Best Mac Tools

I have just spent a ridiculous number of hours trying to find NameGenr8er, a simple application that generates real names from the list of names from an unknown USA Census. It generates between 1 and 500, male or female names with a single click. This is a really useful little tool for authors, or auto-blog publishers!

I originally found this a couple of years ago in the Apple Downloads Section, but the listing has since been removed. Anyway, the app seems to have been orphaned, at least temporarily, so I’m giving the app file a friendly home so that the goodness granted to us by Ultimate Music Software in 2008 can survive a little longer.

Obviously, I make no claims to the software, and with no knowledge of how it actually works cannot comment on the quality of the program other than saying “it works for me”.

So, for the time being, you can download this little app HERE … after downloading just unzip the file and drag the .app file to your Applications folder.

I discovered MacHeist 3 at the very end of its limited life. Luckily I was in time to take advantage of the event and acquire some great Mac applications that I continue to use.

MacHeist 4 is now underway and as I write there are six days left to obtain six applications for your Mac for the great cost of zero dollars. Yes, this one has been designated a nanoHeist and the licences are completely free — the largest application on offer (Mariner Write) will only be unlocked when 500,000 downloads of the packages have happened. About 110,000 downloads have already been reached.

Interestingly, I have already purchased and used regularly two of the applications on offer — MacHeist is definitely not a giveaway of questionable software.

Anyway, I suggest you get over to the MacHeist page and check it out while the opportunity of quality software for free remains.

Recently I reviewed OmniFocus by the Omni Group in this blog. I continue to use and recommend this excellent application.

Not long ago Omni Group released four of their previously shareware applications as freeware — a Web browser, OmniWeb, a screen and effects application, OmniDazzle, and a useful utility to identify a large files on your disks, OmniDiskSweeper and a developer tool, OmniObjectMeter.

One can anticipate that, being released as freeware, the likelihood of future updates years problematic. I’m not sure that the world needs another browser, but these applications are a worth a look given the quality of the Omni offerings in general.

Please leave a comment if you decide to use any of these new applications. All can be downloaded from the Omni Web site.