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MainMenu — Keep Your Mac in Shape

Written on July 27, 2009 by David Appleyard and 10 people have commented

Earlier this month, Dare to be Creative announced MainMenu 2.0, an update to its system maintenance utility for OS X. This lightweight application allows you to clean up your Mac, improve system performance and free up hard disk space — all directly from the system menu.
The new release offers a range of improved functionality, an [...]

Espionage Brings “Tricksy” Folder Encryption to OS X

Written on October 31, 2008 by Bob Rudis and 19 people have commented

Despite being an avid OS X user, there are deficiencies in this great OS of ours and many of the ones I focus on center — unsurprisingly — around security.
In the plethora of accurate claims of superiority in Apple’s “I’m a Mac” ads, one counter-example is the ability within Windows to encrypt individual folders. While [...]

Monitor ARP Traffic on OS X with ArpSpyX

Written on January 12, 2008 by Bob Rudis and 5 people have commented

ArpSpyX has just been updated to version 1.2 which adds full support for Intel Macs. If you’re not familiar with ArpSpyX you should give this utility at least a quick look if you care at all about the security or contents of your local network.
The program works by either monitoring ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) traffic [...]