XScreenSaver v. 5.0.4
You Control: Tunes v. 1.6.1
Butler v. 1.4.5
MenuCalendarClock for iCal v. 3.1.0
Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac
XScreenSaver v. 1.6.1 ['Tiger' (MacOS X 10.4.x) and 'Leopard' (MacOS X 10.5.x) compatible]
What is 'XScreenSaver'?: A folder of 210 screen saver files.
Cost: Freeware - $0.00.
What is downloaded: 27.2 MB 'xscreensaver-5.04.dmg' file.
Decompressed '.dmg' file: A 78.2 MB disk image (a virtural disk / folder) of 210 screen saver files and a 'READ ME' file.
web page - to view snapshots of screen savers: ‘snapshots'
web page - to download '.dmg' file from: ‘download.html'
direct download link: 'xscreensaver-5.04.dmg'
You Control: Tunes v. 1.6.1 ['Tiger' (MacOS X 10.4.x) and 'Leopard' (MacOS X 10.5.x)* compatible]
What is 'You Control: Tunes'?: A menu bar list of 'iTunes' controls.
Cost: Freeware - $0.00. ( requires free serial number** )
What is downloaded: 3.1 MB 'you_control_tunes.dmg' file.
web page: ‘http://www.yousoftware.com/tunes/’
* - Not on my MacBook (late 2007), running 10.5.0, at the Macs@PACS meeting. However, when at home and connected to the internet - 'You Control: Tunes' did properly launch, etc.
** - Obtain free serial number here.
Remember - enter a bogus first and last name, and then enter any set of alphanumeric characters followed by '@mailinator.com'; such as 'qwerty01@mailinator.com' (also, remember to write them down). After clicking the 'Submit' button - open another another web browser window, go to 'mailinator.com', and check for any e-Mail messages to 'qwerty01'. From the reply by 'yousoftware.com' write down the provided serial number. You now have the information needed to register 'You Control: Tunes', from within the application.
Butler v. 1.4.5 ['Tiger' (MacOS X 10.4.x) and 'Leopard' (MacOS X 10.5.x) compatible]
What is 'Butler'?: Is a task manager. The tasks can be managed with menu bar, popup menus, keyboard equivalents, hot (screen) corners, and events.
Cost: Donationware - $18.00
What is downloaded: 1.8 MB 'butler.dmg' file.
url: ‘http://www.manytricks.com/butler/’
MenuCalendarClock for iCal v. 3.1.0 ['Tiger' (MacOS X 10.4.x) and 'Leopard' (MacOS X 10.5.x) compatible]
What is 'MenuCalendarClock'?: A customizable menu bar clock / calendar utility.
Cost: Freeware / Shareware ($19.95)
What is downloaded: 976 KB 'MenuCalendarClock-3.1.0.dmg.gz' file.
url: ‘http://www.objectpark.net/mcc.html’
Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac ['Tiger' (MacOS X 10.4.x) and 'Leopard' (MacOS X 10.5.x) compatible]
What is 'Parallels Desktop'?: A virtualization application. With 'Paralles Desktop' one can run various versions of Linux and MS Windows.
Cost: Commercial ware: $79.99
url: ‘http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/’
Detailed reviews of the above applications will appear soon. Return to blog regularly to view.
Remember - enter a bogus first and last name, and then enter any set of alphanumeric characters followed by '@mailinator.com'; such as 'qwerty01@mailinator.com' (also, remember to write them down). After clicking the 'Submit' button - open another another web browser window, go to 'mailinator.com', and check for any e-Mail messages to 'qwerty01'. From the reply by 'yousoftware.com' write down the provided serial number. You now have the information needed to register 'You Control: Tunes', from within the application.
Butler v. 1.4.5 ['Tiger' (MacOS X 10.4.x) and 'Leopard' (MacOS X 10.5.x) compatible]
What is 'Butler'?: Is a task manager. The tasks can be managed with menu bar, popup menus, keyboard equivalents, hot (screen) corners, and events.
Cost: Donationware - $18.00
What is downloaded: 1.8 MB 'butler.dmg' file.
url: ‘http://www.manytricks.com/butler/’
MenuCalendarClock for iCal v. 3.1.0 ['Tiger' (MacOS X 10.4.x) and 'Leopard' (MacOS X 10.5.x) compatible]
What is 'MenuCalendarClock'?: A customizable menu bar clock / calendar utility.
Cost: Freeware / Shareware ($19.95)
What is downloaded: 976 KB 'MenuCalendarClock-3.1.0.dmg.gz' file.
url: ‘http://www.objectpark.net/mcc.html’
Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac ['Tiger' (MacOS X 10.4.x) and 'Leopard' (MacOS X 10.5.x) compatible]
What is 'Parallels Desktop'?: A virtualization application. With 'Paralles Desktop' one can run various versions of Linux and MS Windows.
Cost: Commercial ware: $79.99
url: ‘http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/’
Detailed reviews of the above applications will appear soon. Return to blog regularly to view.
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