is in progress on Macintosh II emulation. There are also numerous other options.



Mini vMac requires a ROM image file to run, and so can be legally used only by those who own a 680x0 based Macintosh. This leads to the question, if you need to own the real computer to use it, what is the use of the emulator? First, a real Macintosh won’t last forever. It is common for the power supply to fail. It is still legal to use the emulation after the real computer breaks. And second, the emulation is more convenient than the real thing. It is much faster (on modern computers) and you can use a better screen, keyboard, and mouse. And it is easier to transfer files between the modern computer and the emulator."

Downloads are available for Mac os8, os9 and Mac OS X, Windows, Linux and more.
from sourceforge, or course

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Fission- Lossless Audio Editor

Rogue Amoeba does it again! Fission - lossless audio editor.

"you can quickly copy, paste and trim audio, as well as split files. Fission also works with compressed MP3 and AAC formats to edit without the quality loss caused by other editors. Get perfect quality audio when editing natively in the MP3, AAC, Apple Lossless, AIFF and WAV formats."

Thursday, August 9, 2007

Apple II based cluster

Because you can!


8 Apple //e main boards net-booted by a more equipped Apple //e.



Saturday, July 14, 2007

The Macintosh Computer 1985

An in-depth look at the Apple Macintosh computer, available software and hardware add-ons.

Guests: Joanna Hoffman, Apple; Bob Foster, Telos Software; Lee Lorenzen, Digital Research; Ben Wiseman, InfoCorp; Gary Kildall, DRI; Larry Tesler, Apple

Products/Demos: Apple Macintosh, MacProject, FileVision, GEM DrawJazz

SEE: The Macintosh Computer (3/12/1985)

This movie is part of the collection: Computer Chronicles
available from the Internet Archive

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Make Your Own iPod Ad Silhouette

Represent your iNess by using Photoshop on your picture
to create your own "iPod Ad".

READ: I See iPod People — The Photoshop Silhouette
by Jennifer Apple

you will also find many other helpful Photoshop Tutorials.


Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Alice in Mac OS X Land

Alice in the Wonderland of Mac OS X...

" Aspyr Media has released a Universal Binary patch of a game it first shipped in 2001—American McGee’s Alice. It’s an M-rated third-person shooter that caused a stir when it was first introduced for its twisted take on Lewis Carroll’s fairy tale classic, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.



The game was crafted using the Quake III Arena engine and features a custom soundtrack created by Chris Vrenna, former drummer of Nine Inch Nails."


READ: Aspyr updates 'Alice' game as Universal Binary
by Peter Cohen, MacCentral




System requirements

Mac OS 8.6 or later, 400 MHz PowerPC G3, 128 MB RAM, ATI Rage 128 or NVIDIA GeForce2hard drive space. MX with 8 MB VRAM or better, 150 MB

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

GizmoCall: Talk to Anyone Anywhere

GizmoCall - make and receive calls using a web browser.

• No downloading or installing required.
• Free calling to 1-800 numbers and SIP devices.
• Low Worldwide Calling Rates for mobile and landlines.
Learn more

You can call any other GizmoCall, Gizmo5 users, 800 numbers, or SIP address for no charge.

System Requirements:
Internet browser and Flash version 9 or better.
A headset is recommended for optimum call quality.

Thursday, September 21, 2006

JewelCase iTunes visualizer is HOT!



JewelCase by Optical Alchemy is a visualizer for iTunes
that is more customizable than the default one and interactive.
Version 1.8 requires Mac OS X 10.3 + and iTunes 4+.

Save the Internet

Fight for Internet Freedom-!

Net Neutrality has Something for Everyone.



SAVETHEINTERNET.com

Tuesday, August 1, 2006

1898 Telecom Tax Ends!

Telecom tax imposed in 1898 finally ends | Tech News on ZDNet

Monday, July 10, 2006

Mac OS X 10.4.7 "Phones Home"

"Referred to as the Dashboard Advisory by Apple, the new feature ensures customer's widgets are up to date"


READ: Mac OS X "phones home" with 10.4.7 update
by Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral


Actual Threat Level to your Security: ZERO

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Blu-ray Disc: New Format, New Size

The high capacity (25/50 GB) of the Blu-ray optical disc system in the same size as a CD/DVD is very encouraging, and with about twice the capacity of the HD-DVD system that was released on April 18 I can't see how this won't be the choice to replace DVDs.

Storage hounds drool...

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

YouTube: Broadcast Yourself

Search and watch videos and clips, and if you sign up for free you can upload your own videos!


YouTube.com

Sunday, March 19, 2006

Guest PC: Virtual x86 for Mac

Guest PC is a virtual x86 computer for your Mac.

"It is virtual, it has no separate monitor, mouse, keyboard or hard drive. It is just a Mac OS X program that allows you to install the Microsoft Windows operating system on your Mac and use the software developed only for Windows compatible computers.

Guest PC works just like a usual application and you can easily switch between Windows and Mac OS X desktops at will."

No need for two separate computers!

Thursday, January 5, 2006

WebSE - System 7.0 Sim

This is an amazing replica of what Mac System 7 was like on a Mac SE computer, and so much more...


The WebSE - System 7.0 Simulation
© by Oliver Soehlke & Lukas Pajonczek



Alice in MacWorld 1982

"You've got to see the new game that Steve Capps wrote", he told me while he was connecting his hard drive up to my Lisa.



The screen turned black and then, after a few seconds delay, a three dimensional chess board in exaggerated perspective filled most of the screen. On the rear side of the board was a set of small, white chess pieces, in their standard positions. Suddenly, pieces started jumping into the air, in long, slow parabolic arcs, growing larger as they got closer. ..



It ran even better on the Mac than the Lisa, since the Mac's faster processor enabled smoother animation.

Steve Jobs didn't play Alice very much, but he was duly impressed by the obvious programming skill it took to create it. "Who is this Capps guy? Why is he working on the Lisa?", he said as soon as he saw the program, mentioning Lisa with a hint of disdain. "We've got to get him onto the Mac team!"

Unfortunately, Apple never put the promised marketing effort into Alice. They were in a quandary because the market didn't understand the graphical user interface as a productivity enhancement yet; graphics meant games, so the Mac had to live down an initial reputation as being unsuitable for business tasks. Apple didn't exactly want to promote a game for the Mac at the time, no matter how sensational, so Alice never quite reached as wide an audience as it deserved.


Alice

Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Date: June 1982
Characters: Steve Capps, Bruce Daniels, Steve Jobs, Joanna Hoffman
Topics: Software Design, Games, Lisa, Marketing
Summary: The Macintosh's first great game
Revision: most recent of 15

Monday, November 21, 2005

Make Panther More Like Tiger

How To Make Panther More Like Tiger

Print to Mail. Create alias of Apple's Mail, or other email application.
Save to Web Receipts folder. Create folder named Web Receipts folder, and create an alias of it.

Create a folder named PDF Services in your Home folders' Library folder. Place both these aliases in this new folder.


Also add the following software applications;

Konfabulator (FW) OS 10.2+

Pocketlight (FW) 10.3+ Searches mailboxes, calendars, Address Book, files.

QuickDash (FW) 10.1+

SearchLite (FW)

Amnesty (SW) Widget Browser is a utility for Mac OS X Tiger and Panther (10.3.9)


Saturday, November 12, 2005

Sony BMG DRM "Virus" on CDs

The DRM (Digital Rights Management) employed by Sony BMG
is certainly akin to a computer virus.

"...Sony was playing a dirty trick on its customers, secretly installing a malware-style “root kit” on their computers via audio CDs...

READ: Mac Users Not Safe From Sony BMG DRM
by Michael Santo, Contributing Writer, RealTechNews


Don't be afraid - Don't buy these Sony BMG products!

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

DownloadComment Safari Plugin

Another great Mac app from Ecamm Network:

I installed the new DownloadComment v 1.1 and it works absolutely perfectly.

"When you download things in Safari, DownloadComment will put the original URL into the saved file's Spotlight Comments. Now you'll always know where your downloads came from. Keep track of where your downloads came from. The Comments field can be accessed in the Finder by choosing to "Get Info" on a file.

This functionality was part of most browsers on OS 9 but is missing from Safari. DownloadComment brings it back. "

New in v1.1 : Now works with Safari 2.0 and OS X 10.4. Comment is now added to files saved using the Save As menu option or contextual menu.

System Requirements:
PPC or Intel
Safari 1.2 and higher

Sunday, October 2, 2005

iTunes Parental Controls

iTunes 5 features new Parental Controls for music, music sharing and podcasts.