MAMP

I don’t know about you guys, but I don’t like setting up PHP MySQL servers. I always wondered why it couldn’t be just an application with two buttons that starts and stops the server. Well here it is! It’s an application called MAMP and is developed by Living-e AG.

It contains Apache 2, PHP4&5 and MySQL. The PHP scripts are processed by eAccelerator, which results in a up to ten times faster execution than Apple’s pre-installed Apache/PHP.

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Synergy

As you probably noticed, I’m a huge iTunes fan. For a few years now I have been using YouControl to control my iTunes from the menu-bar so I didn’t have to swap back and forth to iTunes, but can directly access my main controls.

I was always enjoying the function, but didn’t really like the looks that YouControl had in my menu-bar. Via Boy I got the App Senergy that does almost the exact same as you control, only looks (in my opinion) a bit better.

Ok, so that’s mainly why I posted Synergy (who’s logo by the way is dead ugly, but hey, you won’t see that, so that’s fine).

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Inquisitor

Spotlight for the web! This is a great Safari plugin! There are some discussions about the developer (David Watanabe). They say he’s rude, and makes money by the searches you do with Inquisitor, but hey, i’ts a free App, works great, and the only thing I notice is that Amazon will show up at the top a few times, but other then that, I don’t care. It’s a great App which makes searching the web so easy, especially since you don’t have to reload Google every time you adjust you’re search, ow another great feature is that it auto-fills your keywords! I even use Inquisitor to just skip my bookmarks. Like TellSell would say “Quick and Easy”. Read more, see more…

iPodRip

Ok, backing up isn’t something we all love to do. I try to make a backup every now and then, and always pay much care to my music collection, since there’s a lot of hard work in there… But there are loads of people who don’t, buy a new computer, throw away the old one, attach their iPod and then come to the conclusion it isn’t possible to get your music back from your iPod. Well, for all those out there, there is a sweet solution called iPodRip. This nifty App allows you to attach your iPod, and send its music back into your computers’ iTunes.

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Aurora

This is a great tool which Boy passed me. Before I used iAlarm sometimes, I loved waking up to my iTunes, but hated the looks and the way the App worked (or even sometimes didn’t!). The last few days I woke up with this App, and it’s way WAY better!

It’s designed very well, and works great! You can have multiple alarms, snooze, sleep function and every other reason to take you’re Macbook, iBook, Macbook Pro or even Mac Pro to bed! The only downside is that most of the times my MBP is attached to my stereo, so I have to leave my stereo on, but hey, it’s well worth!

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