mottram + osx + applications 173
My essential Mac applications, part 2 - Boing Boing
february 2011 by mottram
Good stuff in the comments.
^
osx
applications
february 2011 by mottram
Handoff - You can take it with you.
february 2011 by mottram
Pass stuff to your phone from your Mac.
applications
ios
osx
^
february 2011 by mottram
Time Sink on the Mac App Store
january 2011 by mottram
Time Sink helps you track how you spend your time on your Mac. It automatically logs opened windows and applications, and keeps track of how long you've spent using things in total (i.e. running), and in the foreground (i.e. actively using). It does this without any user intervention required to start or stop processes - it's just set-
applications
osx
log
^
january 2011 by mottram
Tictoc on the Mac App Store
january 2011 by mottram
Tictoc is a simple task timer for your menubar. It was built to integrate with YOUR workflow not someone else's method of tracking time. Tictoc offers exporting of all your data to XML and CSV for easy importing into your favorite accounting or project management application.
osx
applications
timer
january 2011 by mottram
Namely
february 2010 by mottram
"Namely is possibly the fastest way to open applications. And unlike some other launchers, it doesn't require any learning." I still use quite a few of Quicksilver's more fancy features, but if you don't this looks like a great little launcher.
mac
osx
launcher
utilities
applications
february 2010 by mottram
SimpleText — Your writing synced online
february 2010 by mottram
"For people who want their writing synced online. SimpleText keeps a folder of text files on your Mac synced to the SimpleText.ws website. Unlike manual syncing, SimpleText merges your changes so you'll never lose data." Not sure I need *another* sync option...
text
sync
cloud
osx
applications
february 2010 by mottram
Mac OS X v10.6: About incompatible software
august 2009 by mottram
A (short) list of incompatible software.
osx
snowleopard
applications
august 2009 by mottram
Index of /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk
october 2008 by mottram
Checking out the new Firefox build, Minefield - - which is insanely fast. Looks like all my add-ons work okay with it, too.
applications
osx
firefox
minefield
october 2008 by mottram
Editra.org | News
october 2008 by mottram
"Editra is a multi-platform text editor with an implementation that focuses on creating an easy to use interface and features that aid in code development." Must download immediately! Even though it's not aimed at people who write words (as opposed to code).
text
editors
osx
python
applications
october 2008 by mottram
Panic - Extras - Miscellanous Bits of Panic
september 2008 by mottram
Panic are giving away Transmit 1.7 for OS 9, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the app. I'm pretty sure Transmit (née Transit) is the only app I've used for ten years. Though nowadays it only gets launched very occasionally, thanks to ExpanDrive, which suits my light use of SFTP much better.
transmit
osx
applications
ftp
september 2008 by mottram
Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 9
september 2008 by mottram
I've been avoiding downloading the demo just in case it's ace (I'm sure it is for coding types, but it's a fair few quid to drop on something I'd use primarily for writing words).
text
osx
applications
editor
september 2008 by mottram
Thumber: A Movie Thumbnailer
july 2008 by mottram
"Take snapshots of a movie at one-second intervals. Stitch them into one image. What can you see? Pacing. Color palate. Maybe story"
cinema
film
osx
applications
july 2008 by mottram
plainview : software : the barbarian group
june 2008 by mottram
Full-screen browser for OSX.
osx
applications
browsers
june 2008 by mottram
Phocus
june 2008 by mottram
App for processing images from Hasselblad digital cameras. (Yet another reason to buy a Mac, Dad!)
applications
osx
hasselblad
images
photography
june 2008 by mottram
Brainjuice: Problem Solved - Blogo
may 2008 by mottram
Catching up with Mars Edit, plus it has Twitter support.
osx
applications
weblogging
twitter
may 2008 by mottram
Remember everything. | Evernote Corporation
may 2008 by mottram
This would seem to be a bloody remarkable application. The facility for text searching images is particularly cool (business cards/wine labels/handwritten notes snapped with a webcam all worked well for me). At last, computers can fix my fried memory!
applications
notes
osx
textrecognition
mobile
web
windows
bookmarking
may 2008 by mottram
Literature and Latte - Scrivener
may 2008 by mottram
Fancy word processor thing. I have no need for 99% of its features, but I'm still tempted, because you can set a target word count.
writing
work
osx
applications
text
may 2008 by mottram
Delish, a Del.icio.us Client for Mac OS X by Pine Point Software LLC
may 2008 by mottram
First thought: ooh, pretty. Second thought: Er, why would I use it in place of the website?
osx
applications
beta
bookmarks
delicious
may 2008 by mottram
ScreenLogger
may 2008 by mottram
"Set the timer in the ScreenLogger preferences, and ScreenLogger takes a screen shot at every duration specified."
osx
screenshot
applications
may 2008 by mottram
Macworld | The browser bunch
april 2008 by mottram
Good comparative review of browsers on the Mac. I use Firefox (mostly for the del.icio.us add-on and Greasemonkey, which I need on a couple of sites I use heavily) and WebKit nightly builds for when I know I'll just be tootling around the web (it's fast).
browsers
applications
osx
mac
reviews
april 2008 by mottram
Dropbox - Home - Secure backup, sync and sharing made easy.
march 2008 by mottram
Looks lovely. No Linux version as far as I can tell, though.
sync
backup
collaboration
dropbox
osx
windows
applications
march 2008 by mottram
NightShift 1.6
march 2008 by mottram
Automatically download WebKit nightly builds.
webkit
browsers
osx
applications
safari
march 2008 by mottram
SubEthaEdit
march 2008 by mottram
The latest version has even slicker collaboration features (which I don't need, but I've always like SEE as an editor). Also, good to hear a screencaster with a nice accent!
osx
applications
collaboration
see
march 2008 by mottram
ExpanDrive 1.03
march 2008 by mottram
Fixes the only bug that bothered me: no more .DS_Store files littered everywhere.
expandrive
applications
osx
sshfs
march 2008 by mottram
Photonic: A Flickr desktop client for Mac OS X
february 2008 by mottram
Very nice. Defo worth a tenner.
flickr
osx
applications
february 2008 by mottram
AppCleaner
february 2008 by mottram
Slick little app that lets you easily get rid of pref files etc. when you delete an app. Free.
appcleaner
delete
applications
osx
leopard
february 2008 by mottram
Fluid - Free Site Specific Browser for Mac OS X Leopard
december 2007 by mottram
Lets you make site-specific browser applications for, eg. Facebook, Gmail.
applications
browsers
osx
leopard
december 2007 by mottram
Exposure Screenshots - a photoset on Flickr
november 2007 by mottram
Screenshots of Frazer Spiers' forthcoming desktop Flickr app.
flickr
osx
applications
november 2007 by mottram
SyncPAppX - Home
october 2007 by mottram
"SyncPAppX.app is a shell script that syncs preferences between portable and local applications." (My keyring flash drive just got a lot more useful.)
osx
scripts
applications
portable
usb
october 2007 by mottram
Taskpaper
august 2007 by mottram
"TaskPaper is a simple to-do list application that helps you stay organized. Unlike competing applications, TaskPaper is based on plain text files which offer you paper-like simplicity and ease of use."
todo
gtd
organisation
text
osx
applications
august 2007 by mottram
Red Sweater Blog - A Peek At MarsEdit 2
july 2007 by mottram
I've been tempted away from MarsEdit by TextMate's blogging bundle lately, but am still looking forward to this new version.
marsedit
osx
applications
july 2007 by mottram
LogMeIn - Remote Access and Desktop Control Software for your PC
june 2007 by mottram
Remotely control another Mac in your browser.
logmein
remote
osx
applications
june 2007 by mottram
ecto: ecto3 roadmap
june 2007 by mottram
The future of Ecto (which has never tempted me away from MarsEdit).
ecto
weblogs
osx
applications
june 2007 by mottram
Mixxx | Free Digital DJ Software
june 2007 by mottram
Open source DJing app - I've not tried it, but it looks okay.
osx
applications
music
dj
mixing
june 2007 by mottram
RSS Reader for Mac - NetNewsWire
june 2007 by mottram
I only used the beta very briefly, because the new UI is hideously cutesy and distracting. Fingers crossed I can tweak it into a more plain state. Update: aaargh! Think twice before upgrading: it screwed my unread counts completely.
nnw
osx
applications
netnewswire
june 2007 by mottram
ReadPixel
february 2007 by mottram
A (much) cheaper alternative to Apple Remote Desktop. I use VNC to control my other computers, but this looks well worth $15.
osx
applications
management
remotedesktop
february 2007 by mottram
index
february 2007 by mottram
"If you take your laptop back and forth to work (or anywhere else), you may find that, depending where you are, you want certain volumes to mount and certain applications to launch."
applications
osx
networking
location
february 2007 by mottram
Event Maker 0.4.6 - MacUpdate
february 2007 by mottram
"Event Maker is designed to be a streamlined way of taking e-mails from Apple’s Mail application and creating iCal calendar events from them."
mail
ical
osx
todo
organisation
gtd
applications
february 2007 by mottram
Yep
february 2007 by mottram
Scan documents to PDF, store and tag them. Could be very handy for both press releases and keeping copies of writing as they appear in the paper.
pdf
scanning
storage
applications
osx
february 2007 by mottram
DoIt
february 2007 by mottram
Dinky little todo list application, integrates with the Finder, Address Book, iCal, Quicksilver. (On closer inspection, a bit shit)
todo
lists
organisation
osx
applications
gtd
february 2007 by mottram
NicePlayer
february 2007 by mottram
Looks interesting, though might take a bit of tinkering to get it to match VLC when it comes to handling various formats.
media
player
osx
video
applications
february 2007 by mottram
The Best Unknown Mac Apps - 1 » Dustin Bachrach Blog
january 2007 by mottram
Some nice little apps on this list. Service Scrubber is essential.
osx
applications
utilities
january 2007 by mottram
Correo - a new mail client for OS X
january 2007 by mottram
"...a new open-source mail client for Mac OS X. Correo blends technology from two popular Mozilla projects, Camino and Thunderbird, to create a polished native Macintosh application."
mail
email
osx
applications
january 2007 by mottram
EagleFiler: Collect, Organize, and Search Your Information
october 2006 by mottram
After a bit of playing around, this looks like it might be very handy indeed.
organisation
tagging
archiving
osx
applications
october 2006 by mottram
MacDevCenter.com -- Text Tricks and More Text Tricks
october 2006 by mottram
Texty tips and links.
text
tools
osx
applications
october 2006 by mottram
Calgoo | Making the Google Calendar experience better!
september 2006 by mottram
Crappy-looking, and it's taking an age to load my calendars (five min and counting) but probably worth keeping an eye on.
google
gcal
client
osx
applications
september 2006 by mottram
Noodlesoft
september 2006 by mottram
Interesting app that lets you do Automator-ish stuff with the contents of folders.
applications
hazel
automation
osx
utilities
september 2006 by mottram
MacLibre | Open Source Software Distribution for Mac OS X
september 2006 by mottram
Brilliant idea, this - a package management-style thing for downloading open source apps for OS X.
osx
applications
foss
install
packages
management
september 2006 by mottram
iGetter Download Manager
september 2006 by mottram
After a bit of tinkering, this seems good - the Site Explorer feature is especially handy for sites with tons of downloadable content.
igetter
download
manager
osx
applications
utilities
september 2006 by mottram
Plogue Art et Technologie
july 2006 by mottram
"The new paradigm of computer audio can be summed up in two words: "real-time" and "modular" – both of which are embodied by one application..."
music
osx
audio
applications
july 2006 by mottram
Transmission homepage
june 2006 by mottram
Nice little Bittorrent client - no bells and whistles, just does the job.
bittorrent
osx
applications
june 2006 by mottram
Cool OSX Apps
may 2006 by mottram
Claim to be about 'cool' apps dented rather by the fact that they seem to be trying to list _all_ apps.
osx
applications
may 2006 by mottram
Firefox 2 Alpha
may 2006 by mottram
Forthcoming Firefox features: funnily enough, a fair few features are folded in from..., er, sorry, can't think of an alliterative way of saying 'the extensions I use in Firefox 1.5'.
firefox
features
review
alpha
applications
osx
may 2006 by mottram
blakeseely.com » Mugshot
april 2006 by mottram
Interesting Flickr photo management app. I just launched it, but it's been hanging on 'getting photosets' for quite some time...
photographs
flickr
mugshot
applications
osx
april 2006 by mottram
Menuet
april 2006 by mottram
An 'iTunes companion'. Looks nice enough.
itune
applications
osx
last.fm
april 2006 by mottram
Seashore - About
april 2006 by mottram
An open source image editor - looks good for when you don't need all the bells and whistles of Photoshop or the GIMP (which in my case means all the time).
images
applications
osx
opensource
april 2006 by mottram
plasticsfuture » Mac Backup Software Harmful
april 2006 by mottram
SuperDuper is the only Mac backup option if you want to preserve metadata (which, of course, you do!)
superduper
backup
mac
osx
applications
april 2006 by mottram
BackityMac 1.1
april 2006 by mottram
Now lets you span a backup across multiple CDs/DVDs.
backup
applications
utilities
osx
april 2006 by mottram
Express Scribe - Transcription Playback System and Transcription Pedal Software
march 2006 by mottram
"Express Scribe is professional audio player software designed to assist the transcription of audio recordings."
transcription
osx
applications
*
march 2006 by mottram
iTheater Developer Blog
january 2006 by mottram
Lots of suspicious delays in releasing anything, so possibly vapourware. If not, could be good...
osx
video
mac
applications
opensource
january 2006 by mottram
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