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MacWeed – Creative Bundle (2009)

Jul 19
2009

There is yet another bundle on the market. MacWeed is its name, and is an Italian initiative.

What is good about this initiative is, as stated by MacWeed, the following:

Besides we act in aid of the needy: by buyng the application package customers will support the people of Abruzzo who were rendered homeless by a terrible earthquake a few weeks ago. 20 per cent of the profits will be set aside for Italian Red Cross that will employ the money for the needs of the earthquake victims of Abruzzo.

Italian Red Cross (CRI) makes every effort to help people lying in difficult circumstances and its fame is world-wide. Our little contributions are due actions towards those noble people who are engaged in aid of the needy. We have no words to express our gratitude. The best we can do is to react with a concrete proposal.

This is a great initiative. And you can help! For only $49.95 you do not just help the Italian Red Cross, but you also get 13 applications!

Which applications are included? These 13 very nice applications are included:

Amnesia
DEVONthink Personal
Finance 6
Interarchy
ImageFramer
Media Catalog
MacSnapper
SkypeCap
Optimism
ProfCast
Photo Styler
Voila
Sandvox
Finance 6
Interarchy
ImageFramer
Media Catalog
MacSnapper
SkypeCap
Optimism
ProfCast
Photo Styler
Voila
Sandvox

More information can be found on the MacWeed website, right here: http://www.macweed.net/.

Written by Egon in: Discounted Software |

Time Machine is super!

Jul 05
2009

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Time Machine is a backup and restore program from Apple, it comes standard with OS X Leopard. To use Time Machine you need a USB or Firewire drive, or an Apple Time Capsule (officially).

Since I have a MacBook I do not want a drive, I have to connect to the MacBook. So I went with a LaCie d2 Network. This is a NAS that is Time Machine compatible. You have to have a NAS that can communicate over AFP and is Time Machine compatible , or it will not work (very well).

I have the LaCie d2 Network hooked up to an AirPort Extreme which uses the N based wifi network. I have noticed this helps a lot when making backups. It goes about 3 times (if not more) faster, compared to a G based wifi network.

Time Machine makes backups every hour so you can go “back in time” using Time Machine to restore individual files or folders.

I had made all these backups, but would they really restore?

I had installed a lot of applications just to try them out, and I felt my MacBook was a bit cluttered with junk. I wanted to reinstall my MacBook, but did not want reinstall all the settings, applications, etc… so I did a full restore. A full restore can be done via the OS X install.

I did have some problems. The LaCie d2 Network was not found, but turned out I needed to use the original cable that came with the LaCie d2 Network (usually connected to the AirPort Extreme) to connect the MacBook. And voila, there is was. OS X install will just copy a full backup from the NAS to the Mac and after a few hours I was ready to go. All I needed to do was restore some files that where added and backupped after the full backup and I was done.

I know some people prefer iBackup, or the better known SuperDuper! or Carbon Copy Cloner. I personally use Carbon Copy Cloner to make a second backup just to be sure. But Time Machine is a very good backup program and I do advise everyone to give, it at least, a try.