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Instagram alternative for iPad
I'm looking for an iOS app that will offer features similar to that of Instagram. This app should be designed specifically for the iPad.
Feature I'd like to have are:
apply filters to photos
take ...
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Darken Background Illumination When There is No Windows
I have a MBP in a dualscreen setup with the laptops display as secondary. I'd like to know if there is an application that dims the display's illumination when there is no window drawn on the laptop.
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Recommendation for simple project/task time tracking app
I'm looking for a very simple app to allow me to track my time on particular user-defined projects or tasks.
However, my requirement is slightly different to those in questions such as Is there a ...
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iPad app recommendation for photo sharing
I recently bought an iPad 2 for my parents, and I'm looking for an app that allows me to share photos (JPEGs) on my Windows PC with them. I imagine myself dropping the images somwhere, and they can ...
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What C++ IDEs are available for iPhone?
I really love my iPhone, and much as possible, I want to do everything from there.
I'm a software engineering student and, when I'm away from my PC, I'm planning to use my iPhone as my programming ...
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looking for 3rd party developer software for Iphone [closed]
I'd like to potentially find a 3rd party service with an app that will ultimately upload images to a web site. The app has more functionality than this alone, so I need to find a service that will ...
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Stanza replacement recommendation?
Now that Amazon has sunk the usability flagship among e-readers, Stanza, I am looking for a replacement but it turns out to be very difficult. It seems every app praises itself beyond reason. Every ...
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How can I automatically keep track of in-office hours when I connect to my office Wi-Fi?
I'm looking for a solution that starts a timer whenever I sign in to my office wifi and stops it when I've left. It should essentially log the hours I've spent at the office. I'm aware that there's ...
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Alternative to iTunes for managing videos?
I'm getting tired of fighting with Apple's iTunes to get it to play my non-iTunes media. I've tried the 32-bit trick, and MOV files I remove from the library and add back no longer show up in the ...
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Generating and collaborating on network map diagrams?
I have to turn out some network topology maps for very large networks. I'd like the format for the maps to be something other people can also edit and contribute to regardless of what software I'm ...
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Monitoring the Mac App Store for free applications?
I use freeappalert to find iOS apps that were made free each day. I'm not interested in apps that are already free, just those that recently became free.
I haven't found anything similar for the Mac ...
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Pomodoro application which shows time in menubar
Please advice a free application for Pomodoro time management which:
Can be minified to menubar and shows remaining time there (like tomighty):
Has a tasklist (like pomodairo):
Here is ...
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What is a good web browser for OS X 10.4 Tiger?
I have an old MacBook that can't run anything higher than 10.4, due to hardware limitations.
Is there any decent modern browser I can run? Opera, Safari and Firefox all need at least 10.6.
I just ...
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Complete iPad backup software without using iTunes, for Windows?
I'm searching for Windows software to fully back up an iPad.
iTunes only saves those files which were transfered from the same Apple ID.
I need to backup songs, apps and photos. Perhaps the e-mail ...
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App or process to show Youtube videos offline without a computer?
I'm trying to avoid having to sync my iOS devices with a computer for any reason, but so far haven't been able to come up with a way to find a youtube video and cache it locally so when I leave an ...
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Which is the best alternative for Dreamweaver in Mac?
I'm looking for a few freeware alternatives to Dreamweaver that I can use in my Mac that runs on OS X Lion. Shoot the best free, website development applications you know?
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How do I move a third-party application's menulet from one location to another in the menu bar?
I bought QuickCal 3 from the Mac App Store recently. Now, when I boot my Mac, the QuickCal menu icon shows on the menu bar, and where it wants to by default, I suppose.
Since QuickCal has the ...
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Download manager for the iPad
What's a good (paid or free) download manager app for the iPad? I tried using iDownloads+ Free, but it seems to unreliable when the connection is spotty.
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What different Stack Exchange apps are available for the iPad?
I am looking for iOS apps for the Stack Exchange network that support the iPad. This is very similar to this question, but the difference is that I'm looking for apps that run on the iPad (not in 2x ...
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Disk diagnostic and repair utility for Mac that works with all kinds of storage devices?
There are some nice and useful utilities for testing disks for bad blocks like MHDD, Victoria, HITACHI Drive Feature Tool etc. But these utilities have some limitations.
For example, MHDD is the best ...
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How to access “Faster (fine)” and “Slower (fine)” playback controls on VLC for OS X? Else, what alternative?
I'm a little impatient. When I watch recorded technology conference sessions, I like to speed a video up during parts I can grok quickly, and slow it down to normal when knowledge isn't sinking in ...
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What software is available to customize the functionality of the Apple Remote?
I am looking to change the functionality of the buttons on the Apple Remote. What software is available to do this?
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Anyone know of a Finder replacement?
I am starting to dislike the Finder. Does anybody know of a good Finder replacement, something Unixy or Nexty which will still work with all Mac OS X applications?
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Is there any way to record video on an iPhone 3G?
My friend has an iPhone 3G, and is wondering if there's any way to record video on the iPhone 3G.
I believe the latest iOS update available for the iPhone 3G didn't enable the video feature and that ...
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PL/SQL Mac compiler or Mac OS X compatible softwares
How can I run PL/SQL in Mac OS X Lion. I couldn't find any compatible application for mac to run PL/SQL. Please give some suggestion.
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Browse iPhoto library in photoshop or bridge
For whatever reason you cannot browse your iPhoto library from Photoshop.
I had hoped CS6 would have added something but no. I have been looking for years and can't believe no one has written a plug ...
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App to plot my hike on google map?
I'm looking for an app that will periodically plot my coordinates on a map which I can directly or through an export/import, put onto a google map. Is there something that does this?
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How can I benchmark my new RAM?
Based on the responses to my earlier question about memory replacement, I plan to upgrade soon. That said, once I've acquired and installed said memory, what is the recommended Mac software I should ...
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Is there a better photo application than iPhoto for managing iPhone videos and photos?
I've been using iPhoto for my photos and videos. However, it's become so slow, I'm lucky if it can download my 2 or 3 photos/videos when I leave my computer on overnight. And then I have to often ...
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To-Do List App with Sync, Repeating To-Dos
I'm looking for a To-Do list application with with following features:
Due dates
Notes
Sync to a cloud or web-based service where changes can be made
Able to repeat to-dos by due date and ...
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App that caches Maps
I've tried looking for an app that caches map data, so that it doesn't need an active Internet connection on the move.
The built-in one doesn't work well in that aspect. Caching the satellite maps ...
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Weather App where icon shows current temperature and weather on iPhone?
It's not always sunny and 73° where I live. Is there any Weather forecasting app for iOS which will change its icon to show current conditions? Or even a way to make the standard Weather.app ...
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How to use the new iPad (3rd gen) as a second screen?
I carry my iPad everywhere, and now that I've got the new one with the high resolution display, I'd like to use it as a second monitor for my Macbook Pro. It would be great if I could occasionally ...
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Is there a screen capture tool that will export to animated gif?
I'm looking for a screen capture tool that will export the capture to animated gif.
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Free app which shows song name in menu bar
There are a lot of apps that show which song iTunes playins in different fancy pop-ups (using Growl i guess) but I need only a song name in menu bar and nothing else.
There are NowPlaying and emcee ...
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CD digital audio ripping tool for OS X that has accurate extraction, error detection, and verbose reporting?
I'm almost ready to say I have found a good OS X replacement for every piece of software I use on Windows (excluding some Windows development tools), but there's still this gap to fill:
For CD ...
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Recommendation for genealogy software for OS X?
I primarily work with gedcom files for my genealogy. What software is available for the mac which allows me to view and edit gedcom genealogy files?
If there are several options, I'd like one that ...
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iPad messenger for Windows Live Network
I'm looking for a FREE chat client that supports Windows Live network (Messenger) and is designed for iPad.
The iPad Windows Live Messenger application is designed for iPhone, so when you install it ...
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iPad app for collecting door-to-door survey information?
I need to be able to develop a custom form so I can have workers go door to door and collect survey information. Think census workers, but geared towards the upcoming election.
While I could develop ...
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Is there a window tiling app that snaps to other windows' edges rather than predefined screen areas?
All window tiling apps I've seen are designed to make windows snap to preset screen areas, such as "the left half of the screen" or even "this size of rectangle specified with a grid." Is there one ...
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Adium + Office Communicator
We are required to use Office Communicator at my work for instant messages. I am currently using the multi-protocol client Adium for my other accounts (AIM, Gtalk). I don't see a way to add an ...
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AVI on the iPad?
I have about 20 GB of video files that I would like to put on my new iPad.
To my utter surprise, there's no de facto solution for
playing AVI files on iPad and
syncing any filetype on Wi-Fi ...
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ethtool Equivalent for OS X Lion
Other than ifconfig, is there an app/script for OS X Lion that produces similar output/info to ethtool?
Specifically, I would like to be able to query the following:
driver info
online/offline
...
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Is There A Free Photoshop Alternative for Mac OS X?
I've been doing quite a bit of searching, but I'm only turning up commercially licensed packages. I don't need something as fully-featured as Photoshop, but something in that genre is sufficient. ...
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Looking for a good FPS on Mac OS X Lion
I'm looking for a good FPS (read like COD4) on Mac OS X Lion. I'm particular about this point as some of the old games don't install or even don't run at all even when copied from a previous install ...
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How can I keep copies of my iCloud documents in Dropbox?
More and more of my favorite apps are beginning to include support for document syncing via iCloud.
I like the idea of using iCloud to store my documents, but for several reasons I'm not ready to ...
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Is there an iOS program that performs multivariate linear regression?
I'm looking for an iOS program that can calculate some statistics for me.
I want a program into which I can enter a bunch of observations, then the program uses multivariate linear regression ...
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What apps are people using to record voice meetings on the iPad?
I'm looking to do some light recording of voice conversations and field recordings on my iPad using the built in microphone.
GarageBand seems to be the obvious Apple solution, but is too heavy for ...
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Can I run the game Civilization on mid-2011 MacBook Air?
Is there any version of the game Civilization that will run reasonably well on a mid-2011 13" MacBook Air (1.7 gHz core i5; 4GB RAM) that shipped with Lion but now runs Mountain Lion?
PowerPC ...
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HTML/rich text email signatures in iOS?
My work (Exchange) email signature has text formatting and a photo in it, as I'm sure many do. Does anyone know of a way to enable Apple Mail like signature customization in iOS?
My iPhone is ...
