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Mac UnRaxX for RAR files
I normally use 7Zip on the PC to unpack strange formats like RAR. For the Mac, the freeware product is called “UnRarX”:http://unrarx.clom Powered by ScribeFire.
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Mac Dashboard Widgets
The Mac has this alternative interface called the Dashboard which have a collection of small applications called widgets. It ships with things like clocks and calendars, but “Apple”:http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard has a whole bunch more including: Sudoku Fun Widget that lets you play this addicting game Hangman. the famous game “Canto Pod”:http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/music/cantopod.htm and “Harmonic”:http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/music/harmonic.html. This downloads lyrics…
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Mac Utilities
I just love BeyondCompare for file copying and updating on my PCs, so “Match”:http://www.bytewash.com/Bytewash/Match.html seems like equivalent on the Mac Powered by ScribeFire.
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Mac Video
OK, I normally use DVDDecryptor, SmartRipper or AutoGK for the PC to backup up DVDs, for the Mac, it looks like “MacTheRipper”:http://mactheripper.org is the most popular at least according to the most popular list at “MacUpdate”:http://www.macupdate.com/popular.php Another very popular one is “HandBrake”:http://handbrake.m0k.org which seems to be more like AutoGK in that it rips a DVD…
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Mac Audio programs
OK, I just love MP3DirectCut for edtiing MP3s, MP3Tag for editing tags and filenames, ffdshow for codecs galore and DMC for conversions, LAME for MP3 encoding and ExactAudioCopy for CD copying but what are the Mac equivalents. Well, “Pure-mac.com”:http://pure-mac.com/audio.html has a good list and their “MP3”:http://pure-mac.com/mp3.html. I also checked out “MacUpdate.com”:http://macupdate.com there is of course…
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Mac Antivirus
Besides Norton and Mcafee which both offer pay anti-virus, “ClamXav”:http://www.pure-mac.com/virus.html is freeware. It by the way claims that there are no viruses that target OS X which is amazing if true. Powered by ScribeFire.
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The latest shootout of HD Camcorders
The “HV20”:http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/The-Great-HD-Shoot-Out—Canon-HV20-Sony-HDR-HC7-Panasonic-HDC-SD1-JVC-GZ-HD7/Conclusion.htm wins vs the Sony HDR-HC7, Panasonic HDC-SD1 and JVC GZ-HD7. Mainly because of sharpness and low noise performance. Powered by ScribeFire.
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HDR
“Bob”:http://bobsplanet.com came by and showed me his incredible HDR photos. You use a feature called automatic exposure bracketing to take multiple photos of the same still scene (you have to a tripod to do this). The software at “HDRSoft.com”:http://hdrsoft.com called Photomatix then takes the images and combines them into a truly remarkable image that has…
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Xcode Developer Tools
“Macworld”:http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macosxhints/2005/08/installxcode/index.php says “Xcode Developer Tools”:http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/ is a great toolset to have for us power users. Even if we don’t write code. Powered by ScribeFire.
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Colorvision Spyder2Pro and Mac OSX
The most important thing is to get the monitor calibrated. I don’t completely understand Mac color management, but “Colorvision”:http://colorvision.com has a Mac application thank goodness. Powered by ScribeFire.