Pathfinder, one of my favorite Mac apps, has been upgraded to version 4.7. The update was announced and installed through the built-in auto-update feature. I didn’t have any problems with the upgrade although it’s necessary to restart Pathfinder after the upgrade and I was prompted to approve or postpone the restart. The change log lists six new features. Redesigned Get Info window which allows get summary info (Cmd-Option-I) New Subversion plugin (experimental – use with caution) that provides basic svn functionality (status, update, commit, diff, add) Redesigned Applications Launcher – [...] Read the rest »
Free Disk Space Utilities for Mac
In my previous post about my problems with Superduper! I mentioned I used two free utilities to try and find out where all the space went. Disk Inventory X The first utility is Disk Warrior Inventory X which provides a graphical representation of your files. When the program starts you’re asked to pick a drive or folder which is then scanned and the main screen is shown. Click the picture to see it full size. The left pane shows the typical expanding tree view where you can scroll through looking [...] Read the rest »
Data Rescue II – File Recovery For The Mac
Data Rescue II is a file recovery utility for the Mac by ProSoft Engineering. Even if you don’t need it now, what’s worth knowing is that if you need it to recover files you can download the trial version and see if it will work. The download will read your hard disk and list the files that are available for recovery. You can recover one file up to 5MB in demo mode. This review is based on the evaluation copy. You need to provide an e-mail address to get the [...] Read the rest »
MacLockPick: Mac Hack Tool (not such a hack)
I first read about the MacLock Pick a little over a week ago. It was described as a USB thumbdrive that could be plugged into a Mac to extract passwords from a keychain along with other system information. The keychain is an app that holds passwords so a user doesn’t have to enter them all the time. While encrypted and password protected the keychain usually automatically opens and loads when a user logs on, although this behavior can be changed. The MacLockPick is sold by SubRosaSoft. SubRosaSoft makes a big [...] Read the rest »
Mac Mozy Online Backup Update
I’ve still been using the Mac client for Mozy backup and it’s a good time for an update. To recap, the Mac client is still a early limited beta. In this case limited means it was offered to anyone who asked to be notified when the Mac client was available. There’s no Mac documentation yet so I’m kind of winging it. Mozy sends files to the server in an intelligent manner. If you have multiple copies of the exact same file it only sends the file once, although it is [...] Read the rest »
iClip 4 – A Nice Little Mac App
I had received a license for iClip with the Macheist bundle. It was beta at the time and I never got around to installing it. I was cleaning up old e-mails earlier this week and came across the e-mail from late January announcing the production release of version 4. It was time to download and install it. iClip is a clipboard manager and scrapbook. iClip runs like the dock, living at the top, bottom or sides of the screen, popping out as needed (optionally, it can always be visible). Out [...] Read the rest »
Mozy Mac Backup – Beta Arrives
[Updated 3/17 to reflect that the web download files are encrypted.] I’d asked to be notified by Mozy when they had a Mac client available, and earlier this week I got an e-mail from them that a beta was available. Although Apple’s Backup.app has done OK for me (all my test restores have worked but I’ve never truly needed it) it’s quirky, it’s backup methodology is limited and the lack of a verify concerns me. So I was happy to see another low cost backup solution becoming available for the [...] Read the rest »
Quicksilver – [Another] Must Have Mac App
Quicksilver is is even more a “must have app” than Pathfinder, because it’s FREE and just as great. There is a bit of a learning bump to get into it but it’s well worth it. Look at it this way, you’re not spending any money for it so the time to learn it is the only cost, and it’s still a great bargain. The simple description of Quicksilver is that it’s an application launcher (simple, but also too simplistic). It also understands data files and the data in them and [...] Read the rest »
Pathfinder – Must Have Mac App
When I first fired up Pathfinder I had a flashback to my DOS days using XTree Pro. Now, DOS flashbacks would normally be considered a bad thing, but XTree was an absolutely great file manager and one of my all-time favorites. Pathfinder gave me the same impression, it’s a Finder replacement and so much more. It hasn’t disappointed me. Since Pathfinder has so many features and is so customizable there’s a bit of a learning curve but it’s easy to get into and start using. I didn’t find myself wanting [...] Read the rest »
Knox – For OS X
Knox, as in Fort Knox, is Mac software that manages encrypted disk images. I came across Knox while looking for a replacement to Stuffit Deluxe. I’d been using Stuffit to create an encrypted archive as part of my backup process. This was the only piece of Stuffit Deluxe that I used and I don’t want to install it on my new Mac. Knox is used to manage OS X encrypted disk images. At $30 it’s targeted to people who use a lot of encrypted disk images but don’t want to [...] Read the rest »