I’ve seen a few luxury notepads on store shelves that are deliciously leather bound, featuring organizational essentials such as a quick calendar and tabs. But if you’re digitally savvy, you may want to opt for a virtual version on the iPad, mainly, Daily Notes (iTunes Link) by Rama Krishna (@Daily_Notes).
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Daily Notes is your Leather Bound Notepad for iPad
Turn your Cassette Deck into an iPod Dock
Are you like me? Do you drive an ancient vehicle that still has one of them cassette things? Lack an AUX jack? Have an iPod? Then this is for you. Maybe.
Agile Web Solutions Acquires Knox, Great File Encryption App for Mac OS X
The folks over at Agile Web Solutions are very serious about your local and online security: as if 1Password wasn’t enough, this week they bought Knox from Marko Karppinen & Co developers, as TUAW reports. While 1Password aims at collecting all your online identities, accounts and casual notes, Knox is meant to protect your local documents from unwanted eyes and fingers. Do you really need this?
Divvy Up Your Desktop with Divvy for Mac
I have a problem with computer desktops in general, and it’s that I’m fidgety. I’m not so bad on Windows for whatever reason, but on the Mac I’m always shuffling desktop windows around, resizing things, trying to align things perfectly so my OCD doesn’t kick in. And I’ve tried hundreds of solutions here on MacStories, and even recorded lame’o videos for some. But god forbid I ever end this tireless quest, so today I present you with Divvy.
Notify 2.1: Stronger, Faster, Better
Back in December I reviewed Notify 2 from Vibealicious and wrote that it was one of the best applications released in 2009. For those who don’t know, Notify is a menubar application for Mac which allows you to check for incoming mail messages in almost every kind of account (Gmail, IMAP, MobileMe and Rackspace) without having a mail client running all the time. It’s a lightweight notifier that runs in the background and check for new messages at a scheduled interval and presents them to you via Growl notifications, inside a beautifully designed interface.
Today, Vibealicious has released the long awaited 2.1 update for Notify, which introduces a new backend, new features and lots of fixes and improvements.
Instant FTP & SFTP Uploads with OneWay
Mémoires, A Lightweight Journal for your Mac. Review & Giveaway!
Journaling applications are great for getting all of your ideas in one place. Lately I’ve been checking out Mémoires by Coding Robots, a Mac & Windows development company that makes some really nifty goodies. Mémoires is sweet because it’s perfect for being lightweight, and it’s super easy to back up your multiple journals to Dropbox or a Flashdrive. Let’s check it out shall we?
The Forklift 2.0 Public Beta Review
Servers are kind of like warehouses. It’s where you temporarily store product for later use. Simple concept right? With our warehouse metaphor intact, we have two products in the Mac world that want your undivided attention. First we have Transmit 4, an incredibly sexy can-do-it-all FTP client by Panic which in everyone’s eyes, is the current pinnacle of perfection. Depicted by a storage truck, Transmit promises to deliver your data.
But when a truck backs into the warehouse, its work is done. For it is the forklift that loads and unloads the truck’s contents. Forklift, currently in it’s first public beta as version 2.0, makes a strong statement. BinaryNights promises that no matter how strong the competition, they’ll always have the fastest speeds. So does that hold true? And how do Forklift’s features compare to Transmit’s? And ultimately, will this little workhorse outdo the truck that has captured the Mac world? Hold on to your trucker caps people - this is going to be fun.
Cockpit, Where Custom Controls take Flight
I was hoping to do this review alongside the MacPilot 4, as to tie together the whole aviation theme. As a Macintosh flyboy, I expect my machine to perform excellently in combat with nothing more than the twitch of my joystick or the press of button. Cockpit by green&slimy software can give aspiring pilots the precision they need to execute their daily tasks. Time to strap in to that five point harness Ace, it’s time for review.