Mac Hints - Tips & Hints on Mac OS X

Interesting Programs for Mac OS X

2010-03-31T15:10:00.000-07:00

Programs:
MagicPrefs - Uses full multi touch features of the Magic Mouse
Adium - One instant messenger for all your accounts including Facebook
AppDelete - Helps you delete apps and all their remaining settings from OS X
Chipmunk - Finds duplicated files and deletes them if you wish
Chicken of the VNC - VNC Client
DivX Player - Plays DivX movies
Dropbox - Makes file sharing with friends easy
Flip4Mac - Allows you to view WMV-files on your Mac
iArchiver - Zips and unzips everything in any format
OnyX - Optimizes your Mac OS X operating system and runs a series of scripts
PhotoRescue - Finds delete images on cameras and your hard drive
Combine PDF - Helps you to combine a series of PDF documents
MacTheRipper - DVD/CD burning program
unRarX - Zips and unzips everything in any format
Zattoo - Watch television on your Mac
TubeSock - Download youtube videos and add them to iTunes
VLC - Player for all kinds of files and formats
Tunnelblick - Helps you to establish a connection between a remote Mac and a network

Teamviewer Screen Sharing for Mac OS X

2010-03-13T18:06:00.000-08:00

Teamviewer is another very useful software for every Mac user. It allows you to share you screen with another Apple Mac or Windows PC user. The other person can even klick on your own screen allowing easy remote support for friends and family. Screen sharing works both ways so you can also ask for permission to another person's screen. The code that is necessary to receive permission only lasts for one session in order to keep the connection secure and only allow limited access. Although Skype now has a similar feature, Teamviewer works more smoothly.

Desktop Curtain - Hide Your Desktop for Presentations

2010-03-08T04:18:00.000-08:00

Desktop Curtain is a very nice program that hides your desktop and all the folders. This is perfect for presentations if you don't want your audience to see the folders on your desktop. Desktop Curtain describes the program:

Product Description:

There are times when you need to make a screenshot which should meet the following requirements:

standard desktop picture (aqua blue or plain white, for instance)
no desktop clutter

Desktop Curtain displays your favorite desktop picture just in front of your real desktop, so you won't have to clean up each time you need to take a screenshot. You can control Desktop Curtain with any hot key utility (e.g., Butler) -- please refer to Desktop Curtain's "Miscellany" settings for information on that.

MagicPrefs for Magic Mouse - Multitouch & Gestures

2010-03-06T07:11:00.000-08:00

MagicPrefs is a software that adds all the missing features to the Magic Mouse. MagiPrefs allows you to take advantage of multitouch features such as multi finger taps, swipes and many more. Additionally, it allows you one-finger scrolling and adds a middle button. There are more than 10 different gestures configurable, however, I don't suggest setting up more than 2-3 gestures plus the already enabled gestures from Apple, such as going back on a website with the two-fingure swipe.

This feature greatly enhance every Magic Mouse and takes no more than 5 minutes

to download, install and set up. MagicPrefs is updated every few weeks and seems to improve on a regular basis. Using MagicPrefs, you can be even faster when browsing the web and working on your computer!

What is this blog about?

2010-03-06T06:40:00.000-08:00

Welcome to my blog - Mac Hints!

This blog is all about Macintosh, Mac OS X, and Apple. I want to give you tips, tricks and hints on how to enhance your user experience on a Mac. Occasionally, I'm going to post on iPhone related topics, but the iPhone is not the primary topic.

Why have I started this blog?

After enjoying working with a Mac for many years, I have come across so many useful things that I feel it's time to share them. If you want to contribute to the discussion by posting or commenting, feel free to do so and contact me via email if you want to.