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Open source BitTorrent application Transmission updated to 2.0

by Chris White (Jun 25th, 2010)

Transmission, the lightweight, open source, and free BitTorrent client we've written about in the past, recently released version 2.0. Transmission was already one of the leanest BitTorrent clients on OS X, and the new version makes it even faster, ...

Notational Velocity, Simplenote, and Dropbox bring child-like wonder

by TJ Luoma (Feb 19th, 2010)

The phrase "game changer" is no doubt cliché and overused, but every now and again it just fits. I had heard about Notational Velocity when Merlin Mann posted about it on 43Folders. It changed how I use my iMac, MacBookPro, and iPhone, ...

Transmission 1.8 released, now featuring support for magnet links

by Aron Trimble (Jan 22nd, 2010)

Transmission, the venerable BitTorrent client for Mac, has just received an overhaul in the form of a "huge listen-to-the-users release." From the release notes the following enhancements are included: Added support for magnet links Added ...

How to run Windows apps for free with Wine on OS X

by Aron Trimble (Jan 6th, 2010)

There are many options for running Windows programs on the Mac. Boot Camp, for instance, is included with OS X for installing Windows on a separate partition. Parallels, VMware, and Sun offer virtualization software that let you run your Windows ...

XBMC "Camelot" update brings lots of new features

by Mike Schramm (Dec 28th, 2009)

Just in case the gifts you got from your family last week didn't float your boat (no kidding, I got a Yakov Smirnoff DVD -- I love my parents, but they're not the best gift givers in the world), here's another fun present to unwrap. The folks at ...

Found Footage: The iPhone-controlled, solar-powered Arduino tank

by Steven Sande (Dec 7th, 2009)

Are you the type of person who likes to handcraft your Christmas gifts? This year, perhaps you can make someone's Christmas Day just a little bit brighter and happier when they unwrap their very own iPhone-controlled, solar-powered Arduino tank. ...

Quicksilver releases new beta 57

by Mike Schramm (Dec 2nd, 2009)

Macworld notes that my absolute favorite application, and one of the reasons I became a Mac user in the first place, is not quite as dead and gone as many people suspected. Quicksilver has released their first new stable version in two years, besides ...

Boxee beta announced for December 7 release

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Nov 30th, 2009)

An e-mail sent to Boxee users this morning reveals that the beta version of Boxee will be unveiled at a special event in New York City on December 7 at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. The beta news comes on the heels of a Boxee box being planned for ...

Psystar's predictions... they're a bit off

by John Burke (Nov 29th, 2009)

More and more information is coming out about Psystar and their legal issues with Apple. Some new documents have been leaked with some numbers and predictions from Psystar themselves. According to these documents, the company planned on selling ...

Handbrake 0.9.4 released, includes 64-bit support

by Chris Rawson (Nov 24th, 2009)

It's been a year in coming, but Handbrake, the multiplatform, open-source video transcoder, has been updated to version 0.9.4. It's one of the tools I included in my list of 10 must-have apps for a new Mac. The Handbrake team has been busy indeed ...

Camino 2.0 offers Tab Overview and more

by Mat Lu (Nov 19th, 2009)

Camino seems a bit like the half-forgotten poor sister of Firefox. The goal of the Camino project is to produce a truly OS X-native browser built on the same Gecko rendering engine that drives Firefox. While it was popular among certain Mac geeks for ...

Growl at 1.2, with 64-bit support

by Aron Trimble (Nov 18th, 2009)

Ever since upgrading to Snow Leopard, the one remaining 32-bit niggle I have has been with Growl's preference pane. Today, however,* Growl has released v1.2 of its famous application notification system with, among other things, 64-bit support. ...

Boxee boxes available in 2010

by Josh Carr (Nov 12th, 2009)

On the boxee blog this morning, Avner Ronen announced a new and exciting partnership with an undisclosed consumer electronics company that will result in a dedicated device for users who want to use Boxee as a home theater system. They were quick ...

Plex 0.8.3 brings on the Snow Leopard love fest

by Aron Trimble (Oct 28th, 2009)

If you're rocking the Mac mini -- or any other Mac, for that matter --as a media center, then chances are pretty good that you've had some tough times following the upgrade to Snow Leopard. Anticipating such problems, some of us held off upgrading to ...

ZFS project for Mac OS X discontinued

by Joachim Bean (Oct 23rd, 2009)

Is it a forgotten project? A fit of open-source pique? Or is it just that everyone got really busy on other stuff? Looks like Apple has just shut down the ZFS project for Mac OS X. The site for the project on Mac OS Forge reads: ZFS Project ...

Windows 7 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard at no additional cost

by Dave Caolo (Oct 22nd, 2009)

Anil Dash has described how to run Windows 7 on a Mac running OS 10.6 -- as a virtual machine -- for free (after you buy Windows 7, of course). It's not very tricky and, according to Anil, works well. Start by installing Windows 7 in Boot Camp and ...