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MacFriendly Bundle Now Available, 12 Programs For $49.99

Posted by Aaron Zollo on Dec 10, 2009 in News | 0 comments

  Like many other bundle deals offered for the Mac, you can now get 12 pieces of software for just $49.99 from MacFriendly.  The bundle is available for roughly 20 more days and offers some decent software for the price.

Invoice 3 – The full-featured invoice application for SOHO or business users. It has been designed from scratch to use the power and beauty of the Mac OS, while making life as easy as possible for its users. Since Invoice was designed purely for OSX

Flash Decompiler Trillix – Converts Adobe Flash SWF files back into FLA format and SWF files created in Flex back to Flex sources, which can be easily edited in native Flash or Flex environment. Every group of objects such as morphs, shapes, texts, etc.

TimeNet – Track it wisely. TimeNet’s powerful timer always makes sure you’re billing for every second.

Icon Commander Converts images of any format into Windows and Mac OS X icons. You can find many images on the Internet and convert them to icons for use on your desktop, in applications and much more. With a rich collection of icon styles.

Amnesia – Many software titles on Mac OS come with the uninstall directions of simply "Drag the application to the Trash and empty it". In reality, this often leaves many related files on the computer taking up valuable hard drive space.

WaterThumber – A sweet application for Mac OS X that allows you to batch-process your pictures and get them ready for the web by allowing you to: produce high-quality thumbnails, re-size your pictures, tweak and watermark them!

MacPilot – Scared of the terminal or can’t be bothered to remember those commands to customize your system the way you want? MacPilot is your digital savior. Easily enable and disable hidden features in Mac OS X.

Squish – Makes it easy to shorten URLs for Twitter, Email, IM or anywhere else. It can even shorten a URL directly in the text field you’re typing in.

Singlemizer – Unlike all other duplicate killers, Singlemizer show files on the fly. You don’t have to wait to full scan completion anymore. All duplicates of the particular file appear simultaneously, so you can decide what to delete immediately.

Marketplace – Search any Craigslist region around the world. From New York City to Topeka to Acapulco. Search across any category or subcategory. Get all the results in one convenient window.

Emailchemy – This is a very great software. A tool for email conversion, email migration and management of email archives. Import and export any email anywhere. Emailchemy converts email from the closed, proprietary file formats of the most popular email applications.

ForeverSave – Data loss, caused by application crashes and unintentional overwriting will become history. ForeverSave automatically creates versions of your documents. In case you lose one, just restore it and continue your work.

iTasksX (Bonus Application) – For the easiest to use, most intuitive and cost-effective project management software designed for a Mac, professionals are turning to iTaskX . The search for a simple or sophisticated solution, large or small, in any field or industry is over.

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Software Update: EFI & Airport

Posted by Aaron Zollo on Dec 8, 2009 in News | 0 comments

  If you have not checked for recent software updates on your Mac you may want to open it up and give it a go.  The 1.4 EFI update addresses noise made by the MacBook optical drive during startup.  The other update is 1.0 for Airport client and addresses the following:

An Inability to turn AirPort on or off in some cases after upgrading from Mac OS X Leopard.

An occasional loss of network connection when using Wake on Demand.

An Inability to create a computer-to-computer network, or share the Internet connection on some MacBook, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini computers.

One word of caution on the EDI FIrmware update.  During my update the screen went black as it should and then went to a black screen that said insert startup disc and press any key.  I could not get the MacBook to boot until I used my installation DVD and used utilities to change the startup drive to my Hard Drive.  So if this happens to you relax and use the installation discs to do just as I had to do.  I am not sure what caused this issue, but everything see,s t be fine at this point.

The updates are available now via Software Update on your Mac.

Apple Online Store Down – New Mac Minis and iMacs Coming?

Posted by Aaron Zollo on Oct 20, 2009 in News, Rumors | 0 comments

  There have been a whole slew of rumors about the imminent update of the Mac Mini and iMacs.  MacRumors has been collecting updates of what is said to be coming out today.  Here are the possibilities:

- Redesigned plastic MacBooks
- Redesigned "impressive" iMacs
- Mac mini updates, including one based on Mac OS X Server
- Multi-touch "Magic Mouse"
- A multi-touch "trackpad gadget" for desktop Macs

We’ll be sure to let you know once the Store is back and running.

Apple to Ship Mac OS X Snow Leopard on August 28

Posted by Aaron Zollo on Aug 24, 2009 in News | 0 comments

  Apple formerly announced that August 28th would be the day that Snow Leopard will be available for purchase.  

CUPERTINO, California—August 24, 2009—Apple® today announced that Mac OS® X v10.6 Snow Leopard™ will go on sale Friday, August 28 at Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers, and that Apple’s online store is now accepting pre-orders. Snow Leopard builds on a decade of OS X innovation and success with hundreds of refinements, new core technologies and out of the box support for Microsoft Exchange. Snow Leopard will be available as an upgrade for Mac OS X Leopard® users for $29.

There you have it, the wait is finally over and Friday is the day.  We will be sure to let you know what all the fuss is about and have a full review up after using it for a couple days.

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Software Update: OSX 10.5.8

Posted by Aaron Zollo on Aug 6, 2009 in News | 0 comments

  We are only a month or so away from the release of Snow Leopard and Apple was kind enough to offer up an update for Leopard.  Update 10.5.8 addresses security issues, stability, airport and some other fixes of which are vague as usual.  If you have not so yet, you can get the update now via Software Update.

The 10.5.8 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac, as well as specific fixes for:

• compatibility and reliability issues when joining AirPort networks.
• an issue that could cause some monitor resolutions to no longer appear in Displays System Preferences.
• issues that may affect Bluetooth reliability.