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Image Tricks 2.4.2
Image Tricks is a freeware application for editing your photos and images using Mac OS X Core Image filters that transform your photos and apply advanced visual effects. more>>
Image Tricks 2.4.2 is a freeware application for editing your photos and images using Mac OS X Core Image filters that transform your photos and apply advanced visual effects. This program also contains a powerful image generator for. It uses Mac OS X Core Image filters that transform pictures to unimaginable extent. Various mathematical algorithms let you generate unique images. Created artwork can be used as a background, web-design illustration, for print materials and more.
Try the Freeware version and if you like it you can purchase a license code to activate Pro version filters and generators for just $14.95.
Major Features:
- Easy to use and friendly Interface.
- 63 Core Image Effects and Filters (72 in Pro version).
- 12 image generators (19 in Pro version).
- About 30 unique masks can be applied to an image.
- Import over 20 image formats (TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PDF, EPS among them).
- Export to TIFF, JPEG, PDF, PNG and GIF formats.
- Resize and rotate images.
- OpenGL acceleration supported.
- iPhoto integration.
- Universal Binary version allows to use it natively on both PowerPC and Intel-based
- Macintosh computers.
Enhancements:
- Minor bug fixes.
Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later.
- Snow Leopard compatible.
BeLight Software - Image Tricks is especially an amazing application to edit and generate images. Image Tricks. Image Tricks 2.4.1 is especiallyLicense:Freeware
BeLight Software - Application to edit photos and generate images. Image Tricks. Software to edit and generate images. It uses Core Image filters that transform
BeLight Software Ltd - Image Tricks - Edit images using Tiger Core Image filters. Image TricksiRemove .DS_Store files 1.5.1
iRemove .DS_Store files is able to support users to delete the invisible .DS_Store files on all mounted Disks from all folders and application packages. more>>
iRemove .DS_Store files 1.5.1 is able to support users to delete the invisible .DS_Store files on all mounted Disks from all folders and application packages. For those of you who want to delete the .DS_Store files quickly without resorting to the Terminal, this AppleScript does the trick. There are .DS_Store files in some of your (third-party) application packages. They are left there by the programmers and are totally useless. This script will quit the Finder and relaunch it at the end of the run.
Enhancements:
- Fixed a minor bug.
Requirements:
- PPC/Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 and Mac OS X 10.6
DS_Store files quickly without resorting to the Terminal, this AppleScript does the trick. There are .DS_Store files in some of your (third-party) application packages. They are left thereLicense:Freeware
DS_Store files quickly without resorting to the Terminal, this AppleScript does the trick. There are .DS_Store files in your (third-party) application packages. They are left there by the
cURL 7.19.6
cURL provides you with an ultimate solution for transferring files with URL syntax, supporting FTP, FTPS, TFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, TELNET, DICT, FILE and LDAP. more>>
cURL 7.19.6 provides you with an ultimate solution for transferring files with URL syntax, supporting FTP, FTPS, TFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, TELNET, DICT, FILE and LDAP. curl supports SSL certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication (Basic, Digest, NTLM, Negotiate, kerberos...), file transfer resume, proxy tunneling and a busload of other useful tricks.
Curl is free and open software that compiles and runs under a wide variety of operating systems. Curl exists thanks to efforts from many contributors. Use the cURL command line tool or use libcurl from within your own programs.
Requirements:
- Mac OS X Intel
- Mac OS X PPC
), file transfer resume, proxy tunneling and a busload of other useful tricksEnhancements: Changes: - added curl_multi_socket_action() - deprecated curl_multi_socket() - uses less
Automatic 0.9.9
such a useful and effective Internet utility for different tasks more>>
Automatic 0.9.9 is a must- have Internet utility.
Major Features:
- Content Delivery While You Sleep
- Automatic allows you to set up subscriptions for virtually any content linked in RSS feeds: podcasts, videocasts, torrentcasts... Rule of thumb: if it ends in '-cast', you can get it with Automatic.
- Once set up, there's nothing else to do but sit back and wait. Automatic will fetch and deliver the latest content for your subscriptions right to your download folder, so all that's left for you is to find some time to enjoy it!
- Filter Out Those Weeds
- Occasionally you'll come across a feed that has just the content you want. More often than not, however, the wheat will be mixed in with a lot of chaff, and that's where Automatic's filtering comes in.
- You can either set up filters that will apply to whole feeds or just to specific subscriptions, for greater versatility. Either way, filters are implemented with powerful regular expressions, so you can construct virtually any filter you like. Don't know anything about regular expressions? No problem! The included tips and tricks documentation will quickly get you started with the basics.
- Keep Track Of Where It's Been
- Automatic records every items it downloads, and you can easily check the history to see what, when and from where. That way, you won't be wondering where that file in the downloads folder came from, and can easily tweak the filters to pass it over next time.
- Code On a Diet
- Nobody likes a hog, so Automatic has been designed to be extremely lightweight and easy on the resources. It doesn't even run all the time: instead, it launches only when it's time to check for new content, and even then stays alive for a very brief time. Of course, you'll never notice it!
Requirements:
- Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.11 or higher; Leopard recommended.
- Automatic is a Universal binary: it's compatible with any Mac running on either Intel or PowerPC processors.
iGTD 1.4.5.6
A powerful GTD Mac organizer iGTD is the solution for you if you are looking for a powerful GTD Mac organizer more>> A powerful GTD Mac organizer
iGTD is the solution for you if you are looking for a powerful GTD Mac organizer.
What is it for? You are a busy man, arent you? And theres an easy way to track all things that have to be done... and to get those things done!
Organize your life by contexts.
Just divide your tasks by contexts - where they have to be done? At home? At your office? At laptop? At any time you can access the Internet?
Organize your life by projects.
Some of your tasks are related to your life projects. If youre a student, divide your school tasks by subjects. If youre a developer, organize your tasks and ideas by your software projects. You can also treat projects as categories for your tasks.
You wont forget it if you drag it.
You can drag all your browser links or Finder files to iGTD window. New task will be added immediately - with an adequate link. Just click open - and there you go!
Synchronize your tasks with your mobile or PDA!
Thanks to the integration with Mac OS X iCal and iSync you can easily synchronize tasks from selected contexts with your mobile device. Stop putting down your shopping ideas on stickies - iGTD will help you.
It can synchronize your tasks to iCal. Moreover, it will run the iSync to push and pull your tasks from/to the mobile device.
Enhancements
Enhancements
Quick Add window improvements:
- new mode for the F6 key trick: you can add a task from external applications with F-key using the Quick Add window - please have a look at redesigned Integration tab in preferences
- Links field added in the Quick Add window
- flag and task mode (pending/waiting for/maybe) buttons added to the Quick Add window - with key shortcuts, they are displayed as tooltips!
Other improvements:
- F-key trick support for Vienna RSS reader
- multiple badges for the Dock icon - configurable in Appearance preferences
- entering a day of the month in date fields is smarter: if you enter a day from the past iGTD assumes the next month was ment
- preference option to keep a task selected when switching between Contexts and Projects tab (Appearance preferences)
- preference option to totally enable/disable syncing to iCal - this will prevent users from accidental syncing attempts (hitting Cmd-T....)
- support for Enter key added in tables and outlines
- added auto-complete for default project tags in the projects properties window
- Shift+Enter/Return adds a new smart folder in the smart folders table
- Main window option added to the Windows menu: use it to reopen iGTD window if closed
- info alerts about Growl package including download link are displayed for features which require Growl to work
Fixes:
- crash fix: setting defaults for subprojects and tasks fixed
- fix for using the F7 key trick - when the Quick Add window gets closed, previously selected app receives its focus back
- fix for switching between iGTD and other applications: text editor fields do not lose focus
- dates fix: start and due dates get refreshed (Tomorrow turns to Today etc.) if you run iGTD constantly, with no restarts
- GUI fix for aligning the context icons when using the huge font size option
- fix for MacJournal F-key trick: now it should work properly
- fixed displaying counters for contexts with maybe tasks
- you can no longer mark maybe tasks as waiting for.... marking a waiting for task as maybe removes the waiting for status...
- several fixes for archiving tasks
- fixes for updating the icon badge(s)
- rotated inbox icons
Enhancements: Quick Add window improvements: - new mode for the F6 key trick: you can add a task from external applications with F-key using the Quick Add window - please have a look at redesignedStella 2.8
Now you can enjoy all of your favorite Atari 2600 games on your PC thanks to this game For many years, the Atari 2600 reigned supreme as the most popular game console on the market more>> Now you can enjoy all of your favorite Atari 2600 games on your PC thanks to this game
For many years, the Atari 2600 reigned supreme as the most popular game console on the market.
Years later, Ataris stranglehold on the market would dissipate as the Nintendo Entertainment System redefined 8-bit gaming, but die-hard fans and collectors still continue to support the Atari.
One would think that the weak Atari 2600 should be simple to emulate, because of its primitive architecture.
It is very difficult to write a efficient and working emulator because the Atari programmers used many devious tricks to make such an early machine to function.
Enhancements
- Added CRT simulation effects as described in the AtariAge posting
- CRT emulation for Stella. For now, this requires OpenGL 2.0 or
- greater with support for GLSL (GL Shading Language). This code
- will be expanded on and optimized in future releases.
- Adding editing of extended RAM in the debugger RAM UI. The RAM
- spreadsheet now shows the entire address space of RAM in the
- system, in 128 byte increments. The first bank shown is zero-page,
- with the others following in consecutive order. The UI takes care
- of read vs. write port differences, so you dont have to worry
- about the offsets. For now, all SuperChip based ROMs (EFSC, F4SC,
- F6SC, F8SC) as well as 3E, CV, E7 and FASC are supported.
- All ROMs which include SC extended RAM will now have memory erased if
- you attempt to read from the write port. Related to this,
- entering/exiting the debugger will no longer erase the extended RAM.
- Patching of ROM for bankswitch types 0840, SB, UA and X07 is now
- implemented, but hasnt been extensively tested.
- Visual improvements to the CPU register UI in the debugger; the
- SP/A/X/Y registers now have separate decimal and binary views.
- Tweaked paddle control so that all positions are reachable in game
- 4 of Activision Casino in both NTSC and PAL versions.
- SuperCharger/AR ROMs now start with a random value in the CPU
- accumulator. This should fix issues with Dragonstomper always
- starting in exactly the same state.
- Auto-detection for 3F bankswitching improved; several ROMs
- previously detected as F8 now work correctly.
- Updated internal ROM properties database to ROM-Hunter version 5
- (thanks go to RomHunter for his tireless research in this area).
- Added -exitlauncher commandline argument and associated UI item,
- to specify what happens when you exit a ROM. Normally, exiting a
- ROM brings up the ROM launcher, but this can be disabled for those
- using an external frontend (in which case exiting a ROM also exits
- from Stella).
- Re-added -fastscbios commandline argument, and added an associated
- UI item. When enabled, the SuperCharger load bars are now completely
- removed (and not just sped up as in previous releases).
- The -listrominfo commandline argument now shows all ROM
- information built in to the internal database, taking into account
- any information in personal stella.pro files.
However, the Atari programmers employed many devious tricks to get such an early machine to run; therefore, a working, efficient emulator is very difficult to writeEnhancements: - Added newiMote 2.3
Simple, elegant and lightweight program for controlling iTunes from just about any app. more>>
iMote 2.3 is designed as a simple, elegant and lightweight program which is used to control iTunes from just about any application.
Play/pause, change tracks, select playlists, adjust volume, rate tracks and more using fully customizable hot-keys or a universal menu bar item. iMote includes a beautiful iPod-esque floating window, indicating current track information, and Growl support if you want an even more stream-lined experience with your other Growl-enabled applications. Written using Cocoa, iMote is lean and mean, consuming minimal system memory and CPU time. iMote is also the original iTunes controller.
Major Features:
- The Menu
- iMote's menu gives you quick access the the everyday iTunes features you use, right from the menu bar. You can rate tracks, change shuffle and repeat setting, change the current playlist and more with just one click.
- Hot Keys
- The coolest thing about iMote is its hot keys. Say you're typing a letter to a friend in Safari or Mail, and you want to skip iTunes to the next track -- don't touch the mouse! Just hit a key combo and the track changes!
- The Floater
- The Floater is a great thing iMote provides for your musical enjoyment -- it's a floating window that shows you the current track's name, artist, album, rating, and album artwork.
- Tricks
- The Floater can hide out anywhere on the screen you like. By default it ignores mouse clicks so as not to get in the way when it rears its head -- but you can set it to respond to clicks and drag it around the screen to just where you like. It's even smart about how is resizes itself on the edges of the screen so as not to clip itself off the screen. If you decide you like its default position best, just double-click it to put it back at center stage.
- A song comes on that you like, and the Floater pops up? Rate it just by clicking the starts on the floater.
- If you use Growl, enable Growl notifications in iMote to keep all your cute little windows consistent.
- Writing down recorded audio content? Use iMote's StepBack feature to pause, and "step back" a few seconds and resume, to review audio piece-by-piece. It's great for journalists or anyone doing recorded interviews!
- Don't like clutter in your Mac's interface? (Hey, neither do we!) Set the menu is hide itself when iTunes isn't open.
Requirements:
- Mac OS 10.3.9 or later and iTunes.
DOSBox 0.73
Free and open source DOS-emulator for your Mac. more>> Free and open source DOS-emulator for your Mac.
DOSBox is a DOS-emulator that uses the SDL-library which makes DOSBox very easy to port to different platforms. DOSBox has already been ported to many different platforms, such as Windows, BeOS, Linux, Mac OS X.
Its statically compiled against SDL and built upon the Cocoa, Carbon, OpenGL, QuickTime, and AudioUnit frameworks.
DOSBox also emulates CPU:286/386 realmode/protected mode, Directory FileSystem/XMS/EMS, Tandy/Hercules/CGA/EGA/VGA/VESA graphics, a SoundBlaster/Gravis Ultra Sound card for excellent sound compatibility with older games.
This is a rather trivial port of DOSBox to MacOS X. What if you just want to play some old games? This port of DOSBox may be your answer.
Its statically compiled against SDL, is built upon the Cocoa, Carbon, OpenGL, QuickTime, and AudioUnit frameworks, and thus, is only MacOS 10.3.x (or Panther) compatible. It has partial protected mode emulation, a subset of VESA 1.2 functionality (800x600x8) via S3 Trio emulation, and internal modem support via the SDL_net framework.
You can "re-live" the good old days with the help of DOSBox, it can run plenty of the old classics that dont run on your new computer.
System requirements:
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Enhancements
- Add two new opl2+opl3 emulators. (better speed, different implementation approach)
- Improved DRO recording/better file structure.
- Add EGA emulation.
- Add special vga machine mode. Supports more of the exotic tricks like changing the palette during screen updates, 9x16 fonts etc.
- Added special machine modes for the following svga cards:S3ParadiseTseng
- Fix problems with the vga split line feature.
- Improve vesa emulation.
- Add optional selection of old vesa mode for games that dont work with certain vesa features.
- Improve video BIOS emulation to behave more like a real bios.
- Fixes for emulated 4bpp graphics modes.
- Fixes to paging system.
- Various fixes and improvements for the recompiling core.
- Add arm backend for the recompiling core.
- Add some mscdex quirks when dealing with files that are exactly 8.3 long.
- Small fixes to batch file handling.
- Small fixes to the XMS memory handling.
- Various fixes for aligned memory on hosts that want it.
- Various improvements to the mouse.
- Fixes and small speed ups to the debugger.
- Fix and improve lots of compilation problems. (curses detection, GCC 3.4 and GCC 4.X fixes)
- Added some basic auto keyboard layout handling. (windows only currently)
- Add basic support for evdev keyboard driver.
- Various fixes to the timer. (improve mode 2 timer changes, implement mode 1, improve gate2 handling)
- Add audio extraction and mci audio support. Should enable CDROM audio for Vista and adds volume control.
- Improve the directory cache speed a lot, especially with mounting slow media like network paths.
- Various fixes to the create temporary file call.
- Dont keep batchfiles open during execution. Allows rewriting of the active batchfile. (menu programs use this trick sometimes)
- Fix problems with filenames with 2 extensions.
- Add some more lowlevel dos tables.
- Fixes to hercules emulation.
- Fix flag handling for special case of ROR.
- Make the batchfile handling in regard to IF more flexible.
- Fixes to scrolling/panning feature.
- Add prefetch queue emulation.
- Make the emulated cpu type selectable. This is mainly the identification commands and the way paging works.
- Some special EMS functionality added. (OS handles, zero-page handling)
- Improve support for EMS when booting a different OS.
- Improve cdrom speed detection by games.
- Improve stability of cycle guessing code, when there is background activity.
- Fix various mscdex and cdrom detection schemes.
- Added Coremidi support on Mac OS X.
- Improve support for DOS devices when used to detect the existance of directories in various ways.
- Add IRQ 2 emulation on VRET. (ega only)
- Added video parameter table and video state functionality.
- Increase default freespace to 250 MB.
- Some fixes to the fat filesystem handling for disk images.
- Some soundblaster fixes and command additions.
- Fix mixer 16bit direct transfers on bigendian hosts.
Pontoon 2.5.4
Desktop Blackjack game. more>> Desktop Blackjack game.
Pontoon is a complete Player vs Dealer BlackJack game, ideal for practicing your skills with no financial loss! Customize your game by enabling the major BlackJack rules and options, including Surrender, Insurance, Five Card Charlie, Split and Double.
Key features of Pontoon include:Play Blackjack in a small desktop window.Place bets until you run out money, and keep highscores.Play against a computer player.
Pontoon will let you customize how the computer player will play.Turn on or off certain rules, such as five card trick. Common Blackjack rules such as double and split are included.
Version restrictions:
- Nag screen.
Enhancements
- Column sorting in the highscores window is now restored.
- New style donationware message which does not interfere with the main screen.
- Fixed a bug which could prevent preferences being reloaded in rare circumstances.
- Fixed a bug which could prevent older preferences from loading.
how the computer player will play.Turn on or off certain rules, such as five card trick. Common Blackjack rules such as double and split are included. Enhancements: - The new version brings an improvedFelix 2.0
Free Yahoo! widget that features an animated cat more>> Free Yahoo! widget that features an animated cat
Felix is a free Yahoo! widget that will provide your desktop with one Felix the Cat, and now includes his bag of tricks.
Felix will walk around your desktop pondering life, staring into space, or turning with a smile, depending on his mood.
Felix is the culmination of some ideas shown with other animation widgets.
System requirements:
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Enhancements
- Added the capability to use other animation graphics.
- Included a sample graphic set, "santa", with the widget.
Placemaps 1.0
Easy trick to optimise your search with Maps. more>> Easy trick to optimise your search with Maps.
The purpose of this project is to make an utility for Maps. You will be able to save and organise your keywords.
Specify where you are searching for and the application will open Map with the "near" option. With the iPhone version you will be able to localise your current position by using the GSM cells.
You may use this little application called Placemaps completely free of charge.Its just a way to share this iPhone experience. Have a look on the source if your are interested by making your own iphone application.
System requirements:
- iPhone
- iPod touch
iPod Tips and Tricks 0.1
A very useful dashboard widget that displays tips for your iPod. more>> <<less
Safari Tips and Tricks 0.1
Discover Safari tips and tricks right from your dashboard. more>> 24U Email OSAX is a Scripting Addition. It extends AppleScript by an ability to send electronic mails directly, without need of any additional aplication. It allows you to send an e-mail quickly and easily from your scri`pt (i.e. CGI, Folder Action, database). Now in the new compilation for Mac OS X!<<less
Touchtip 2.0
iPhone and iPod touch tips, tricks, and hacks right on your dashboard! more>> iPhone and iPod touch tips, tricks, and hacks right on your dashboard!
The Touchtip Dashboard widget will bring you all the hints, tips, tricks, and hacks you need to master the Apple iPhone and iPod touch.
Enhancements
- Fixed updated bug.
- Performance enhancements.
- New typography for increased readability.
- Improved look and feel.
Touchtip.com - Touchtip is created as an effective widget displays tips, tricks, and hacks for iPhone and iPod touch. Touchtip. Touchtip 1.1 is created asMac Tricks And Tips Widget 2.2
Pulls the latest tips, tricks and hacks from mactricksandtips.com. more>> Pulls the latest tips, tricks and hacks from mactricksandtips.com.
The Mac Tricks And Tips widget pulls the latest tips, tricks and hacks from mactricksandtips.com. Each post is displayed, in full, within the widget. It contains the current 5 posts which you can read.
The posts contains all of the images, links to the comments plus much more.
The application is very small and runs really fast.
Enhancements
- Widget size reduced
- Runs and loads faster
Mac Tricks And Tips Widget is a powerful and splendid Widget which pulls the latest tips, tricks and hacks. Mac Tricks And Tips Widget 1 - Mac