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"Free Screen Capture Tool on Mac DuckCapture for Mac is a free screen capture tool for Apple Mac OS X! The major functionalities have been introduced in Free Screen Capture Tool, this article will be focusing on installation and usage on Mac OS X."

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Very useful tools for batch processing of graphic images. I've used the PhotoResizer application - very handy. Downloaded the RealWorld Photos application that permits batch processing of simple things, such as watermarking, removing red eye, etc. No loss to original file. Site includes help (YouTube videos) and text instructions.

Very useful tool for generating QR codes.

An Inbox, a huge Archive, starred mail, chats, Spam and all kinds of labels: ways to view mail abound in Gmail. Where, though, is the unread mail - all the unread mail, be it in the archive or the Inbox or anywhere else, and only the unread mail? Fortunately, "unread" is an attribute that messages in Gmail carry like a label. This means you can search - and find - these unread emails easily.

"The ANSI set of 217 characters, also known as Windows-1252, was the standard for the core fonts supplied with US versions of Microsoft Windows up to and including Windows 95 and Windows NT 4. During the lifetime of those two products, Microsoft added the euro currency symbol bringing the number of characters to 218, and introduced a new core set of Pan-European fonts containing the WGL4 (Windows Glyph List 4) character set, with 652 characters."

"Microsoft Windows Codepage 1252 (ANSI)"

Useful utility to rotate those videos you created with your phone and you recorded sideways.

Capture audio from AV source.

"Archived - Mac OS X: How to Set Up TextEdit as an HTML or Plain Text Editor TextEdit renders HTML by default. You may change its preferences to act as a plain text editor, for use in editing HTML or configuration files, for example."

"Introduction: 1. What is Acrobat JavaScript? 2. What can you do with Acrobat JavaScript? 3. Where can I read more about Acrobat JavaScript? 4. How to create a batch sequence with JavaScript code? 5. Sample Acrobat JavaScripts: Introduction"

"How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library Summary You may sometimes see an item displayed more than once in your iTunes library. To find and remove all items that show up more than once in your library, follow the steps below."

Cart: Computer software for making cartograms This page contains computer software and documentation for creating density-equalizing maps or "cartograms" using the technique described in the paper Diffusion-based method for producing density equalizing maps, Michael T. Gastner and M. E. J. Newman, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, 7499-7504 (2004).

"Today we look at how data-tracking companies are monitoring your online behavior. While news reports have focused on the National Security Administration and its efforts to monitor people's phone calls and online activities, private companies you have probably never heard of are also tracking what you are doing, just about everywhere you leave a digital footprint."

"Have iPhone, will travel-without a data plan You can still use maps, navigate, and consume content without cellular data."

"Your Mac's built-in screen recorder Posted on Wednesday, January 8th, 2014 at 5:54 am. PT Written by Dave Mark Not sure when this feature got added, but since this was new to me, thought this was worth sharing. Launch QuickTime Player (it's in your Applications folder). Now select New Screen Recording from the File menu, or type control-command-N. A small screen recording window will appear, like so:"

"How To Sync Multiple Shared Google Calendars On Windows 8 By Brian. Filed in How-To Guides Windows 8 now syncs with a Microsoft account (Outlook, Hotmail, MSN) and retrieves all your contacts, email and also your calendar information from it. If, however, you have most of your schedules and calendar information on a Google account, you can opt to add that account to the Calendar app instead. If you have more than one Google account, particularly those that are shared, after adding your Google calendar to Windows 8, you might notice that only the main account calendar is synced, while the shared ones are not."

"Here is the list of MAC Print Screen Tricks/ Shortcuts that would allow you to use Print Screen in MAC. Overview You just broke the highest score in your favorite game and want to keep a screenshot of it to share it with your friends. You have done it in a PC, but you using a MAC now. How do you do it? Unlike Windows PC, MAC doesn't have a dedicated Print Screen key on its keyboard which makes it hard for new MAC users to perform screen capture. This article comprehensively details every possible free method to use the Print Screen Feature in MAC. These methods include using keyboard shortcuts and bundled Apple utilities."

So here are 25 Web 2.0 applications (mostly free) that should help you on your quest as a student or professor in being productive.