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Google calendar can be a great tool for organizing your life. Sure, it's not as powerful as other desktop-based calendar applications or even personal digital assistants. But it's free and it works on just about any Web browser. You can even use it across multiple computers-you don't need to stick to one machine, as most other desktop-based calendaring applications are limited to. However, sometimes you would still want to use your own desktop application. Google Calendar does have limitations. For one, there's no internal means to handle tasks or to-do lists. And the interface can be a bit slow when you're working on slow connections. Fortunately, Google Calendar allows for syncing with external applications, by virtue of SyncML, and through one-way syncing via XML. For instance Apple's iCal, which is built-into Mac OS X, can be used to subscribe to your Google Calendar, and will automatically check Google Calendar every few minutes to check for new items.

A free-ranging daily blog on issues related to Unix - including Linux, BSD, and Solaris - with a particular focus on enterprise-level decision-making.

to keep your browser bookmarks synced when using different computers, by linking each browser to your own online repository(Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer) on both PCs and Macs.

As a Mac sysadmin, I've had the need to manipulate the dock on hundreds of systems at a time. I used to cobble together terrible shell scripts to do the job, but now thanks to plistlib and python, plist manipulation is really easy. I am releasing this utility free under the Apache 2.0 license. Hopefully some other sysadmins will find it useful. dockutil is a command line utility for managing Mac OS X dock items. It can add, replace, list, move, find, and delete dock items. It supports Applications, Folders, Stacks, and URLs. It can act on a specific dock plist or every dock plist in a folder of home directories. It is compatible with Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard.

If you are trying to sell an iphone it can be a difficult task, especially if the phone is in a used condition, or even worse the iphone is broken. There is now an option to enable you to sell your phone easily and trouble free, regardless of it´s condition and get you some quick cash to discount the purchase of your new phone. Therefore if you were thinking you were stuck with your iphone, or it was ready for the trash then you will be relieved to know you can get paid to recycle it.There are several companies available on the internet to assist you with this process, however I highly recommend www.cashforiphones.com , when you sell your iphone to them they offer a service that stands out above the rest, they keep to their promises and they deliver fast cash, all at no cost to the customer, including the postage and insurance being paid for by them.Also offered by the 'cashfor' family is a very simple, easy to use website where you can gain an accurate quote for your iphone that you wish to sell, and you will see from the list that all models are accepted and in any condition - you can even sell your broken iphone to them, meaning you get paid to recycle your electronic waste. Once you have completed the online process they will ship a postage box to you that is prepaid and the cost of insurance is covered so all you have to do is box up the phone in the comfort of your own home and ship it back to them at no cost, revolutionizing the process of selling an iphone and making it very straightforward.After you have sent off the old iphone in the post and it is received by www.cashforiphones.com they will erase any personal information that was stored on it giving you piece of mind, and they will immediately dispatch the check in the post for amount quoted when you chose to sell your iphone - they also offer this service for Smartphone's, Blackberry's and laptops, so it is an ideal company if you are looking at having a clear out of your unused electronic hardware, an

different docks for different needs - free download, it is wonderful!

A to G is a simple, free utility for Mac OS X that exports your Apple Address Book contacts into a Gmail-readable text file. Once exported, simply click Import in the Contacts section of your Gmail account, choose the file you exported, and you're done! A to G will bring over your contacts' phone numbers, email addresses, physical addresses, companies, job titles and notes so that you can have info you need wherever you have Gmail.

Dropbox lets you synchronize and share 2GB of your files, photos and music for free.

The MacHeist bundle was introduced in December 2006 to huge success within the Macintosh community. The software bundle offered 10 of the Mac indie development community's best offerings, and was available at the end of the MacHeist promotion for one week. The bundle was called the greatest Mac software deal in history, and has never been available since then. Customers snapped up over 16,000 copies, and donated 25% of their purchase to various charities. After over $190,000 was raised by customers by the end of the sale, MacHeist topped it off and $200,000 was raised in total. But we didn't stop there... in 2007 we held MacHeist II and it became the biggest Mac shareware event ever. Quite possibly the biggest software event ever on any platform. We had more of everything: more missions, more puzzles, more free Mac software, and more of you... and the community grew to become one of the largest Mac communities on the net! Then we topped it off with a truly amazing deal... 14 Top Mac apps worth right around $500 for the same low $49 price. How did it do? Well, we sold almost 44,000 bundles and $500,000 was raised for charity. Truly amazing! Now we're back in full-force with MacHeist 3, and we're here to bring you the most spectacular Mac software event in history.

Free online video converter. Convert and download videos from YouTube, Google Video or directly from .FLV file.

Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis.

A good comparison of the three Windows services which do some of the things MobileMe does. For free.

iCall for the iPhone is a revolutionary new product that lets you make and receive free or low-cost phone calls anywhere you have a WiFi Internet connection.

Every window you open in the Finder of OS X has what is called a "sidebar" attached to it. The sidebar is nothing more than a quick way to get to places you often visit. Apple has been kind enough to seed it with some common items. These default items may or may not be useful to you personally. The good news is, you are free to change the sidebar to your liking. You can even close off the sidebar and make it disappear if you are so inclined.

site with a lot of free tutorials - has tons of leopard, iwork and ilife stuff too

RCDefaultApp is a free utility that CreativeTechs has started adding to our recommended Mac OS X installs. It adds a special preference pane that allows you to quickly change the default application for many common situations: * Open all your .pdf files in Acrobat instead of Preview. * Pick a different default mail client or web browser. * Control what opens when digital cameras or webcams are plugged in. * Close security holes with how certain weblinks are handled. Of course you can change these settings other ways. But RCDefaultApp makes it much easier by putting the most requested controls into one location - a new "Default Apps" option at the bottom of your Mac OS X System Preferences.