Although Dropbox says the files we upload on their server are encrypted, I sleep better when I don’t trust them and use the utility I’ve told you about this week, Safebox, to encrypt the files before uploading them in the cloud. Safebox though is a Mac application, and what if you want to use Dropbox [...]
Tag Archives: Macintosh
How to automatically start or stop your Mac at a set time
February 23, 2012
Did you know that your Mac can be automatically turned on and off at a set time? Let’s say you get to work every day at 9am, you can set your computer to boot few minutes before your arrive, so that the machine is ready to work when you get in. Or if you are [...]
Cut the Rope the game is now available for Mac computers
February 22, 2012
The ZeptoLab and Chillingo have just released the mythical Cut the Rope game for Mac computers. You must have heard of this very popular game for iOS and Android devices, or maybe you are among the several million gamers who are completely addicted to the cute physics-based puzzle-game. The object of each level is to [...]
Free tool for Mac blocks your keyboard while you clean it: KeyboardCleanTool
February 15, 2012
Although Apple rejected this simple toll and dismissed it for not being very useful, I think that this KeyboardCleanTool is actually VERY useful. I don’t know how often you clean your Mac’s keyboard, but I work with it, eat on it, and I generally clean it once a week. What happens if you clean it [...]
Due to overwhelming demand, Schreer Delights blocked sales for retro Apple cases
February 12, 2012
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Earlier this week Schreer Delights launched a new line of amazing-looking Apple inspired iPhone 4 cases, and only 48 hours later they’ve had to halt the sales due to overwhelming response. The really cool cases, going for $45 a pop, included the original click wheel iPod, a retro Macintosh, the original iMac, and the Graphite [...]
Set mouse and Trackpad to different speeds with free SmoothCursor
February 7, 2012
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If with your Mac you use both a trackpad and an optical mouse, you have probably notched that there’s no way you can have the cursor speed and acceleration of the mouse and trackpad, different from each others. Thankfully someone else noticed it and made a simple but very useful app that allows you to [...]
New free OS X app: change scrollbars behavior per each app in Lion
January 11, 2012
A new lightweight and very handy utility for Mac OS X Lion, will make a lot of users happy. When Apple introduced Lion, they thought it would have been a good idea to hide the scrollbars. They are still there, but they only appear when you scroll or when you move the mouse over it. [...]
February 24, 2012
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