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Enable an advanced edit mode in iPhoto 6

by David Chartier (May 20th, 2006)

Rob Griffiths at Macworld has stumbled upon an advanced edit mode in iPhoto 6 that offers some advanced functions when using the Retouch or Red-Eye tools. When using either of these tools, you can hit ctrl-caps lock-9 (yes, I said caps lock) to switch on these specialized cursors that allow you to ...

EazyDraw 2.0 - illustration and drawing for Mac OS X

by David Chartier (May 12th, 2006)

EazyDraw dubs itself as a "balanced vector drawing application," and from browsing its feature list, that sounds just about right. It looks like it has a nice array of illustration tools and abilities including some CAD-related features like wall and window tools, as well as drawing on a grid. ...

Create events and todos from Mail.app messages with Event Maker

by David Chartier (Apr 29th, 2006)

Event Maker allows you to create iCal events and todos from Mail.app messages, or simply from scratch. It looks like it has a more navigable UI, especially for keyboard junkies like myself, and a side drawer allows for adding alarms. Event Maker is available right now from Mac Update, where the ...

BackityMac 1.0 - easy backup, restore and maintenance

by David Chartier (Mar 30th, 2006)

BackityMac is a really handy, really simple to use backup and restore utility that allows you to chose from a number of different application support directories to backup into a good ol' fashioned read-only disk image. The list of library and support folders includes: Mail Entourage ...