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Being a more of a Windows based user, it is a rarity that I’m covering any MAC stuffs at all on my blog.

Not to undermine any MAC OsX users out there but it’s actually rare that that you see any users carrying a MACBook instead of a Windows based laptop.

Anyway, this is special MAC edition post that I’ve made today and I hope it will be useful for my MAC OsX visitors of this blog. This is a post on the “must have” and  ”good-to-have” applications for those who have MAC OsX on their laptops.

Do note that all the applications I have written below are all available free for download and use.

Let’s get started :-

1. SketchBOX  - This neat application allows you to insert notes to your desktop …. call it a “Note Manager”
2. Tudos - This is a dock expansion for you to store all of your applications.
3. iClockr -  A project and tasks management application.
4. OnyX/Deeper - This is utility tool that will maintain, optimize and personalize your MAC OsX.
5. EverSave - The tool that saves your work during crashes.
6. Burn - A burining application for MAC OSX.
7. AppCleaner -  A small application that allows you to throughly uninstall your unwanted applications.
8.  Carbon Copy Cloner -  A cloning, backup up and synchornize tool for your files.
9. SpotLook - A GUI for your desktop search.
10. Photobook - Facebook photo browser for MAC OsX.
11. FMenu - Facebook evenmt notifier.
12. TwitterPod - Twitter client for MAC OsX.
13. Adium -  Universal Internet Messaging Application
14. Cooloquy - Internet Chat Client.
15. NeoOffice - Office suite for MAC OsX
16. Thunderbird - E-mail application
17. Vienna - RSS/Atom Newsreader
18. Skim - PDF Reader and Note -Taker.
19. iStumbler - Utility to detect Wi-Fi signals.
20. Classic FTP - An easy to use FTP client
21. Firefox 3 - Web browser.
22. Camino - Web browser.
23. Opera - Web browser.
24. Audacity - Sound and audio editing software.
25. QLab - Control audio, video and MIDI 
26. Ultramixer - Professional DJ Software 
27. SimpleSynth - Plug in your MIDI keyboard and play.
28. VLC Media Player - Multimedia player
29. Real Player - Real player for MAC OsX.
30. Jing - Captures images and records video.
31. Frame By Frame - Stop motion movie creation application.
32. Sweet Home 3D - Interior design application software.
33. Blender - 3D content creator software.
34. GIMP - A photoshop alternative and image editor.
35. 7zX - Compression archiever. 
36. UnRarX - Uncompressed RAR files.
37. Perian - Adds all popular video formats for Quicktime.
38. Handbrake - DVD to Mpeg-4 converter
39. Senuti - Transfer iPod songs back to your iMac or MacBook.

This is the list that I can think of at the moment. If you have better suggestions … drop a comment on to this post and share it on this blog.

Hope this lists is sufficient for your needs …. till next post ….

I was approached by one of my colleagues today for whom is having difficulty on how to edit and export his music (from .wav to .mp3) on his laptop.

He wanted to have this done using a freeware and of all the softwares he stumbled, it is all pay per use.

Well, I recommend a software called Audacity.

Audacity is a tiny music editor that works very well (even if it is running on a laptop) and the trick about getting your .wav file to export to .mp3 format is that you need to patch the software with a file (dll) called lame_enc.dll which is available for free at dll-files.com.

It is a cross-platform software which means it works on Microsoft Windows, Mac OsX and Linux operating systems.

There is a lot of features that Audacity has to offer like :-

• Record live audio.
• Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
• Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files.
• Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
• Change the speed or pitch of a recording.
• And more!

But if you are into serious sound editing, softwares like Sony’s Soundforge for example is a great and value for money software.

I have quite a few problems recently with my laptop and unfortunately I have deleted a few important files.

I know some of you will say ….. “Restore it from your Recycle Bin.”

Unfortunately it ain’t that simple.

I had “CCleaned” to cleanup my junk files and that includes my “Recycle Bin” folder.

I was searching for answers and finally stumbled on this software called “Undelete Plus“. This tiny piece of software does the job perfectly and I am able to get my files back. Furthermore, it is available for “FREE” for a limited time period.

When I mean “Free”, it is free to download and free to use.

Download this powerful application today !

Hi there, welcome to another post from Laptop Info Today.

Anyway recently I’ve been to do some tasks lately on my laptop and that is to extract information from pdf files to an office file formats.

To make matters worse, some of the pdf files are needed to be exported in excel spreadsheet and powerpoint formats.

Whoa … this is a big challenge but nonetheless there is a solution in a software called Able2Extract.

This is NOT a freeware but it does a job for me, you never sometimes you came around request like these, especially if you are an IT Technician .

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All we know that Skype is one of the most popular (or should I say “The Popular”) VOIP software currently used by people around the world these days.

Because it is so popular, sometimes we tend to receive poor signals in term of voice chat or video chat ( I had it sometimes on my laptop when I’m talking with my friends on some blogging issues).

Anyway there’s an up and coming software that might be common to some laptops out there, and I’m not talking Skype.

Introducing CQPhone, an easy to use PC-to-PC phone, that allows voice chat, as well as video chat and text chat. In addition, you can easily exchange pictures and web links by simply dragging them onto the interface.

One thing I like about this software is that there is no registration involved, you simply install the software and it automatically assigns you a CQ phone number (how simple can that be).

It works with most firewalls out there and here’s a catcher …. you can even hook your camcoder to the software (it will detect and you’re off video chatting - how cool can that be).

It works on any Microsoft Windows operating system and guess what “It’s FREE” !

Download the software here today.

There’s been a lot of hype recently regarding Google Chrome - the new browser that is set to replace the desktop.

That is what is being said on the official site.

Google launch their new browse (currently in beta stage) to the public for testing.

I, being me, will always be excited on what’s new so I decided to give it a test.

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This is the second part of the VEOH TV review will include installation and software usage.

Once you have downloaded this software and register your free account at VEOH.com, the next steps are a breeze.

Install the software using the instructions given and you ready to get started.

VEOH TV is where you get to watch or download videos shared by millions of users around the globe.

Basically you could watch anything from VEOH TV. Don’t believe me ….. check out the video review below.

Hi guys and it’s been a very long while since I update anything on this blog, not to mention my other sports blog as well at Latest Magpies News. I’ve been utterly busy with schedules till I’m unable to find any time at all to do something on my blog.

To my loyal readers out there => My sincere apologies to keep you all waiting for new updates.

I’ve also recently released an online book as well, something I’ve mentioned before which is “VISTA UNPUBLISHED“.

It took quite a while to release this book and on top of that facing numerous interruption in making the site, marketing it and others…….

But one thing that is a problem when creating this book from my laptop is packaging it.

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