Sync your calendars with BusySync, win a free license!
Last May at ConnectReviews, we reviewed SpanningSync, an application that keeps Google Calendar and iCal in constant synchronization. This time around, we’re looking at BusySync.
Quick Look: DeliciousSafari
Because I work across at least three machines every week, and often a few more, I rely on del.icio.us for keeping track of my favourite sites. On the Windows boxes, I’ve installed the excellent del.icio.us add-on for Firefox, but when I get home to my MacBook, I prefer to run Safari (faster, less buggy, etc.). Until recently, I have relied on Pukka, which is a great solution, especially for posting new sites. But now there’s DeliciousSafari ($10).
A quick look at the upcoming Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 was recently released for the PC, and the last version of Elements for Mac (version 5) was introduced two years ago. I was recently given a beta copy of the new Elements 6 for Mac and put it through it’s paces. Here’s what I thought.
In-Depth Look: 1Password, a password manager and more.
There was one program I really missed when I switched to my first Mac. It was RoboForm. I loved the simplicity of being able to enter all my financial information and my personal details into a secure place that I could access easily whenever I needed them, with a simple click of the RoboForm button installed in Firefox. Of course, OS X has Keychain built in, and that could have been the end of the story, but I’ve never found Keychain as easy to use or as available as RoboForm was.Enter 1Password, which works alongside Keychain to securely store your passwords and logins, while adding a layer of usefulness and ease of access. The program creates a new Keychain rather than using your default one, and it uses that to store your logins, passwords, wallet info, and secure notes. We’re also giving away one or two copies of 1Password, details to enter are after the jump!
Feature: A detailed look at LaunchBar.
QuickSilver was the first thing I ever installed on a Mac, having heard so much about it on the blogosphere that I had looked forward to the day for months. And now any machine without it seems severely hobbled. I’ve become completely reliant on that familiar old Ctrl+Space keyboard shortcut for opening programs and… Well, really, that’s what I’ve mainly used QS for. I know it’s a sophisticated workhorse, and that developers have worked it into all kinds of apps, from iGTD to Actiontastic to loads of other things (including some web-apps) through its wonderful plugin structure. But the truth is that I’ve mainly used it for opening things, and a while ago for sending stuff to Backpack. So I’m far from a poweruser, though I have absolutely relied on QS.
Or at any rate, I’ve relied on what I do with it, because I’ve recently switched to LaunchBar, and I don’t, for now, see myself going back. Although recent builds of QuickSilver have been more stable, I used to have to restart it pretty often — often enough for me to install a ‘kill and restart’ Automator script. But this wasn’t my reason for looking into LaunchBar. I did so just because I had heard so much good stuff about it — in comparison reviews, LaunchBar often comes out ahead by a whisker. But choosing between these two will never be easy — there’s even a (now apparently dormant) blog dedicated to comparing the two, and run a Google search for ‘Quicksilver vs LaunchBar’ and you’ll turn up a feast of differing opinions.
Happily, I’m not here to adjudicate in that discussion, but just to give my impression of LaunchBar. I can sum this up by saying: I’m impressed.
WireTap Studio, reviewed.
Have you ever needed to record directly from software, say Safari or iTunes? Or hardware? WireTap Studio does just that in an all in one package.
WireTap Studio is the successor to WireTap Pro, which used to be a very popular application for recording audio from any source coming in or out of your Mac. The application consists of three different windows: the recording window, the editing window, and the library window. Each has its respective function, and is designed by the great Adam Betts.
Keep licenses secure and safe with LicenseKeeper
If you’re like me, you have loads and loads of emails with software licenses scattered around folders in your email program. I’ve only recently taken advantage of the obvious benefits of Gmail’s label system, adding a ‘license’ label and tagging new messages as they come in. This works alright, although I know I’ve missed things from the backlog, and because of Gmail’s conversation threading, it can sometimes take a while to weed out the correct message even with labels.
I’ve recently been giving LicenseKeeper a whirl. Basically, it’s a sophisticated box for all your software licenses and related information. Continue reading…
Getting things done (GTD) with TaskPaper, win a free license!
Whenever I get really, really busy I tend to set about tweaking the systems and software I use for keeping track of everything I need to do. It’s a way of sublimating my anxiety, but in the end it just makes things worse, because all the time I spend exploring new ways of doing things is, well, time not spent getting things done.
Enter TaskPaper, a deliberately simple way of working with tasks. The name of course gives away the metaphor: TaskPaper is intended to have the flexibility, speed, and ease of working with paper. It’s intentionally kept as simple as possible. TaskPaper’s developer, Jesse Grosjean, also produced the much loved WriteRoom (advertised as offering ‘distraction free writing’). He clearly loves simplicity, as embodied in the design of the website and his two programs.
Giveaway details are at the bottom of the post.
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