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Dockless hides apps from the dock

I’ve been using a small app called dockless. Dockless hides the icon from the dock…that’s all. But it does it great and it’s free. Dockless is a little app that does what some people have always wanted – remove certain applications from their dock. Dock real estate can become precious, and some apps don’t make [...]

DavMail is a Exchange to IMAP CalDav proxy

Snow Leopard and Mac OS X Lion both have built in support for Exchange 2007 and 2010. But what do you do if your company is running Exchange 2003 or if you want to run IMAP (And your company only permits a “Outlook Anyware”-type setup, IMAP over HTTPS). Well you can either stick to running [...]

Marked.app

This is just a great app if you write in MultiMarkdown. Marked shows a preview of your markdown files. Simple and great! Get it in the App Store!

SMARTReporter

A couple of months ago I found this litte app that checks all the disks on my Mac for any errors. SMARTReporter is a free application for Mac OS X that can warn you of some hard disk drive failures before they actually happen! It does so by periodically polling the S.M.A.R.T. status of your [...]

Delete locked files in Mac OS X with ‘What’s Keeping Me?’

For some time I have been using a small app called What’s Keeping Me to find out what process is locking a file. And it’s free! About What’s Keeping Me? Have you ever have the problem where you can’t empty the Trash or eject a disk because something is preventing you? Usually the reason is [...]

Keep your drives clean with BlueHarvest 4

A while ago I came across a small app that does one thing great; It keeps my USB- and network-drives clean of the hidden files that Mac OS X adds in the background. Spotlight files etc. This is a killer feature when you work in a mixed Windows/Mac environment. Simply put, it saves me a [...]

HazeOver

Yesterday I bought HazeOver and I really like it when I’m working on my MacBook Pro. But I only use it when I use the built-in monitor..

HTTPS Everywhere

HTTPS Everywhere is a Firefox extension produced as a collaboration between The Tor Project and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It encrypts your communications with a number of major websites. Many sites on the web offer some limited support for encryption over HTTPS, but make it difficult to use. For instance, they may default to unencrypted [...]

Linked: ZipCleaner, Create Zip Files Without Any Mac-Specific “Extras” Inside

Yesterday I stumbled across this neat app and great post on Switching To Mac. One of the great features most modern operating systems offer, and Mac OS X is no exception, is the ability to create a zip archive out of most any document or folder from the Desktop.  Simply right-click the item you want [...]