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MacBundleBox: 15 apps for 50 bucks

by Robert Palmer (RSS feed) on Aug 15th, 2008

MacBundleBox is offering 15 Mac applications for $49.95: an 85 percent discount (compared to buying each app individually). The apps included are:

  • Headline - A full-featured RSS/ATOM feed reader with an ultra-minimal UI.
  • Mac Pilot 3 - A system optimization and customization utility.
  • iConquer - A game not unlike Risk.
  • Mahjong Forests - A traditional mahjong game.
  • Shoebox Express - A solution for organizing all your photos by content.
  • Caboodle - A way to collect random snippets of text or images on your machine.
  • Narrator - A program that will read out stories in multiple voices.
  • WriteRoom - A distraction-free word-processor, and possibly the most popular app in the bundle.
  • Scribbles - A simple drawing utility.
  • Money - An accounting app.
  • Operation - A simple project management application.
  • Aurora - An iTunes-integrated alarm clock.
  • Compositor - A CoreGraphics-based image editor.
  • Sofa Control - Allows you to control your applications remotely, using an Apple Remote.

MacBundleBox is available directly from their website.

Tags: aurora, caboodle, compositor, discount, headline, iconquer, macbundlebox, macpilot, mahjong, money, narrator, operation, scribbles, shoebox, sofacontrol, writeroom

Filed under: Software, Features, iTunes, Leopard

Tabulator: Alarm clock showdown

by Mike Schramm (RSS feed) on Feb 8th, 2008

Mac users must be extremely heavy sleepers, because there is no shortage of alarm clock software for your Mac. If you need to wake up, your Mac will get you up. But which one rules the rooster?

Aurora, a popular choice, recently updated to version 4, and went from donationware to a licensing setup (a single copy will now run you EU$15.00. And Awaken was recently included in the Macheist bundle, but could it be that a donationware app like Alarm Clock 2 will do what you want, or is Koingo Software's Alarm Clock Pro the way to go?

We decided to wrap them all up into one big table-- app vs. app vs. app vs. app for a wakeup showdown. After the jump, find our first Tabulator battle (thanks to sister site Joystiq for the slick formatting) and discover which clock and timer program deserves to press play on your wakeup playlist.

Continue reading “Tabulator: Alarm clock showdown”

Tags: alarm-clock, alarm-clock-2, alarm-clock-pro, aurora, awaken, compatibility, egg-timer, showdown, sleep-timer, tabulator, wake-up

Filed under: Software, Cool tools, Tips and tricks, Freeware

Keeping time with Aurora and PolarClock

by Mike Schramm (RSS feed) on Aug 20th, 2007

Here's two more cool ways to figure out what time it is, because sometimes you just can't look out a window.

First off, Aurora (which we've written about in the past) is an free and easy little alarm clock that will play almost any media you've got, including any playlist in iTunes or even channels from EyeTV. There's an amazing number of options that go along with it (including setting the fade-in time and even waking your Mac from a power-off state), and with a little configuration, you can actually use it to get your Mac ready for you in the morning (one example even has the program starting up NetNewsWire for you after the alarm goes of. Pretty slick).

And second, Evan sent us a tip about PolarClock, a new screensaver from pixelbreaker. It features a visual clock (wait, aren't they all?) that consists of a number of circles rotating around each other. It's hard to explain, but the implementation looks really nice, and this one also offers a lot of customization. I'm not sure it'll replace your other clocks in terms of being easy to read, but as a screensaver, it looks good, and can be pretty functional as well. PolarClock is free, and can also be installed in widget form (or in Windows, if you happen to know someone who swings that way).

Never wonder what time it is again! As for showing up on time, that one's still up to you.

Thanks, Evan!

Tags: aurora, clock, configuration, pixelbreaker, polarclock, screensaver, time

Filed under: Audio, Software, iTunes, Universal Binary

Aurora 3

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on Nov 28th, 2006



We have written about Aurora before, and now a new version of this freeware alarm clock app is available. It will still awake you with some sweet, sweet tunes from your iTunes library (you can even use a playlist, or smart playlist). It now supports a snooze function using the Apple Remote, which is pretty darned cool if you ask me. It also supports playing radio or TV shows from EyeTV.

Aurora is a Universal Binary, and is free (donations are welcome).

Tags: alarm, aurora, itunes

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