Support - Discussions - MacBook Pro (2010) Freeze ... 100 Free Useful Mac Applications (Part I) If you’ve just got yourself a new Mac and totally clueless what to install, this article is for you. If you are looking for alternatives for some applications you are currently using in your Mac, the following list might come in handy too. This week, we’d like to showcase you a list of useful yet free applications you can install for your Mac. Full list after jump. Recommended Reading: 100 Free Useful Mac Applications (Part II) Productivity Anxiety Provides a streamlined, easily accessible interface to add and check off your tasks, while remaining poised to melt into the background at a moments notice. Appointments Keep record of customers, contact persons and important events related to them. BackBoard A Mac app to collect notes and tasks.
Camouflage Hides all the icons and leaves nothing but the pure wallpaper Evernote EventSync Allows you to sync your Facebook events with iCal. HimmelBar iClockr Simple way to track your time. MindNode NameChanger Namely Fast way to open applications. Punakea Quicksilver. 69 Awesomely Free Snow Leopard Compatible Apps. Posted 10/15/2009 at 12:53pm | by Mac|Life Staff The word free gets thrown around quite a lot lately. Cell phone carriers offer "free" phones that are tethered to a two-year contract.
Those free rooms in Vegas come at the price of three hours of your life spent listening to a time share pitch. Even Steve Jobs said the new camera in the iPod nano was free. If you're still paying money, it's probably not free. To help get free back to its rightful place of, well free, we've compiled a list of apps and services that are indeed free and won't require you to sit through a pitch about how great it is to be a foster parent to a monkey. We do want to note that some of these items are services or system preferences. We would also like to note that some of these apps are donationware. Adium - Talk to anyone The go to chat app on Macs for years.
Alarm Clock - WAKE UP! Versatile alarm clock app can wake you up to your iTunes music, and even wake up your computer first if it happens to be sleeping. Thriftmac | the best Mac freeware and free Mac games. 100 Snow Leopard Tips, Tricks, and Features | Mac|Life - StumbleUpon. Posted 08/31/2009 at 11:02am | by Arvind Srinivasan and Roberto Baldwin After installing Snow Leopard on our Macs, the Mac|Life staff began scouring the inner crevices of 10.6 looking for all the features we can. While Snow Leopard has been advertised as more of a speed increase and "tightening of screws" of the OS, it still has some great features that'll help you work faster.
After spending the weekend with the new OS, we found 100 features, tips, and tricks that should help get you up to speed and make you a Snow Leopard power user. If you have a tip or feature we missed, drop it in the comments and we'll add it to the article. Battery Status If you've secretly suspected that your MacBook's battery isn't working correctly, Snow Leopard can tell you what your geek senses have know all along. No Leopard, no problem If you're running Tiger on your machine, don't worry.
QuickTime X video record Need to record a quick video with your iSight or USB camera? Language and texts Time is relative. Pack for Mac: Our List of the Best Free Mac Downloads.