Mac OS X personal Freebies List

Description: Kenbushi Pro is a powerful media entertainment center with full-screen media control (like Apple TV) which puts your library of movies, TV shows, vidcasts, music and other media at your fingertips for easy browsing, fast searching and instant playback on your existing TV or home theater system. It also includes a backup server (so you can easily backup data from other computers) and cross-platform file-sharing for moving files around your home or office network.Pro Edition is now FREE for personal usersPowerful, gorgeous full-screen media controlPlays all types of movies (avi, divx, H264, etc.)Plays all music, including purchased iTunes songsAuto media player selection (VLC, Quicktime)Store media across any number of hard disksConverts old computers into media serversView slideshows wirelessly on PSP, DS or PPCBackup your data regularly to keep it safeWorks on wireless and wired networksTransfer files between Windows, Mac and LinuxSet Skipmarks to skip credits, ads, bad bits, etc.Control media playback wi...

Keywords: personal network windows control library system movies server 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 55398 kb; Updated: 2008-09-30

Description: Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a booming technology for sharing information on the web. Popular news sites like Yahoo!, BBC News, The New York Times, CNET and Wired, along with tens of thousands of personal blogs and independant media sites all publish RSS feeds that you can subscribe to.Naturally, the volume of information being published every second is hard to grasp and keep abreast of. If you had to visit each site and click 'Refresh', you'd never get anything done. Enter NewsFire, which is like a turbocharged bookmark menu for your news sites. NewsFire constantly checks for freshly published news from your list of news feeds and notifies you. There's even some eye-candy involved - NewsFire's list of news feeds is animated just like iChat, so feeds swoop around as news is discovered.There's a variety of RSS readers on Mac OS X, but none offer the style of NewsFire. NewsFire is brimming with Aqua-beauty and a rich, dynamic user experience. The others feel aesthetically unpleasant, bloated, and stuc...

Keywords: information personal bookmark animated media .net news site 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 735 kb; Updated: 2008-07-26

Description: The idea is simple. It's a globe that sits inside your Mac. You point and zoom to anyplace on the planet that you want to explore. Satellite images and local facts zoom into view. Tap into Google search to show local points of interest and facts. Zoom to a specific address to check out an apartment or hotel. View driving directions and even fly along your route. We invite you to try it now.Features:Free for personal use.Sophisticated streaming technology delivers the data to you as you need it.Imagery and 3D data depict the entire earth - Terabytes of aerial and satellite imagery depict cities around the world in high-resolution detail.Local search lets you search for restaurants, hotels, and even driving directions. Results show in your 3D earth view. Easy to layer multiple searches, save results to folders, and share with others.Layers show parks, schools, hospitals, airports, shopping, and more.KML – data exchange format lets you share useful annotations and view thousands of data points created by G...

Keywords: personal address folders search images format view show 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 34509 kb; Updated: 2008-07-13

Description: Books is a native Cocoa application for Mac OS X that stores, sorts, and searches book collection information. Books is intended to assist book collectors with managing personal collections.What's new in this version:This is a bugfix update that fixes problems for 10.4 users introduced in 3.1.9.

Keywords: information application personal book 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 5325 kb; Updated: 2008-06-30

Description: iCompta is an application that lets you manage your personal accounts with ease.Each account can have its own currency and you can organize operations by type.You can then sort and filter operations to make statistics on your incomes and expenses.You can show a graph of the balance evolution of an account and even have a forecast for the next months.iCompta also lets you validate operations which are on your bank reports and therefore check that you are up to date with your accounts.You can also make funds transfers between accounts.iCompta lets you deal with the common problem of who owes what to who when you buy things with people.iCompta documents can be encrypted with a password.iCompta is open and can import / export files in the following formats :iCompta tab separated text fileQIFOFXSpotlight importer.QuickLook plugin.What's new in this version:New features :Better user interface for encryptionBetter printingFixes :Evolution graph didn't show up if the maximum balance of the account was negativeThe...

Keywords: application password organize personal filter plugin files graph 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 7578 kb; Updated: 2008-06-05

Description: Tired of writing the same text over and over again? Anytime you type text into an application, RapidoWrite can help you do it faster and more accurately! Whether it's your name, your e-mail address, the URL of your blog, your personal address, etc, you probably often find yourself typing the same text again and again. RapidoWrite is here to help you save time by 'typing' these frequently used items for you. Just choose your list of abbreviations, and RapidoWrite will automatically show you related texts as you type. With RapidoWrite, you will be able to quickly insert standard greetings, signatures (including formatted text) or phrases into any application. For example, instead of typing your address in full, you would simply type 'Addr1' and RapidoWrite would come up with our full address. Once you define an abbreviation, it is available at all times, anywhere text can be typed, no matter what application you are using! RapidoWrite is Freeware, gratis and freely usable! You can copy and distribute it. Yo...

Keywords: application freeware personal address e-mail show copy find 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 2150 kb; Updated: 2008-05-04

Description: Fed up with clumsy zip tools that are difficult to use and cost way too much? Well, we were. So we wrote YemuZip and we're sharing it with the rest of the Mac OS X world. YemuZip is a simple, no-frills, easy-to-use application for making zip files. YemuZip sports Yellow Mug's signature intuitive user interface, and it is free of charge for personal use. Please note that YemuZip does not yet handle resource forks. YemuZip also does not perform unzipping.What's new in this version:Added an option to reveal the resulting archive in the Finder.

Keywords: application personal archive tools files free easy 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 1229 kb; Updated: 2008-04-01

Description: iTunes is a software jukebox, with a music store inside. With it, you can create your own personal digital music library to manage and listen to your music collection, all with drag-and-drop simplicity. iTunes encodes high-quality MP3s as well as pristine AAC, all in a free application. If you don't like getting charged a subscription fee or paying for additional features like fast CD burning, your digital music experience is about to get a whole lot better.CNET Editor's Review:Although iTunes has always been one of the best pieces of jukebox software available, the company improved upon a great thing with version 7, which has added enhanced video capabilities, ringtone editing for the iPhone and new ways to view your music library.Read the entire review.What's new in this version:includes several bug fixes and improves compatibility with Apple TV software version 2.0.

Keywords: application personal library digital editor create video music 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 46080 kb; Updated: 2008-02-22

Description: PTHVolume 2 is an utility for Mac OS X 10.5 and later that is used to control the volume of your Mac OS X machine. For most people the included Mac OS X widget is sufficient for controlling volume. There are however two situations in which PTHVolume 2 is a much more useful alternative.Multiple Output Device Control. The Mac OS X 10.5 volume widget works for changing the volume if you only have a single audio device connected to your computer. But what happens when you have multiple audio devices? This is where PTHVolume 2 excels, you can individually control the volume of multiple devices without opening up System Preferences.Volume Control with Non Apple Keyboards. Your type of keyboard is a very personal choice, if you like the keyboards Apple provides then you can just use the standard volume keys. But what happens if you like the IBM Model M style of keyboards, without custom volume keys. Well PTHVolume 2 comes to your rescue, you can set keyboard shortcuts for any and all volume devices.What's new in...

Keywords: computer personal keyboard utility control system audio 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 1741 kb; Updated: 2008-02-18

Description: Check Off is a to-do list that sits in your menu bar. Simply click the check mark and your personal to-do list will drop down. This version of Check Off is released under the GNU Public License and is 100% free.What's new in this version:Fixed bug in print system that caused giant lists to not print correctly.Created new application icon.Added built-in support link (About Check Off) to new Satisfaction-based forum (http://getsatisfaction.com/secondgear).Resolved issue with OPML Exporter not working with OmniOutliner.Added Polish localization.Added Sparkle update notifications.Resolved issue with textbox not allowing URLs to be clicked.Other small lingering Leopard compatibility issues.

Keywords: application personal system print free link 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 1024 kb; Updated: 2008-02-16