New Mac Minis

June 17, 2010
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Apple has refreshed the Mac mini line-up. The entry level mini retails for $699 and the high end is $999. Other than the following, the two systems are the same.

$699 includes:

2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB of shared L2 cache; 2GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM, expandable up to 8GB; a slot-load [...]

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Safari 5 Extensions

June 10, 2010
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So now that Apple has created an Extension API to Safari, there are tons of extensions being created by very talented folks out there in the Internets.

From what I have heard/read, Apple wants to create a curated store/collection of these extensions. Hopefully, this doesn’t mean an App Store like approval process since that could put [...]

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Soulver 2.0 Review

May 18, 2010

Background for Those Who Know and Love Soulver

I started putting this review together around March 15, 2010. At the time, the current version of Soulver was 1.4.4, which was released around March, 2007. Frankly, other than the iPhone version, I thought the project was dead. I mean, come on. No update in three years?

And as [...]

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Soulver 2.0 for Mac and iPad are now available

May 18, 2010

The folks over at Acqualia have finally released Soulver 2.0 for Macintosh as well as for the iPad.

I have to say, after Steve pointed reminded me about this great program, I have been waiting with baited breath for the new 2.0 version to be released.

This is a great general purpose calculator with some majorly advanced [...]

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Kill Programs on Sleep

May 15, 2010

I needed to be able to kill programs on sleep and this the solution I came up with.

The Problem

I use Dropbox. A lot. And I keep a lot of my application data there. I keep my Yojimbo database, MacJournal database, 1Password database, and a host of others there because it makes using those programs from [...]

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SimplifyMedia

May 14, 2010

We talked about SimplifyMedia as an alternative to iTunes in the cloud during yesterday’s podcast and Dave asked me to update the thread with information about the application. So, I went to SimplifyMedia’s website and found this:

After developing the technology behind Simplify Media for over 4 years, it is time for us [...]

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Steam finally appears on Macintosh

May 12, 2010

Update: My impressions of Steam on Mac appears at the end of the article.

Valve finally released Steam for Macintosh!

I downloaded the client today and started downloading Portal and Toki Tori. I own both for Windows and now since the Mac version is out, I now own the Mac version too. Valve says that if you [...]

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35+ Rockstar Mac Software Developers and Their Apps

April 17, 2010

AppStorm.com has a great article listing 35 Macintosh software developers and their apps.

This is a great list of applications and Macintosh developers. If your new to the platform and are looking for some quality software, look no further than this list!

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