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Top 5 Things To Check Out at Macworld 2010

Macworld 2010 opens today. It is the 25th annual gathering of Mac users. That’s right, 25 years!
But thanks to the absence of Apple this year, this “Mecca for Mac Heads” may be the last. So check it out while you can.

The show runs for 5 days. The Expo showfloor opens on Thursday at noon.
For the [...]

Opinion: MacBook, or iMac + iPad?

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The announcement of the iPad has done a lot of things: it’s stoked up excitement in the Mac using community, it’s got a bunch of developers feverishly coding exciting new stuff, and it’s got retailers and cell phone companies the world over drooling over the money they can make from it.
And it’s also somewhat upset [...]

In Depth: 30 Days with the Nexus One

It’s been a month since my review of Google’s “SuperPhone”, the Nexus One. Since that time, we’ve surfed, updated facebook, navigated, called, played endless hands of cribbage and even tried to freeze it to death on a trip to Dayton Ohio. Follow me after the jump to find out does the “SuperPhone” stand the [...]

Apple second only to Microsoft in cash and investments… and that’s about to change

Silicon Insider posted this interesting graph putting into perspective exactly how large Apple is, compared with the other big three tech companies out there. And it’s all about cash.
Essentially, Apple is the second most cash rich company out there, with a little under $39.8 billion in cash and short and long term securities to call [...]

OmniGroup Sets Four of its Apps Free

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While most of the Mac blogosphere has been occupied with a certain other browser release, the OmniGroup, a stalwart of NeXT and OS X software development, has made four of its own previously commercial apps, including the very appealing OmniWeb browser, completely free of charge. The other applications in question are presentation improver OmniDazzle, useless file remover OmniDiskSweeper, and developer tool OmniObjectMeter.

Back years ago, pre-Safari and Firefox, my brother and I would debate constantly about which the best OS X browser. He said OmniWeb, and I always argued in favor of Chimera (which turned into Camino). The reasons were pretty clear. I was a college student and poor, and he was gainfully employed and could afford to pay for his browser. Also, I had a 12″ Powerbook, and he had a 17″ model, so the large amount of screen real estate needed to take advantage of all of OmniWeb’s cool features was no sweat for him.

A lot of time has passed since then, Camino has improved dramatically, and so has OmniWeb. I’m still no convert, but I’m more tempted than I have ever been. And free DiskSweeper! That’s awesome!

Hat tip: Gruber

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6 comments

    I’m not sure why you said OmniDiskSweeper is useless. Have you ever used it? It’s a godsend for laptop users with limited storage space. It visually shows what’s taking up space on your harddrive – from the largest files and folders first to the smallest. It helped me find all these useless folders takes GBs of space, like printer drivers, Garageband loops, etc.

    I was thinking of purchasing OmniDazzle for my screencasting needs awhile back, but it had some limits that made me hesitate. It seemed unlikely that it’d be upgraded, so at least I’m happy to see it’s been made free! Thanx for posting about this, I heard the news from you!

    Is it a “useless file” remover or a “useless” file remover?

    What Mathias said. I meant that removes “useless files,” not that the program is useless. I love DiskSweeper and ran it last night.

    Thanks for posting this! I just downloaded OmniDiskSweeper and tried it for the first time. I was able to clear up about 90GB of disk space very easily. I delete everything from useless printer drivers to duplicated (or not needed) movies/music/etc as well as ‘Previous Systems’ data. It took all about 5 minutes after the initial sweep.

    AndyM has 90GB of wasted/redundant space?

    o_O

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