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If you can’t stay away from the internet and stay in front of computers for 24/7 like me, you need this. Freedom for Mac OS freeware can disable the networking connection intellegently. Enter the minutes after you launch the program. You will need to stop yourself at least 10 minutes. There are 2 modes you can select. Choose the local access mode to stop yourself from accessing the internet and also the other networked computers. Choose normal mode if the computer connects to the internet directly.
It will then ask for the administrative password. The internet seems still connected in the top status bar, but actually it’s not. Freedom stops the internet in the background that prevents cheating. You can’t disconnect and re-connect the internet to online during Freedom is active. Also, you can’t close Freedom. Force quit Freedom will still keep the computer offline. The only way you can cheat is to shutdown the computer and restart it again.
It would greatly improve the productivity if you stop at few minutes after long hours of work. It’s better than working 24/7 without taking any rests. See what would happen after Freedom re-enable the internet connections after the break.
We usually open the web browser and type the address of web apps and other sites. Prism, the project that has been started more than one year ago, has released the 1.0 beta. It is a tool that can “turn” web apps look like a desktop apps. Enter the URL an name of the web app, click okay. Prism can help to create desktop, start menu and quick launch bar shortcuts. It is like the real application.
Next time you don’t have to open the browser and type the address, just click the shortcuts created. Each applications created will have their own profile settings. They worked as standalone. It also provides advanced features like customizing proxy server and add-on. Prism currently works for Windows and Mac. You can download the tool or install the Firefox extension to get started.
More screenshots after the break.
Twitter has a huge growth in recent month. If you have already own a WordPress blog, it’s good to integrate it with Twitter. If you have built your Twitter friends list successfully, integration will help to promote your blog. It’s always good to be social.
Everytime I wrote a new post, I always copy the title and the link to twitter to update my followers. This is pretty stupid actually. WordPress plugin already have Twitter Tools which can publish a new tweets about new posts automatically. Steps are pretty easy. Take a look of it after the break.
Safari 4 beta is truly amazing. Not only it provides a better interface, it also provides a faster speed of loading pages. Sadly, WordPress 2.7.1 does not work well in Safari 4 beta, I am unable to insert any links in visual edit mode. It’s very inconvenient which makes me turn back to Firefox 3.
Anyway, if you have started to use Safari 4 beta on Mac, there are some hidden tweaks you may want to try. You will need to use the terminal, and type the commands stated. Click here to read those tweaks. Make sure you restart Safari after applying those tweaks.
[via Random Genius]
One of the exciting new feature in iLife 09′ GarageBand is the Artist Lessons. If you found that your Artist Lessons cannot find Fall Out Boy, OneRepublic or Sting to purchase, you may have set something wrong in system preferences. To fix it, click in the International of System Preferences, choose the region as “United States” correctly. Run the GarageBand again and say hello to Sting.
If Techmeme links to your blog, it may bring lots of traffic. Techmeme is a great source for technology lovers, they can grab all the breaking and latest news in one place. To ensure Techmeme link to your blog, the story must be original. But it’s not easy for general bloggers. So, you may take a look of what happened today, and take a look whether Techmeme has missed the story or not. If so, write the missed story, and you may get the chance to be linked.
[via Digital Inspiration]
Live search result suggestions can help to save the time for typing the whole keyword. If you use Microsoft Live Search in Firefox, the live search result suggestions cannot be displayed. If you also want to re-enable the live search result, you can now install this add-on by Microsoft now. Even Microsoft have their own browser Internet Explorer, it’s nice to see their support to other browsers.
[via CNET]
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There’s no iPhone nano in the Macworld 2009, so everyone seems very disappointed. While we all feel iPhone nano is no hope, I receive a tip from reader saying that there’s an option “iPhone nano” appear in the iTunes Connect webpage. The screen capture shows that it’s from the apple.com official page. Since the website address bar is highlighted, it’s not sure whether there is anyone who make a fake homepage, and then paste the Apple.com address.
[via WeiPhone](Chinese Content)
It’s 2009. One behalf of winandmac.com, I would like to thank you for all the readers’ support. I will work hard to provide better content in this year. Okay. If you are looking for great desktop wallpapers for the 2009, here are some collections of it. Go to that page and download in full resolution. I hope it would fit for my widescreen MacBook. Well, anyay, 2009 must be a great year.
[via WeirdResources]
Mac 101: Enter directory paths when in open/save dialogs from Cory Bohon on Vimeo.
When you open or save files, you will see the file dialog. In the file dialog, if you want to go to specific directory path, you can press Command + Shift + G, another dialog will come up. Enter the path location in the dialog to switch to. This will be pretty useful if you didn’t put the path in the PLACES of left sidebar.
[via TUAW]
