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#MacStoriesDeals - Thursday
Duplifinder Eradicates iPhoto Doubles, Saves HDD Space
If you’re as fumbly with the camera as I am, you might download several of the same images to iPhoto over and over again before finally deleting them off your camera. Thankfully you don’t have to delete whole albums to remove those well hidden duplicates: you can simply run Duplifinder from Haystack Software. Duplifinder runs as its own app, closing and launching iPhoto when it’s necessary to accomplish one of its two tasks. Firstly, Duplifinder will scan your iPhoto library before presenting you with the option to dump duplicates into their own folder, or deleting them via iPhoto’s trash. You’re shown both the original and duplicate images before you commit to any rash decisions (extras of those ex-girlfriend photos are handy to have on hand), and you can bet you’ll use the software often if you’re taking photos all day long.
The app is only $7, and works with iPhoto ‘08, ‘09, and ‘11.
App Preview: Harald By Stealthy Cactus Software
We’ve been there before: you just finished a ridiculously long report on the colonization of Mars and you’re ready to toss the excess scrap work into the trash bin. In your sleep deprived daze, grouped with those pictures of space aliens and rock robots is your digital manifesto, hot of the press and steaming as it’s shredded with a click of the empty button. Come tomorrow morning, you find that file is damned near irrecoverable before the paper is due. Those bogus moments always creep up when we’re either brain dead or because of pesky Mac viruses (I guess I can’t slip that unicorn in here can I?), but you can prevent the total obliteration of your files by safeguarding them with Harald.
Don’t risk accidental deletions, Scoble’s children, or my habit of renaming your files in Dropbox with your critical documents. Harald is the knight in shining armor for files that shouldn’t ever end up in the trash can. Accidentally delete a file? Harald will block your eagerness to hit that delete button in favor of reminding you that the file is of great importance. Does it save the day? You betcha. Simply select your files, tap that menubar icon, and mark them for protection under the Harald shield. It’s pretty easy, and if you don’t believe me, you’ll want to check out the teaser video after the break. It’s coming to the Mac App Store soon, so prepare a meager $3.99 for when it launches.
MacStories Product Review: AViiQ Portable Laptop Stand
The big bulky laptop stands of yesteryear have gone the way of the dinosaur. Forget about fans, large plastic shells, or sometimes gimmicky USB connections. Laptop stands need to be simple and portable, rethinking what we traditionally think of as once shelf-worthy home and messenger-bag solutions. You should not be compromised by the tools you carry, and if you ask AViiQ, the solution needs to be lightweight and reconfigurable.
Stem Innovation Tandem Switches Channels, Compliments Macs and MacBooks
Your next pair of speakers should be as beautiful and innovative as the MacBook on your desk. Ditch those internal speakers for a pair of Stem Innovation’s Tandem high performance speakers, featuring a channel swap technology that enables the main unit to switch from the right to left channel depending on how you’d like to orient the speakers.
#MacStoriesDeals - Wednesday
Happy Wednesday! Here are today’s deals on iOS, Mac, and Mac App Store apps that are on sale for a limited time, so get ‘em while they’re hot!
Windows Phone 7 Connector: Microsoft’s First Mac App Store App
After being in public beta form since October, Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Connector application for Mac has lost its beta tag and is available in the Mac App Store – Microsoft’s first app to be in Apple’s new app store. The application gives Mac users the ability to sync music, photos, videos and podcasts to a Windows Phone 7 phone or a Zune.
Whilst Windows Phone 7 Connector is simplistic and not as full featured as the Zune software on Windows, it does feature iTunes compatibility and can also update the firmware on Windows Phone 7 phones. It is available for free in the Mac App Store.
[Via Engadget]
Radiant For Mac: Destroying Space Invaders In 1080p
Radiant takes arms in the Mac App Store as an iOS title with 8 bit roots in the classic Space Invaders. An an earth pilot, your mission is to obliterate the alien nemesis, advancing through reconfiguring waves of enemies. While you might have a hankering to blast those evil space aliens into an 8 bit grave, how well does an iOS title scale to the desktop?
#MacStoriesDeals - Tuesday
You can always tell when an holiday passes, app prices jump back up! Here are today’s deals on iOS, Mac, and Mac App Store apps that are on sale for a limited time, so get ‘em while they’re hot!