Webmailer… Ever click on a mailto: link, only to scream in frustration as Apple Mail opens yet again? The curse of the webmail user is that there is no way to get around this problem. That is, until now.
Webmailer is an unoriginally named program (actually a preference pane) for Mac OS X that allows you to fix this problem. You can set it to open any URL or run any shell script, complete with the parameters lifted from the mailto link. Webmailer comes with links for several possible webmail sites, including Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, Hotmail, and several webmail programs, such as SquirrelMail or Roundcube. But you can always add your own configuration.
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Metronome is designed with the practicing musician in mind which means that it’s fast and easy to use. Nearly all of Metronome’s functions and settings can be changed by using a single key. You won’t have to put your instrument down to change the tempo (arrow keys) or the accent beat (number keys). Stop and start by tapping the space bar (or the Enter or Return keys). All these things can be done ‘on the fly’ without having to stop and restart the metronome.
This helps a lot if you are practicing something that you want to slowly speed up. No need to put down your instrument to adjust the speed, just hit the equals key and keep playing.
But with Metronome you don’t even have to do that. The Accelerator increases the tempo at a rate you control. Why? So you can start a difficult piece slowly, and very gradually speed up without stopping to reset your metronome’s tempo. The Accelerator will do it for you. You control the rate of increase AND when it increases and when it stops increasing. It’s easy.
Metronome comes with two sounds, a snare rimshot for the click and a cow bell for the bell, but you can change the sounds to any ones you want using the Preferences. When you are choosing new sounds, you can preview/play them first.
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Amazon.com just released a free Kindle application for Mac that will allows its users to read books from the Kindle Store on their Apple Mac computers. This is Amazon.com’s latest application which is aimed at expanding its Kindle related content onto a broader range of devices. As of now Kindle books can Click here to read more »
Quiet Read lets you save any link for later.
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FinderClean is a powerful Finder optimization tool using built-in Unix system tasks to help your Finder stay healthy and to keep it running smoothly. FinderClean lets you execute the following tasks:
- Rebuild Finder Menu Items
- Dashboard On/Off
- Three Spotlight features (Rebuild, Optimize)
- Show Hidden FIles and Folders
- Force Relaunch Dock
- Show Finder ‘Quit’ Item
- Force Empty Trashes
- Completely remove .DS_Store Files
- Desktop Screenshots Capture Opening
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