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Space.App 0.8: Virtual Workspaces For Mac OS X

Space.app provides up to 16 "virtual workspaces" for Mac OS X" to help you to organize your use of the desktop. You can define hot keys for switching workspaces and can also define one workspace as "sticky" so that its applications appear in all other workspaces as well.

Space.app is provided free of charge for individual and commercial use under the QPL (version 1.0) and may be redistributed according to the terms of that license.

Known issues:
Switching between workspaces while applications are still in the process of hiding or unhiding may cause those applications to appear in different workspaces than you intended.

OmniWeb users: Getting an "address filtered" error on download?
In Preferences/Privacy, remove or modify the "ads...net" pattern.

New i Version 0.8
• moved to hybrid interface: dock menu and palette
• Finder windows behave as other applications
• added global "hot keys"

For more information, visit:
http://space.sourceforge.net/

Carbon Copy Cloner

Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) is a cloning utility developed with AppleScript Studio. The purpose of Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) is to assist you in backing up or moving your Mac OS X installation from one partition to another as easily as possible. The tools you need are already installed with Mac OS X; CCC makes using them easy! Check out this comprehensive guide to backing up and cloning Mac OS X for more details on the plumbing behind the process.

System Requirements:
• Mac OS 10.1.2 with the BSD subsystem installed (which is installed by default).

Supported configurations:
• Local (i.e., not over a network connection), HFS+ formatted partition or hard drive.
• Mounted disk image. Cloning to a disk image will (obviously), not yield a bootable volume unless you use Apple Software Restore to restore the image to a physical partition or disk. *ASR has a 4GB limit. See my Apple Software Restore instructions for more details on this method.
• Firewire disks including iPods
• CCC will not backup directly to CDs or DVD-R discs, though you can backup to an appropriately sized disk image, then burn the image to disc with Toast or Disk Copy.
• Limited support for Beige G3s (Old World Machines). May have to install OS X to target disks before cloning to yield a bootable volume.

Instructions:
1. Select a source disk from the Source popup menu. This will populate the "Items to be copied" table with the list of files at the root level of this volume**.
2. You may remove items from the "Items to be copied" list that you do not want moved to the new drive.
3. Select a target disk. Target disk selection will be easiest if your drives have unique names.
4. Indicate whether you would like to remove files from the target disk before cloning. There are two options: 1) don't remove any files (won't remove any files from the target disk) and 2) remove like-named items: any folder with a similar name on the target partition will be removed, regardless of the type of files you have in it. So if you have an "Applications (Mac OS 9)" on your source and target, the target "Applications (Mac OS 9)" will be deleted.
5. You can also choose whether to recreate the Darwin links and folders (etc, var, cores, tmp, dev, and Volumes) and whether to bless the System on the clone when copying is finished. If you're just backing up some of your stuff, turn these off to reduce the clutter they make.
6. Click on the lock to provide your administrative password (required to preserve permissions and ownership of System files), then click on the clone button.

Cloning can take as little as 5-10 minutes if you don't have many files and have two physical disks to more than an hour if you have many GBs of data or are transferring to a partition on the same disk as the original. Be patient and let CCC do its job. You can do other things while CCC is running (go ahead and minimize it), but because this is a disk-intensive process, some activities may be less responsive, such as getting folder listings in the Finder. When CCC is finished, you should be able to select the target disk in the Startup Disk preference pane and bootup from the clone.

• The following files/folders at the root level are unnecessary to backup and are automatically removed from the "Items to be copied" list: "dev", "Volumes", "Network", "etc", "cores", "tmp", "var", "automount", ".vol", "mach", "mach.sym", ".DS_Store", "Cleanup At Startup", "TheVolumeSettingsFolder", "File Transfer Folder", "Trash", ".Trashes", "TheFindByContentFolder".

The only changes that CCC will make to your original drive is to unlock all the files to avoid conflicts with the ditto command. In general, this is not a problem unless you specifically want a file to be locked -- files that are locked on OS X were probably locked under OS 9. There aren't any locked files in a standard installation of Mac OS X. File locking is usually just a method of preventing a file from being deleted or modified. While locked files are usually just an annoyance, some applications like Adobe GoLive use them for workgroup file management. You may re-lock files when CCC is finished, but if you have several hundred files that you want to stay locked, you may want to look for an alternative to CCC. Also, Netboot servers lock the Netboot images, so you will want to pay close attention to these files when CCC has finished cloning. You may also choose to not unlock files on the source, but CCC will fail if it encounters a locked file.

For more information, visit:
http://software.bombich.com/ccc.html

For a review of Carbon Copy Cloner in action by Low End Mac's Dan Knight, see:
http://lowendmac.com/10/02/0606.html

LedIt 3.0.1 Easy To Use Free Word Processor

LedIt! is billed as an easy to use, freely available cross-platform word-processor based on the Led word-processor building class library (http://www.sophists.com/Led/LedClassLib/. It is small, flexible, and interoperates well with other components and applications.

Calling Ledit a "word procesor" is a bit of a stretch, but on a quick look it seems like a decent basic text editor with a clean interface, and RTF support is nothing to sniff at.

LedIt! Features
• Cross Platform (runs on Macintosh, Linux/X-Windows, Win95/Win98/WinME, WinNT, Win2000, Windows XP)
• Ruler support (Windows only)
• Per paragraph, user settable margins, tabstops, and justification support
• Support for context menus [Windows Only]
• Fast file IO - especially RTF
• Colored text
• Subscripts and superscripts
• Smart cut and paste (and drag and drop)
• Reading/Writing Microsoft Rich Text Format (RTF)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer/ActiveX support
• Limited HTML support
• Full Native OLE2 support including OLE server and OLE container support [Windows Only]
• Style runs
• Embedded objects (pictures, OLE2 objects, URLs, etc)
• Full undo (including MultiLevel undo) support on all platforms
• Support for reading any writing some common rich text formats (MIME text/enriched RFC 1563, STYL)
• Find dialog
• Word Wrapping
• No limit on text/line lengths (other than total amount of virtual memory)
• Fast (on pc, empiricly feels faster than word, notepad, or wordpad editing large documents)
• Embedded OLE 2 objects, OLE Controls, ActiveX Controls [Windows Only]
• It is an OLE2 Server (meaning it can be embedded in other apps) [Windows Only]
• Internet Config to open URLs [MacOS Only]
• Netscapes URLD bookmark format to save, and re-open (organize) Netscape bookmarks [MacOS Only]
 
New in this version:
• Linux/X-Windows support (including Gtk and GNOME)
• Full Unicode support, including Microsoft Global IME support (Windows version only)
• Bullet lists, soft returns and paragraph/line spacing options
• (Optionally) Show invisible characters (paragraph markers, tabs, and spaces)
• Store persistent sizes internally in TWIPS (provides better handing of zooming and scaling)
• Hidden text
Ability to mark some regions as 'hidable', and then set global (or per-item) flag saying if that hidable text should really be hidden, or be shown in some (configurable) alternate display (so the user can see its hidden).
• Improved drag and drop
• New 'properties' menu item to get detailed information about embeded objects
• Improved picture saving (in RTF)
 
System requirements:
• Mac OS 8 - 9.x
 
LedIt is reeware  
   
For more information, visit:
http://www.sophists.com/Led/LedIt/

Latin Dictionary 1.0.0 Free Searchable Latin Dictionary

Latin Dictionary is a searchable dictionary of the classic Latin language. Don't allow yourself to be left behind. Use this application to catch up to the fast paced world of classical literature. Impress friends! Stun workmates! Make yourself attractive to the opposite sex! Learn Latin now!
 
System requirements:
• Mac OS X
 
Latin Dictionary is freeware  
   
For more information, visit:
http://homepages.tig.com.au/~cthulhu/modern/latin_dict/app.html

Surfer 2.0 Loads URLs Automatically From A Text File

Load any number of URLs, daily and weekday-specific, from a text file. Can
run in the background. Load a dozen web sites while you're doing something
else. Works with all major browsers, including iCab, Opera, Netscape and IE.

New in this version:
• Supports any Western language
• more control
• nicer interface.
 
System requirements:
• Requires OS 7.5 through 9x and two
scripting additions: Akua Sweets and Dialog Director, both free for
personal use at Info-Mac.
 
Surfer is freeware  
   
For more information, visit here.

Mulberry 3.0a2 Scalable IMAP Email Client With SSL Support

Mulberry is a high-performance, scalable, and graphically groovy internet mail client. It uses the IMAP (IMAP4rev1, IMAP4, and IMAP2bis) protocol for accessing mail messages on a server, the standard SMTP protocol for sending messages, and does lots and lots of things with MIME parts for mixed text and "attachments" of many different types of files and data. Version 2.0 introduces support for POP3 and Local accounts, full disconnected IMAP support, PGP, SSL and more.

New in this version:
• Now has support for processing read receipt requests.
• Added new Window Options to control seen flag changing when previewing a message.
• IMAP append now preserves the date received value of the message being appended.
• Added Print and Save rule actions for filtering.
• New option to suppress display of recent mailbox state unless mailbox also has unseen messages.
• Window Options now available for separate windows mode.
• Separate Window Options for 3-pane and 1-pane modes.
• Added multiple level text undo/redo in draft window.
• Redesigned match button to use new dialog for setting match options.
• Added additional items to mailbox pane detailed tooltips.
• Added text size zoom up/down buttons to message view.
• Added option to allow detailed tooltips to be turned on and off.
• Fixed bug with failure to have Add CC/Bcc buttons focus on address field.
• Fixed bug causing seen flag to change when message preview is hidden.
• Fixed bug with failure to trigger message size warning when previewing a message.
• Fixed bug with failure to store window preview and toolbar visibility state in preferences.
• Fixed bug with crash when closing a window with a tooltip about to become active.
• Fixed bug with Delete button not being pushed when deleted messages are selected.
• Fixed bug with failure to do message preview in SMTP Queue window.
• Fixed bug to prevent deleted messages being preview if preference set.
• Fixed bug with address book manager toolbar button activation.
• Fixed bug with occasional failure to from-stuff messages downloaded via POP3.
 
System requirements:
• Mac OS 8.1 or higher with CarbonLib
or
• Mac OS X 10.0 or higher
 
Mulberry is $35.95 shareware 

For more information, visit:
http://www.cyrusoft.com/mulberry/

WeatherMan and WeatherManX
   
WeatherMan and WeatherManX download current weather conditions, current weather forecast and Nexrad radar images from the National Weather Service to your Macintosh.

Features:
• Multiple Cities - (US and International)
• Current Conditions - Temperature, Wind Chill, Heat Index, Wind Speed and Direction, Barometer, Dewpoint, Relative Humidity, Sky Conditions and Visibility (English or Metric)
• Current and Extended Forecast (Including Nowcast product)
• Sunrise, Sunset, Civil, Nautical and Astronomical Twilight times also Lunar Data
• Severe Thunderstorm,Tornado,Flood warnings and Non-Precipitation Warnings (U.S. Only)
• Animated Nexrad Radar Images (U.S. Only) along with unlimited user customized weather image.
• Small summary window available
• Current Temperature displays in Dock of OS X
• AppleScript Support
• Internet Proxy Support (HTTP, SOCKS4 and SOCKS5)
• U.S. Data obtained by connection directly to the National Weather Service.
 
New in this version:
• Many small bug fixes
• Added Image Manager
• Added 24 Hour Trend Data
• Fixed Non-US Forecasts
• New Alert System - Run custom AppleScript when new data arrives
• Fixed dock icon no always displaying on OS X
• Fixed Moon Phase Icon

System requirements:
• WeatherMan runs on any classic Macintosh with Open Transport installed.
• Avoid QuickTime 4.1.2 if you can.
• Having AppleScript installed would be nice but not required.
• WeatherManX runs on any Macintosh with OSX version 10.1.2
• An internet connection.
 
WeatherMan is $10.00 shareware  
   
For more information, visit:
http://www.weathermanx.com/

Mr. Tides 2.0.5 Displays Tide And Current Info About Selected Locations

Mr. Tides displays tide and current information for a variety of locations around the world. It can display the day's tides, the week's tides, or the month's tides in two different ways. You select a station via the maps presented by Mr. Tides. The two types of stations are distinguished by the color of the dot on the map, blue for tide and yellow for current. If the dot has a "+" in it, then there is more than one station at that location and you can select the specific station by clicking on the dot and having a pop-up menu appear.
 
New in this version:
• The data lists' times was off by the timezone amount.
• Mouse down in the Day view showed the wrong tide/time pair.
• Sunrise/sunset were off by the amount of DST.
• Month view showed wrong times for slack currents, or no currents at all in some cases.
• Sunrise/sunset were off if the station's Timezone didn't match the Longitude.
 
System requirements:
• Mac OS 8 - 9.2.2
 
Mr. Tides is freeware  

Mr. Tides comes in both Classic and Carbon versions. Users have reported few problems with Mr. Tides X 2.0 on Mac OS Classic with CarbonLib 1.5 installed, but this configuration has not been tested so Your Mileage May Vary.

For more information, visit:
http://www.exmsft.com/~augusth/

MacMachBegone! 1.0.6 Makes Those Pesky Mach Kernel Files Invisible In Mac OS 9

Every time Mac OS X starts up it recreates the 'mach' and 'mach.sym' files and they become visible next time you boot Mac OS 9. This is a very simple program which makes them (and a couple more) invisible so that they don't clutter up the hard disk. It is very fast (you hardly notice it launch) and has a very small file size.

The program makes the following files/folders invisible (if they exist):
• automount
• mach
• mach.sym
• mach_kernel
• .DS_Store
• .FBCIndex
• .FBCLockFolder

MacMachBegone also looks for a file called '.hidden' in the root directory of each volume and makes any files/folders listed in there invisible as well.

New in this version:
• Looks at the OS X .hidden files
 
System requirements:
• PPC
• Mac OS 9 to Run
• Mac OS X Installed
 
MacMachBegone!is freeware  
   
For more information, visit:
http://www.aelius.com/products/macmachbegone.phtml

iSketch 1.0 Scriptable Shape Drawing Program
 
iSketch is a simple Cocoa application for creating drawings using predefined shapes, by using the keyboard (excellent for kids) or the mouse.

It is also scriptable, so you can draw in a document by using a simple command "add shape" (look for the example in the iSketch folder).

Note: Save is disabled for this demo version.
 
System requirements:
• Mac OS X
 
iSketch is demoware  

For more information, visit:
http://homepage.mac.com/ipinsoft/

uControl1.0.4 Remaps The Caps Lock Key To Control

Tired of hitting all the wrong modifier keys on your laptop to get that simple control sequence? Are you forced to drag a keyboard around with you that has the control key in the right place? The place that Apple mistakenly put the caps lock key. Take control back!

uControl maps your control key to it's rightfully intended place on your laptops keyboard; the place thats currently occupied by the oft-unused caps lock key. No more finger acrobatics are required for using control-intensive Unix applications. Caps lock functionality is still available by pressing the Apple modifier key in conjunction with the caps lock key.

uControl also remaps the enter key positioned right next to the spacebar to a command key, due to many user requests. Upon the next iteration of development, I plan to include a user definable remapping of special keys. Currently, the only way to acquire different remaps is by recompiling.
 
New in this version:
• Fixed problem that was causing a kernel panic with the new update to Mac OS 10.1.5.
 
System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.1.5
 
uControl is freeware  

For more information, visit:
http://www.gnufoo.org/macosx/ucontrol.html

For more information about the latest Mac software releases and updates, you'll find it on the Applelinks Search Engine here:
http://www.applelinks.com/pages/search.shtml

Charles W. Moore

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