Solving a Mac annoyance – Ejecting Volumes with Open Files

August 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment

whats-openEver try and eject a disk on you Mac and can’t because it says there’s a file open?

You close everything that seems obvious and then try again and you still can eject the darn thing?

At this point you either give up, restart or just throw caution to the wind and pull out the plug on the disk.

With this small free utility you don’t have to get frustrated– WhatsOpen will tell you what files are open on the  volume you’re trying to eject and allow you to close them so that the disk will eject. Simple.

Download WhatsOpen install and rid yourself of one of those frustrations that makes you want to toss you Mac out the door.
whatsopen-screen

Reblog this post [with Zemanta]

Filed Under: freeware, Mac, Utilities Tagged With: , , , ,

Tabbed Windows File Handler Hits the Spot

June 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment

nomad-logoRegardless the level or age of your Microsoft Windows configuration, the one built piece of functionality that can always stand a helping hand is the Windows File Explorer.

Nomad.NET is a free Windows Explorer replacement with plenty of useful features.

Features include -

  • Tabbed interface.   This is our favorite feature, you can open tabs, like a browser for directories with which you’re working and keep them open.
  • Bookmarks system. You can bookmark you favorite folders, ftp sites or even searches.
  • You can create very complex search rules, with ability to search in different encoding (complete encodings auto detect), use IFilter filters, apply custom text search rules (including regular expressions), search in hex, duplicates search and so on and for mortals there is a simplified search that is not scary.
  • Filtering system, based on the same core as search.

nomad-screen

Normally we recommend FreeCommander as our favorite free alternative file handler, but Nomad.NET is a worthy competitor and well worth a try.

Download Nomad.NET [via lifehacker.com]

If you haven’t installed Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0, it will need to be installed first, there’s a link for the free download from the Nomad.NET download page.

Filed Under: freeware, Technology, Utilities, Windows

I hate startups, programs not businesses

June 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment

autoruns-logoI must be getting old and cranky because when I don’t like something, I really have no use for it. The current object of my disgust are those little programs that it seems every software writer thinks they must install in order to make their little piece of your software pie work better.  These timegrabbers tend to run at system startup especially on Windows.

These suckers make your system startup all so slowly and then continue to sit there and use memory and the occasional CPU cycle while you’re trying to work.  The longer you’ve had your PC, the more of this digital pocket lint you will have picked up.

[Read more...]

Filed Under: Utilities Tagged With: ,

Sign up for websites and never have to hear from them again

December 1, 2008 By 1 Comment

meltmail-logoHate the spam that comes with signing up at many websites?

Cellphones? Credit Cards? Make money on the Internet schemes?

Melt Mail allows you to instantly setup a temporary email address that will forward all mail receivedbyt it to your real email account. You can decide how long the temporary email address should remain valid from 3 hours to 24 hours.

It’s extremely easy and is a good way of protecting your privacy, so you can now go ahead and find yourself the best terms for a new credit card or find out how to make money on the internet and if you find something really good, forward it to me at 6h3I1W1n1Upf@meltmail.com for the next 3 hours.

Related articles by Zemanta
Reblog this post [with Zemanta]

Filed Under: Productivity, Utilities, Websites

Q-Dir: A very flexible Windows Explorer Replacement

November 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment

q-dir-logo Be it Windows XP or Windows Vista, there’s always a need for a Windows Explorer replacement.   The weakness of the standard file explorer has always furnished a breeding ground for innovators.

Q-Dir is a freeware file manager that is really great if you have a lot of file copying and moving to do, since it can keep many windows and folder views open at the same time.  The default view is four windows, but it looks like anything is possible.

Views can be saved as favorites and you can add shortcuts to frequently-accessed folders.

There is also a an extension that can be added to your right-click menu for launching Q-Dir to view a folder.

Download Q-Dir [via lifehacker ]

q-screen

More features from their web page after the jump.

[Read more...]

Filed Under: Utilities, Windows, Windows Vista
« Older Posts

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.