Posted on July 4, 2009
AddressBookSync matches your Facebook friends to your OS X Address Book contacts. It then adds profile avatars, birthdays and location info to your contact cards. Obviously, it can’t sync that information if your friends didn’t fill in those fields on their profile. AddressBookSync also allows you to manually match a Facebook friend to a contact that it doesn’t recognize. This is helpful for friends who, for example, only have their last initial and not their full name on their profile.
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Posted on March 8, 2009
DropLink is a new Mac app that’s in the beta stages currently, but looks very promising. Essentially it’s a droplet that sits in your Dock and lets you upload a file by dragging it to the DropLink icon. Once the upload finishes (indicated by an out-of-the-way progress bar and a Growl notification), the link is copied to your clipboard. It’s simple, yet effective reminder of the usefulness of minimal applications that can make your life that much easier.
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Posted on November 15, 2008
NatsuLion is a nifty little native Twitter application that I just discovered this weekend. Unlike most of the Adobe AIR-based Twitter apps out there, NatsuLion has a fresh, slick feel that’s sure to make you feel at home. It has all the functions you would want from a Twitter client, including checking your friend timeline, and recognizing @-calls. But NatsuLion does better than that! You can select a user you’re following, and see your conversations between you and them, manage read/unread tweets, create favorites, and even enable Growl notification support. Also, it has a spiffy translucent background in the main window. For those of you guys that are using Twitter, definitely give NatsuLion a try.
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Posted on November 14, 2008
DownloadMonitor is an innovative little app that adds back some of the functionality lost by users of Safari. It can react to conditions of downloaded files on your computer, which is truly something that Apple should have thought of. It’s basically the download manager that wasn’t included with your browser. It has full AppleScript and Automator support, and an awesome little HUD window indicating downloading status. Pretty cool.
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Posted on September 5, 2008
net4mac is a Mac-exclusive social networking application that’s a lot like Facebook. There’s just one big difference–it’s a native desktop app based around Apple products. It has a lot of similar features to Facebook, like Groups, Events, a calendar, and a main profile page. One downside is that the network is only available from a Mac system with net4mac already installed, so when traveling, you can’t use it. But, all in all, it’s a pretty fun way to connect with other Mac users around the world. Hopefully it will grow over time.
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Posted on August 29, 2008
AOL Radio is a nice little app that lets you listen to a ton of genre-listed radio stations online. There are more than 200 stations to choose from, so you know there’ll be something you like. Surprisingly, AOL made a really nice user interface for it that looks right at home on your Mac. It’s nice to get a decent selection of music without having to think about it. And really, they have everything covered: Sinatra-Style Big band Jazz, Video Game Scores, Klezmer, Baroque, Industrial, and Blues Women, to name a few less-common genres they have stations for. It also has an identically functioning app for the iPhone and iPod touch.
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