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2009-06-26T16:06:00.001+02:00

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Free mindmapping tool

2008-11-25T09:25:00.000+01:00

Xmind is a free mind mapping tool which can help you when writing out ideas, studying etc.

AquaPath - Xpath evaluater

2008-10-21T11:26:00.000+02:00

From the AquaPath website:

AquaPath is a free Cocoa-based developer tool for Mac OS X Tiger that allows you to evaluate XPath 2.0 expressions against any XML document and view the result sequence in a dynamic, intuitive tree representation.

LyX – LaTeX editor

2008-10-16T17:13:00.003+02:00

LyX is a free LaTeX document editor GUI. You can use the WYSIWYG editor to create your LaTeX documents and generate the PDFs automatically.

ArgoUML

2008-10-04T18:57:00.002+02:00

ArgoUML is a free UML drawing tool which can export your diagrams to various image formats including jpg, png and SVG. See this page for more features.

Portable applications for Mac

2008-09-18T11:34:00.002+02:00

Do you have a Mac and work frequently on random other Macs? This website provides you portable applications like Firefox, Adium, The Gimp and more. Just copy the folders to a USB stick, iPod or whatever you can take with you as a storage device and run the applications straight from your usb device.

Lockdown

2008-08-26T09:32:00.003+02:00

Lockdown is a tool which locks your Mac with your mac remote. Simply hold the menu button for 5 seconds and your Mac is locked. To unlock hold the button again (if you do not have a remote you can use a password).

When the Mac is moved, a key is typed, the power is unplugged the Alarm sounds and will only stop when the remote (or password) is pressed.

Smultron free text editor

2008-08-17T13:55:00.004+02:00

According to the Smultron website:

Smultron is a free text editor for Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 which is both easy to use and powerful. It is designed to neither confuse newcomers nor disappoint advanced users. It should work perfectly for a whole variety of needs - like web programming, script editing, making a to do list and so on.

NeoOffice - OpenOffice for Mac

2008-04-22T16:44:00.003+02:00

NeoOffice is a office suite based on the famous OpenOffice. Now you can edit your ODT files on your Mac!

X-Lite address book script

2008-04-03T09:35:00.002+02:00

Marco Balestra created a script which add an entry in the Address Book context menu. When you want to call a contact with X-Lite you simpely choose "Call with X-Lite" from the context menu.

SVN client for MacOSX - svnX

2008-03-15T17:22:00.002+01:00

svnX is a GUI front-end for SVN on the Mac. Remember: you should have SVN already installed on your machine!

CoreDuoTemp - Supervise the temperature of your Intel Macintosh

2008-03-04T22:21:00.003+01:00

CoreDuoTemp supervises the temperature of your Intel Macintosh.

Note: you need a iMac2006, MacMini 2006, MacBook Pro, MacBook in order to use CoreDuoTemp.

Geekbench - Cross platform benchmarking

2008-02-27T10:51:00.002+01:00

Geekbench is a cross platform benchmarking tool with which you can compare the speed of your system.

Flip4Mac - play wmv and wma

2008-02-26T19:31:00.002+01:00

Flip4Mac makes it possible to play both wmv and wma directly in Quicktime.

VLC Video player

2008-02-24T23:00:00.003+01:00

VLC player is a media player which is also capable of showing subtitles from e.g. srt files. It plays various formats like mpeg, avi, mov and mp3, but is also capable of playing DVD's.

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jEdit - Programmers text editor

2008-02-23T19:36:00.003+01:00

jEdit is a texteditor which runs on Mac OS, Windows and Linux. It had the ability to use plugins so you can add extra features. It also has auto indent, and syntax highlighting for more than 130 languages.

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VirtualBox - Free virtualisation

2008-02-22T16:21:00.003+01:00

VirtualBox is a free general-purpose full virtualiser for x86 hardware.

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Caffeine

2008-02-19T15:16:00.001+01:00

From the Caffeine website:

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. Hold down the Command key while clicking to show the menu.

SyncMate - Sync your Mac with PocketPc for free

2008-02-18T20:07:00.003+01:00

Always want to sync your pocket pc device with your Mac? Eltima has developed a tool called SyncMate which can do this for you! And it is free!

From the SyncMate website:

SyncMate by Eltima Software is an easy-to-use handy synchronizer that will help you keep all your private notes, docs, contacts and other files organized. Form a quick connection between your Mac and your Pocket PC. SyncMate allows you to make synchronization via USB cable with such applications as Bookmarks, Address Book, Stickies, iCal, iTunes, iPhoto and others. With SyncMate you are able to receive, read and manage your text messages, read your device status, install applications to your mobile device, synchronize time and follow all file exchanges using operation log.

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TrailRunner

2008-02-17T22:22:00.002+01:00

From the TrailRunner website:

TrailRunner is a route planning software for all kinds of long distance sports like running, biking, hiking, inline-skating, skiing and more. If you ever asked yourself how long your workout routes are and what route you should choose for this evening — then TrailRunner should be your training-partner. TrailRunner can calculate a route for your desired distance and export directions onto your iPod, giving you a detailed orientation while you are on your way.

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NFS Manager

2008-02-16T11:33:00.005+01:00

According to the website:

NFS Manager is a small tool for easy access to the NFS features of Mac OS X. As an operating system with a Unix core, Mac OS X is able to support the Network File System (NFS) protocol. NFS is the accepted industry standard for sharing files between Unix systems.

Although NFS is a built-in component of Mac OS X, users cannot access this feature without special knowledge and use of the command-line. NFS Manager solves this problem by providing an easy-to-use Aqua interface for the definition of NFS connections.

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Display Rotation Menu

2008-02-16T11:20:00.003+01:00

Mage Software has a cool tool called Display Rotation Menu. It can rotate the monitor, which can be quite useful when having a screen which can rotate.