Mac OS X computer Freebies List

Description: GimmeSomeTune is an application that extends iTunes' functionality. With GimmeSomeTune, you can download lyrics and album covers without the user having to do anything - so that he can do things the computer can't do for him. Last.fm and remote control support are available for you at your fingertips. Furthermore, it shows you iTunes' currently playing song in a beautiful floating window, which you can hide with the push of a button, and it can as easily be brought back to the foreground. GimmeSomeTune offers the user a lyrics-window, which shows you the lyrics of the currently playing song. In this window, you can also edit the lyrics on the fly, and, if GimmeSomeTune can't find any lyrics, look for them on Google. Of course, GimmeSomeTune features a vast number of hotkeys to control iTunes (and parts of GimmeSomeTune itself) out of any application. Alternatively, or as a complement, there is a mini-controller that lets you control iTunes with the mouse. To please every individual user, GimmeSomeTune has...

Keywords: application computer download control remote window button album 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 2048 kb; Updated: 2008-10-18

Description: Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac provides the intuitive, intelligent tools you need to transform your ideas and opportunities into action. Put Office 2004 to work for you, whether you use your Mac for home, school or busines.Standard Edition: Enhanced productivity tools for home and officeStudent and Teacher Edition: Available at a special price for qualified usersProfessional Edition:What's new in this version:This update contains several improvements to enhance stability and performance. In addition, this update includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer's memory with malicious code.

Keywords: microsoft computer memory action office tools into code 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 13619 kb; Updated: 2008-10-16

Description: Get the power of a command line without ever getting near it. Do all those things your system maintenance utilities try to do - but do them better and do them your own way. No typing - just 'clix'.You have to perform maintenance routines. You know that. But make a mistake - especially in one of those glittery AppleScript apps - and what happens? You'll have no such fear with CLIX. CLIX is safer - and for the skilled professional safer than even Terminal. From almost every security standpoint.CLIX: the Command Line Interface for OS X. Access to the full power of your operating system. Your computer runs smoother. You learn more, become better and more skilled at running it.CLIX makes it easier for beginners to get up to speed with their new system. For the professional developer or system administrator it's an indispensable tool - a work of reference used by universities around the globe, NASA, the US military, and scientific institutions everywhere.Despite all the work that's gone into CLIX over the years...

Keywords: administrator utilities computer security system access tool into 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 260 kb; Updated: 2008-10-14

Description: Senuti is a simple Mac OS X application for transferring songs from your iPod back to your computer.There are many good reasons that someone would have to transfer music from her iPod back to her computer. There are many good ways to do it, too. Senuti is the only alternative that will give you the power and convenience that you need, wrapped in an interface that is extremely easy to use, at a cost that you can't complain about.Lightning fast -- There's a little file on your iPod called the iTunesDB file. What does that mean to you? Nothing. What does that mean to me? Everything. Every bit of information on every song on your iPod is stored in this little file. Every bit of information on your playlists is stored in this file, too. It's how iTunes knows what's on your iPod. It's how your iPod knows what's there, too. There isn't a much faster way to figure out what's on your iPod.Finding Songs -- Senuti includes all of the built in options that one would expect to find songs. You can search and sort in an...

Keywords: information application computer search music file fast easy 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 6042 kb; Updated: 2008-10-06

Description: Mactracker provides detailed information on every Apple Macintosh computer ever made, including items such as processor speed, memory, optical drives, graphic cards, supported Mac OS versions, and expansion options. Also included is information on Apple mice, keyboards, displays, printers, scanners, digital cameras, iPod, Apple TV, iPhone, Wi-Fi Cards and Base Stations, Newton, and Mac OS versions.What's new in this version:Adds iPhone 3GAdds "iTunes Version" and "Machine ID" to iPhone modelsUpdates Support Status for Apple's latest Vintage and Obsolete productsOther minor changes and additions

Keywords: information computer graphic digital memory cards 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 21197 kb; Updated: 2008-08-23

Description: This program aims to be a QuickTime player designed for playing movies nicely for a person who likes to watch or present movies on their computer (such as the casual viewer or the video artist). This program features full screen or border-less floating windows, convenient controls for scrubbing or queuing movies, and on the fly playlist creation.What's new in this version:Fix for lack of folder expansion when dragging directly to the playlistQuickLook support for mkv and divx file extensionsm4v file extension document association added.NicePlayer Apple Remote code has been updated for LeopardNicePlayer can now be set on every screen in Leopard Spaces

Keywords: computer playlist document windows screen player viewer folder 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 3379 kb; Updated: 2008-08-22

Description: BOINC is a software platform for distributed computing using volunteered computer resources. Many different projects can use BOINC. Projects are independent; each one operates its own servers and databases. Participants can participate in multiple projects; they control which projects they participate in, and how their resources are divided among these projects. When a project is down or has no work, the resources of its participants are divided among other projects.

Keywords: computer control 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 6144 kb; Updated: 2008-08-19

Description: For nearly twenty years, Timbuktu Pro for Mac OS has been the standard for remote control on the Mac OS. With its simple setup, intuitive, user-friendly interface, and multiple security options, Timbuktu Pro for Macintosh is the best remote control choice for your home, classroom or small business.With Timbuktu Pro, you can view the screen of a remote computer, or share your screen with one or many remote computers to collaborate, teach or provide technical support. Use your mouse and keyboard to operate distant computers as if you were sitting right in front of them, send large files without tying up email, and communicate by intercom, text chat or instant message.What's new in this version:This newer version includes some minor fixes and is a recommended update for all Timbuktu Pro users. Now includes an AppleScript that will cleanly remove Timbuktu Pro and all of its associated files, and place them in the trash.

Keywords: computer business keyboard security control remove screen remote 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 3520 kb; Updated: 2008-07-18

Description: AlphaBaby lets even infants and toddlers have fun playing with the computer. Every time a key is pressed or the mouse is clicked, a letter or shape is drawn. Sounds can be played every time something is drawn. Your own sounds and pictures can also be used. AlphaBaby helps kids to learn letters, plus provides a safe environment for kids to have fun "typing" on the keyboard!What's new in this version:Block out Expose and Spaces activation.Add options to change background color of screenallow letters to be drawn in a single color.Load ".aif" files.Add modes to draw just letters and just shapes.

Keywords: computer pictures keyboard block files color mouse time 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 512 kb; Updated: 2008-06-30

Description: wifiTunes enables you to control iTunes via Safari on your iPhone or iPod touch. It builds a bridge between iTunes and your web browser, by providing an embedded web server. Thus making it possible to control iTunes with almost any modern browser¹ on every computer that can reach your Mac on the network.Your iPhone or iPod touch becomes a high-end media remote control. Based on wireless LAN technology, it is not limited by walls, and will work throughout your house. wifiTunes has a user interface that closely resembles the look and feel of Apple's iPod wherever applicable.You have access to all your playlists including Smart Playlists, Podcasts, Movies and TV Shows, and you can select any track for playback² within the selected playlist. wifiTunes will show the same artwork iTunes does, when a track is selected. A position bar can be shown, which can be used to jump to different positions within a track. Elapsed and remaining time of the current track are displayed below it.But there are even more c...

Keywords: computer playlist network control browser server access remote 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 6554 kb; Updated: 2008-06-27