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DockArt 1.3 (Mac)

Written in response to a Usenet request, DockArt simply replaces iTunes' dock icon with any embedded artwork for the currently-playing track.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Usenet, Gregory Weston, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-03-31

Simple Floating Clock 1.6.2 (Mac)

Simple Floating Clock is exactly what the name implies. When Apple released Mac OS X 10.5, the removed the option to show the clock in a floating, translucent window on the desktop. Some people liked that view so I decided to give it back.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Gregory Weston, Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-03-31

FileCutter 1.3.4 (Mac)

FileCutter is a context menu plugin that improves on the Copy/Paste functionality offered by the Mac OS X Finder by letting users cut files so pasting will move rather than copy or paste an alias instead of a whole new copy of the original file.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Gregory Weston, FileCutter, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-02-25

FadingImages 1.5.1 (Mac)

FadingImages is a Mac OS X screen saver plugin that displays several pictures at a time from a specified folder, iPhoto album or iTunes CoverFlow database and slowly fades them out or flies them by, replacing them with new images. Also includes a little app to help non-technical users run...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Animation, Gregory Weston, FadingImages, Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-12-17

SaverDesktop 1.1 (Mac)

Some, but not all, people know that Mac OS X has the ability to run screen savers on the user's desktop although it'™s not a publicized or particularly supported behavior. It also has some quirks. I created SaverDesktop as an adjunct to a screen saver module I was working on...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Screensaver, Gregory Weston

Software downloads 2007-11-19

DateService 1.1 (Mac)

DateService is a plugin for the Mac OS X Services submenu that most modern applications make available under the main application menu. DateService adds commands to insert the current date or time in any of the user-specified formats configured in System Preferences' International settings.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Gregory Weston, DateService, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-07-11

Volumizer 1.2 (Mac)

Volumizer is a menu bar item that provides convenient, one-click access to all mounted disks on your machine without having to trigger ExposÃÆÂ'© or move windows around.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Menu Bar, Gregory Weston, Volumizer

Software downloads 2007-06-08

DenyThumbDrives 2.1 (Mac)

Inspired by a Usenet posting, DenyThumbDrives helps administrators of public terminals maintain the integrity of their systems by watching for attempts to mount local volumes and immediately ejecting them.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Usenet, Gregory Weston

Software downloads 2007-05-02

SaverPreview 1.1 (Mac)

SaverPreview allows you to preview screensaver plugins without having to install them in the normal locations first. You also benefit by having a bigger preview display than System Preferences offers and you can run multiple savers side-by-side. Also potentially useful for screensaver authors.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Screensaver, Gregory Weston, SaverPreview

Software downloads 2007-05-01

WebArchive Folderizer 1.2.5 (Mac)

I was quite distressed a while ago to notice that one of my older Safari web archives was showing placeholders instead of the graphics I knew had been there. It seemed that Safari had decided to refresh the page content before displaying it and couldn't get to the images at...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Safari, Gregory Weston

Software downloads 2006-06-22

TrimTheFat 0.7 (Mac)

TrimTheFat is a simple, silent drop-launch utility to strip the code for the architectures you're not using from a Universal application. Please note the low version number. It's a work-in-progress being released so people have something in-hand and to encourage feedback.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Feedback, Gregory Weston, TrimTheFat, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2006-05-15

Silica 1.2 (Mac)

Silica monitors your modem for incoming Caller ID data and displays the number, name and - if available picture - from your address book so you can see who's calling without looking away from your screen.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Caller ID, Gregory Weston, Modems, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2005-10-23

Geat 1.0d1 (Mac)

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger finally exposes - at least at a primitive level - the ability to attach arbitrary data to files via a mechanism commonly called Extended Attributes. But they didn't actually provide an interface for the users. Here's an interface.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Interface, Gregory Weston, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2005-05-01

WakieWakie 1.0.1 (Mac)

WakieWakie was inspired by a question I saw posted online about whether there was a parallel to the Mac OS "Startup Items" mechanism that worked when waking from sleep. I didn't find one so here it is.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Gregory Weston, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2001-02-11

Magz 1.01 (Mobile)

Not a full collection manager by any stretch of the imagination, but a useful checklist for anyone who collects any periodically issued item.

Tags: Mobile, Gregory Weston, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2001-02-05