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An App Store for the Mac? Say Hello to Bodega

Written on August 04, 2009 by Chris Ryan and 10 people have commented

The idea of an App Store for the Mac is nothing new but finally, one company is transitioning the idea from a website to an actual application. Bodega, inspired by the Spanish word for “small convenience store,” is a freeware app that does just what we want: It acts as a storefront to lots of [...]

TubeTV – A Handy Little App for Saving Your Videos

Written on March 19, 2008 by Jethro Jones and 11 people have commented

Chimoosoft created this fantastic little donationware app called TubeTv. With this app, you can save video files from YouTube and other sites and make them playable on your Mac, iPod, or Apple TV. There are of course other ways to do the same thing, but a standalone app that grabs your URL from your default [...]

iAlarm Wakes Me Up to iTunes

Written on November 25, 2007 by Louis Gray and 9 people have commented

As far as getting up in the morning goes, there are all sorts of unpleasant ways to make the transition – blaring alarm clocks, AM radio interrupted by static and of course, the barnyard rooster. One more inviting way to start the day is to hear your own music from iTunes, and a shareware application, [...]