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PackRat 1.2: Backpack client adds better list management and a new trial period

by David Chartier (Jul 14th, 2007)

Going on vacation to see your just-born nephew and family will do funny things to you, like missing a handy update to a dear, dear application. Rod Schmidt's PackRat, the killer desktop client for the online PIM Backpack that we've mentioned once or twice, has been updated to v1.2 with some great ...

Jott2iGTD: Use voicemail to add tasks to iGTD

by David Chartier (Jul 9th, 2007)

As many of you know, iGTD is a killer task management app that can't stop bringing cool features to the table. As fewer of you might know, Brett Terpstra at the Circle Six Design blog also can't seem to stop bringing awesome tools and features to the table; he's responsible for stuff like the ...

iGTD 1.4.5: Again with the landslide of new features

by David Chartier (Jun 22nd, 2007)

It's official: I am developing my own version system to keep track of iGTD updates, because this 1.x.x thing is just not right. The way I see it, this new iGTD v1.4.5 should really be called v3.5, what with yet another batch of major new features being introduced. Included in this update is F-key ...

iGTD 1.4.4 update brings, uh, way too many new features

by David Chartier (Jun 18th, 2007)

Something tells me the crew who writes iGTD (fortunately) never really grasped how application version systems work (for the record: I say this with the warmest of intentions; iGTD is the first GTD-based app that I really 'get' and use). Typically, a company releases a 1.0, follows up with a few ...

Midnight Inbox v0.9.5

by David Chartier (Oct 2nd, 2006)

Since we first heard about it a month ago, Midnight Inbox has been improving by leaps and bounds. One only needs to check Midnight Beep Softwork's development blog to get updated on all the changes and improvements (far too many to thoroughly list here), but put simply: a lot of performance and ...

More juicy in-depth Leopard screenshots of Spaces, Mail, Safari and more

by David Chartier (Aug 15th, 2006)

At this point it seems like these websites are placing bets between each other to see who can get closest to an NDA violation without actually getting nailed with one. HardMac has posted the latest set of (non-blurry, properly grabbed) screenshots of some hitherto unforeseen areas of Mac OS X 10.5 ...

Groupcal 3: manage your Exchange calendar from iCal

by David Chartier (Jul 28th, 2006)

Are you a Mac user living in an Exchange world, forced to trudge through Entourage? (Don't get me wrong: Entourage is fine, but 'trudge' is just a good verb for dramatic effect.) Well trudge no longer with Groupcal 3, an addon for iCal that allows you to access, manage, edit and synchronize your ...

Apple introduces Remote Desktop 3

by David Chartier (Apr 11th, 2006)

Well I guess we know why the Apple Store was down earlier. Today, Apple introduced Remote Desktop 3, which is now a Universal Binary and includes over 50 new features that deliver better software distribution, asset management and remote assistance. Over 30 Automator actions, remote Spotlight ...

Maintenance 3.3 released

by David Chartier (Mar 13th, 2006)

Maintenance, the ever-handy Automator action (and applescript for those without Tiger) that runs a variety of, well, maintenance tasks in one fell swoop, has been updated to version 3.3. It isn't a massive update, save for two new options: Update Locate Database and Update Whatis Database. As ...

On OS X's background maintenance tasks

by David Chartier (Dec 19th, 2005)

I've always heard about these "background maintenance tasks" that OS X performs in its omniscient glory, but I never knew much about what they actually were or when they were performed. This weekend I finally did some digging and thought I'd post a few thoughts that might help give some ...