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  • Appletell reviews StellarPhoenix data recovery for Mac OS X

    Stellar Phoenix for Mac uses some complex algorithms to recover recently deleted files from hard drives or simply find a hard drive that refuses to mount. There are some strange UI glitches and the occasional file that’s empty after being recovered (0 second MP3s that are a couple megabytes in size, for example), but I would certainly recommend this program to someone who has lost some data on a drive or needs to recover a…

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Appletell reviews Wondershare’s iPod Toolkit for Mac

by Josh Holat on Dec 10, 2009 at 08:11 AM

Wondershare is a company that creates a slew of software products for both PCs and Macs. Much of their software revolves around DVDs, iTunes, and multimedia data, but it also extends into the antivirus space. Their suite of software known as the iPod Toolkit is just one of these products,… Continue Reading »

Special one-day Apple shopping event now official

by Kirk Hiner on Nov 27, 2009 at 08:06 AM

We’ve been speculating for a few days now on what sort of Apple Store Black Friday sales event we’d see, and it’s now been officially unveiled. First, you get free shipping on any order over $50, which brings Apple in line with other online retailers (still have to pay taxes,… Continue Reading »

Black Friday 2009: Macintosh software deals [updated 9:06 a.m. EST]

by Kirk Hiner on Nov 26, 2009 at 09:01 PM

The people need the gifts, sure, but what about your needs. What if you need to get some work done or want to try out new games on your Macintosh? (Stop laughing, they do exist, and they’re good.) We at Appletell understand, and have accommodated by rounding up the Macintosh… Continue Reading »

GrandPerspective for Mac graphically illustrates disk usage

by Patrick Lutz on Oct 27, 2009 at 01:18 PM

Recently, I’ve come across a very cool and useful Mac application known as GrandPerspective, a utility that scans a chosen area of your hard drive and outputs an illustration of how your hard drive space is being used. This can be particularly useful if you’re running low on disk space… Continue Reading »

Appletell reviews the 8GB Store ‘n’ Go USB Drive for Mac OS X

by Kirk Hiner on Oct 18, 2009 at 08:02 PM

At a recent meeting with my colleagues, some of the guys were showing off USB drives that were barely larger than an iPhone SIM card. These things were tiny. My colleagues were impressed, I was not. Can something that size be safe from breaking? From being lost? From being eaten… Continue Reading »

Macintosh/iPhone software update roundup - July 8, 2009

by Kirk Hiner on Jul 8, 2009 at 05:54 PM

Pipe Mania, the game that’s been on every gaming system ever created in all of history, is now on the iPhone. So is DinnerDate, Cloudburst, Word Solitaire, m:Vampire, and plenty more. The Mac sees updates to Rivet, A Better Finder Rename, some stuff from DEVONtechnologies, flickery, and SkypeCap, amongst others.… Continue Reading »

Appletell reviews TextExpander for Mac OS X

by Kirk Hiner on Jun 22, 2009 at 07:58 AM

Anyone who does a good degree of writing and coding on the Mac needs TextExpander. That’s right…needs it. By allowing you to easily assign keystroke shortcuts to snippets of code, you can place long, cumbersome blocks of text and code in your documents within a matter of seconds, system wide.… Continue Reading »

Improve graphic performance of your Intel GMA chipset Macintosh

by Aaron Kraus on May 2, 2009 at 09:29 AM

Jealous of friends who have a newer MacBook or iMac with the new NVIDIA graphics? Do you feel less able by comparison, what with that sad old Intel GMA chipset sported by your earlier model? Never fear, there’s hope for you yet! Enter GMABoosterX, a new tool that allows you… Continue Reading »

Appletellcast weekly Apple podcast, April 5th, 2009

by Jake Gaecke on Apr 6, 2009 at 06:48 AM

So we’re going things a bit differently this week. We started out covering the week’s news and other articles on Appletell.com, but this week we have an interview with Rich Siegel of BareBones Software. Continue Reading »

Appletellcast weekly Apple podcast, March 29th 2009

by Jake Gaecke on Mar 30, 2009 at 06:49 AM

This week’s show is a bit abbreviated, but still full of reviews, free apps, and who knows what else? We’re also giving away some iPhone cases with headphones from Dermis. But I’m sure you knew all of this already if you subscribed in iTunes to the Appletellcast. Continue Reading »

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