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Mac OS, which stands for Macintosh Operating System, is a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Computer for their Macintosh line of computer systems. The Mac OS is often credited with popularizing the graphical user interface. It was first introduced in 1984 with the original Macintosh 128K.
Apple deliberately played down the existence of the operating system in the early years of the Macintosh to help make the machine appear more user-friendly and to distance it from other operating systems such as MS-DOS, which were portrayed as arcane and technically challenging. Apple wanted Macintosh to be portrayed as a computer "for the rest of us". The term "Mac OS" didn't really exist until it was officially used during the mid-1990s. The term has since been applied to all versions of the Mac system software as a handy way to refer to it when discussing it in context with other operating systems.
Earlier versions of the Mac OS were compatible only with Motorola 68000-based Macintoshes, while later versions were also compatible with the PowerPC (PPC) architecture. Most recently, Mac OS X has become compatible with Intel's x86 architecture.
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Microsoft to ratchet IE8 security another notch in Beta 2
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:05:00 -0700
Sometime in August, Microsoft plans to release Beta 2 of Internet Explorer 8. Yesterday, I spoke with Austin Wilson, Director of Windows Client Product Management at Microsoft, about some of the security-related changes due in this milestone, and got a preview of the changes announced today. Here are some details...
Sony PlayStation's site SQL injected, redirecting to rogue security software
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:10:06 -0700
The latest high trafficked web site to fall victim into the continuing waves of massive SQL injection attacks courtesy of copycats and the ASProx botnet, is Sony's PlayStation U.S site according to a recent post at SophosLabs's blog : "Researchers at IT security firm Sophos have warned lovers of...
Stop the madness: 10 steps to kill failures
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:30:30 -0700
Are you too pussy-footed to pull the plug on projects that will inevitably fail? If so, you're not alone. Whether through fear, denial, or ignorance, many organizations don't kill their doomed projects fast enough. It's a darn shame because these lousy things can drive everyone crazy while burning scarce resources....
SlideShare: user communication failure
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:20:27 -0700
While Enterprise 2.0 applications can be useful, hassles sometimes abound. In this case, I innocently tried to upload a simple file to SlideShare, only to learn things aren't always straightforward.After attempting to upload the file, I received an error message stating in part: There's a big chance this is...
What programming language should we teach?
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:21:54 -0700
I had a discussion shortly before the end of the year with one of our exchange students regarding a programming class I wanted to teach. My goal was simply to introduce programming concepts and algorithmic thinking. Heck, I'd be happy if the kids could walk out of the...
Eclipse Foundation delivers Ganymede train with 23 cars, but where are the cloud on-ramps?
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:28:47 -0700
Now that the Eclipse Foundation has proven it mettle with delivery of consistent and complete packages of downloads -- now's the time to take this puppy to the cloud. I'd like to see more integration between Eclipse products and cloud-based development, integration and deployment services. And I'm not alone on...
Bee Documents, Inc. - Software for timeline creation, document presentation, bates stamping, and PDF document conversion.
Meta Description: [ Free software and shareware applications for Windows and Macintosh provided by Bee Documents, Inc. Featuring Text to PDF Converter for creating pdf files. ]
Big Pixel Software - Freeware and donationware utilities and games. for the Macintosh operating system.
Meta Description: [ Big Pixel Software has free games, utilities, and more apps! All for the apple macintosh operating system. ]
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Cellulo - Movie player for Mac OS X. Its key features are: full screen, playlists, resizing, subtitles, and a user-friendly interface.
Meta Description: [ Mac OS X movie player and presentation software ]
David Stark aka Zarkonnen - Personal website with several Mac utilities as well as a game, Asteroid Storm. It also features a gallery of computer-made pictures and photography.
Meta Description: [ The personal website of David Stark. It contains a large gallery of computer images and photography, and several freeware applications for the Mac OS, most importantly the game Asteroid Storm and Xkeys, a launcher application. There's also some short stories and political raving. ]
Davtri - iRot13, Davtri Haiku Generator, Davtri Insult Generator, Idea Tracker, Davtri Fingerprinting HTTP Scanner, Davtri Fingerprinting Port Scanner, PyWeather, dWeather, httpScanner, IP to Decimal, WhatPorts, Elizabethan Insulter, and jTranslator.
Desktop Manager - Free (open-source) virtual desktop manager for Mac OS 10.3.
Digital Cow Software - Supporting Weblock and Wraparound for OSX.
Meta Description: [ Freeware and shareware for Mac OS X ]
Doug's AppleScripts - Written for use with Apple's iTunes MP3 player and for SoundJam from Casady Greene.
Meta Description: [ Download over 380 free AppleScripts iTunes on the Mac, plus information on writing your own iTunes AppleScripts. This site is weblished by Doug Adams. ]
Enthusiasts Free Software - Programs created or ported out of need.
File Sequencer - File renaming and renumbering utility for Mac OS X.
Meta Description: [ File Sequencer - a free renumbering and renaming tool for OS X. ]
FileType - An application to change the file types (type- and creator-codes) of files. Good for OS 8.6 - OSX.
Freebies Galore! - An article by Gareth Jones giving an overview of some of the free software available for the Macintosh.
FreeMacWare - Reviews of select free applications for the Mac.
Meta Description: [ The Best Mac Freeware. Updated Daily By Brian Stucki and Richard K Miller ]
iText - Text editor with simple word processing for Mac. Free.
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Jbum - Author's site. Utilities and filters. Syd, Pixel Magic, HexEdit, Orville, CheeseToast, Photoshop Expression.
Meta Description: [ Jim Bumgardner's Birding Page ]
Jeb-Soft - Ejector, NetDraw, Last Start, Perpetual Calendar, Converter+, and Search URL. Site in French and English.
Meta Description: [ Jeb Web site where you can download Jeb-Soft freeware ]
LJSilicon's Treasure Chest - Freeware and shareware for the Apple II computer.
Mac OS Sound Sets for Discriminating Tastes - For Mac OS 8.5 and higher Sound sets and custom icons.
MacDiveTable - Open water recreational dive planner for the MacOS, and MacOS X. Freeware applications to help SCUBA divers plan dives.
Macfreewares.8m.com - Only freeware. Only for Macs. Updated daily with read me files and screenshots!
Meta Description: [ Freeware for Macintosh, Freeware for Apple, Freewares for Macintosh, only freeware, with screenshots, and regularly updated. Freeware only, no demoware, no shareware. ]
Mactracker - Free program that attempts to list every Macintosh ever built and the hardware specifications of each machine.
MassReplaceIt - A Mac OS X utility that performs a find and replace on multiple files or filenames at once.
MKD software - Software development company offering several utilities.
Movie Time from Sansworks - Simple movie player that offers fullscreen playback, smart playlist sort, subtitles support, preferences dialog for configuration, and one-touch keyboard control.
Meta Description: [ Movie Time: Simple yet powerful fulscreen movie player for Mac OS X. ]
myRibosome - Analyses genetic data and converts it to musical parameters. This application acts like a ribosome in a cell that translates the bases of the incoming mRNA into aminoacids that form the components of the folded protein chains. Musical style: House/Dub/Abstract
Niftee-Tron - Games, puzzles and icons.
Meta Description: [ Option8 is an electronic identity for Charles Mangin and this site is an outlet for his creative inspirations, like the Niftee-Tron Aggrivator in the form of interactive graphic design - called floppyware. Also, in his attempt to be helpful, and a terminal geek, he writes a technology column call... ]
NoName Scriptware - Free AppleScripts to improve the Mac user experience.
OOOk Apps - Producer of TwiddleService, used to fix chronic typographical errors, OOOkTunes, used to display information on the currently playing track in iTunes (artwork, rating, title, artist etc.) and Virtual Pet Rock.
Meta Description: [ OOOk Apps software development ]
Opus Software - Macintosh software development, mainly utilities.
Meta Description: [ Opus Software, Macintosh developer since 1986 and professionally since 1991, is specialized in Macintosh software development. ]
Panda Systems - Freeware and shareware, specializing in desktop interface enhancements. Mailing list.
Meta Description: [ Quality Macintosh freeware and shareware, specializing in desktop interface enhancements. ]
Rainbox - Program which uses palette animation to make your drawings appear as if they're moving.
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Separator - A hex viewer written in Cocoa that has full support for HFS+ forks, 8/16/32/64-bit representation, big/little endian mode, octal, decimal or hexadecimal form.
SetiLogger X - Addon Mac OS X program for the seti@home application.
Silver Software - Freeware games and utilities.
Meta Description: [ Silver Software - software design, web design, game development for Mac. ]
The Talking Moose - A desktop diversion for the Mac that has a Moose pop up on your screen periodically (several different animations are available), and have it say something funny, witty or utterly useless using Speech Synthesis. Available for MacOS 7.1-9.x and MacOS X 10.1 or better.
Thriftmac - A selection of good quality freeware for Mac OS X. Categories include games, Internet and utilities. Users can rate and comment on the software.
Meta Description: [ The best mac freeware. ]
WhatRoute - Offers traceroute, ping, whois, network sniffer, dns query tool for MacOS 9 and MacOS X.
Xtralean Software - Makers of ImageWell an imaging application that lives in the menu bar. Product information, support, and contact information.
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