Posted on November 18, 2008
For those of us with jailbroken iPhones, it can be frustrating when you finally find a PNG image in your filesystem, only to see that it can’t be read on your Mac. Such images appear as question marks in Apple’s Preview.app. The first fix for this problem was a terminal command and library called fixpng. However, knowing that not everyone is handy with the Terminal, indie developer Malcom-Mac has created a GUI alternative. You just drag and drop your images into iPhonePNGApp, and they come out as normal, readable images. This strange phenomena of unreadable system is explained in-depth on his site. But anyway, if you’re interested in theming your iPod touch or iPhone, or just want to take a peek at what makes up the iPhone’s gorgeous user interface, iPhonePNGApp is a great solution for you.
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Posted on September 10, 2008
Due to the hideous icon of WeatherVane, the app I posted yesterday, I felt compelled to post an app today with a nice, clean icon. After some scavenging, I found an excellent note-taking app called SketchBox. SketchBox is like OS X’s Stickies app, only infinitely better. Each note you make is stored in an iPhoto-esque environment with
your notes in a grid view. But, what makes the notes special is that they can store text, drawings, pictures, and even custom timers. All of these functions make for a great app with an attractive price: $0.
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Posted on September 8, 2008
Pipette is a simple tool that lets you find the hex color value of any pixel on the screen. All you do is click the little eyedropper, then drag to the pixel on your screen that you want the color of. Then release, and press command-c to copy the hex value to your clipboard. Very useful for Photoshop designers and other photo editors.
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Posted on September 6, 2008
RapidoResizer is a nice image-resizing app for mac created by the aptly-named developer “app4mac”. It can batch resize images with ease to any proportions you set, and resize it on the spot. It has a nice little preview window and a HUD interface where you can change your settings. The only drawback to this app is that it has an annoying advertisement splash screen when you use command-Q to quit. Fortunately just closing the main window or using the Dock to quit avoids this behavior. All in all though, it’s a nice app that I use very frequently.
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Posted on September 2, 2008
OSXplanet is a fun project that displays a current view of the world from space–right on your desktop. It can display live data of clouds, volcanoes, storms, earthquakes, and many other natural occurrences. It also renders other planets as seen from other planets, which is awesome. It uses almost no CPU power and has a well-integrated UI. What more could you want?
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Posted on August 30, 2008
DrawBerry is a light vector drawing app that supports everything you’d want: image importing, color swatches, shape relativity editing, and tons of other great stuff. It’s great for small imaging projects that don’t require the bulk of an expensive app like Adobe’s Illustrator or Tweakersoft’s VectorDesigner (which is also a great app, by the way). This app, although slim, is packed with nice tools that will keep you busy for ages.
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