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-image-10.5: Avoid Mail’s ‘no sound for new messages’ bug

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10.5: Avoid Mail's 'no sound for new messages' bug: "Apple Mail.app does not play the new mail alert sound in a consistent manner, and this bug has been there since the first release of 10.5. This occurs when Mail.app uses IMAP's IDLE command to discover a new message -- if that's the case, then the new mail alert is not played. The alert is only played when Mail.app uses the periodic polling to discover a new message.Therefore, the solution is to turn off the IDLE command, and make the polling interval Read more [...]

-image-1Password Free from the Mac Giving Tree, Normally $40 [Deals]

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1Password Free from the Mac Giving Tree, Normally $40 [Deals]: "On Monday we told you about the Mac Giving Tree, a software giveaway of great Mac shareware. At the time the folks at MacHeist kept a few of the downloads undisclosed until Christmas, and now they're here. One's a game (whatevs), one's a compact RSS reader, and, more importantly, the third is the excellent password manager and form filler, 1Password. This app will normally set you back $40, so if you think you might have use for it, Read more [...]

-image-TimeMachineScheduler – set the backup interval of Time Machine

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TimeMachineScheduler - set the backup interval of Time Machine: "TimeMachineScheduler set the backup interval of Time Machine from 1 to 12 hours" In Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Apple has introduced Time Machine, a very convenient way to make backups. Unfortunately the backup interval is preset constantly to one hour. Apple uses an launchd daemon to control the timing, but changing the interval value in the launchd.plist file has no effect. TimeMachineScheduler disables the automatic backup function of Read more [...]

-image-HierarchicalDock (donationware)

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Eternal Storms Software - HierarchicalDock: "Leopard took it away, HierarchicalDock brings it back. With unique features even Apple wouldn't think of implementing." (Via eternalstorms.) Read more [...]