SOFTWARE OF THE DAY - DESKTOP TRANSPORTER & ISTAT PRO

Hi All, Key Combination of the Day Command-Shift-D in Mail Pressing -Shift-D (Command-Shift-D) in Mail sends the current message, saving you the mousing around to target and click the "Send" button. Shareware of the Day: Desktop Transporter - The Most Reliable Remote Control for Your Mac. Get Access, Anywhere Just because you're away from your Mac doesn't mean you have to be away from its contents. Use Desktop Transporter and connect remotely to any Mac set to share. Control remote Macs (like your Macbook Pro at work, or wife's iMac downstairs) from your desktop. Use Desktop Transporter's multiple desktop view to switch between all displays attached to connected Macs, and then use copy/paste to transfer text and graphics between the local and the remote machines.   The Top 9 Features at a Glance: Share multiple Macs on your LAN, or via the Internet Discover shared Macs with Bonjour Access and control multiple remote desktops from a single Mac Full screen mode Can run as a menu extra Access other user accounts without using Fast User Switching Copy and paste text and graphics from one machine to another Use a non-US keyboard (unlike VNC) Familiar Mac user interface   The Desktop Transporter Advantage How does Desktop Transporter compare to other available solutions like VNC, Timbuktu, or Apple Remote Desktop? Why choose Desktop Transporter and not use the free VNC? Here's why: Desktop Transporter is simple to use, comes with a clean user interface and is easy to install (in fact, you don't even have to 'install' it). The menu extra gives you full access at any time right from the menu bar You don't have to fuss around with server and clients, port numbers, etc. Bonjour does it all for you. Desktop Transporter works with non-US keyboards while VNC doesn't. Ask your favorite German or Frenchman! It comes with non-lossy and fast compression and uses hardware acceleration And finally, it's cheaper than the other advanced solutions. One license allows you to use it on up to two Macs. More info and download link here: <http://www.devon-technologies.com/products/desktoptransporter/index.html> Freeware of the Day: iStat Pro - The ultimate system monitoring widget. iStat pro is the ultimate system monitoring widget, consisting of nine sections which can be shown or hidden. It features highly detailed information on CPUs (up to 8 cores), memory, hard drives, IP and external IP, bandwidth, battery, wireless keyboard and mouse battery, uptime, temperatures, and fans. You'll know exactly what's going on inside your Mac! Not for the faint-hearted or anyone with a small screen. Drag and drop section reordering. Simply drag the handle in the top right of a section to change its position. If you use and like iStat pro, then please consider making a donation. New features in iStat pro 4: Support has been added for 8 cores in the CPU view (just in time for the new Mac Pros!) Live updating for network changes, disk mounts/unmounts, bluetooth connections/disconnections, intel module installer completion (as soon as it happens the widget will update). In previous releases the interface wouldn't update until the next scheduled timer update, which was up to 6 seconds in some cases. Changes are now reflected instantly. History graphs are now drawn with webkit's canvas object Added history graph to cpu section on tall skin Added option to choose graph type on cpu sections (history or bar) Processes section shows 5 items on wide skin (was 4) Improved support for local iDisks Processes view can now be sorted by either CPU or memory usage Improved fan name support on intel macs Improved 10.5 support Wide temps/fans sections can now show upto 8 sensors (was 5) Improved text truncation (uses ellipsis now instead of just cutting off strings) Added keyboard shortcuts to turn sections on/off (please refer to the manual for details) Added shortcut key to copy your external IP address to the clipboard ("i") New icon Updated external IP verification code Temps/fans sections on wide skin auto-resize to fit content (there are min and max sizes) We've trimmed, optimised and refined... what was 2.6MB is now 2.1MB Removed classic skin (sorry if you liked it... we had to!) Wide skin is now smaller Tall skin is now smaller (compared to advanced modes on v3 tall skin) Advanced option to show extended memory details — page ins, page outs and swap size New layouts for CPU, disks, processes, memory, battery on wide skin New layouts for CPU, disks, battery on tall skin Disk icons are now always shown on wide skin Added Apple wireless keyboard and mouse battery support Improved process icon support More info and download link here: <http://islayer.com/index.php?op=item&id=7> Regards... Gordon