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GrandPerspective for Mac graphically illustrates disk usage

by Patrick Lutz on Oct 27, 2009 at 12:18 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 »

Rulers for everyone

by Stephen Chinnadorai on Jul 20, 2008 at 10:43 PM

IconFactory makes a great universal tool for designers called xScope — for people who constantly use this kind of tool, it’s a worthwhile investment. But, a new app now gives you similar functionality — for free. Rulers provides a subset of xScopes useful features in an easy-to-read format. Photoshop-style rulers… Continue Reading »

Mac Gems announces Gem a Day

by Mark Rowland on Jun 16, 2008 at 07:14 PM

If free or low cost software is your lifeblood, this is for you. Macworld, a popular Apple site, has officially started their Gem a Day blog. From now until mid-August, Mac Gems will have a daily post about a new piece of software for your Mac that is either free… Continue Reading »

Caffeine control

by Stephen Chinnadorai on Apr 14, 2008 at 12:12 PM

We have not discussed the freeware app Caffeine on Appletell before. It’s basically an app that runs in your Mac’s menu bar that, when you control-click the icon in the menu bar, you can select periods of time for your screen to remain on. This is great for those times… Continue Reading »

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