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Scrimpy’s Picks

The freeware we use on a regular basis here at thriftmac — all highly recommended.


Tweetie

Keep track of Twitter from your desktop. Menubar icon turns blue to let you know when new tweets arrive. Interface allows you to switch between accounts and send tweets of your own.

Added to the Internet section    Download site

Posted Wednesday, September 2, 2009

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SimpleTask

To-do list lives in menu bar, dock or both. Tasks are either pending or complete, in order of when they were created — or move them where you like. Searches can be filtered by colour labels. Optionally use the keyboard for all functions.

Added to the Organizers section    Download site

Posted Tuesday, September 1, 2009

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Vienna

Subscribe to Atom/RSS news feeds and podcasts. Interface is much like that of NetNewsWire — but without the ads. On the other hand, there is also no syncing.

Added to the Internet section    Download site

Posted Tuesday, September 2, 2008

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Caffeine

Set your Mac to stay awake when it’s inconvenient to have it fall asleep, for example if you’re watching a movie.

Added to the Utilities section    Download site

Posted Wednesday, July 18, 2007

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Bean

An open source word processor that does more than TextEdit and is much speedier than Office-style software.

Added to the Text section    Download site

Posted Wednesday, May 9, 2007

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Jumpcut

Save up multiple snippets of text and paste them at will from the menu bar or from a translucent display invoked by a keyboard shortcut. KoopClip works in a similar manner.

Added to the Organizers section    Download site

Posted Tuesday, June 20, 2006

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Pastor

Pastor is a password-protected spot to stash serial numbers, passwords and the like. Once you get started, you’ll be amazed at how many you have. Keep them all in one, easy-to-find place instead of all over the place. Try KeePassX for a cross-platform alternative.

Added to the Organizers section    Download site

Posted Thursday, February 9, 2006

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Cyberduck

The thriftmac FTP client of choice has a nice Mac-like interface and can take on most jobs without any trouble. For those with heavy-duty demands, check out FileZilla below. Fugu is also quite good, but it’s limited to SFTP.

Added to the Internet section    Download site

Posted Thursday, February 9, 2006

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