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- BlueHarvest 3.0.5 (Mac)
- BlueHarvest is a Mac OS X 10.4.x & 10.5 preference panel which allows users to: Automatically remove ".DS_Store" files. Automatically remove Resource fork (._) files. Remove .Trashes folders from removable disks. Use simple contextual menu Finder based cleaning of disks, folders and Zip archives.
- Software downloads 2009-11-16
- mySQL starring as Peter Pan
- the solution is simple...Oracle must commit 1 billion for MySQL and the deal will sail through.That would work, but...I don't know if Oracle is willing to commit to that. Instead they're doing the old National Lampoon "buy this magazine or we'll shoot this dog" trick, laying off 10% of Sun's...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- FileUtilsCM 1.8 (Mac)
- FileUtilsCM is a contextual menu plug-in for setting different file or folder attributes. It is a set of several utilities which can: refresh the look of an object in Finder, copy path to clipboard, touch creation and modification date, toggle lock, set write/read-only Unix attribute, toggle extension visibility, set file...
- Software downloads 2009-09-17
- YemuZip 2.3 (Mac)
- YemuZip is an easy-to-use application for making zip files. Unlike the Finder's built-in archive or compress function, YemuZip lets you choose between a Mac-specific format (resource fork-preserving) and a PC-compatible format with resource forks removed. Key advantages of YemuZip are: option to include or exclude resource forks (i.e....
- Software downloads 2009-09-03
- BRU Server 2.0 (Mac)
- BRU Server for Mac OS X is a native Macintosh backup software solution that protects critical information on client/server-based Mac OS X networks. Based on the ultra-reliable BRU engine, BRU Server for Mac OS X delivers the functionality and flexibility to meet your organization's data protection needs. Ã??? Straightforward...
- Software downloads 2009-07-23
- BlueHarvest 2.0.6 (Mac)
- BlueHarvest is a Mac OS X 10.4.x & 10.5 preference panel which allows users to: Automatically remove ".DS_Store" files. Automatically remove Resource fork (._) files. Remove .Trashes folders from removable disks. Use simple contextual menu Finder based cleaning of disks, folders and Zip archives.
- Software downloads 2009-05-28
- VitaminSEE 0.7.2 (Mac)
- VitaminSEE is an image viewer that focuses on speed. It has sorting features and the ability to add IPTC keywords to JPEG files. It generates thumbnails for all supported image files (these thumbnails are stored in the file's resource fork so the image file isn't modified and so the Finder...
- Software downloads 2009-01-24
- The IT theme for 2009: simplify
- The IT theme for 2009: simplifyWhat's your outlook for the cloud Murph?With the dismal economic prospects, does not the cloud factor in as a means of controlling cost and simplifying? Yes?I am a registered AWS provider.Thanks Murph.Dietrich T. Schmitz[url=http://www.dtschmitz.com/dts/blog/]Linux IT Consultant[/url]Mildly Surprisedhow much I relate to this post. e.g.:"and prayed...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-10
- 24U SimpleFile 1.1.1 (Mac)
- This file management plug-in for FileMaker Pro allows you to create, delete, copy, move, rename, read and edit all your files and folders directly from your databases. Primary functions: Creating files and folders Deleting files and folders including complete contents Copying files and folders including complete contents Moving files...
- Software downloads 2008-12-08
- I want an iPhoneStormDroid
- I want an iPhoneStormDroidUmm, Xen's been doing this for over a year...The Xen hypervisor has been shown on a future Samsung PDA prototype doing exactly this for a long time - about a year and a half. Great to see Wind River finally catch on, but notice how the...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-25
- Rarify 0.8.1 (Mac)
- This is a very simple interface to the rar binary. And RAR is a popular compression format in the PC-side-of-the-life. Keep in mind that the RAR format won't support OSX-specific flags (ie, resource fork). For advanced options, use the rar binary in CLI mode itself, or look for other interfaces.
- Software downloads 2008-11-25
- Who Is For Sale This Time?
- It seems the WLAN acquisition rumor mill is hot again after a recent drop in Aruba Network ARUN shares nearly a week ago. Still not trading near its most recent trough of $4.29/share on July 14, according to Google Finance, I am not convinced that the next acquisition announcement will...
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- Google Chrome: The five best new features
- Google Chrome: The five best new featuresThe biggest crap is IE, which STILL ships with ActiveX, is slower thanmolasses in January, STILL includes old obsolete proprietary rendering, and is years behind in standards.More Google crap. Use at your own risk!http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/web_services_browser/chrome_privacy_is_full_of_dents.htmlGoogle is wanting your material.http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/03/google_chrome_eula_sucks/So far impressedI am quite impressed by...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Is it really about .Me or Montenegro?
- The land rush for the .Me domain is underway and the usual domain name shenanigans are here--especially with speculation that Apple is hoarding these digital monikers to rebrand its .Mac service. This speculation perked up earlier this month. Jason O'Grady tried to land a few Apple.me-ish domains...
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- OpenSolaris: What Ubuntu wants to be when it grows up
- OpenSolaris: What Ubuntu wants to be when it grows upOpenSolaris at ZDNet open sourceI just posted a piece abou tthis at Open Source http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2387 but I was not under the impression that this is aimed at the desktop market at all -- only the server side.RE: OpenSolaris: What Ubuntu wants...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-05
- Compress Files '08 (Mac)
- Compress Files is an universal program for Mac OS X that enable Mac users to create Zip compressed and encrypted files; XAR archive files, 7zip and 7zip crypted archives, TAR archives; Gzip compressed archives; Bzip2 compressed archives and compressed and encrypted disk images. What's more Compress Files, let...
- Software downloads 2008-03-30
- File systems of the Mac's past, present and maybe future
- Over the past couple of years, the usurpation of the current Mac's HFS+ file system by Sun's ZFS has been predicted. Sometimes that message has been delivered incorrectly by Sun top brass. While Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Server supports ZFS, there's no expectation that it will...
- Blog posts 2008-03-27
- Fun facts about Mac OS X Leopard's icons
- Computer users on Mac, Windows or Linux must take icons for granted. But the standards for these interface elements keep changing. Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard offers new challenges for icon designers. Leopard supports 512-by-512-pixel icons, which are much larger than the previous 128-x-128 standard. However,...
- Blog posts 2008-03-16
- We could live a long time without gold, but NOT this more precious metal
- I'm talking platinum. As in catalytic converters. Cars, trucks, earth movers, fork-lifts, nearly every internal combustion engine made in the past thirty years has a catalytic converter. Most contain platinum and rhodium as catalysts. Right now there's a platinum shortage. That's a global shortage, but...
- Blog posts 2008-02-25
- Fork Server Helper 1.3 (Mac)
- Fork Server Helper is a system service that helps you avoid problems with Macintosh resource forks when working in heterogeneous network environments. The tool is capable of converting between different resource fork representations that are used by different file sharing standards. Additionally, the application can be setup to modify permission...
- Software downloads 2007-11-23
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