
BitTorrent is a super fast way of downloading large amounts of data. BitTorrent is able to be a much quicker method of downloading files due to the fact that it pulls peices of your download from multiple sources at the same time and then puts the pieces together when its finished as opposed to […]
iEatBrainz is a free ID3 tagger ported over to the mac from the popular PC application called MusicBrainz. The software uses some fancy words that I dont understand such as music fingerprints to identify the MP3 in question. It compares this so called fingerprint with its huge database of music so that you […]
Spotlight is great feature that was implemented in OS X with the release of Tiger. Spotlight allows you to easily and quickly find any file you have on your computer. It will parse through file names, meta data, folder names, anything it can use to identify what your looking for. Here are some quick keyboard […]
Backing up your iTunes library is highly recomended activity that you should perform on a regular basis. Not only do you risk losing all of your music if something goes wrong with your hard drive, but you also risk losing money in the songs that you paid for. It may be possible […]
Widgets have been around for OS X for years now. It originally began as an application called Konfabulator, which was bought by Yahoo and is now called Yahoo Widget Engine. Apple is somewhat known for taking ideas from smaller developers and incorporating it into the OS if its a big success with its users. Apple’s […]
Aqua4iTunes is a simple application that will allow you to change the GUI of iTunes 7 with 5 possible choices. These iTunes skins include:
* iTunes 6
* UNO
* Brushed Metal
* All Aqua - changes the buttons to system standard […]
As you know, iChat is the built in instant messaging/video conferencing application for OS X. I’ve posted before on an alternative to iChat, but if you insist on using it you may want to check out Chax. Chax is a free extension to Apple iChat that provides additional features that really should […]
Stuffit Expander is a must have application for anyone in OS X. Stuffit Expander is a little bit like winzip on the PC. It’s used to decompress downloaded files and it can handle just about anything you can throw at it. Stuffit Expander is able to decompress the following formats:
.sitx   […]
Not a day goes by that I dont have to log into my FTP client so I decided to do a quick round up of a few of the available FTP applications for OS X. Out of the list below, I prefer to use Cyber Duck. No particular reason really other than that […]
The default icons for your desktop in OS X are set to be rather small, especially if you have a monitor with a pretty high resolution. Changing the size of your desktop icons is a really simple process that some may not be aware is possible.Â
I believe the default setting is something like 32×32, but […]
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