I recently came across an application called Growl and it caught my eye. Basically, it is a system wide notification system for your Mac or PC. In simpler terms, when something happens on your system, Growl is notified and then it notifies you. For example, you receive a new email. Growl will notify you in a small pop-up that fades in and then out automatically. Growl is very customizable, even the design of the pop-up can be changed to your liking. Be sure to check out Growl for your computer, and you will wonder how you lived without it.

Download (Windows):  http://www.growlforwindows.com/gfw/

Download (Mac OS X): http://growl.info/

In this tutorial, we show you how to manually add menu bar extras in Mac OS X.

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AppleInsider reports that Apple is preparing to begin seeding builds of Mac OS X 10.6.3, the next maintenance release for Snow Leopard, to developers as soon as this week.

People familiar with the matter say the forthcoming builds are likely to be released to some developers in the next 48 hours, and carry the expected prefix of 10Dxx. It is not yet known what issues Apple hopes to address with the latest update.

Expose has been completely transformed in Mac OS X Snow Leopard with a new look, features and ease of use. One new feature of window Expose is the ability to Quick Look open window to get a preview of them before selecting them.

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In this tutorial, we show you how to change your Mac OS X login screen wallpaper image. After several times of logging in and out of your computer, you get bored of the same image in the background. We show you how to change that in this tutorial!

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In this tutorial, we show you how to change your Mac OS X icons. Some people get tired of looking at the same icon for an application or folder every single day, so they want to change their icon. This tutorial is for Mac OS X only!

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The latest MacHiest bundle is a bit of a departure for MacHeist by delivering 6 Mac applications ($154 value) for Free.

- ShoveBox ($25) - easily capture important bits of information
- WriteRoom ($25) - a distraction free writing environment
- Twitterific ($15) - popular Twitter client
- TinyGrab ($14) - quickly share screenshots
- Hordes of Orcs ($25) - tower defense game
- Mariner Write* ($50) - fast, streamlined word processor

Mariner Write requires 500,000 total bundle participants to be “unlocked”. This free bundle offer can be downloaded here. Each application offered represents full licenses. Enjoy.

Yet another Mac OS X 10.6.2 build has been seeded to developers today. This build comes just one week after the previous build was released. Here are the release notes of this build:

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Parallels announced the launch of Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac, an updated version of the popular virtualization software that allows Mac users to run Windows, Linux, and other operating systems alongside OS X. The update reportedly brings over 70 new features to the software package, along with significant performance enhancements.

According to performance research conducted by Crimson Consulting Group, Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac performs 22% faster than the nearest Windows-on-Mac competitor in standard productivity testing of Windows 7 64-bit on a MacBook Pro. In addition, version 5 is up to 300% faster for virtual machine operations than the previous version. For 3D and graphics performance, tested under the industry standard 3Dmark 2006 Professional test suite the new version performs up to 7 times better.

Among the new features in Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac are full Aero support for Windows Vista and 7, the addition of more “Mac-like” features in Windows such as trackpad gestures and horizontal scrolling, copy and paste of formatted text and layouts across operating systems, and multiple monitor support.

Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac is priced at $79.99, with upgrade pricing of $49.99 available for current Parallels users. Customers who purchased Parallels Desktop 4 for Mac on or after October 1st, 2009 are eligible for a free upgrade to the new version.

In this tutorial, we show you how to customize screen capturing in Mac OS X using the Terminal application.

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