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Address Book
Address Book provides a flexible and convenient way to store your contact information online. Because Address Book is integrated with Mail, iChat, and other applications, you have to enter information only once to have your contacts available from all these applications.
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Adium
Adium is a fast and free instant messaging client which supports AIM, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!, Google Talk, Yahoo! Japan, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Novell Groupwise, and Lotus Sametime. Adium supports beautiful WebKit message display, tabbed messaging, encrypted chat, file transfer, and more. Give it a try; you won't look back.
Adium is currently translated into Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, and Traditional Chinese.
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Amazon Album Art widget
Search Amazon's catalogue for album art, then import it into the selected tracks in iTunes at the click of a button. It's that simple! Great for filling in the gaps in your imported CD collection.
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Audio Hijack
Audio Hijack is the perfect tool to record any audio on your computer. With Audio Hijack, you can quickly and easily save audio from almost any application to an AIFF file. This file can then be burned to a CD, or played in any software audio player like iTunes or any hardware audio player like an iPod.
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BackityMac
Have you ever wanted an easy way to backup all the important files in your home folder? Are you tired of sifting through the Library directory to find the folders you need to backup? Let's say you just want to backup your Apple Mail database file, not all you have to do is click the "Apple Mail" checkbox and click "Backup". Supported important files include:
- Apple Mail Files
- MS Entourage Files
- iCal Calendars
- Address Book database
- Safari, Firefox, Camino bookmarks
- iPhoto and iTunes Libraries
- iWeb website files
- Home Documents folder
- Preferences, Widgets, Keychain files
- Full home folder backup.BackityMac is the easy solution for backing up your most important files. Simply click one of the presets on the side or add your own files. BackityMac will then make a disk image of those files ready for restore when you need them most.
Included with BackityMac is a method to burn your backups to CD or DVD, BackityMac will automatically chop the images into sections big enough to fit on the proper media.
Did you forget to backup your iTunes Library, and lost everything. Oh, and did you forget to backup your iTunes Library? Well, technically you already have a backup, your iPod. Simply connect your iPod, enable disk use in iTunes and click "Import". BackityMac will automatically pull your songs off your iPod and put them back in your iTunes Library.
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Big Bang Board Games
It's Sun vs. Moon in these innovative takes on great classic games. Play Checkers, Chess, Reversi, Mancala, Backgammon, 4-in-a-Row and Tic-Tac-Toe against the animated computer opponents, via email with friends, or online with new friends from around the globe!
The Big Bang Board games are the start of a whole new universe of casual gaming. Visually stunning and featuring incredibly tight integration with Apple technologies.
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BluePhoneElite
BluePhoneElite is a utility that connects and automates processing and display status information of Bluetooth mobile phones.
Call Features
- Dial and answer calls from your desktop
- Log calls with time, duration, caller and notes
- Display caller ID using your phone's phone book or Apple's Address Book
- Pause iTunes and DVD Player or set iChat away message when a call is in progress
- Customize a variety of visual and aural call notifications
- Export calls to iCal, Address Book or external files
- Trigger AppleScripts for different call events
SMS Features
- Send and receive messages using email-style SMS Center or SMS Chat
- Archive SMS to disk using hierarchical folders
- Pop-up incoming SMS on-screen
- Export SMS to iCal, Address Book or external files
- Trigger AppleScripts for different SMS events
Other Features
- Proximity detection controls iTunes, iChat, DVD Player and the screen saver
- Display battery and signal strength, power source and network name in the menu bar
- Power saving option disconnects phones when power is running low
- Customizable interface options like dock visibility, menu bar visibility and font sizes
- Localization: Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (US, Australian, Canadian & UK), Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish
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BrowseBack
BrowseBack's intuitive visual interface lets you scan through thumbnails of every page you've visited!
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Burning Monkey Puzzle Lab
color and shape-matching games, head to head internet play. Tetris-like.
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Business Card Composer
usiness Card Composer — the complete solution for creating and printing excellent business cards, calling cards and badges.
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Camino
The Camino Project has worked to create a browser that is as functional and elegant as the computers it runs on. The Camino web browser is powerful, secure, and ready to meet the needs of all users while remaining simple and elegant in its design.
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Carbon Copy Cloner
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.
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Chicken of the VNC
Chicken of the VNC is a VNC client for Mac OS X. A VNC client allows one to display and interact with a remote computer screen. In other words, you can use Chicken of the VNC to interact with a remote computer as though it's right next to you.
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Citrix ICA Client
Similar to Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection, Citrix clients running on any platform can connect to a virtual Windows session to run Windows applications remotely.
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coconutBattery
coconutBattery isn't just a tool which shows you only the current charge of your battery - it also shows you the current maximum capacity of it in relation to the original capacity your battery had as it left the factory.
You also get information about the battery-loadcycles, the current charger and last but not least information about the age of your Mac.
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Colloquy
Traditionally, chat clients on the Mac have been anything but glamorous. Colloquy is an advanced IRC & SILC client which aims to fill this void. By adhering to Mac OS X interface conventions, Colloquy has the look and feel of a quality Mac application.
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Comic Life
Create your own comics, from your iLife :)
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Conversation
One of the best interfaces for an IRC program. Joy to use.
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CSSEdit
Quite simply put, CSSEdit will save your sanity when editing style sheets. Its intuitive approach to style sheets and powerful editing features will make you deliver beautiful standards-based sites in no time!
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Curio
Curio is the ultimate brainstorming and project management application — a flexible and powerful environment which promotes visual thinking for gathering and shaping your ideas, while managing all the notes and documents associated with your project. Curio's intuitive interface and tools encourage effective note gathering, research, and creative exploration. Its freeform, open environment encourages users to more easily visualize, associate, and recall information.
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Dictionary
Dictionary and thesaurus system application based on The New Oxford American Dictionary. Comes with OS X.
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Disk Inventory X
Disk Inventory X is a disk usage utility for Mac OS X 10.3 (and later). It shows the sizes of files and folders in a special graphical way called "treemaps".
If you've ever wondered where all your disk space has gone, Disk Inventory X will help you to answer this question.
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DVD Player
If you have an Apple-supplied DVD-ROM drive installed in your computer you can use the Apple DVD Player application to play DVD-Video discs. DVD Player 4.6 lets you play DVD Studio Pro 4 authored HD DVDs from discs and hard drives.
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ecto
ecto is a cross-platform blogging client, supporting a wide range of weblog systems, such as Blogger, Blojsom, Drupal, MovableType, Nucleus, TypePad, WordPress, and more.
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EyeTV
Turn your Mac into the coolest television in the house. Pause the TV show while you get a snack. Rewind and watch that great play again. Fast forward past the advertisements. Float the EyeTV window on top of other applications and keep an eye on your show while you work or surf the Web. Or, go “Full Screen”, stretch out on the couch, and channel surf with an EyeTV or Apple Remote.
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Firefox
The award-winning Web browser is now faster, more secure, and fully customizable to your online life. With Firefox 2, we’ve added powerful new features that make your online experience even better.
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Flip4Mac WMV
Play wma content on your mac. Works as a Quicktime plugin.
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GarageSale
Great bit of software for creating and tracking eBay auctions. Very nice templates to make your auctions look nice and professional.
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Google Earth
Google Earth puts a planet's worth of imagery and other geographic information right on your desktop. View exotic locales like Maui and Paris as well as points of interest such as local restaurants, hospitals, schools, and more
Want to know more about a specific location? Dive right in -- Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your
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Growl
Growl is a notification system for Mac OS X: it allows applications that support Growl to send you notifications.
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Handbrake
HandBrake is a GPL'd multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 ripper/converter. HandBrake was originally available on the BeOS, but now has been ported over to MacOS X and to GNU/Linux. A Windows port is being worked on.
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Houdahspot (Tiger Edition)
Find files you didn't know you had!
Like Spotlight on steroids. It does a great job using Boolean logic to filter search results.
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iBackup 2008
iBackup is a powerful, yet very easy to use backup/restore tool for scheduled or manual backups of:
* Files
* Folders
* Application settings (e.g. Firefox, Adobe applications, Google Earth, etc.)
* System preferences like Time, Firewall, Bluetooth, etc.
* System applications like Mail, Address Book, iChat, iTunes, Stickies, etc.
iBackup supports Smart Folders, can create dated backup folders and Burn Folders, can run scripts and more. You can edit these settings and add your own.iBackup can backup to local or network volumes or to WebDAV servers.
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iChat
Apple's chat client supporting AOL Instant Messenger and Jabber Instant Messenger clients.
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iClip
In a nutshell, iClip 4 is the premier multiple clipboard & scrapbook for Mac OS X.
If you appreciate meticulous design and solid UI then you’ll love iClip.
If you value your time, you owe it to yourself to be the next Mac user to start saving time and become more productive with iClip.
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Image Capture
Image Capture is the technology in Mac OS X that transfers images from your digital camera or scanner to your Mac for use in iPhoto or Automator. Gives a little more control than automatically filing within iPhoto, when using the iPhoto importer.
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ImageWell
Finally, an easier way to quickly edit your images and send them off to the
web. ImageWell is clean, simple, and xtralean! CNET's Download.com
publishers voted ImageWell one of their Top 5 Favorites. We think you'll
like it too!
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iPhoto
Don’t be daunted by all those digital photos you’ve been taking. Have fun with them. Share them by email or create amazing web pages, cards and calendars. iPhoto automatically organizes your photo library and makes editing as easy as clicking your mouse - so you can get the most out of even the biggest collection.
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iSale
iSale is a Mac application that simplifies the listing and managing of auctions on eBay.
One of the many features of iSale is that you can use beautiful templates to create money-making auctions.
iSale is an eBay Certified Application and won the Apple Design Award 2006 in the most competitive category "Best Mac OS X User Experience".
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iSquint
iSquint is an iPod video conversion application.
It's many times faster than QuickTime Pro, works with almost all popular video formats, and it's infinitely free-er.
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iStat nano
iStat nano is a stunning system monitor widget with beautifully animated menus and transitions.
View detailed stats about CPU usage, memory usage, hard drive space, bandwidth usage, temperatures, fan speeds, battery usage, uptime and the top 5 processes. iStat nano also shows your public IP address, which be can copied to your clipboard using one of the many keyboard shortcuts.
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iSync
Apple utility to keep your contacts an calendars in sync between your mac and cellphone/pda
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Keychain Access
The Keychain stores all your information to use encrypted disk images and to log onto file servers, FTP servers and Web servers. Mac OS X automatically adds your .Mac account information to your Keychain. When you log in to Mac OS X, the system opens your Keychain. You don't have to enter your user name and passwords to access this data. You can set Mac OS X to lock your Keychain when the system sleeps or is inactive for a time. The system will ask you for your password the next time you try to access secure data. Other users on the system cannot access your Keychain or its data.
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Little Snitch
Little Snitch is a software firewall that protects your computer against unwanted guests from the Internet. But who protects your private data from being sent out? Little Snitch does!
Little Snitch informs you whenever a program attempts to establish an outgoing Internet connection. You can then choose to allow or deny this connection, or define a rule how to handle similar, future connection attempts. This reliably prevents private data from being sent out without your knowledge. Little Snitch runs inconspicuously in the background and it can also detect network related activity of viruses, trojans and other malware.
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MacPAR Deluxe
Ensures error-free transport of the data by means of so called "par" and "par2" files. Unpacks data from a RAR archive (most of the files in newsgroups are compressed with rar). Automatically start an external program (such as Stuffit Expander) to process downloaded files.
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MacTheRipper
The DVD ripping tool for OS X.
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Mactracker
Mactracker provides detailed information on every Apple, Motorola, PowerComputing, and UMAX Mac OS computer ever made, including items such as processor speed, memory, optical drives, graphic cards, supported Mac OS versions, and expansion options. Also included is information on Apple mice, keyboards, displays, printers, scanners, digital cameras, iPod, AirPort Base Stations, Newtons, and Mac OS versions.
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Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
Microsoft Office includes a word processing application, a spreadsheet application, a presentation application, and an email application with calendar and organizational tools. It is fully compatible with Microsoft Office for Windows.
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Mori
For Mac users with lots to do. Mori is a digital notebook that makes it easy to record and organize your thoughts. Unlike the alternatives, Mori doesn't box you into one way of thinking. Instead, Mori's simple and flexible design puts you in charge of your information.
Requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
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MPFreaker
MPFreaker automatically fills in the missing information in your iTunes music library, including artwork and lyrics.
MPFreaker quickly searches the internet to find out which album your song belongs to, the year your song was released, the genre, track numbers, lyrics, and cover artwork. In seconds, any missing information is automatically added directly into your song files.
A must-download for those who like to keep their iTunes library meticuously organized!
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mplayer (w/o gui)
MPlayer is a multi-platform movie player supporting many formats and A/V codecs. (xvid, x264, mpeg2, divx, theora, wmv7/8, h263(+), aac, flac, ogg, mp3, ac3, wma..)
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OnSync
This application synchronises information from the Address Book to phones that are not supported by iSync. Wide range of mobile phones are supported.
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OnyX
OnyX is a multifunction utility for Mac OS X (PowerPC and Intel). It allows you to verify the Startup Disk and the structure of its System files, to run misc tasks of system maintenance, to configure the hidden parameters of the Finder, Dock and of some of Apple's own applications, to delete caches, to remove a certain number of files and folders that may become cumbersome and more.
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Package Tracker
Where's your stuff? Find out at the touch of a button thanks to Package Tracker. You can see at a glance the current location of your FedEx, DHL, or UPS package, when it will be delivered, and the most recent scan activity.
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Parallels Desktop for Mac
Parallels Desktop for Mac is the first solution for Intel-Macs that give you the flexibility of running Windows on a Mac seamlessly without rebooting. The upgraded 3.0 version delivers 3D Graphics Support to play the hottest games and run the most popular applications, cross OS application & file integration with SmartSelect, control the levels of integration and isolation with Security Manager and bulletproofing your VMs with SnapShots.
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Podcast Maker
A tool for Mac OS X that makes podcasting simple. Using Podcast Maker novices can become podcasters and professionals can podcast without having to do XML sit-ups. You can also create enhanced podcasts with your images and links to take your podcast to the next level.
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Popcorn
Convert movies to iPod, PSP & 3GP (phone). Make back up copies of all your DVDs. Compress dual layer DVDs to fit onto single layer DVDs. Play back your movies with Dolby Digital support.
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Pref Setter
This app is used to edit OS X's preference files. Very useful for many things, including enabling options not available via an application's preferences.
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Pzizz
pzizz! help you to feel better, work harder and play longer.
pzizz combines music to soothe you, voice to inspire you and a binaural beat to help take you deep into a deeply relaxed and blissful state.The export feature means you can use pzizz anywhere you like. (iPod / MP3 / CD / Cell Phone)
You can select the exact length of program and customize it to suit you. pzizz will then generate a unique soundtrack for you - every single time you press "play" or "export".
The clever little algorithm can create more than 100 billion combinations of soundtrack - so you'll never hear the same thing twice!
Listen at your computer, export to MP3 player or burn to CD. It's your choice how and where you use pzizz to get more out of each day!
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QuickTime Pro
QuickTime 7 Pro is everything that Apple's backbone media engine is, with features unlocked. Record audio, capture video, convert file formats, and save some web delivered content.
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RapidWeaver
RapidWeaver is an easy to use and very powerful website building application allowing anyone to create and publish professional looking websites in minutes. No knowledge of complex html is required, RapidWeaver takes care of all that for you.
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Safari
Safari offers you a superior Web experience with outstanding performance. Even the most complex of pages load at breakneck speed. In fact, Safari loads pages more quickly than any other Mac Web browser. But that's not all. Safari uses the advanced interface technologies underlying Mac OS X to offer you an all-new view of the Web, one that's much easier to use.
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Senuti
There are many good reasons that someone would have to transfer music from her iPod back to her computer. There are many good ways to do it, too. Senuti is the only alternative that will give you the power and convenience that you need, wrapped in an interface that is extremely easy to use, at a cost that you can't complain about.
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SizzlingKeys
Have you ever wished you could control iTunes without leaving your current app? SizzlingKeys lets you do just that - and more - in an intuitive and unobtrusive way.
You can control iTunes, see what's playing, rate music... all from the keyboard using hot keys.
A great customizable floating window shows song info.
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Skype
What we've got is a simple bit of software we want to give you. It'll let you make free calls to your friends all over the world. And we don't want any money for it. It's free.
You could think of us as the big, free Internet telephony company. We prefer to think of ourselves as a big group hug, even a present. Yes! that's it; we're a present; but without the ribbon.
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SubEthaEdit
SubEthaEdit is a powerful and lean text editor. And it's the only collaborative one you can actually use. By combining the ease of Bonjour with the world's best text collaboration engine, it makes working together not only possible but even fun
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Toast Titanium
Roxio Toast® 8 sets the standard for burning CDs, DVDs, and now Blu-ray discs on the Mac. Create superior sounding audio CDs with crossfades. Enjoy your TV shows anywhere with exclusive EyeTV burning and TiVoToGo™ transfers to DVD or iPod®. Copy your audio CDs, movies and DVDs. It's your digital life, Toast It!
Please note that there is no demo available.
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Transmit
Transmit is an excellent FTP (file transfer protocol), SFTP, and iDisk/WebDAV client that allows you to upload, download, and delete files over the internet. With the most Mac-like interface available, Transmit makes FTP as simple, fun, and easy as it can possibly be.
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TurboTax
Supports all 1040 forms and provides step-by-step guidance to find extra income tax deductions.
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Unison
Usenet app in Cocoa, fantastic interface and easy to use. Very mac like. Find anything you want to download, "it's on there".
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Vienna
Vienna is a freeware, open source RSS/Atom newsreader for the Mac OS X operating system. It provides features comparable to commercial newsreaders, but both it and the source code are freely available for download.
A summary of some of its features:
- Subscribe to Atom/RSS news feeds and podcasts.
- Simple and intuitive user interface.
- Built-in tabbed browser.
- Smart folders for organising related feed articles.
- Custom article display styles.
- Three separate reading layouts.
- Blogging integration.
- Filter the displayed articles.
- Manual reordering of the subscription list.
- Full AppleScript support.
- Localised into several languages.
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Voice Candy
Voice Candy is a fun and useful recorder for the Mac. It does for the microphone what Apple's Photo Booth does for the webcam. Voice Candy makes recording enjoyable by providing eight different effects, such as Vader and Chipmunk, to alter the speaker's voice. Once you have made the recording, you can use it to set a reminder, send an email, or take it with you on your iPod.
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WebnoteHappy Lite
WebnoteHappy Lite lets you write a note for any web page that interests you, creating a bookmark in the process. But "web page bookmark with a note" is kind of long, so let's just call it a "webnote".
You can write just a one word tag or you can write a novel.
Later, browse through your webnotes or search to find the web pages that matter to you.
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