Dec 23
It definitely is the holiday season, in terms of the commercialism that has leeched itself to the Christmas celebration. Although nowhere as near significant and meaningful as the birth of The Christ, or the miracles of the oil for the lamps with Hannukah, MUPromo.com is offering all Mac OS X users two free gifts this gift giving season– Videobox and MainMenu.
And if you’re looking for the seasonal deal from MacUpdate, then you can also get a load of software for just $50! MUPromo.com states this has a retail value of $446.77.
- DragThing 5.9.5
- Speed Download 5.2.7
- PCalc 3.5.1
- Path Finder 5.5.6
- iRip 1.4.1
- GarageSale 5.3.7
- Yep 2.0.6
- Socialite 1.0.1
- Radio Gaga 1.0.2
- Machinarium 1.0.1
- HealthNut 1.0.1
And if you’re one of the first 10,000 customers (currently at around ~9,000) you also get
- PowerTunes 1.1.2
- Flagit! 1.3.7
- Holiday DVD Menu Template Super Bundle 1.0
Have fun! And don’t forget what Christmas is all about– not the commercialism, but God’s love.
Tagged with: Christmas • deals • hannukah • holiday • Mac OS X • MUPromo.com • Software
Sep 22
As a new Mac owner, I have been very pleased with all the built in Applications that came with my new iMac. The iLife suite truly rocks! However, there is one application that Apple failed to provide (and should). A utility to fully uninstall applications.
Yes, with the Mac we are told that it’s as simple as dragging the application icon to the Trash. Many times it is that easy. And many times it is not. I wish I would have known that before installing StuffIt (BTW– don’t install StuffIt!). Firefox was permanently affected by always offering me the option to use StuffIt for compressed file downloads even though I DRAGGED THE DARN STUFFIT APPLICATION ICON TO THE TRASH!!!! Yes, I intentionally yelled. It most certainly did not remove all vestiges of the application.
Being an old Linux hand, and an even older (dare I say it) Microsoft Windows hand, I’m used to there being ‘hold-over’ material when you install an application. Windows has the “Uninstall application” feature to take care of this, and Linux has the option to erase it via RPM (rpm -e <package>) or someother install/remove utility.
The Mac’s ability to remove an application is limited, and certainly not automated for those larger apps that inject their pref files, et cetera, all over the place. That’s where AppCleaner steps in. Instead of dragging that icon to the Trash icon, you simply open AppCleaner and either choose it from the list, or drag it onto the AppCleaner application. It searches for everything, and when you remove it– everything is removed. No vestiges. WooHoo!
Apple guys! I love ya, but someone needs to talk to the creator of AppCleaner and get this baby bundled in your next OS release!
Caio!
Tagged with: AppCleaner • Must Have App! • pref files • StuffIt! • uninstall • vestiges
Sep 18
Mark Sigal of the famed O’Reilly conglomerate suggest that perhaps we have all been deceived. So much so that the revered Personal Computer (PC) is really a misnomer since the introduction of the iPhone.
Take a look at the article titled ‘iPhone, the ‘Personal’ Computer – Future of the Mobile Web’.
Tagged with: apple • iPhone • mobile web • O'Reilly • personal computer • sigal
Sep 05
I was browsing, and saw The Unofficial Apple Weblog (tuaw.com) mention one of my favorite sites (and the one that inspired me to start this one– believe it or not!), the CultOfMac.com.
CultOfMac references the genuinely artistic icons found in Snow Leopard. Talk about attention to detail! Take a look!
Enjoy!
Sep 01
While studying for a class the other night, I opened up Netflix to stream a movie in the background (real good idea, right?!), and low-and-behold, what did Netflix recommend to me? “Welcome to Macintosh”!
This immediately reminded me of my days as a computer and network technician in a nearby school district, when I actually worked on Apple units (System 6/7/8 and 9– from Apple II, IIe, Mac Classics and some of the newer G3 and G4 units). I seem to recall that the Mac Classic booted with ‘Welcome to Macintosh’ when it booted.
Anyway– I didn’t think this would be any news until I jumped over to a Mac cult site and it reported this as being available on iTunes! Wow! Being relatively new to the Mac scene (as a regular user), I was a little bit surprised that this was news! Well, since it is, I’m piling on!
“Welcome to Macintosh” is now available on Netflix!! 
Tagged with: cult • films • news • Welcome to Macintosh
Aug 11
Welcome to MacZealot.com! If you like UNIX with a rocking window manager (like Apple’s Aqua), then you’ve got to try Mac OS X. Certainly, it’s not as hard core as UNIX with an X11.org manager, and a little less than Linux. However, it is UNIX underneath, complete with your favorite shell (bash by default).
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