WE HAVE MOVED – PLEASE UPDATE YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS!

3 05 2009

BigMacBlog.com has had a makeover – Yes I have finally learnt how to truly use WordPress to its potential. BigMacBlog is now privately hosted which should mean more content, less restriction etc. So please update your subscriptions as this site is now no longer active.

Take Care and look out for more this week, we have a special in setting up businesses on a mac with freeware.

 

 

The new Address is:


WWW.BIGMACBLOG.COM





Hexcolor – Mac Color Picker as stand alone application

13 04 2009

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The Mac OSX Colour picker is simple and beautifully integrated across Mac applications. Hex color opens the colour picker as a stand alone application so you can save colours without having to open an iLife or iWork application first. Of course all of the colours you save etc will be avialable across apps.

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CLICK HERE





iPhone Backup Extractor – open and use files from an iPhone/iPod backup file…

13 04 2009

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Does exactly what it says, opens up an iPhone/iPod backup package and gives you OSX Compatible and readable files.

CLICK HERE





Lounge – My favourite Tweet app for Mac and iPhone…

13 04 2009

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Lounge is a classy set of apps for both the Mac and the iPhone, simple, ad free and easy on the eyes they are my new twitter apps of choice!

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CLICK HERE





Isolator – Hide all the junk on your desktop for zen-like productivity…

13 04 2009

From This..

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To This..

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Simples…….Pfsssh!

CLICK HERE





Videomonkey – Visualhub is reborn! yay!

13 04 2009

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Hoorah! finally, eons after visualhub was squashed and the code released, an enterprising person has recompiled it and done a mighty fine job and unlike visualhub its FREEEEEEEE!

Enjoy!

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CLICK HERE





Expressinvoice – Great Free Customisable Invoicing Software

7 04 2009

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Creating invoices for clients can be tedious at the best of times. Expressinvoice is a really simple, clean and easy to use piece of software for generating, sending and collating invoices that you can customise.

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CLICK HERE





Desklickr – Flickr sourced desktops…

23 03 2009

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We all like a bit of Eye-candy on our desktops. Desklickr directly feeds desktops from FLICKR to your mac desktop.

CLICK HERE





Time Machine Editor – Gain more control

20 03 2009

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We all love time machine and for most people having no control of their backups is a blessing in disguise. I suppose that the point of time machine is that we don’t have to think about backing up.

Well if your one of those people that cannot let go of a little bit of control, time machine editor is for you. it basically enables you to specify when backups happen.

CLICK HERE





Podmail – Send Large Attachments from Mail.

19 03 2009

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Podmail is some freeware that means you can send large attachments whilst still being able to use Mail.

Essentially, it is a private P2P system that is easy to use and best of all FREE!

CLICK HERE





Your Comments Are Needed…

26 02 2009

Yo People.

 

I hope you find BMB useful and if you do come back again and again please take the time to comment on an entry, even if to say hi, or give your opinion or even if you have found something better.

 

I would also really appreciate suggestions for the blog, so if you find something interesting or unusual please leave a comment in the about section and I will set about posting about it.

 

So comment away!

 

p.s I will be announcing some competitions very soon, and comments will figure a big part of these so theres no time like the present to start,

 

Brad





DoubleTwist – sync loooads of devices

26 02 2009

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Double twist is an elegant piece of software that opens up the world of devices to your mac. Many mobile phones and mp3 players simply do not support macs but this application can help you syn your media. It also offers extra options for iphone and ipod users (more coming soon apparently).

CLICK HERE





Jumpcut – View your mac clipboard history…

19 02 2009

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Jumpcut is a simple menubar item that lets you see the previous clipboard items rather than the current one. So every time you copy something you can see it up there and re-use it! Simple but Genius!

CLICK HERE





iprocrastinate – Free project and task management…

19 02 2009

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iProcrastinate is a simple and clean project and task management application thats is freeware.
Get it while its hot!




Virtue Desktops – When spaces dont quite cut it…

19 02 2009

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I just cant get used to Spaces. I think I need stuff to be totally separate and that is where Virtue Desktops is very useful. It gives you the chance to have totally independent desktops and docks and its completely free.




License Keeper – Keep track of your serials…

19 02 2009

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I have tons of serials and like a good little mac user have them backed up in my keychain. its just not pretty!
License Keeper is a beautifully designed app simply for storing software serials and license. As more and more software developers are using different methods of authorisation it lets you attach files and documents also (many apps now use a downloaded file to authenticate the license).




Integrity – Check the links on your website…

19 02 2009

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If broken links annoy you as much as they do me then you’d better get this application to make sure you website works as sweet as a nut!

CLICK HERE





Mailtags – One more time with feeling!

19 02 2009

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Give your mail meaning! Mail tags is a tagging application that means you can go that one bit further in perfecting your mail OCD.

Its definitely one to look at.

CLICK HERE





Sapiens – Like an app launcher…but different…

19 02 2009

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Sapiens is Waaaaaaay cool! Using a circle gesture with the mouse you can call up a kind of circular dock which you can arrange you application on. Yes its flashy. But hey what mac isn’t?


CLICK HERE





Sticky Windows – Tabbed browsing for your apps…

19 02 2009

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I like this one (I know I say that alot but its true!) ITS REALLY COOL. Basically its like tabbed browsing for application windows. The description below does it more justice than I can..

Say Hello to the brand new Sticky Windows

Sticky Windows is an application for Mac OS X Tiger which extends the tab browsing experience to the Desktop. Sticky Windows shrinks your windows into tabs when you drag a window towards the edge of your screen, providing you with a completely clutter-free workspace. By clicking on the tab the user can show and hide the window.
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