A utility for looking up Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts, something that recent switchers from Linux or Windows probably need to do quite a bit! The xCuts are organized by Category, Scope, and Object, and you can even drill down to a second cross-referenced level if you need to. Or just use the fast live search form.
This widget allows you to search YouTube from your Dashboard, just to waste a little more of your time :) You can search by three different methods:
DiggDong is a Mac OS X dashboard widget that keeps track of Diggs your stories have gotten. It refreshes periodically in the background, and will let you know (using Growl, if you have it) when there are new Diggs. So you take your fingers off of Command-R and take a bathroom break.
View detailed information on CPU, memory, hard drives, IP and external IP, bandwidth, CPU temperature, battery, uptime and the top four processes.
This is a handy widget to look up schedules of all matches at the FIFA World Cup 2006 Germany. All times are localized by your timezone and also include narrowing your selection by teams or groups. I bet there are many football fans among Mac users :)
Back in the days of my first connections to the Internet, first webmail services were something very useful. It was tough to get a POP mailbox, so connecting over very slow and expensive dialups was the only way to go. Nowadays I have 9 different POP e-mail accounts, but still use one on a webmail provider. Gmail is powerful and versatile, so I like having one of my non-business accounts in a place that I can access from everywhere. In the last year or so I have tested a couple of Gmail related "interfaces", including widgets and a notifier. Here is my perspective on the pros, cons and wishes... screen recorder
Get instant access to the job postings on the 37Signals job board. Choose to view ads from specific categories or all the ads currently available using this small Dashboard widget.
Mondo Dock is a widget that lets you access your common applications and documents via the Dashboard. Just drag from the Finder, bring up Dashboard, and drop onto it to add it. You can even launch documents by dropping them on apps - just like the Dock.
37Signals, the company behind ingenious products such as Backpack and Basecamp, today announced the availability of the Basecamp API. The API allows programmers to access/read/write Basecamp data from third-party systems like Mac OS X Dashboard widgets. For more infomation point your browser here and don't be shy to let us know if you come up with something cool. Premium essay writing service presented by the best site
The ColorBurn widget features a new color palette every day, along with its hexadecimal values for all you web geeks out there. If you're looking for some daily inspiration, some colors to steal, or simply another cool-looking widget to fill up your dashboard and impress your friends, here you go.
Cyberduck is a very popular open source FTP and SFTP (SSH Secure File Transfer) browser with an easy to use interface, integration with external editors and support for many Mac OS X system technologies such as Spotlight, Bonjour, the Keychain and AppleScript. To make things even better, now there's a widget you can use with Cyberduck, get it here.
In case you haven't got 'em yet, you should really check out Google's Dashboard widgets: Blogger, GMail and Search History. There's also a group dedicated to the discussion of those widgets so check it out.
NoodleBoard is a Mac OS X dashboard widget that allows you to securely share your ideas, thoughts, lists, links or anything you can type with others. For the time being it's free but do consider a donation if you find it useful.
Over the weekend I was checking the Apple site to find some useful widgets. I found some good ones, but in the process of browsing I came across some rather useless "Gaming" widgets. Between all of the strange ones I installed, here are the ones that I find the most useless.
This article will show you how to easily setup a free DNS service that will give your Mac computer a static hostname. There are a lot of possibilities you can use this for, as most of the Internet connections offer dynamic IP addresses. Having a dedicated hostname can make it easier to remotely connect to your computer and run any kind of server.
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In this article I will try to share my experience with the best piece of hardware I ever used - a 12.1-inch iBook G4. I focused the article on giving my comments on different aspects of the iBook - software, hardware and the overall appearance. The article is accompanied by screenshots, photos and a small video.
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While you may use your computer for a bunch of different things, I presume that at least once you needed to do a screen capture. Because of its friendliness and availability, Dashboard is a great place to host a screen capture software. “Capture†was the first widget I installed after buying my iBook and it served me quite well. It is time to share my thoughts on all the aspects of this handy utility.
