Archive for June, 2007

Magrathea - Geocode Your Photos

Magrathea is a free application for OS X that allows you to manage and present any type of media visually on a map. You can use Magrathea to see exactly where you took your photos and videos.

FEATURES

  • Apple Inspired Interface
  • Browse & View Your Photos in the application
  • Create A Virtual Tour Of Your Photos
  • Use The Flyby Slideshow Feature
  • Geo-Tag Your Flickr Photos
  • Add Markers
  • View High Resolution Satellite Imagery
  • Integrates With iLife
  • Automatically Geocodes Photos With GPS Information
  • Search Markers As You Type
  • Group By Categories
  • Much More



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Fields - Free Screen Saver For OS X

Fields is force field simulator for Mac OS X in the form of a screen saver. Particles react to each creating interesting visual patterns. Lots of parameters can be set to achieve different visual results in the simulation.




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Gas Pump Genie - Find The Cheapest Gas

Gas Pump Genie is a free application for OS X, that helps you find the cheapest gas prices anywhere, anytime for free!  If you know where to look, you can save as much as 50 cents a gallon every time you fill up. If your car takes 13 gallons, that means every time you fill up you save $6.50. For the average driver, that comes to $26.00 a month or $312.00 a year.

To start saving money today, all you have to do is fill in the form on this page and you’ll get immediate download information. Not only that, but each month they will send you the PocketMac Monthly, filled with unique discoveries specifically for Mac owners.

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED

  • How to find any song even if you’ve just heard a snippet
  • How to make sure you never lose data
  • How to use your BlackBerry to plan tonight’s dinner
  • And much, much more



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SafariPlus - Block Ads, Stop Animations, Manage Cookies & More

SafariPlus is a free OS X plugin for Safari that lets you manage cookies as well as block Flash, GIF animations and much more. Unlike other plugins, SafariPlus lets you take control of your web browsing experience without having to worry about complicated filtering rules and complicated settings.



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Safari 3 - Public Beta

Safari is the most popular Macintosh web browser. Experience the web, Apple style, with Safari. Safari is the fastest, easiest-to-use web browser in the world. Safari is the fastest web browser on any platform.

FEATURES

  • Safari’s clean look lets you focus on the web
  • Organize your bookmarks just like you organize music in iTunes
  • Say goodbye to annoying pop-up ads and pop-under windows
  • Search any text on any website with the integrated Find banner
  • Open and switch between multiple web pages in a single window
  • Instantly snap back to search results or the top level of a website
  • Let Safari complete online forms for you, automatically and securely
  • RSS tells you when new content is added to your favorite sites
  • Resize text fields on any website: Just grab the corner and drag
  • Keep your online activities private with a single click
  • Apple engineers designed Safari to be secure from day one
  • Much More



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DRM Dumpster - Remove iTunes DRM

DRM Dumpster is a legal way to convert DRM tracks from your iTunes music library to standard files. DRM Dumpster uses a CD-RW and iTunes to convert all of the DRM music files in your library or in a play list of your choice to files that you can use with any music player. With DRM Dumpster you can create MP3, AAC, Apple Lossles, AIFF, or WAV files from your DRM files.

DRM Dumpster uses the iTunes importers and selects the importer that you want to use without changing any of the import settings. To see or change, for example, the MP3 Import settings do this before running DRM Dumpster.

  1. Launch iTunes
  2. Open the Preferences
  3. Select Advanced
  4. Select Importing
  5. Select Import Using MP3
  6. Choose Your Preferred Import Settings

Since DRM Dumpster supports any iTunes importer you need to make sure the settings for the importer that you want to use are correct before running DRM Dumpster.

  1. Launch DRM Dumpster
  2. Select The Format You Want To Import
  3. Select The Playlist You Want To Import
  4. Click the Dump DRM button
  5. Insert A Blank CD-RW
  6. You Now Have A New Playlist In iTunes Unprotected



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Gizmo - Free Internet Phone For Your Mac

Gizmo is a free internet telephone for OS X, that is as simple to use as instant messaging. Gizmo very closely mimics Skype. It offers free calling to other Gizmo users and very cheap calls to regular telephones. Make all of your calls from the comfort of your desktop, with Gizmo Project it is point, click, talk. The new All Calls Free plan makes calls FREE between registered, active Gizmo Project users in 65 countries around the world. Get all your friends using Gizmo Project and you never pay a phone bill again!

FEATURES

  • Free Calls To Any Gizmo Project
  • Free Calls To Yahoo! Messenger
  • Free Calls To Google Talk
  • Free Calls To Any Windows Live User
  • Free Voicemail
  • Free Conference Calling
  • Clear Call Quality
  • Much More


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Excalibur Morgana’s Revenge - Action Adventure Game

EMR 3.0 is a first person action adventure game, featuring an epic and in-depth story line for OS X. As a Federation Marine resting after your last mission, you start aboard the exploration class Starship Kronos where you learn that your real mission has yet to begin. You are re-acquainted with the AI Merlin, who introduces you to Kronos time traveling technology, and reveals your new mission: to save mankind from the clutches of Morgana and her minions.

Through untamed raptor-infested jungles, castle arenas, and war-torn streets of the future, you will wield weapons from all time periods - including the Sword of Power, Excalibur - in an effort to thwart the diabolical plot that unfolds. The EMR adventure, spread across 42 solo levels, weaves a tale of truth and honor, knighthood and bravery, and darkness and treachery. EMR also delivers 27 adrenaline pumped network levels. EMR immerses you in an amazing new world, creating an addictive, fun and unique gaming experience.

FEATURES

  • Levels with fog and mist
  • Persistent effects such as poison, earthquakes, fire storm spell, and timed grenades
  • Original MP3 music
  • 12 unique weapons, including a new Dragon Flamer and T9000 Railgun
  • New spells for your wand, including fire storm, teleportation, and raise the dead
  • Beautifully rendered OpenGL textures and landscapes
  • New graphics for Morgana, the Trex, raven, and Jurassic bug
  • A huge variety of new hi-res scenery items
  • New holodeck programs, including driving a Flintstone mobile through Bedrock!
  • Blood Gulch style net map with 8 simulated net players and a huge battlefield
  • A basketball court netmap where grenades in a basket win points for your team
  • A beautiful new future level that let’s you drive a Hoverbike!
  • aps and 4 new net maps
  • Lots of updated maps with new areas, new tasks, new features, and new secrets
  • New powerups, such as apples, bananas, health kits, emergency kits, and finally a use for all those magic scrolls!
  • Much More


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Temperature Monitor - Displays You Processor Temperature

Temperature Monitor Widget is a free Dashboard widget for OS X.  The application is designed to give you access to all temperature sensor readings Mac OS X uses to monitor and cool your computer.



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Hey Folders! - Colored Folder Icons In Finder

Hey Folders! is a free application for OS X, that adds colored folder icons to Apple’s Finder. Instead of a generic icon, labeled folders show up in the appropriate color.



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TwitterPod - Free Twitter Client For OS X

TwitterPod is a free application for OS X that gives you message storage capability. The messages by your friends and yourself will all be stored and displayed on an easy-to-navigate window.



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iTunesK1 - Free iTunes Remote Controller

iTunesK1 is a free application for OS X, that allows to control your iTunes through a graphic interface similar to your iPod. You can display the title of the song, the artist or the album as well as the elapsed and remaining time.



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MacProgramGuide - TV Listings For USA & Canada

MacProgramGuide is a free application for OS X that allows you to download television listings for the US and Canada. MacProgramGuide harnesses the power of Web Services and the internet to provide program schedules, episode, cast and crew information. MacProgramGuide provides search capabilities to allow you to find out when your favorite shows or movies are on.


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ultimateTask - Excellent System Maintenance Utility

ultimateTask is a free application for OS X that is a comprehensive system maintenance utility. ultimateTask will Run all Cron Scripts, Repair Disk Permissions & Delete System/Application/User Logs and much more.

FEATURES

  • Repair Disc Permissions
  • Optimize Your System
  • Update Pre-Bindings
  • Execute CRON Scripts (Daily, Weekly, Monthly)
  • Delete Logs, System, User, Server, Crash, Temp, Core and .DS files
  • Purge All Trash Files
  • Purge Internet Caches
  • Purge History
  • Purge Safari Icons
  • Purge All Cookies
  • Enable/Disable Widgets
  • Disable Journaling
  • Disable Spotlight
  • Much More



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TapDex - Quick Access To Your Address Book



TapDex is a free application for OS X that gives you a one-tap access to your Mac OS X Address Book. Tap the customizable hot key and up pops a search window. Start typing and the matching entries narrows down in real-time. When you find the entry you’re looking for, you can email the contact or map their address all without leaving TapDex or launching Address Book.



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Scratch - Create Animated Stories, Games & Interactive Artwork

A new programming language developed by the MIT Media Lab is bringing hip-hop creativity to everyone. The new computer toolkit, called Scratch after the technique DJs use to sample records, enables anyone to create interactive stories, games, music, and videos online.

Anyone can use Scratch to build virtual creations by snapping graphical blocks together. As you use the application, you begin to learn the way sophisticated applications are developed using programming languages.

Until now, only expert programmers could make interactive creations for the Web. As you work on Scratch projects, you learn to think creatively and solve problems systematically.



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iPhone Will Have 8 Hours Of Talk Time & More!

Apple announced some surprising upgrades to the iPhone today. The iPhone will deliver significantly longer battery life than originally estimated & more!

FEATURES

  • Up To 8 Hours Of Talk Time (Was 5 Hours)
  • 6 Hours Of Internet Use
  • 7 Hours Of Video Playback
  • 24 Hours Of Music Playback
  • 250 hours Of Standby Time (Over 10 Days)

Apple also announced that it has upgraded the entire surface of the iPhone, including its stunning 3.5-inch display, from plastic to optical-quality glass to achieve a superior level of scratch resistance and optical clarity. days), the company says. The firm points out that the final specifications make it one of the most capable devices in its field. “With 8 hours of talk time, and 24 hours of audio playback, iPhone’s battery life is longer than any other ‘Smartphone’ and even longer than most MP3 players,” Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs says.

Prices remain the same at $499 for the 4GB version and $599 for 8GB. Both require AT&T service and will be available on June 29th at 6PM, though the official announcement doesn’t mention earlier claims about the need for a two-year contract, which has also been dropped from the company’s ad campaign.

Randy Collins
President
Cool OSX Apps.net

 

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ClearDock - Free Dock Utility

ClearDock is a free application for OS X that removes the semi-transparent white background from your Dock, so that your Dock icons are “floating” on top of your desktop. Additionally, you can change the colors of application triangles and the Dock background to customize your desktop.

FEATURES

  • Removes White Dock Background Under All Dock Icons
  • Change Your Dock Background Colors
  • Change The Application Triangle Colors
  • Much More



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RSS Menu - Free RSS/Atom Reader For OS X

RSS Menu is a free application for OS X  that allows you to read and organize your favorite RSS or Atom feeds. The articles are automatically updated and you get a notification when new articles are available. In addition to visual notification, you can also enable speech notification. It is also possible to integrate iTunes and Safari.

FEATURES

  • Background Application
  • Very Fast Parsing Engine
  • Importing & Exporting Of OPML Files
  • Growl & Speech Notification
  • Options To Customize The Menu
  • Group Feeds In Submenus
  • Reader In Safari
  • Integration With iTunes & Safari
  • Much More



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Finder Browser - Speedy Preview Of Images In Finder

Finder Browser is a free menu plug-in for the Finder, whose sole purpose is to allow you to quickly and easily browse all of the images in a single folder. Finder Browser supports a wide range of image file formats and can even display the first page of pdf documents.



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New 3D iPhone Videos on Apple.com

There are some new 3D iPhone videos that were released on Apple.com not too long ago.

For example, you can navigate to the demonstrations on the Phone page, the Widescreen iPod page, and the Internet page, it will let you select from an “Angled view” and a “Front view.”

Then if you navigate to the High Technology page, you will be able to view all new iPhone videos (for each feature on the High Technology page) that are awesome. :D

BleepBlop - Customize OS X Sounds

Bleep Blop is a free application for OS X that allows you to customize all your OS X sounds through an easy-to-use interface. Tweak the sounds for Mail, iCal, Safari and more. It also allows you to save your sound settings & even share them with your friends.


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Cool OSX Apps.net Share The Success Giveaway - Free Apple TV As Prize!

Hello everyone,

Due to the tremendous success of the previous two contests, in addition to the fact that we just went over 2 Million Hits as of Friday, June 15th for the 6 month period for the year 2007.

We wanted to thank our users for your continued support and appreciation. Ergo, we are very pleased to announce yet another one of our Cool OSX Apps.net Giveaways called the “Share The Success Giveaway.” The duration of this contest will run from the posted time of this entry to Saturday, June 30th at 9:00 PM Central Time.

You have to answer two simple questions for us, and you may do that by visiting this page.

The only conditions are:

  • You must be registered on the Cool OSX Apps Forums
  • You must validate your email address on the COA.net Forums prior to being able to answer the questions
  • You must fully complete the survey by answering all questions in detail

The prize we are giving away is a brand new, free 40 GB Apple TV! :cool:

Cool OSX Apps.net Share The Success Giveaway - Free Apple TV As Prize!

The Cool OSX Apps Team will randomly choose from the pool of forum users and select one winner. Furthermore, there will only be one winner, and only one prize given away.

As already stated, we will be randomly selecting the winner on Saturday, June 30th at 9:00 PM Central Time, and we will then proceed to announce the winner at 10:00 PM Central Time (exactly one hour after the Giveaway ends), and will thereafter contact the winner by PM for them to receive their prize.

Good luck to everyone, and have fun doing this contest!

You may discuss this Giveaway in this thread.

The contest officially starts… NOW! :)

Kind Regards,
Brandon Collins
CEO, Owner & Webmaster - Cool OSX Apps

MemoBlock - Free Notepad For OS X

MemoBlock is a free, feature laden notepad with alarm reminders, note labels, iPod compatibility and more. Store as many styled text notes as you need or transfer the notes to your iPod. Alarm reminders can be set for individual notes, and notes can be categorized any way you want.

Download MemoBlock

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Ignis Fatui - Excellent Free Screen Saver

Ignis Fatui is a free screensaver for OS X, that a shows a shifting system of glowing lights as they flow past your screen.

FEATURES

  • Selectable Color Palettes
  • Directions Of Motion
  • Adjustable Particle Count
  • Much More



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Privateer Gemini Gold - Free Space Game

Privateer Gemini Gold is a free game for OS X that allows you to engage in space piracy and trading.  You start the game with no money, with an old scout class ship in a sparsely populated system in the Gemini Sector. You must try to get money through various mission assignments from which you can purchase better ships and upgrades. Explore Gemini and align with various factions, earn your money as a merchant, bounty hunter, traitor or pirate.




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GuidaTV - For Our Italian Visitors

GuidaTV is a free application for OS X, that provides a listing/review of the programs aired on Italian terrestrial and satellite TV channels.




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BackityMac - Backup For Mail, iTunes & More

BackityMac is a free backup application for OS X, that helps you simply the process of backing up your User folder. Have you ever wanted an easy way to backup all the important files in your home folder?  Are you tired of sifting through the Library directory to find the folders you need to backup?  Want to backup just your Apple Mail database file? Now all you have to do is click the “Apple Mail” checkbox and click Backup.

BUILT-IN BACKUP FOR

  • Apple Mail Files
  • MS Entourage Files
  • iCal Calendars
  • Address Book Database
  • Safari, Firefox, Camino Bookmarks
  • iPhoto & iTunes Libraries
  • iWeb Website Files
  • Documents Folder
  • Full Home Folder Backup
  • Much More



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AutoRate - Automatically Rates Your iTunes Library

AutoRate is a free application for OS X, that automatically sets the rating for all the tracks in your iTunes library according to how often each track is played, and how often each track is skipped.



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Seashore - Free Image Editor For OS X

Seashore is a free image editor for OS X that features gradients, textures and anti-aliasing for both text and brush strokes. It supports multiple layers and alpha channel editing. It is based around the GIMP’s technology and uses the same native file format.

FEATURES

  • Full Support For GIMP’s Native XCF File Format
  • Support For BMP, PICT, PDF, XBM, TIFF, PNG, JPEG, JP2000 and GIF file formats
  • Layers With Over 20 Merging Effects
  • Primary & Alpha Channel Editing
  • Transparency Effects
  • Semi-Transparent Gradients
  • Arbitrary Selection Regions
  • Anti-Aliased Brush Strokes
  • 16 Gradient Effects
  • Full Tablet Support
  • ColorSync Support
  • Plug In Filter Support
  • Much More



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MenuShade - Hide Your Menubar



MenuShade is a free application for OS X that allows you to hide your menubar so it doesn’t burn the top of your display a lighter color.


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Sleep Display - Put Your Monitor To Sleep Immediately

Sleep Display is a free application for OS X that immediately sleeps just your display, so that you can continue running your background jobs. It doesn’t permanently affect your energy settings. If you hit a key or move the mouse then the display wakes up. If you have a laptop this is a great utility, since the the display is the biggest drain on your battery.



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