Oct 21

Can’t Download Quicksilver for Mac – Quicksilver Download Unavailable

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Ever since I bought my new MacBook Pro, I’ve been reading everywhere about how useful the Quicksilver app is. Quicksilver is made by blacktree.com, and is a launcher program, but it’s effectiveness comes in its ability to be customized by dragging item into it and then specify actions within Quicksilver, such as emailing files, zipping files, sending items to people, moving or copying files or folders, etc. However, my only problem with Quicksilver right now is the fact that I can’t download it. I’ve been looking all over for it, and it has been unavailable for the past few weeks. Does anyone know where I can locate a copy for download?

Quicksilver is a unified, extensible interface that lets you easily execute commands and manipulate data across almost every applicatioin on your computer.

Quicksilver has many features and options to explore. Using Quicksilver, you can open applications, create an iCal event, play a song on iTunes, or email information from your Address Book to a friend.

The above quote is from Quicksilver.

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Oct 15

Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac – Connect to Windows Server from a Mac

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After searching and searching for a remote desktop client that I could use on my new MacBook Pro, I came up with CoRD, which seemed to do the trick. Until I tried connecting to a Windows Server 2008 machine. Apparently there are some signatures or something that don’t line-up between CoRD and Windows Server 2008, so as of now, CoRD is unable to connect. Having not seen another remote desktop option while searching, I thought that I was just up a creek until CoRD released a new update, until today, when I randomly came across a page at Microsoft that has the Mac version of their Remote Desktop Client. Now, I don’t know why this didn’t come up in any of my original searches, but had I known about this client, I would have been using it from the start since 99.9% of the server that I need to connect to are Windows Servers.

If you’re having the same problem that I was having with CoRD, try downloading the Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2.

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Oct 11

FTP Software for Mac – The Best and Easiest FTP Clients for Former PC Users

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Since switchin to Mac, I’ve been looking for a good FTP program that will get the job done with features similar to that of FTP programs that I used on my PC – Ipswitch’s WS_FTP Pro, CuteFTP, etc. After searching for quite awhile, it was obvious that there were 3 leaders.

  1. Fetch – Shareware: $25.00
  2. Transmit – Shareware: $29.95
  3. Cyberduck – Free

Seeing that I just spent over $2G’s on my new MacBook Pro, I decided to go with the freeware version of Cyberduck to start, and I must admit that thus far, I’m very happy with it. It really is plain and simple, and took no time to learn or get used to. I installed it and immediately was able to FTP to my site and transfer files. Some of the best features of the Cyberduck FTP Client for Mac are:

  • Browser – Simply open and FTP site and browse the documents just as you would on your Mac. You also have the option to use QuickLook, the handy new feature that is built into OSX Leopard.
  • WebURL – If you specify the corresponding website when setting up your FTP connection, you’ll be able to open up the corresponding web URL without having to open your browser and type in the address. Handy, especially when editing and working with non-dynamic HTML based sites.
  • Integration – Cyberduck allows integration into the OSX platform, allowing Cyberduck to become the default handler for all FTP/SFTP connections.
  • Activity Window – Gives a current status of all open transfers.
  • Keychain – Stores all passwords in the System Keychain.
  • Amazon S3 – Allows easy connection and access to Amazon’s S3 file storage service. Great for backing up files.
  • Synchronization – One of the best features, this allows you to directly synchronize local and remote directories, and prior to synchronizing, Cyberduck will display a listing of affected files and directories so that you can see what will be changed/updated prior to starting the sync.

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Oct 10

Managing Windows Servers from a Mac: CoRD Remote Desktop Client

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As I’ve stated before, I am a web developer and I’ve always got the need to connect to a Windows Server somewhere via Remote Desktop. CoRD (Cocoa Remote Desktop) has given me the perfect solution for connecting to Windows Servers and Windows based PC’s, just as easy as using the Remote Desktop Client that is built into Windows itself. CoRD has given me the perfect option for connecting to my office Terminal Server, as well as managing and maintaining my other servers.

CoRD Remote Desktop for Mac OSX is a great option if you need to connect and manager any of the following:

  • Windows Server 2000
  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows Server 2008 (hopefully coming soon)
  • Windows XP (Home, Professional or Media Center Edition)
  • Windows Vista (Home Premium, Business, Ultimate)

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