ChronoSync “is the complete data management utility that allows you to efficiently synchronize or backup files and folders from one disk location to another. There are hundreds of settings available within each Synchronizer document to customize your synchronizations. You can synchronize or backup files to almost any device. ChronoSync will even automatically mount other computers. Create as many documents as you need to handle all the synchronization and backup scenarios you have.”
I find it very useful for keeping multiple computers in sync, where the amount of data prohibits use of online services such as Dropbox.
(Part of the mini-series: a miscellany of tools and software for the Mac.)
Caffeine. If you have a laptop and take it to meetings or use it to give conference presentations, this is an invaluable tool. You can keep your default screen saver and sleep settings for conserving battery while mobile, but override them when you don’t want to be interrupted.
“Caffeine is a tiny program that puts an icon in the right side of your menu bar. Click it to prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep, dimming the screen or starting screen savers. Click it again to go back. Right-click (or ⌘-click) the icon to show the menu.”
(Part of the mini-series: a miscellany of tools and software for the Mac.)
Right Zoom changes the default behaviour of the green “zoom” button on the Mac so that it always maximizes the current window. It runs in the background and you can set a modifier key to activate it only when you want to.
An invaluable tool for new Windows to Mac switchers.
Part of the mini-series: a miscellany of tools and software for the Mac.
Name Mangler: Batch renaming of files and folders with just about every logical possibility covered.
Part of the mini-series: a miscellany of tools and software for the Mac.
Part two of a mini-series of posts: a miscellany of tools and software for the Mac.
TrashMe: a new, free, intuitive application for simply and easily uninstalling applications, widgets, and preference panes.
Part one of a mini-series of posts: a weird miscellany of tools and software for the Mac.
The new Safari 5 added support for native extensions yesterday. Apple promise a directory later in the summer, but a few have already emerged.
I’m not too keen on extensions per se. My experience with Firefox was constantly ruined by crashing and out of control CPU and memory usage. Can Apple improve on this? The odds are good, though don’t expect a huge ecosystem of extensions to emerge as they did with Firefox. Maybe that’s a good thing.
GoMBox: “With this extension installed, clicking on Google Image Search results brings up a lightbox viewer rather than taking you to the page (and away from your search).”
Works well.
