I spend 365 days a year looking at great Mac Freeware and Shareware. When I was asked to write about the top ten freeware apps for the last year I was certain that it would be a piece of cake. I listed the top apps that came to mind and before long I counted the list and it was in the twenties. This was going to be a lot harder then it first sounded.
I decided that some really great freeware apps would have to be left out, and for any developer that does not see their application listed here, I apologize, I could have just as easily made it the top 50 freeware apps of the year and things would have been so simple. Next I wanted to avoid duplication of apps, in other words only one browser, one office suite, you get the idea. That helped to narrow down the field.
So without further delay, here, in no special order, is my ten favorite freeware apps of the year.
From our MacReviewCast Editor Trent Armstrong. This is Trent from the MannersCast. In episode 78, Jeff Powell talked about Overflow, and I got a chance to take a closer look at it. Just to recap, Overflow is designed to quickly launch applications, open documents, or access folders. It does this all with the idea of [...]
Hello and welcome to episode 83 of the MacReviewCast, I’m Tim and I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have a lot of great folks on today’s podcast with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have a few freeware apps that were updated or released this week.
If you read the article before this one, you know how much I love the new little second gen iPod Shuffles. They are attractive, functional, stylish, unique and affordable. They’re just another example of why Apple owns the mp3 player market and will own it for a long time to come. But, (and there’s always [...]
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With the holidays around the corner, I realized that the one question I get asked more then any other by family and friends is, “What can we buy someone that has a ton of computer gear already?” Great question! There’s nothing worse then getting a gift from someone that’s basically useless or something we already [...]
Hello and welcome to episode 82 of the MRC, I’m Tim and I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have a lot of great folks on today’s podcast with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have a few freeware apps that were updated or released this week.
If one word can sum up the Mac community, for me that word would be passion. I’ve often observed that people tend to generally use PCs because they have to, while others use Macs because they get to. We seem to be a very passionate bunch, coming from a wide variety of creative fields and [...]
Hello, and welcome to episode 81 of the MacReviewCast. I’m Tim and I thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We look at all the great products that make using the Mac special.
This week we’re doing a few special segments though, for example, Jeff Powell has 4 or 5 of his favorite Mac tips to share with you. I found at least two that I was not aware of and I bet he’ll have a couple that you’ll consider as new. Then Chris marshall will join us and he’ll share his progress with turning his Mac mini into a media center. Then this week we have Eddie Hargreaves joining us from the macCompanion to look at two of his reviews in the November issue. Finally Trent Armstrong joins us to review CSSEdit 2, and let me just give you a little hint, he loves it. Stay around for all those segments and my freeware of the week.
This is less of a review and more of a mini article, although it was inspired by the excellent NetNewsWire . Of course to really get the most out of NetNewsWire you need a NewsGator account. They offer a free “lite” version or a subscription version which can be either Gold £19.95 or Platinum £29.95. [...]
Both David Pogue and Walt Mossberg have reviewed the Zune and the results are similar. This version of the Zune will not convert many iPod users to jump ship. Among other problems, it’s heavier then the comparable iPod and it has shorter battery life. It has less downloadable content and it left it’s own “PlaysforSure” [...]
The talented folks over at SubRosaSoft announced today the immediate availability of their new visual network performance monitor NetSpeedometer 2007. The application is available for a free download and also on CD for $10.00. The application has a massive UI and is fairly straight forward in its approach to telling you what is going on [...]
Starting at just $1099, MacBook delivers the power of the Intel Core 2 Duo — the latest generation of Intel processors — and a slew of innovative features, including: a built-in iSight camera for video chatting on the go; iLife ’06; Front Row; a glossy 13-inch widescreen display; even dual-display support. Intel Core 2 Duo [...]
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This review was sent in by a Canadian listener of the Podcast, Michael S. I wanted to write you a software review for a browser slowly gaining momentum called Flock ( www.flock.com). Flock is based on Firefox, and they are keeping it up to date with Firefox patches and code updates, and it runs most, [...]
While my wife and I were watching the Country Music Awards Monday night on ABC, I TiVo’ed a great little segment. During the presentation for Female Entertainer of the year, when the winner, Carrie Underwood’s name was announced, Faith Hill was shown screaming what seemed to be "What!" and then storming off the camera backstage. Don’t these people know they are being watched by Millions of TV viewers during the presentation? Was Faith Hill that upset that Carrie Underwood won? If you have it recorded, check it out for yourself, it was really priceless.
Chris Marshall has a question he hopes someone can help him with… When I bought the Mac mini I knew that it didn’t support Dual Screen but that it was possible to connect two screens via a DVI splitter device, which would allow you to run two screens in mirror mode. This would be ideal [...]
