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Zooming UI note-taking app
I'm looking for an iPhone app with which users can use the zoom in and out to write down characters in all kinds of scales.
To be more specific, if the user zooms in, the whole canvas would become ...
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Is there a replacement for the Leopard software accentuer on Lion?
Back on leopard there was a extremely useful application called "accentuer"
which would through a service add all french accents to a given text. I was doing an almost perfect job at it too.
Would ...
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What programs exist to find and delete “orphan files” left after deleting an Application?
I have transferred my system from Mac to Mac for over 15 years. I have preference files and other plists lurking around in my system for programs I tested years ago.
Is there a smart program that ...
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Is there an iPhone app that acts as a radio signal strength sensor?
I would like to find an iPhone app that is able to show the GSM or WiFi signal strength. Does it exist?
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What simple text editors exist that do not convert files as TextEdit does? [closed]
Is there a simple text editor like Notepad (or Notepad++) on Windows for OS X? TextEdit cannot open all types of files and TextWrangler is not "simple", for my opinion TextWrangler is meant to work ...
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Is there an iPad office suite that syncs with Google Docs?
The app should support offline editing of documents, spreadsheets and sync them back to Google Docs.
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What iOS apps allow free calling to the UK?
I travel a lot, so often rely on WiFi for calling. On the iPhone, I use MagicJack to get completely free calls over WiFi/VoIP to US numbers. I'm looking for a similar app to enable me to call UK ...
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Is there a free, actively developed IRC client for Snow Leopard?
So far I've been able to find only outdated clients, which are either abandoned years ago or they are currently developed but only for newer systems, or commercial.
Is there a free1 client actively ...
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Free presentation helper that shows keystrokes
Are there any free standalone presentation tools that shows which keys are pressed on screen?
KeyCastr is not available as build for users without Xcode. Only a community fork ...
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How to setup a Mac for kiosk mode video presentation?
My situation is: 2 iMacs (Lion), one displays a slide show and the other one a video.
If a user comes to the iMac and wants to play the video again, he should be able to play the video with one click ...
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What utilities assist in taking and annotating screen captures for local (clipboard) reuse?
Is there any Mac utility that will allow me to:
Take a screen shot
Annotate it (arrows, text, etc)
Upload it somewhere
Put a link directly to the image on my clipboard (i.e., not to some Skitch ...
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Can I use a Mac Mini as an Airplay audio receiver?
I don't have an AppleTV (yet), but I do have a Mac Mini hooked up to some decent speakers. Is there something I can run on it, so that it acts like an Airplay audio receiver?
(Video support isn't ...
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Is there an IM client that will load my previous GMail chats?
I am looking for an IM client that supports loading my previous chats from GMail. Chax used to do this for iChat, but Chax doesn't work with Lion, nor does it work with Messages. Is there a client ...
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App for offline bookmark reading on iPad
I'm currently using Diigo for saving my bookmarks and reading them later on the iPad offline. However, it allows only the 20 last for reading.
Does anyone know an app that enables reading older ...
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Time Tracking App with Alfred integration
Is there a time tracking that integrates with Alfred, so you can start/stop time tracking using typed commands?
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How can I disallow all network operations except for browser, mail?
I am on a rather low monthly limit with my mobile phone plan. When travelling, I usually write mails and browse the web on my Macbook Air via iPhone Personal Hotspot.
However, I do know several ...
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What can I use to do decent content aware image resizing on OS X?
What can I use to do decent content aware image resizing on OS X?
I know that Photoshop and iResizer are supposed to provide this, but first is quire heavy and expensive and the other one seems not ...
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2answers
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What is a good world time app for Mac OS?
Is there something like http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/ or http://everytimezone.com/, but that could replace the default Mac OS time and sit in your menu bar?
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Burning songs to a virtual CD
I have a playlist of 180 songs that I downloaded from the internet. I imported it into iTunes, but all the data for the songs was put into their name. for example: 001 - artist - song title was put ...
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Is there a app or software to do random photo selection on iphone or mac?
I am looking for an app on iphone to do this:
I can select a bunch of photos into the app
I click a button
Then the app will randomly pick a photo from what I have selected and show up in the ...
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Where can I find some good apps that use notifications? [closed]
I think it would be great, if I could see some great apps update me using Mountain Lion's Notification Center.
I'm looking for apps like weather updates, hot news, and stock updates — just swipe with ...
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Is there a .eml email file viewer that can also save attachments?
I'm looking for a free .eml file viewer to just read email files and for extracting attachments.
I don't want to use Mail.app as it requires account setup - when I click on a .eml file Mail.app opens ...
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What software programs will stop you from updating to Mountain Lion immediately [closed]
I've been really impressed by the compatibility of most software I use with Mountain Lion, however there's been a few key apps that I use in my day to day that aren't compatible with the new OS.
Can ...
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Is there any Mac Application used for part-zooming a picture?
I found many screenshots for Mac App Store or iTunes App Store using pictures like this,
I want to find a Mac App can do this work.
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Protect privacy on my Mac
What is the best way to protect my privacy when using my Mac?
Assume I am a privacy-sensitive user, with Mountain Lion. What software configuration should I do, to protect my privacy? Is there any ...
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1answer
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Stock notifier for OSX
I am looking for a stock notifier for osx (macbook pro). Is there anything available ? Perhaps, integrated with Growl or Osx notifications.
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How can I make/receive Google Voice calls in Mountain Lion?
I use Google Voice as my main line now adays. However, having to leave Google Chrome open and logged into Gmail is getting in my way...
I was wondering if anyone has a way to get these calls to go to ...
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1answer
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Cross-Platform Password Management
I am looking for a password manager that is compatible with open-source password database files, such as those used by KeePass (.kdb) or PasswordSafe (.psafe3). Both of those projects have terrible ...
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Anyone know of a timecard app that uses GPS?
I'd like to log the hours I'm at work using the GPS on my iPhone. (It'd start logging when I get to work, then stop when I leave for lunch, etc)
If possible, I'd like to be able to log the time at ...
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Equivalent for FinePrint
FinePrint is a program that allows you to print multiple pages of a document's printout per physical sheet by shrinking the printouts, and merge several documents' printout into a single print job.
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Full expression friendly calculator app?
One of the apps I miss most from Linux when using a Mac is the Gnome calculator (gcalctool). I like that I can type out a full expression before evaluating it:
Is there a good free calculator app ...
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Replacement RSS reader for Mountain Lion, integrated with Notification Center?
I am looking for a recommendation for a replacement RSS reader for Mountain Lion. I have used RSS feeds in Mail.app for semi-important alerts, like maintenance announcements from my webhost or new ...
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1answer
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Which applications on Mac AppStore build HTML5 (drag and drop)?
Which applications on Mac AppStore build HTML5 (drag and drop)?
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Looking for a 360° object view iPhone app
I'm looking for a 360° iPhone app that models one object from either a level path around the object or perhaps even a true 360 view from any angle looking in at the object.
This is different than the ...
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Is there an iPhone app that takes continuous photos?
I am looking for an app that can take continuous photos. In other words, I should be able to set the interval (e.g. every 3 seconds) and for how long (e.g. 2 minutes) and it would just snap photos.
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Can I use my iPad as a Virtual CD Deck
Is there is an app for iPad that will emulate basic CD deck functionality using iTunes tracks? All the DJ software I've seen (or bought) seems to include mixer/deck/additional features I don't require ...
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Integrating Hashcash into Mail.app
I recently came across a program called Hashcash. It looks interesting, and I'm thinking it might be fun to try it out and see if it has a noticeable impact on my workflow.
Are there any plugins or ...
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Any iPhone apps for fine-resolution mapping?
I am trying to record tracks at a much finer scale than is possible with GPS, but hopefully using something simple and cheap, ideally an iPhone. The resolution for track data I am after is around ...
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1answer
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Control music playing on iPhone from Computer
Is there an app that allows one to control the music playing on my iPhone using the Function keys along the top of my Mac keyboard?
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How to link one pdf to several others for use on iPad?
I want to use an iPad as an electronic 'Program' or Agenda for a conference. We would like to have a single document serve as the Agenda where one can open it, see the time and day of the ...
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iOS Simple Counter App with multiple counters and data export?
I'm looking for a simple tallying / counter app for iOS that supports data export, and assigns dates to the different counts. It should also support multiple counters with titles.
Does anyone know ...
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Indenting html + javascript/css
Have you encountered an OS X text editor capable of indenting both the line
var x = 2;
and the lines
<it>Item A</it>
<it>Item B</it>
in the following html?
<html>
...
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SD card tools error on writting
I've got a 16 Go SD card and when I write on with my camera, at 80% or less, it's crash all data (an app like data rescue can find images), so I can use it at 79% (blindly). I think I can find the bad ...
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FTP app that can monitor a local folder
I recently switched to another text editor from Coda. The feature I miss most from Coda is that it can monitor any folder and publish any changes made with a click of a button. I have been looking for ...
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Good iPad piano software?
I have a third generation iPad ("the New iPad"). I am looking for software I can use to make a piano keyboard appear on my iPad such that when I press the keys, they play notes and sound like a piano. ...
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Any partition software just to partition unused space?
Currently I have one portable external hard drive which I use for Windows. It's 1TB and over 300GB is used space. I would like to partition it so I can access the unused space from my Mac. Can you all ...
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MySQL GUI Tools Recommendation
What is your recommendation for MySQL GUI Tools?
I'm looking for software has interface similar to MySQL Workbench.
Have tab query editor without reconnect to database
Can easily add new row
Can ...
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Best offline maps for iOS 4.2.1 (iPod 2G)
I have a jailbroken iPod touch 2G running iOS 4.2.1. I tried City Maps to go and oMaps. First on did not work, second one did not offer much functionality. Is there any other app that I can try?
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Fast and easy OS X app, to copy and paste and store and retrieve, code and text back fast?
Sometimes when coding I use TextEdit to copy and paste some snippets in it, buts it's not efficient.
So I look for some personal recommendations for a fast easy OS X app to copy and paste and store ...
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SVN client for Mac
I cannot seem to find any good Subversion client for my Mac! I use TortoiseSVN at work, and it's awesome, but it's for Windows only. My colleague uses Cornerstone for his Mac, and it is not bad and ...
