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License:Free to try; $229.00 to buy
Editor's Rating: Average
User Rating: (out of 25 votes) Rate it!
Downloads: 347,518
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.3/10.4/10.5
Limitations: Session runs for 300 minutes only
Date Added:March 15, 2007
Publisher's description of Traktor DJ Studio
view larger From Native Instruments:
Traktor DJ Studio stretches the limits of conventional tools by opening up a whole new world of real-time sound-alteration possibilities. Spot-on beat matching with one click, up to 10 tempo-precise loops and cue points, a well-equipped DJ mixer, a powerful database, complete remote control, mix recording, overdubbing, and fast mix exporting are only a few highlights from Traktor DJ Studio's extensive list of features. Present your own DJ style live on stage and record the mix to disk.
Interactive wave displays, superb EQs, one touch loops, automatic beat matching, and scratch presets are the secrets of Tractor DJ--the perfect fun machine. The application's features include an MP3, WAV, and audio-CD player with two decks and professional sound quality, as well as fully automated tempo and beat matching, beat-sync display, pitch control, and fast-seek mode. Version 3.3 added Mac OS X Leopard compatibility and Traktor Scratch integration.
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Editor's review of Traktor DJ Studio
Get in the mixSerious DJs, look no further--Traktor DJ Studio busts out a power-packed array of tools, surpassing the abilities of traditional DJ equipment. This versatile application gives you everything you need for live and in-studio mixing and remixing, complete with automatic beat synchronization, one-touch looping, a solid track-search function, interactive graphic waveform displays, and smooth crossfades at the click of a button.
Best of all, Traktor DJ Studio has an intuitive interface, closely resembling a real-world mixing board, that makes it easy to set and save multiple loops and cue points in a track. Our main complaint is that some of the cooler features only run (or run smoothly) on high-end machines, and you might not want to risk taking your nice laptop to a gig. Its price and performance mark Traktor DJ Studio for professional use.
Monday, March 31, 2008
GarageBand 4.1.2
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License:Free to try; $79.00 to buy
Average User Rating: (out of 26 votes) Rate it!
Downloads: 205,653
Requirements: Mac OS X/10.4/10.5, GarageBand 4
Limitations: No limitations
Date Added:March 17, 2008
Publisher's description of GarageBand
view larger From Apple:
GarageBand turns your Mac into an anytime, anywhere recording studio packed with hundreds of instruments and a recording engineer or two for good measure. It's the easiest way to create, perform, and record your own music whether you're an accomplished musician or just wish you were a rock star. As one of the newer members of the iLife family, you can add your original music to your slideshows, your DVD menus, burn it to CDs or score your iMovie projects.
Version 4.1.2 improves overall stability and addresses issues with the automation of software instrument parameters, FireWire and USB based audio devices and Magic GarageBand.
License:Free to try; $79.00 to buy
Average User Rating: (out of 26 votes) Rate it!
Downloads: 205,653
Requirements: Mac OS X/10.4/10.5, GarageBand 4
Limitations: No limitations
Date Added:March 17, 2008
Publisher's description of GarageBand
view larger From Apple:
GarageBand turns your Mac into an anytime, anywhere recording studio packed with hundreds of instruments and a recording engineer or two for good measure. It's the easiest way to create, perform, and record your own music whether you're an accomplished musician or just wish you were a rock star. As one of the newer members of the iLife family, you can add your original music to your slideshows, your DVD menus, burn it to CDs or score your iMovie projects.
Version 4.1.2 improves overall stability and addresses issues with the automation of software instrument parameters, FireWire and USB based audio devices and Magic GarageBand.
StellarPhoenix 2
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License:Free to try; $129.00 to buy
Average User Rating: (out of 2 votes) Rate it!
Downloads: 6,819
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.3/10.4/10.5
Limitations: Read-only trial
Date Added:December 12, 2007
Publisher's description of StellarPhoenix
view larger From Stellar Information Systems:
Stellar Phoenix Mac data recovery software, recovers data from damaged, deleted, or corrupted volumes and even from initialized disks. An exhaustive scan of the drive is performed to locate lost partitions. Stellar Phoenix Macintosh supports the HFS and HFSplus file systems, and works fully in the Mac OS environment. Version 2 now works on Leopard.
License:Free to try; $129.00 to buy
Average User Rating: (out of 2 votes) Rate it!
Downloads: 6,819
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.3/10.4/10.5
Limitations: Read-only trial
Date Added:December 12, 2007
Publisher's description of StellarPhoenix
view larger From Stellar Information Systems:
Stellar Phoenix Mac data recovery software, recovers data from damaged, deleted, or corrupted volumes and even from initialized disks. An exhaustive scan of the drive is performed to locate lost partitions. Stellar Phoenix Macintosh supports the HFS and HFSplus file systems, and works fully in the Mac OS environment. Version 2 now works on Leopard.
Xslimmer 1.5.1
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License:Free to try; $9.95 to buy
Editor's Rating: Average
Downloads: 2,055 Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4
Limitations: See description
Date Added:March 17, 2008
Publisher's description of Xslimmer
view larger From LateNiteSoft:
Xslimmer reduces the disk space taken up by Universal Binary applications preserving just the Intel or PowerPC version. Xslimmer is a new and user-friendly way to size down your Universal Binary apps, without losing any of their functionality by removing the code inside the Universal Binaries that does not fit with your machine's architecture, a code that never gets executed and just wastes your disk space. Liberates up to 50 Mb of disk space.
Version 1.5.1 includes adjustments in 64-bit handling code, support for redundant or malformed localization folders, visual improvements, and other bug-fixes.
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Editor's review of Xslimmer
Save space with XSlimmerXSlimmer is an effective shareware tool that costs a lot less than buying a brand-new hard drive and is excellent at clearing out unnecessary code from your installer files. For a little more than the price of an Alexander Hamilton, XSlimmer will sweep your Applications folder and leave code suitable only for your computer. For example, if you've got an Intel processor, XSlimmer will cut down iTunes from 129MB to 31.6MB: That's gastric bypass surgery for your computer.
You can drag and drop specific programs into the main XSlimmer window, or you can hit the Genie button and it'll add every program it can find on your machine. Once you're ready to go, hit the Slim! button in the lower right corner and XSlimmer rips out unnecessary weight from your apps. Other buttons on the nav include Stop to halt the process, Clear to remove all unselected files, and Reveal to show the selected program in Finder. History reveals your behavior log.
There are some programs that are internally blocked by XSlimmer itself from the process--Safari is one that's blacklisted--but the app will make backups for you just in case you mess something up. The trial version limits users to liposuctioning 50MB. If you want to remove anything more, you'll have to pay.
License:Free to try; $9.95 to buy
Editor's Rating: Average
Downloads: 2,055 Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4
Limitations: See description
Date Added:March 17, 2008
Publisher's description of Xslimmer
view larger From LateNiteSoft:
Xslimmer reduces the disk space taken up by Universal Binary applications preserving just the Intel or PowerPC version. Xslimmer is a new and user-friendly way to size down your Universal Binary apps, without losing any of their functionality by removing the code inside the Universal Binaries that does not fit with your machine's architecture, a code that never gets executed and just wastes your disk space. Liberates up to 50 Mb of disk space.
Version 1.5.1 includes adjustments in 64-bit handling code, support for redundant or malformed localization folders, visual improvements, and other bug-fixes.
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Editor's review of Xslimmer
Save space with XSlimmerXSlimmer is an effective shareware tool that costs a lot less than buying a brand-new hard drive and is excellent at clearing out unnecessary code from your installer files. For a little more than the price of an Alexander Hamilton, XSlimmer will sweep your Applications folder and leave code suitable only for your computer. For example, if you've got an Intel processor, XSlimmer will cut down iTunes from 129MB to 31.6MB: That's gastric bypass surgery for your computer.
You can drag and drop specific programs into the main XSlimmer window, or you can hit the Genie button and it'll add every program it can find on your machine. Once you're ready to go, hit the Slim! button in the lower right corner and XSlimmer rips out unnecessary weight from your apps. Other buttons on the nav include Stop to halt the process, Clear to remove all unselected files, and Reveal to show the selected program in Finder. History reveals your behavior log.
There are some programs that are internally blocked by XSlimmer itself from the process--Safari is one that's blacklisted--but the app will make backups for you just in case you mess something up. The trial version limits users to liposuctioning 50MB. If you want to remove anything more, you'll have to pay.
Boomerang Data Recovery 1.1.2
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License:Free to try; $99.95 to buy (Buy it now)
Average User Rating: (out of 22 votes) Rate it!
Downloads: 25,057
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.3/10.4
Limitations: Recovered files save-disabled
Date Added:April 11, 2007
Publisher's description of Boomerang Data Recovery
view larger From Digital Frontiers:
Recovers lost data due to corruption, formatted disk, bad hard drive, deleted files, accidental re-install of os. Will recover from hard drives, flash media, FireWire, USB drives, RAID (0/1) Disk Arrays. Recovers HFS/HFS+, NFS, & FAT 16/32 Volumes.
License:Free to try; $99.95 to buy (Buy it now)
Average User Rating: (out of 22 votes) Rate it!
Downloads: 25,057
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.3/10.4
Limitations: Recovered files save-disabled
Date Added:April 11, 2007
Publisher's description of Boomerang Data Recovery
view larger From Digital Frontiers:
Recovers lost data due to corruption, formatted disk, bad hard drive, deleted files, accidental re-install of os. Will recover from hard drives, flash media, FireWire, USB drives, RAID (0/1) Disk Arrays. Recovers HFS/HFS+, NFS, & FAT 16/32 Volumes.
Microsoft Messenger for Mac 6.0.3
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License:Free
Editor's Rating: Average
User Rating: (out of 25 votes) Rate it!
Downloads: 207,844
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.3.9
Limitations: No limitations
Date Added:February 12, 2008
Publisher's description of Microsoft Messenger for Mac
From Microsoft:
Convenience is the name of the game for Mac users who want to communicate instantly with family, friends and colleagues from one convenient place. To help you do this, we've created our first Universal application: Microsoft Messenger for Mac. Messenger gives you more ways to share whats on your mind whether you are at work or play.
Messenger for Mac 6.0.3 includes improved performance during file transfers and improvements to Kerberos authentication. It also introduces support for the Danish, Finnish, and Norwegian languages. In addition, Messenger for Mac 6.0.3 includes logging for the personal account. Log files can help troubleshoot various problems in Messenger such as connection problems, status failures, and other issues. Enabling logs saves a file containing personal information to ~/Documents. Anyone with access to this directory can open this file. By default, Messenger logging is turned off. For more information about how to enable logging for troubleshooting problems, contact support.
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Editor's review of Microsoft Messenger for Mac
If you need a chat client to use exclusively with friends who use MSN Messenger, this app does the job, but doesn't offer much in the way of extra features. The tabbed interface makes it easy to organize your contacts into groups like Personal and Work, and sharing files is fairly painless. One of our main issues with Microsoft Messenger is the lack of Webcam support which is almost a must have with many of the new Macs coming with an included Webcam. The sign-up process also makes you jump through several hoops to get set up. Overall, if you just want to chat with other users of MSN chat or Microsoft Messenger, this program will work. But if you want more features, like the ability to chat with multiple chat clients and Webcam support, you will need to look elsewhere.
License:Free
Editor's Rating: Average
User Rating: (out of 25 votes) Rate it!
Downloads: 207,844
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.3.9
Limitations: No limitations
Date Added:February 12, 2008
Publisher's description of Microsoft Messenger for Mac
From Microsoft:
Convenience is the name of the game for Mac users who want to communicate instantly with family, friends and colleagues from one convenient place. To help you do this, we've created our first Universal application: Microsoft Messenger for Mac. Messenger gives you more ways to share whats on your mind whether you are at work or play.
Messenger for Mac 6.0.3 includes improved performance during file transfers and improvements to Kerberos authentication. It also introduces support for the Danish, Finnish, and Norwegian languages. In addition, Messenger for Mac 6.0.3 includes logging for the personal account. Log files can help troubleshoot various problems in Messenger such as connection problems, status failures, and other issues. Enabling logs saves a file containing personal information to ~/Documents. Anyone with access to this directory can open this file. By default, Messenger logging is turned off. For more information about how to enable logging for troubleshooting problems, contact support.
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Editor's review of Microsoft Messenger for Mac
If you need a chat client to use exclusively with friends who use MSN Messenger, this app does the job, but doesn't offer much in the way of extra features. The tabbed interface makes it easy to organize your contacts into groups like Personal and Work, and sharing files is fairly painless. One of our main issues with Microsoft Messenger is the lack of Webcam support which is almost a must have with many of the new Macs coming with an included Webcam. The sign-up process also makes you jump through several hoops to get set up. Overall, if you just want to chat with other users of MSN chat or Microsoft Messenger, this program will work. But if you want more features, like the ability to chat with multiple chat clients and Webcam support, you will need to look elsewhere.
Safari 3.1
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License:Free
Editor's Rating: Average
User Rating: (out of 82 votes) Rate it!
Downloads: 175,526
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4.9
Limitations: No limitations
Date Added:March 18, 2008
Publisher's description of Safari
From Apple:
This Web browser is completely integrated with Mac OS X technologies such as Rendezvous and iSync. It renders pages with a high degree of speed and standards compliance. The interface features an innovative bookmarking system, as well as tabbed browsing and a built-in Google search box with a breadcrumb feature called SnapBack. You can block pop-up ads and instantly use your Internet Explorer favorites as well as any URLs in your Address Book. Version 3.1 adds support for new Web standards such as HTML 5 audio and video tags and improves browser speed.
Note:The Download Now link will take you to the Apple Safari download page.
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Editor's review of Safari
Go on a SafariApple's latest version of Safari still puts it among the top browsers in its category, but those who like to customize their surfing experience may need to look elsewhere. Version 3 adds some exciting new features including resizable text fields, the ability to reopen your previous browsing session upon launch, and significantly faster page load times.
The Snapback feature makes it easy to return to your original page when your surfing through a lot of links. Safari also lets you collect and browse through RSS feeds right from the bookmarks panel. We like the clean interface and layout of browser controls, but some more ability to customize would be nice.
Overall, we think Safari is a great browser for Mac, but if you want more add-ons and more customization features, you should probably try another browser.
License:Free
Editor's Rating: Average
User Rating: (out of 82 votes) Rate it!
Downloads: 175,526
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4.9
Limitations: No limitations
Date Added:March 18, 2008
Publisher's description of Safari
From Apple:
This Web browser is completely integrated with Mac OS X technologies such as Rendezvous and iSync. It renders pages with a high degree of speed and standards compliance. The interface features an innovative bookmarking system, as well as tabbed browsing and a built-in Google search box with a breadcrumb feature called SnapBack. You can block pop-up ads and instantly use your Internet Explorer favorites as well as any URLs in your Address Book. Version 3.1 adds support for new Web standards such as HTML 5 audio and video tags and improves browser speed.
Note:The Download Now link will take you to the Apple Safari download page.
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Apple Computer, Apple Macintosh, Web browser
Editor's review of Safari
Go on a SafariApple's latest version of Safari still puts it among the top browsers in its category, but those who like to customize their surfing experience may need to look elsewhere. Version 3 adds some exciting new features including resizable text fields, the ability to reopen your previous browsing session upon launch, and significantly faster page load times.
The Snapback feature makes it easy to return to your original page when your surfing through a lot of links. Safari also lets you collect and browse through RSS feeds right from the bookmarks panel. We like the clean interface and layout of browser controls, but some more ability to customize would be nice.
Overall, we think Safari is a great browser for Mac, but if you want more add-ons and more customization features, you should probably try another browser.
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