Category: Mac
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Quick Tip: Terminal.app
The new Terminal.app on Leopard finally delivers tabbed command line goodness to Mac users. It is a welcome feature that I’ve been using with gusto. But, if you use the new Terminal with any sort of regularity you’ve probably run into the confusing situation where you have multiple shell sessions open in various Terminal windows…
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LicenseKeeper and Leopard
I’ve received a ton of email asking if LicenseKeeper runs on Leopard. The answer is Yes. LicenseKeeper 1.2.4 is fully compatible with and ready for use on Apple’s newest operating system Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). Having said that, new operating systems have a tendency to change how things work under the covers. While I’ve…
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LicenseKeeper Quick Tip: Backup your data
Managing your software licenses and serial numbers is easy with LicenseKeeper. Your data is there for you when you need it. But, what do you do when your hard drive dies? How do you move your data to a new Mac or a fresh installation of Mac OS X? The best way to accomplish this…
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Radioshift
“Radio On Your Schedule” Rogue Amoeba has been very busy recently. On the heels of their excellent free MakeiPhoneRingtone app, comes Radioshift. Time shifting has changed the way we consume information and media. Setting your schedule around your favorite TV or Radio show is no longer the way of things. Listen live or subscribe to…
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PMC Software Auction
The Pan-Mass Software Auction has almost reached its fund raising goal. Once the goal is reached no more bundles will be sold. There’s still some great software left for purchase, so head on over to place your bids.
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Bullfrog 2 Teaser Screencast
Marcus and I have been working hard on Bullfrog 2. There are many technical hurdles we’ve been navigating through, but it’s been fun so far. We promised to keep you up to date with progress and discuss the technical challenges we’ve encountered. So far the challenges have been all due to our lack of experience…
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Acorn from Flying Meat
From Gus Mueller, developer of Voodoo Pad, comes a new bitmap image editor to the Mac market. Acorn is a sleek, light-weight, and affordable image editor built with modern Mac OS X in mind. Over the past few weeks I’ve been lucky enough to use Acorn through the beta testing period and it’s a very…
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Mars Edit 2
Bloggers start your downloads! Red Sweater Software has launched version 2.0 of their most excellent blogging tool. Daniel Jalkut has put a ton of work into this release that includes a sweet new user interface and built-in Flickr integration.
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ShoveBox
Fellow Boston-based indie Mac developer, Dan Grover, has just released his third product, ShoveBox. ShoveBox is a very cool application that lets you quickly capture bits of information you encounter during your work day. Several times a day I’ll come across a URL or information that I want to read and grok later but don’t…
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My Apple History
The Core77 Design Blog has created a sweet chart of Apple’s history of product design. [link via Guy Kawasaki] It was fun to scan the chart and find how many Apple products I have owned or actually used: (I took the liberty to add NeXT to the list) Apple IIe (1983) – School & Friend…