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JustNotes: Notes + Simplenote Client for Mac

You’ve probably already heard of Simplenote: it’s a note taking application for iPhone which syncs with its online server and each note you take on the mobile device will then be available through the web interface.

Simple and straighforward.

John Gruber also showed his love for Simplenote back in July.

So, what if we could have a desktop client for Mac?  Here comes JustNotes, a beta app I’ve discovered the last week.

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DeliciousSafari: The Best Safari Plugin for Delicious Users

I recently made the big step and started using Safari instead of Firefox for my tasks. This has been a big change for me, and I still have to figure out many things to find the perfect workflow.

Anyway, there was something I needed in the first place: a plugin to manage Delicious bookmarks. I mean, I add dozens of new bookmarks everyday, and while Firefox has its official plugin, Safari is still unsupported by Delicious.

Fortunately, I stumbled upon DeliciousSafari which is one of the best Safari plugins I’ve tried so far.

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Favourite Tweets of the Week Oct 18-Oct 24, 2009

I usually tweet a lot of stuff: apps tutorials, news, videos, reviews, hacks and so much more. Everything that’s Apple-related and it’s interesting, it’s worth a tweet.

To keep up to date with all these links you can follow me on Twitter, but in case you missed here’s a small compilation of the best tweets of the past week.

You can find me on Twitter as @storiesofmac.

Enjoy!

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DropLook: Universal Previewer for People Who Can’t Stand QuickLook

There’s no doubt that QuickLook is one of the best things about Mac OS X: it provides easy and quick previews for any kind of file. However, QuickLook has a few major drawbacks: if you switch to another application the QuickLook window hides. Even with Exposè, you can’t retrieve the preview you opened. And, you can’t use more than one QuickLook.

Yesterday I stumbled upon this new app, DropLook ,which seems very interesting.

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Instapaper: Tips, Hacks and Tuts for iPhone and Mac Users.

If you’re a blogger, a social network addicted, a casual geek, it’s very, very likely that you open tons of links everyday. From a browser point of view, this means that you usually have 10 / 20 / 30 open tabs and - you know - it’s not so good. But, it’s also likely that you don’t read all the pages as soon as you open them: you leave them open for  later reading sessions.

And here come tools such as Read it Later and Instapaper: instead of leaving those open tabs cluttering your browser window, you can send pages to your read later app and - ehm - read it when you want. I’ve reviewed Read it Later for iPhone a few months ago, be sure to read the article if you missed it.

Anyway, today I’d like to talk about the famous alternative to RiL, Instapaper. Developed by Marco Arment (lead developer of Tumblr), Instapaper has slowly become one the most popular applications in the App Store, featured on many tech blogs / magazines.

Is there a way to make Instapaper even more Apple-style? Sure! I’ve collected some tips and hacks to enhance your Instapaper experience while on Mac OS and iPhone OS, but don’t hesitate to share your tips and suggestions in the comments!

Enjoy! ;)

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Years for iPhone: Calendars Can Be Sexy Too.

I remember when I was younger and I went to the primary school, changing the calendar page each month was some sort of an event. Maybe ‘cause we just couldn’t stand school at all, God knows.

Anyway, I had a strange feeling when I first tested this app, Years. I mean, it’s the same, good, old paper calendar ported to the iPhone. “What’s the pioint?”, I asked myself.

Then I realized. Years is - simply - beatiful app.

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