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Replaces iTunes for file system and application management of iPhones etc. Can backup a single Application and Documents/Data to an .ipa file that it can also install to another device authorized on the same iTunes account. Good for, for example, transferring the Rock Band app with all purchases and scores to a new device, though the application is not in the App Store any longer and you cannot restore purchases via the Internet. Complete freeware, no ads or restrictions.

"Tired of crappy software? AlternativeTo is a new approach to finding good software. Tell us what application you want to replace and we give you great alternatives, based on user recommendations."

"Airconsole is a portable, battery powered, RS232 Serial and Ethernet over WIFI Adaptor. Designed to be used with Get Console, RapidSSH on iOS, SerialBot on Android and also on PC, MAC OSX with any other standards (RFC2217) based terminal application, Airconsole provides flexible and convienient access to physical Serial and Ethernet ports from devices (such as iPads and iPhones) that have only WIFI network interfaces."

"KiTTY is a fork from version 0.60 of PuTTY, the best telnet / SSH client in the world." It adds many additional useful features to the original PuTTY application.

"I recently learned something about NASes that buyers looking to use these products for database and other simultaneous-file-access applications should know about. The issue is how Opportunistic Locking ("oplocks") are handled." "Opportunistic locks (oplocks) are a characteristic of theLAN Manager networking protocol implemented in the 32-Bit Windows family of operating system environments. Bascially, oplocks are guarantees made by a server for a shared logical volume to its clients. These guarantees inform the Client that a file's content will not be allowed to be changed by the server, or if some change is imminent, the client will be notified before the change is allowed to proceed."

Manage, troubleshoot and diagnose windows systems and applications.

"I'll show you another procedure to reset the Windows password by replacing the Sticky Keys application. This program allows you to use the function keys SHIFT, CTRL, ALT, or the Windows key by typing one key after the other instead of pressing them simultaneously with the second key. The main advantage of this password reset method is that you don't need third-party software; another plus is that it is easy to carry out because no Registry hack is required, as when you offline enable the built-in administrator."

"22 essential Mac tools for IT admins These (mostly free) open source, donationware, and Apple tools take the pain out of Mac deployment and management"

"dupeGuru is a tool to find duplicate files on your computer."

These dupe tools rock!!

"Gow (Gnu On Windows) is the lightweight alternative to Cygwin. It uses a convenient NSIS installer that installs over 100 extremely useful open source UNIX applications compiled as native win32 binaries. It is designed to be as small as possible, about 18 MB, as opposed to Cygwin which can run well over 100 MB depending upon options."

"Just upload our tiny PHP installer to your server where you want the app installed, load the file in your web browser, choose an app and follow the instructions. Once you've selected an app, our installer then downloads and extracts it to your server and then forwards your browser to the setup."

"Stashboard is a status dashboard for APIs and software services. It's similar to the Amazon AWS Status Page or the Google Apps Status Page. Stashboard was originally written by Twilio to provide status information on its Voice and SMS APIs. Stashboard is designed to provide a generic status dashboard for any hosted service or API. The code can be downloaded, customized, and run on any Google App Engine account."