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Mac Game Picks are up for the week, plus new software

August 10th, 2008 by cate

Hey there, this week’s picks are up: mac games. Have fun!

Other than that, here are the new software releases for mac:

Sapling 1.0 – Used to remix up to four audio files simultaneously and features randomization options, stereo reverb, and three filtering types.

Dale Hardshovel 1.0 – Help Dale in his fun archaeological quest game. (game demo download)

French Sculptor Marcel GILI (1914-1993) 1.0 – 10 free icons.

FilePhile 1.0 – Transfer unlimited files of unlimited size directly between computers, even if one or both users is behind a firewall

RAGE WebCrusher 1.0 – One-click website optimization. (Shareware)

QuartzCrystal 1.0 - Offline renderer for Quartz Compositions to QuickTime Movies. (Demo)

Chaxer 1.0 – Simultaneously change your IM status in Adium, iChat and Skype. (Free)

ADchoose 1.0 – Helps you choose which episode of Arrested Development to watch. (Free)

FileLock 1.0 – Utility for encrypting and locking files. (Shareware)

XING vCard Utility 1.0 – Converts vCard files from XING business network for Address Book. (Free)

SubFix 1.0 – Synchronize .srt subtitle files with audio track. (Free)

16 cute Iconic Icons 1.0 – a Star, a Skull, a Heart, and a Ghost each with 4 different expressions.

Dictionary Cleaner 1.0 – easy way to see what words you’ve added to the built in dictionary, to add words to the dictionary while not in a word processor or editor, or to remove spellings you’ve accidentally added.

Mac Game Picks and New Software

July 27th, 2008 by cate

This week’s mac picks are up.

Here are some other new items released this week:

MyTree 1.0 – Build and store family trees and history. (Shareware)

Geek Logik Widget 1.0 – Use math to take the guesswork out of dating, career, finance, more. (Free)

Shion 1.0 – Remote control driver and software for the SmartHome PowerLinc USB. (Free)

iSgd Short URL Service 1.0 – Service menu item to shorten URLs using the iS.gd site. (Free)

ClickInstall 1.0 – makes it easy to create a professional Mac OS X software installer in minutes.

MovingPhotos3D 1.0 – Sends your photos flying around the screen to form various 3D constructions, such as a city block with buildings.

Trax OS Mac 1.0 – runs Safari 3 or Internet Explorer 7.

Webbla 1.0 – helps you in organizing your bookmarks visually.

MailFX Pro 1.0 – Notifier plugin for Mail replaces sound warning with animation. (Shareware)

Brokensea BBC Radio Script Template 1.0 – Format your Radio/Podcasting scripts in Apple Pages. (Free)

Tag Folders 1.0 – Organize and find your files with ease. (Free)

iKanji 1.0 – Kanji learning tool featuring flash cards and testing modules. (Shareware)

Silverback Usability Testing 1.0 – Usability testing app for website designers/builders. (Demo)

Sleep Blaster 1.0.1 - Alarm clock that you yell at to turn it off. (Shareware)

ChocloTask 1.0 - Task management app. (Free)

Shorten URL with Hurl 1.0 – Service menu item to shorten URLs using the Hurl site. (Free)

MailFX Pro 1.0 – Replaces the sound warning of Mail, by an evolved notification system, customizable, offering many features.

Flip Boom Classic 1.0 – A fun and creative tool designed to animate freely.

Number puzzle creation – number puzzles.

This week’s picks are up, and new releases

July 20th, 2008 by cate

Find this week’s picks here: mac games.  Have a good week, everyone. ~cate
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Other than that, here are more just released software and games:

iPodRip 1.0 – Copy songs from iPod to Mac. (Shareware)

Tank Game 1.0 – Casual 3D shooter. (Free)

FishDog Slide 1.0 – Slide letter and number tiles to the correct order. (Free)

Korebasi 1.0 – Arcade puzzle maze game. (Free)

Calc Board 1.0 – Widget for your everyday math. (Free)

Headline 1.0 – Filter out contents by switching from Today, This Week, This Month, All, Unread or Favorites items.

Family’s To-Do-List 1.0 – Widget for families with one central Mac in the house. (Free)

Texcodet 1.0 – Create variable-height, text-based bar codes from FileMaker Pro data. (Demo)

Dictionary of Cancer Terms 1.0 – Cancer research terms in English and Spanish. (Free)

Weight Tracker Pro 1.0 – Tracks weight, sugar levels, diet, exercise. (Shareware)

iLinkPhone 1.0 – One click iPhone backup via USB. (Free)

Shutterz 1.0 – Create workspaces for your apps/files/folders. (Demo) – also Clean Your Mac 1.0 – Clean your system of caches, trash files, temp items, and log files. (Demo)

Mac Tricks And Tips Widget 1.0 – Latest tips, tricks and hacks from mactricksandtips.com. (Free)

Yuma 1.0 – a
development tool that enables BASIC programmers to write web software that
runs on any major server platform.

Picks are up, plus new mac game and software releases

July 13th, 2008 by cate

All games for this week’s picks. Click here for mac games.

Other new releases:

Speakapedia 1.0 – Listen to any Wikipedia article on your Mac, iPod, or iPhone.

Delicious 1.0 – Recipe book.


Noble Avatar 1.0
– Pick your personal avatar from over 15 trillion combinations.

Chronicle 1.0 – Keep track of things like bills, tasks, projects.

PhotoTiles 1.0 – Create a tiled image of many images.

Delish 1.0 – a del.icio.us client application for Mac OS X. See your posts as hi-res screenshots. Cover Flow, Quick Look, multitouch and bundle support.

Screensaver X-Galaxy 1.1 – Screensaver for Leopard.

SpotInside 1.0 – Takes Spotlight a step further.

SAPO Messenger Mac 1.0 – A free Jabber/XMPP client for the Mac.

Shiny Droplets 1.0 – A- bundle of small applications that integrate with the finder toolbar, providing a fast shortcut to your favourite text editor.

ExchangeRateCM 1.0 – A utility for easily converting text selections in any application that supports contextual menus from US Dollar to various other currencies and vice versa.

BurnToDisc 1.0 – simplifies the process of exporting your images and burning them to DVDs and CDs for sharing, archiving or off-site storage.

Japanese inn YORITSUKI icons 1.0 – 5 free icons that are associated with hot springs in Japan.

Cryo64 Exodo YQ2 1.0 – 3D icons for your Mac.

Luminous Blue Folder Icons 1.0 – Folder Icons

FunctionFlip 1.0 - controls your Macbook or Macbook Pro’s function keys, turning special keys back to regular F-keys, or vice-versa.

miniTimer 1.0 – Freevon-screen timer.

Copititolo 1.0 – a menu bar item which displays and copies the title of your browser’s front window to the clipboard.

IEEE Job Site Search 1.0 – Search for jobs posted by more than 4,000 leading corporation and organizations in fields ranging from ASIC design to weapons system development to transportation.

PowerTunes 1.0 – allows iTunes users to create multiple libraries, organize their music among multiple music folders, and share music and libraries between multiple users on a machine.

Twittery 1.0 – Twitter application with many functions.

Searcho Desktop Set 1.0 – desktop set that acts as a word search.

RingtoneStudio 1.0 – drag any movie or unprotected music file onto PocketMac RingtoneStudio and it does all the rest. It’s the first tool to allow you to easily create ringtones from practically any multimedia file — from QuickTime movies to unprotected music files of all types.

Tastiera Piano Widget 1.0 – lets you use your computer as a piano.

FishDog Jigsaw 1.0 – Jigsaw puzzles of 28 animal photos.

ConcertGoer 1.0 – Widget retrieves concert data from PollStar.

Circulator 1.0- Keeping track of borrowed items.

Fluid – A Mac OS X application creator.

Picks are up! Plus other new releases

July 6th, 2008 by cate

This week’s picks are all games again. Hope you enjoy them. They’re here: mac games.

Other new releases:

PDF Counter 1.0 – easy to use PDF page count application.

Renamer 1.0 – an all-in-one power-packed utility to rename files quickly and efficiently.

Ivano 1.0 – helps Mac users to find the price of everything without tax.

Hab.la 1.0 – allows you to easily chat with visitors to your website seamlessly through iChat or Adium.

Jade 1.0 – Improving your digital images has never been so easy.

Darwine 1.0 – allows Darwin and Mac OS X users to run Windows.


HTML Mini 1.0
– a freeware HTML/XHTML editor.

Window Wrangler 1.0 – lets you move and resize your windows with your keyboard.

RadioRocker 1.0.2 – is the simple way to listen to terrestrial radio on your Mac.

Stitches 1.0 – a professional level cross-stitching and charting application.

Quick Links 1.0 – Instantly be on a popular site with only a click. (Free)


PocketMac Tic-Tac-Toe 1.0
– hangman game with the look and feel of a real chalkboard. Try the new Tic Tac Toe too.

Helix Pro 1.0 – ear training tools for engineers and producers.

Inceptdate Radio Screensaver 1.0 – Exploring the Art of Chill.

WebScrub 1.0 – a tool for preparing text for the internet.

Shatner Facts 1.0 – widget for every Captain Kirk, Denny Crane or T.J Hooker fan providing you with 101 facts about William Shatner including his career, personal life, social life, likes and dislikes.

BEATAnalyzer 1.0 - determine the exact BPM (beats per minute) of any song of any genre.

Precipitate 1.0.1 – search for and launch your cloud data from within Spotlight or Google Desktop for Mac.

Séquence 1.0 – capture and save an image or a movie of your screen to your computer’s clipboard or a file (in an image format of your choice).

Shtaggle 1.0 – ag your music by retrieving tags from the last.fm community, or through your own custom tags.

New Free Mac Game: Dinky Dungeon

June 24th, 2008 by cate

dinky dungeon rpg
Dinky Dungeon is a 50+ level Old-School 2D dungeon RPG (role playing adventure game) . Choose a character and adventure to recover the Pearls of Wisdom to save the Kingdom. To do so you will need to battle monsters and collect as many items as possible to improve your abilities. Interface uses mouse only. Over one hundred total different Monsters, Items, Weapons, etc.

download now

This Week’s Mac Picks are Up

June 22nd, 2008 by cate

Hello!

This week’s picks are up and they’re all mac games. yay.

Other new items this week:

“It’s About Time to learn iPhone” 1.0 – From setting it up in iTunes, to using every iPhone application, to helpful tips and tricks – you can become an expert and use iPhone to its full potential.


iRemind 1.0
– Freeware utility that at the time fixed by the user calls for attention by a screen-message, or by saying ‘Hello!’ or by playing a piece of music or by a couple of beeps.

Giggles Computer Funtime For Baby: Nursery Rhymes 1.0 – Babies love touching the computer keyboard — Now You Can Let Them! Each curious key press entertains your baby with delightful animated characters in classic Nursery Rhymes.

Fashion Dash 1.0 – Fashion Dash will challenge you with a steady stream of customers willing to pay big bucks for perfectly tailored attire.

GaragePay 1.0 – download, view, search, and archive all your PayPal transactions without having to log into the PayPal website. It lets you organize your transactions in smart groups and can export to CSV files.

PhoneFinger 1.0 – This freeware transforms your Mac’s mouse cursor into a realistic simulated human finger for testing and demoing iPhone applications and websites.

Have a great week.

Picks are up and some new things

June 16th, 2008 by cate

Picks are here: mac games. Have fun!

Other new items:

Tubular 1.0 – a new way to experience Internet TV.

Resourcery 1.0 – access all of your resources for all of your projects from one integrated window.

Colendar 1.0 – produces colorful PDF calendars in many languages and currently two formats, DIN A4 & US Legal.

iLabel-it CD 1.0 – create and label your own CD/DVD with iLabel-It-CD. Personalize the title, contents and add the date and then output to a PDF template for printing.

AnotherPOS 1.0.4 – easy to use point of sale system for your Mac.

Pencil Check Pro 1.0 – This line testing software is the classic animators’ best friend, sitting next to the animation table for fast and accurate line tests. An easy to use must-have tool for students learning animation principles.

Source Editor 1.0 – Editor for developers. (Free)

Early Mac Picks!

May 11th, 2008 by cate

Got this week in a little bit early. I hope you enjoy them here: mac games. BTW, Happy Mother’s Day!!

The other new items that didn’t fit on the mac picks page are:

Times 1.0.2 – news reader for Leopard.

CopyPaste Pro 1.0 – Multiple clip utility.

Bezipped 1.0 – A file compression and archive utility freeware.

Moody 1.0.2 – Plays a mood instead of an album or a genre. Shuffles better in iTunes.

pngweasel 1.0 – Convertis an image to the PNG image format and makes parts of the image’s background transparent. Freeware. See also gifweasel.

m.o.t.e.s. 1.0 – a fun way to kill some time.

WeatherSnitch 1.2.2 – Displays weather information in your menubar. Freeware.

Macnification 1.0 – Enables scientists to organize, find, annotate, analyze, adjust, compare and publish microscopic images.

Viveza 1.0 – Control light and color in photographic images.

Lingo 1.0.1 – A word game where you have to use your vocabulary and deduction skills.

Leech 1.0 – Queue, pause and resume downloads, download from password-protected servers and store your passwords in your system-wide, secure keychain. And you won’t have to worry about downloads that were disrupted by a crashing browser ever again.

Saturn Fighter Wing – Red Zone 1.0 – “Red Zone” is the code name for the Saturn Test and Training Range (STTR). You are required to collect all green and red gems in the area avoiding missiles, bullets and mines.

Travel Tips for Globetrotting Geeks – Guide to mastering the art of high tech travel.

Picks are up

April 27th, 2008 by cate

Quick heads up that this week’s picks are up now here: mac games. Hope you enjoy them.

I forgot to add one more thing. It’s a new free online game called BLockoban, which is a twist on the game of Sokoban.
blockoban
Check it out here

Picks are up!

April 20th, 2008 by cate

Check them out here: mac games

Hope you like ‘em.

Picks are up plus a new strategy game for Mac

April 14th, 2008 by cate

Picks are up here: mac games

Something I missed that’s new is:

Tradewinds Legends is a strategy game where you must build a flotilla of ships armed with weaponry, both man-made and magic. Sail into the sky to discover new ports and engage in aerial combat with other magical sky ships. Check it out.

Download it now

New Mac Event: Mac Day L.A.

March 17th, 2008 by cate

4th Saturday of every odd month, except where holidays conflict.

Premier Event: Saturday, March 22, 2008.

Mac Day L.A.
CBS Studio Center — “Radford Studios”
4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City CA 91604
Website: Macdayla (for details and required RSVP)

Mac Picks are UP!

March 9th, 2008 by cate

Check them out here: mac games!

This Week’s Picks are Up!

January 6th, 2008 by cate

A quick note to let you know this week’s picks are up early on Mac Games and More, so check them out if you have a mo. Here are a few other new items I couldn’t fit on the picks’ page:

reQall – A reminding service that helps you remember ideas, images, appointments, and just about anything you can tell it to. There is no software required, just your voice, it works with any phone or web browser. (Beta) [via]

Web Tools to Help You Eat Local – here’s a quick hit list of the four best web tools for the rest of us scrambling to catch up—sourcing seasonal and local food from the luxury of your computer keyboard to your kitchen table.

Permanently delecting photos from iPhoto – If your iPhoto is full of pics that you don’t need and you want to free up some space on your hard drive, here’s a quick fix that will instantly increase your storage space.

David Lynch hates the iPhone – David Lynch is a famously outsider filmmaker, from Eraserhead right through Inland Empire. And he is no fan of handheld movie playing, as featured on the iPhone.

VLC Updated

December 19th, 2007 by cate

vlc
VLC has been updated and I think I forgot to mention it! How dare me. Anyway, this is my favorite Mac media player and it’s free. Sometimes the Mac’s Quicktime is just a bit too quirky for me and VLC always comes through to play movies and music.

Download VLC

New Mac Icons – Marcel Gili

December 18th, 2007 by cate

marcel gili mac icons

Set of 10 Mac icons dedicated to French Sculptor Marcel GILI (1914-1993). I didn’t know who he was until I researched a bit. Marcel GILI was a Catalan and French sculptor and painter. (More about him here in French. Just Babelfish it to translate it if necessary.) by graphic vertigo


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NinjaQuestX – new open source game

November 17th, 2007 by cate

ninja quest xYou play a ninja in a dungeon, exploring the many passages and fighting many fearsome monsters (beware the dreaded potted plant!).

Built to have the feel of a text adventure but with full graphics and a complete ninja-style look, NinjaQuestX is fairly simple, yet challenging and fun to play.

It’s open source java, so it runs on anything with the java 1.4.2 or above, which is pretty much everything.

All contributions, source code, images, ideas, and comments are welcome.

Download it now

OpaqueMenuBar – new!

October 28th, 2007 by cate

If you like the menubar like I do (it’s so convenient, isn’t it?) then you will most definitely love OpaqueMenuBar. It’s a tool for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard to make the menu bar non-transparent, so you cannot see through it any more. by Eternal Storms

OpaqueMenuBar is Freeware, but donations are greatly appreciated.

Download it now