I'm looking for a standalone clipboard manager for OSX that has LaunchBar's "Paste and Remove from History" functionality.
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posted by backwards guitar
on Apr 12, 2013 -
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In order to reduce eyestrain when on the computer, I use the basic OSX (10.6.8) Text to Speech (System Prefs -> Speech -> Text to Speech) software for the computer to read out long-form articles found online. This works great! Except....sometimes when I ask "Alex" to read out to me it will skip or garble words from the highlighted article, usually one word per sentence or after
x number of words. Why?
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posted by carabiner
on Mar 11, 2013 -
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I'd like to produce an offset-print-quality map, modeled after airline flight path maps, which graphically reproduces hundreds of point-to-point connections: in this specific case, between radio transmitters and reception locations. What software is capable of producing some variation on this, perhaps by putting in GPS coordinates? (OS X please.)
posted by mykescipark
on Feb 22, 2013 -
4 answers
Is there any calendar/scheduling software for OS X
and Windows that can sync info with Google Calendar?
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posted by zardoz
on Jan 6, 2013 -
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I am looking for a wonderful timer program for Mac (OS X 10.7.4 +).
It needs to have a Cocoa GUI (meaning a GUI that isn't ugly, and isn't unnecessarily complicated), the ability to run multiple timers, and the ability to name timers with a decent amount of detail. Sound is an important feature, too.
Command line alternatives are also cool, but not ideal.
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posted by oceanjesse
on Aug 31, 2012 -
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How can I make a Mac app crash reproducibly with the solution being to trash the app's preferences and have them rebuild automatically?
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posted by joshrholloway
on Aug 8, 2012 -
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Some tech blogger - probably one with a Mac focus - wrote a post about leaving TextMate for a different text editor, in the style of someone addressing a person with whom they were ending a romantic relationship. Can you help me find it?
posted by Egg Shen
on Jul 27, 2012 -
4 answers
Help me find this obscure software from the dawn of Mac OS X. It was a desktop fishy that let people take screenshots of your desktop remotely.
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posted by hot_monster
on Apr 24, 2012 -
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Please help me restore Mac OS on my wife's MacBook! I am pulling my hair out.
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posted by Dr. Wu
on Apr 11, 2012 -
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I'm writing a paper that involves reading forty articles by about thirty different historians. Their biographical details are relevant. I'd like to be able to enter information about these articles and their authors into a database (or something similar) and then be able to sort by the various categories, link entries together, easily have lists of all of the people or articles who fit a given criterium, et cetera. What should I use? Free or cheap, OSX-compatible, relatively low learning curve.
posted by naturalog
on Nov 8, 2011 -
6 answers
A few Blu Ray questions, one external drives for a mac, one on ripping on a Mac, and one of buying discs online/in Toronto...
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posted by dobbs
on Oct 3, 2011 -
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I'm writing a technical book - and intending to self publish, mostly electronically. OSX - Best of class software? For writing? For publishing? Other deeper writing and self publishing questions inside!
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posted by filmgeek
on Aug 15, 2011 -
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Does anyone have recommendations for great OS X applications for computers that are stationed in a daycare's preschool classrooms? I'm taking on the task of reinstalling four Mac Minis in my daughter's daycare, and am looking for ideas about the best software (freeware or inexpensive shareware/payware) for kids between the ages of 2 1/2 and 5 years old.
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posted by delfuego
on Oct 12, 2010 -
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What is the best way to move years of financial data from AceMoney on Windows to anything on OSX and not screw it all up?
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posted by drgonzo2k2
on Jun 30, 2010 -
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A while back I found a web page for nice OSX tool for fixing the dates of a set of pictures by allowing the user to sort them graphically in a timeline. Sadly I did not download it then, and now I seem to have lost the link.
Does anyone know what this tool is?
posted by TheyCallItPeace
on Mar 27, 2010 -
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Are there any programs/extensions out there to make the editing/organizing of my bookmarks in Firefox any easier? I'm using XMarks to sync these bookmarks between my XP and OSX machines.
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posted by decrescendo
on Feb 6, 2010 -
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Does anyone know a good mapping software for an ontological map or a cognitive map for Mac OSX?
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 4, 2010 -
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Is there a Mac equivalent to
CDR Media Code Identifier. This could be run in Parallels, but I'm not sure it'll be able to get what it needs out of the DVD drive. And of course, it'd be nice to not have to run Parallels.
posted by ignignokt
on Sep 15, 2009 -
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I'm looking for OSX video editing software to use for preparing live music videos for uploading to YouTube. I want to overlay audio tracks from an audio recorder over video footage from a digital camera, cropping either as needed, and exporting the finished video as MPEG4 or H.264. Final Cut seems like overkill (and costs a fair bit), and iMovie doesn't offer the precision to easily align the separate tracks. Can anyone recommend a good, reasonably inexpensive package that will do the job?
posted by acb
on Jul 28, 2009 -
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OS X dictation/transcription software: is it worthwhile? I've recorded several hours of audio onto an MP3 voice recorder. I'd like to move the files to my mac, and run them through dictation software. Is this feasible?
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posted by aladfar
on Jun 14, 2009 -
9 answers
Can I use a software program for a more up-to-date version of OS X than mine, without upgrading my entire computer?
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posted by world b free
on May 7, 2009 -
9 answers
How secure is Time Machine backups?
I'm worried about security of the data stored by Time Machine.
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posted by Leech
on Mar 30, 2009 -
17 answers
We're a web dev shop with $700 that needs to be spent on software by the end of fiscal. What should we get?
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posted by furtive
on Feb 25, 2009 -
12 answers
Are there any upgrade paths for Photoshop that don't require a version of CS?
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posted by alan
on Jan 21, 2009 -
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I need a good and fast tool to compare two folders side by side, with the ability of exclude .SVN and other useless files.
I've found some ones like
Compare Folders and
DeltaWalker but I haven't tried these yet. Do you recommend them?
posted by Leech
on Oct 22, 2008 -
11 answers
Mac users who write LaTeX documents in Emacs (with or without AucTeX), please tell me about your workflow.
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posted by gleuschk
on Oct 4, 2008 -
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Getting some Mac servers and looking for suggestions on backup software.
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posted by jmd82
on Sep 24, 2008 -
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What Mac software is good for organizing large collections of live concert recordings? Something that is cheap or free, and makes it easy to store info.txt files, cover art and additional notes, then search, summarize and export lists. I know there is Windows software that is designed for this kind of thing, but can't find anything for OS X.
posted by nowonmai
on Sep 22, 2008 -
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I'm looking for software for the Mac that logs open documents (and how long they are open). Does such a thing exist?
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posted by Mcable
on Sep 21, 2008 -
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I'm looking for a piece of software, either for my Mac or online: I'm a philosophy major, and there's a huge number of thinkers, schools of thought, and concepts to manage in the area. What I want, ideally, is something that holds terms and definitions and allows me to drag them into categories (i.e. a page for poststructuralist writers.) Tags are better than hierarchies because I want each term to appear in several areas. I'm sure something exists but I don't know what to call it to do a good search. (I already use Evernote for notes and it might roughly work, although I really want something more focused and lightweight.)
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posted by poorlydrawnplato
on Aug 2, 2008 -
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Can Front Row be run in a window, or can videos being played in front row be bookmarked? I hate to have to try to skip back to where i was in a movie or tv show after doing something else...
posted by luriete
on Jul 26, 2008 -
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Are there any free, good software auditing programs/suites for OS X?
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posted by speek
on Jun 21, 2008 -
3 answers
Major crashes with OS X 10.4 (on a G5 iMac). Bad hardware?
It looks like I'll have to take it in for repairs, but maybe there's a software fix?
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posted by AmbroseChapel
on Jun 1, 2008 -
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