2008 June | Appleaddiction

Rivet 1.1- Streaming media to your 360

By Luke On Jun 29, 2008 Apple | Media | Software/Freeware | Tips 0 No Comments

I know I have done a few articles on getting your PS3 to talk with your Mac. But then I realized more of you probably have a 360. So here is my review on Rivet 1.1, The streaming media manager for OS X. It basically allows you to access your digital files on your Xbox 360. Browse, play, and view all of your picture, movies, and video through the Xbox 360’s media blade right in your living room. Rivet will automatically load and give you full access to your iTunes music, iPhoto photographs, and any video or picture folders that you wish to share.

Download and find more info: HERE

Shovebox 1.2

By Luke On Jun 26, 2008 Uncategorized 1 1 Comment

Shovebox catches all those little scraps of information that you can’t act on now but would rather not forget. It sits up in your menubar, waiting for you to drag in text, images, urls, and more. It makes it incredibly easy to get data in. Just drag it in from near any program, or use QuickJot to type it out before you have a chance to forget. When you come up for air, ShoveBox also provides a sensible interface to sort everything you shoved during the day. And by setting up powerful importing rules, you can drastically reduce the thinking you’ll have to do later.

You can get more info and download the app HERE

Top 5 Automator Actions

By Luke On Jun 25, 2008 Uncategorized 0 No Comments

Automator can do much then most people give it credit for. Here are the top five Automator actions:

Dashboard Disabler 1.1-
A two-part program that turns of your dashboard reclaiming memory that you use running widgets in dashboard. If you run the second part your dashboard will be as good as new ready to use in a flash!!!
Maintenance 3.8-
A simple Automator Action fused with AppleScript aimed at keeping your Mac running healthy. -
Quick ZipNFO 1.2-
With this small tool, you can quickly see – without unpacking ZIP – what is inside of archive file. Information about ZIP file contains also many other detailed stuff! Use it after downloading ZIPs from unknown and untrusted locations!!! Have fun
Flickr upload automator action 1.1-
As easy to use as Automator itself this action uploads your favourite images and photos to Flickr by simply adding it to the workflow.
Download URLs as PDFs 0.3.1-
This action for Apple’s Automator allows the user to archive a web page as a PDF document in a given workflow.

I personally have just started fully utilizing the program and it’s crazy what it can really do. It’s really impressive and very powerful.

Net4Mac- The social network for Mac users

By Luke On Jun 23, 2008 Apple | Software/Freeware 0 No Comments

Net4Mac is a whole social community available exclusively for mac users. Join hundreds of groups specific to your interests and talk with thousands of online users. Net4Mac also has a unique classifieds system to help you find anything from hardware to writers and programmers for your site. The application is well designed and well thought out. Communication between users is simple and efficient. The application also has an advertising section to help you find deals for Mac hardware and software as well as the ability to submit you own for others to see. In the end, Net4Mac is an amazing application which has all kinds of potential to connect you with an amazing community.

Find more info and Download the App HERE

Loginox 1.0

By Luke On Jun 22, 2008 Uncategorized 0 No Comments

Back when Resexcellence.com was the ultimate Mac site I spent all kinds of time modding every aspect of my Mac. They had all kinds of how-tos and mods to make your Mac a little different. Sadly the site has been down for quite some time. However if your interested in modding your Mac, you may want to check out Loginox 1.0. Loginox is a small little app that allows for drag and drop customization of your login screen. Simply drag and drop a jpg onto the open app window to instantly change your login screen background. Free and under 10MB makes it a nice addition to your arsenal of UI customization.

Download: Loginox 1.0

More free flash drives!

By Luke On Jun 19, 2008 Apple | Gadgets 6 6 Comments

Well, actually only one. But anyways. Up for grabs is a Kingston DATA Max 4GB Drive. Simply subscribe to Appleaddiction.net via RSS (If you haven’t already) and then leave a post in the comments section below telling me what your favorite Mac App is. It’s that simple!

An under the hood look at Firefox 3 for Mac

By Luke On Jun 18, 2008 Apple | Software/Freeware | Web 2.0.fuTurE 2 2 Comments

Mozilla Mac developer Josh Aas has written a weblog post discussing some of the under-the-hood improvements specific to the Mac OS X version of Mozilla Firefox 3.
-Josh describes how Firefox 3 has largely switched from Apple’s legacy Carbon API (initially created to make it easier for developers to migrate OS 9 applications to OS X) to the more modern Cocoa. He also details how Firefox 3 delivers native-looking Aqua-style form controls in Web pages and explains how this actually has very little to do with the change to Cocoa.

Finally, Josh covers how graphics in Firefox 3 are drawn using Core Graphics (which encompasses the Quartz technologies) and ATSUI instead of the deprecated QuickDraw (which has been around in some form or another since the original Macintosh was launched in 1984). This change was achieved by replacing the Mac-specific graphics code with the cross-platform cairo library, which uses Core Graphics and ATSUI on OS X. Core Graphics can take advantage of hardware acceleration to improve performance.

All the changes Josh discusses were implemented in version 1.9 of the core Gecko rendering engine (rather than being specific to Firefox 3), so they will also find their way into other Mozilla-based applications, such as Mozilla Thunderbird (version 3.0 will be based on Gecko 1.9) and Camino (though Camino has used modern OS X technologies since its inception, it will benefit further from the upgrade to Gecko 1.9 in Camino 2.0).

You can read Josh’s ful post HERE

Via: MozillaZine

Dofus: The free online MMORPG

By Luke On Jun 16, 2008 Apple | Games | Web 2.0.fuTurE 1 1 Comment

I wasn’t always a fan of RPG’s. But when World of Warcraft came out I became addicted the genre. The most important thing I have learned is that just because the game doesn’t look the best, doesn’t means it’s not one hell of a game. I’ve been playing WoW on and off for the last 4 years. During that time I have experimented with many other RPG’s. My biggest complaint was the $15 a month fee. It’s not that bad but I feel it is a bit higher then necessary. This pricing issue drove me to look for an alternative to WoW. What I found was Dofus. It’s a flash based MMORPG developed by Ankama Games in France. Don’t let the flash issue scare you away. Dofus runs inside of your web browser from a 125MB folder downloaded from the site. This factor alone makes it playable on practically any system. The visuals are quite impressive and it’s not very taxing on your system. You have the option of playing for free but if you have a little extra cash around you can subscribe for $6/month and get access to higher level areas and monsters. The cool thing is they don’t make you pay. You can fool around for free and if you decide you like it you can begin subscribing and get access to the whole world. With over 7 million players world wide. This is defiantly a game you wanna check out.

Get it and more info HERE.

Get the low down on your battery life.

By Luke On Jun 15, 2008 Apple | Tips 0 No Comments

The System Profiler can tell you alot about your Mac. Thus it being called System Profiler. One of the most useful things I use the system Profiler for is checking up on my battery. It can tell you everything from who manufactured your battery, how many times it’s been recharged, to what the amperage (how much of a charge your battery can hold) is and the overall health of your battery. You can find the details by going to: Apple menu>About this Mac. Then: More Info>Hardware and chose the “Power” Sub Catagory.

Getting the most out of Appleaddiction.net

By Luke On Jun 15, 2008 Apple | Web 2.0.fuTurE 0 No Comments

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