SuperDuper! – “Heroic System Recovery for Mere Mortals.
SuperDuper! is the unique new disk duplication utility for Mac OS X. SuperDuper! is designed to make it easy for users to isolate their computers from unwanted system changes.”
OS X
Panic – Shockingly Good Mac Software.
Quickly Open an OS X App from Command Line
Quickly open an OS X app from the command line:
open -a Application Name
Firefox 1.0 Steps Up
Mozilla Firefox 1.0 has been released! This is great news for Web developers and users both. I highly recommend everyone grab a copy once the servers recover from the initial download frenzy. Remember to make a list of your extensions and back up your profile before installing!
These direct links to download the release, are still working:
Free Ruler for Mac OS X
Features:
- A horizontal and vertical ruler which can be used independently or simultaneously.
- Measurement in pixels, inches, picas, or centimeters.
- Automatic alignment of rulers.
- The ability to group rulers and move them around as a unit.
- Shadowless rulers with customizable transparency.
- Interactive tick marks which follow the mouse location for more precise measurement.
- Independent resizing of rulers, from 200 pixels to 5000 pixels in length.
- Single key shortcuts for most ruler functions.
- Conversion assistant to set ruler resolution based on screen size and resolution.
- Unit converter utility for converting numbers between different units of measure.
- Did I mention it’s free?
Mac Modding Shortcuts
MacDevCenter.com: Mac Modding Shortcuts – “Make repetitive tasks simpler and maximize ergonomic efficiency with this excerpted chapter from Erica Sadun’s Modding Mac OS X. This comprehensive chapter covers everything from the philosophy of keyboard shortcuts to step-by-step instructions to a look at speakable items, complete with shortcut management tips and screenshots.”