Stumble upon some Mac freeware
Many visitors to thriftmac arrive here via StumbleUpon, a cool service you can add to Firefox. It creates a toolbar across the top of the browser that allows you to click a button and be randomly taken to a website within the category of your choice.
You could, for example, set it up so you’re taken to websites in the Mac OS category. Better than that, you can put in keywords to refine your journey even more. Given our reason-for-being here at thriftmac, I tried “mac freeware” and “os x freeware.”
The results weren’t as good as I had hoped. With “Mac OS,” I arrived at websites almost exclusively about Macs. Virtually every one of them had cool stuff to check out.
But narrowing things down to “mac freeware” didn’t turn out so well. A lot of the websites were actually about, ergh, Windows freeware. And some of them didn’t seem to have anything to do with freeware at all.
Still, I did come across a few gems. For example, Partners in Rhyme has a whole bunch of free audio software. Then there was CocoThumbX, which allows you to create thumbnail pictures. The Place For It All has a long list of recommended Mac apps, many of which are freeware. And What Do I Know has an article about Teleport, a program that makes life easier for those working with two displays.
The great thing about StumbleUpon is that you never know what you’ll come across next. Be careful of its addictive nature, though. You’ll find yourself always wanting to stumble “just one more time.”
Posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007 in How-to
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