Along with the arrival of iOS 5 and icloud, OS X Lion also has been updated to make our Macs compatible with icloud. Mac OS X 10.7.2 is available for a few hours, now totally support icloud, a very useful tool to have all our documents, images, contacts, notes and calendars synchronized between our iPhones and Macs.

The 10.7.2 update is recommended for all users of  Mac OS X Lion, which fixes bugs and general operating system and improves the  stability , compatibility and security of your Mac is also compatible with icloud, a revolutionary set of free services the cloud icloud keeps your content wirelessly and automatically sends it to all your devices. icloud in  Mac OS X Lion includes the following features:

• icloud keeps your email, calendars, contacts, Safari bookmarks and Safari reading list and sends it to all your devices.
• "Back to My Mac" provides remote access to your Mac from another Mac over the Internet.
• "Find My Mac" helps you to find a Mac located on a map and to lock or erase all data remotely.

You can access the update via Software Update menu. After restarting your computer, you will find a screen that gives you the option to configure your icloud account.

Direct Download Link :

Download OS X Lion Update 10.7.2 Client Combo

Microsoft Office is collectively referred to as an office suite, for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. Microsoft Office for Mac was introduced for Macintosh in 1989, While first Windows version  was released in 1990. Office 2008 for Mac was developed by Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit and released on January 15, 2008. Office 2008 for Mac includes the same core programs currently included with Office 2004 for Mac: Entourage, Excel, PowerPoint and Word. Office 2008 Mac version also supports the new Office Open XML format, and defaults to saving all files in this format. But Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications is not supported in this version. This means it is impossible to use macros programmed in VBA. Benchmarks reports indicates that the original release of Office 2008 runs slower on Macs with PowerPC processors, and does not provide a significant speed bump for Macs with Intel processors.

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac is available in three editions. All three editions include Entourage, Excel, PowerPoint and Word.

• Office 2008 for Mac Home and Student Edition (without Exchange Server support or Automator Actions)
• Office 2008 for Mac Standard Edition (adds Microsoft Exchange support)
• Office 2008 for Mac Special Media Edition (Microsoft Exchange support and Expression Media)

MacTopia Now offers free 30 day trial download in the U.S. today, and will be adding more countries to the list in the future. Here is the official blog announcement  “ Why now? While we decided to ship Office 2008 without a trial, and have been heads-down working on the next version of Office for the Mac, many of you rightly demanded the option of kicking the tires and trusting yourself to decide whether Office 2008 was right for you. For those of you with more questions.”

If you haven’t gotten around to trying Office 2008, download the trial today. I think you’ll like what you find.

Since its creation in 2006, Twitter has grown extensive notability and popularity worldwide. It is often described as the “SMS of Internet”. Twitter is a community based website where users post what they are doing at any given moment. The concept is deceptively simple, wickedly addictive and pure fun. Tell friends, colleagues or strangers what you are snacking on, your current interests, favorite websites. Twitter  the fastest growing social site, Twitter had a growth of 1382%, Zimbio had a growth of 240%, followed by Facebook with a growth 228%. Twitter began experiencing problems related to its growing number of users in 2007. The service has experienced outages resulting from traffic overloads due to its increased popularity. Twitter experienced approximately 98% uptime in 2007, or about seven full days of downtime. When Twitter experiences an outage, users see the “fail whale” error message screen created by Sydney artist and designer Yiying Lu.

When it comes to Windows there are so many choices & alternatives for Twitter Dektop Clients. In the following article we ranked five most popular Twitter Desktop Clients for Mac OS X system.

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1 Twitterrific (14.95 $) : Twitterrific is a fun application that lets you both read and publish posts or “tweets” to the Twitter community website. The application’s user interface is clean, concise and designed to take up a minimum of real estate on your Mac’s desktop. Twitterrific’s user interface is designed to let you view as much or as  little information as you desire. The application shows a scrolling list of the latest tweets from either your friends or public feeds. The list can be shown in a collapsed or expanded mode. Scroll through all tweets quickly in either mode with the ↓/↑ keys

2 Spaz (FreeWare) : Spaz is a Twitter client for users who value free, open-source software, attractive design, 

and customizability. Spaz is a cross platform application and available on all AIR-compatible platforms: Windows, OS X, and Linux. It is Written in pure Javascript, XHTML and CSS. Utilizes the powerful jQuery Javascript framework. You need to install Adobe Air Framework before installing the Spaz. Spaz also supports Short URL creation tool with support for multiple services (is.gd, bit.ly, snurl.com, and more). Spaz is an open source release the source code of Spaz.AIR is available in the .air file — you should be able to open it with any “unzip” tool.

3 Twhirl (FreeWare) : Twhirl is another popular Twitter client for Mac and Windows. Twhirl uses the Adobe

Integrated Runtime (Adobe AIR) to function, making it compatible with Windows and OS X. Twhirl integrates itself with many online Twitter mashups such as TwitPic and Tweetscan to provide even more Twitter features. Twhirl also includes cross posting to a number of Twitter-like sites, such as Pownce, Jaiku, and full support for FriendFeed. Twhirl offers great integration with other Twitter mashups, but lacks integration with the specific operating system you’re running.

4 TwitterPod (FreeWare) : TwitterPod is an interesting Twitter client from the author of a personal favorite,

Spirited Away. This stand-along application design uses Core Data to store your tweets, making them available for searching, etc. Other features includes a Smart Drawer (a kind of mini web-browser), quick reply, Growl support, and more. TwitterPod also gives you three types of views: All, Me, and URL. “All” shows you all of your friends tweets, while “Me” shows you your tweets and replies to you. “URL” shows all of your tweets and your friends tweets containing external links, which is a neat and unique feature.

5 Lounge Free (beta testing) : Lounge for Mac is a strong client if you are looking for alternatives to 

incumbents and ho-hum Adobe AIR clientsLounge for the Mac, currently in public beta, offers a broad set of Twitter tools. Separate, reorderable lists allow you to view the timelines of your friends, the public, replies, and even a “vanity” section that includes any mention of your Twitter user name. A search section keeps a list of your latest terms, and you can save searches to the left sidebar for easy access. Lounge began as an iPhone app, and now is in development of the desktop version. This makes it one of the few twitter apps to have a mobile and desktop counterpart.

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Apple released iTunes 8.1.1 with HD Movie Rentals. iTunes 8.1.1 provides a number of bug fixes, including addressing issues with VoiceOver and syncing with iPhone or iPod touch. iTunes 8.1 is now faster and more responsive.You can install the update by selecting Software Update from the Apple menu at the top left of your screen in Mac OS X. As usual iTunes 8.1.1 is available for free download for both Mac and Windows (including 64-bit version). You can download the standalone installer for both Mac OS X and Windows system follow the links given below.

• Supports syncing with iPod shuffle (3rd generation).
• Allows friends to request songs for iTunes DJ.
• Adds Genius sidebar for your Movies and TV Shows.
• Improves performance when downloading iTunes Plus songs.
• Provides AutoFill for manually managed iPods.
• Allows CDs to be imported at the same sound quality as iTunes Plus.
• Includes many accessibility improvements.
• Allows iTunes U and the iTunes Store to be disabled separately using Parental Controls.

Download Apple iTunes 8.1.1

• Download Apple iTunes 8.1.1 For Mac
• Download Apple iTunes 8.1.1 For Windows

Clam AntiVirus (ClamXAV) is a free antivirus software tool-kit for Mac OS X Leopard & Tiger. ClamXav is fully Universal which means that it will run on 10.4 and 10.5 on both PPC and Intel Macs. Apple Mac OS X Server has included ClamAV since version 10.4. It is used within the operating system’s email service. A graphical user interface is available in the form of ClamXav. Additionally, Fink and MacPorts have ported ClamAV to the platform too. Like other modern antivirus software ClamXAV can protect against a wide range of malware, including worms, rootkits, and Trojans. accocrding to Official Website “ The majority of the computing world use machines running MS Windows, for which an enormous quantity of viruses exist, so we must be vigilant in checking the files we pass on to our friends and colleagues etc. For example, if you’re a wise person and you’ve turned MS Office’s macro support off then you’re not going to notice that virus which is hiding inside this month’s edition of Extreme Ironing.doc which your friend sent you. If you then forward that document to a less wise person who has not turned off the macro support, then you have most likely just sent him a shiny new Pandora’s Box with a sign saying “Open this end”! “

QuickStart Guide

• Download the ClamXav disk image from ClamXav.com
• Drag ClamXav.app from the disk image into your Applications folder (or wherever you like)
• Eject the ClamXav disk image
• Double click ClamXav.app At this point, you may or may not be prompted to install or update the ClamAV scanning engine (See Building Your Own Engine if you want to build ClamAV yourself)
• If so, click “Install” and follow the onscreen instructions. Once the installer has finished, double click ClamXav.app again

BetterZip is a archive extractor for Mac OS X. BetterZip is useful if you only want a few of the files that are compressed within an archive. It also does compression naturally, including encryption, splitting large archives, and stripping out Mac specific hidden files to make archives more cross-platform. BetterZip makes you able to quickly inspect an archive without first extracting its contents. You can add or extract files via drag-and-drop or delete files from archives. With the click of a button BetterZip can strip Mac specific files and folders, e.g., resource forks or Finder settings, from zip files and tar balls for best compatibility with Windows or Linux systems.   BetterZip lets you quickly preview images, PDF, HTML, and text files in a drawer without the need for starting external programs.BetterZip can protect your data with a password and create WinZip® compatible AES-256 encrypted archives. 7-zip and rar archives can also be protected with strong data encryption. Besides the English version BetterZip includes German, French, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, and Spanish localizations, each with a complete translation of the documentation.

Features of BetterZip :

• Add or extract files via drag-and-drop.
• Create password protected archives (even with WinZip compatibility).
• Delete files from archives.
• Make archives compatible with Windows and Linux systems.
• BetterZip lets you quickly preview image, pdf, html, and text files in a drawer.

Currently supported formats: zip, sit, tar, gzip, bzip2, rar, 7-zip, BinHex, MacBinary, cpio, arj, lzh/lha, cab, iso, chm, rpm, deb. More to follow soon…

If you are bored with looks of Leopard and need something diffrent, Try Magnifique yet another release from PCWIZ. Magnifique is the free theme manager application, that allows you to create your own theme library, and apply themes with a click. Magnifique is also offering developers an opportunity to convert their themes to Magnifique format, and provides support for their distribution through the site. Available for Mac OS X 10.5 or later, today the latest version 2.1 is launched, if you want download Magnifique, you can click here. And for more information you can visit this page.

Available Themes :

• iTunesque
• Qure
• Neon
• Kuro
• Titanium
• KISS Me Modded
• Aqua Inspirat 2.0 w/ app mods
• Aqua Inspirat
• Original Leopard r2
• Milk
• KISS Me
• Apple Red
• Kaer B3
• Veritas
• Umaso
• Siro
• Metal Muku
• iLeopard
• Disinmaso
• Black Mac OS X

Apple Rolled out the latest version of Safari 4 Beta  which is claimed to render JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3, 30 times faster than IE 7 and 3 Times faster than Firefox. Safari 4 is loaded with new Nitro engine instead of JavaScriptCore (based on KDE’s JavaScript engine named KJS). Safari 4 runs on WebKit version 528.16  You can download the beta version here. Safari has a 8.29% market share as of January 2009 with Safari 4 Apple aims to grab more and more market share. Safari 4 is also supported up to Snow Leopard 10.6 According to Apple there are 150 new attractions in the Safari 4 complete list is here and we choosed some attractions for you.

DOWNLOAD SAFARI 4 HERE.

Full-Page Zoom

Zoom in or out on web content using keyboard shortcuts, Multi-Touch gestures, or the Zoom toolbar button for more comfortable reading. Images and graphics scale up while your text remains razor sharp, keeping the web page layout consistent as you zoom. To add the Zoom button to your toolbar, simply choose Customize toolbar from the View menu and drag the button onto your toolbar.

ARIA Support

Safari supports Accessible Rich Interactive Applications (ARIA). The ARIA standard helps web developers make dynamic web content more accessible for people with disabilities. With ARIA, sites taking advantage of advanced technologies like AJAX and JavaScript can now easily interoperate with assistive technologies.

Speculative Loading

Safari loads the documents, scripts, and style information required to view a web page ahead of time, so they’re ready when you need them.

CSS Effects

Pioneered by Safari, CSS effects help developers add polish to websites by stylizing images and photos with eye-catching gradients, precise masks, and stunning reflections that require only a few lines of code.

Acid 3 Compliance

Safari is the first — and only — web browser to pass Acid 3. Acid 3 tests a browser’s ability to fully render pages using the web standards used to build dynamic, next-generation websites, including CSS, JavaScript, XML, and SVG.

Nitro JavaScript Engine

Safari 4 introduces the Nitro JavaScript engine, an advanced bytecode JavaScript engine that makes web browsing even faster. In fact, Safari 4 executes JavaScript up to 6 times faster than Internet Explorer 8 and up to 4 times faster than Firefox 3.1.

HTML 5 Offline Support

Web developers can now create applications that you can use even when you don’t have access to the Internet. Thanks to HTML 5 offline support, designers can build web applications that store themselves on your computer, where you have immediate access to them. Along with the application, web developers can also choose to store the application’s data on your system, so you always have the information you need. Applications and data can be stored in a traditional SQL-like database serving as an application cache or as a “super cookie,” which stores data in the familiar cookie format.

History View

Take a closer look at your browsing history in the History view. Search for previously visited sites, drag web pages to your bookmarks, and clear individual items. Safari displays your history using Cover Flow, so you can flip through your search results as easily as you flip through iTunes album art.

“the world’s fastest and most innovative web browser for Mac and Windows PCs,” As the tag line states Apple is taking Safari to the new edge. Apple Introduces the new Nitro engine, which allegedly runs JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3.According to Apple Nitro JavaScript engine that executes JavaScript up to 30 times faster than IE 7 and more than three times faster than Firefox 3. Safari quickly loads HTML web pages three times faster than IE 7 and almost three times faster than Firefox 3. Just like hitting the Nitrous button in a Speed Car Racing Game.

Download Safari 4 Beta for Windows XP / Vista HERE.

Download Safari 4 Beta for Mac OS X HERE.

Safari for Mac, Windows, iPhone™ and iPod® touch are all built on Apple’s WebKit, the world’s fastest and most advanced browser engine. Apple developed WebKit as an open source project to create the world’s best browser engine and to advance the adoption of modern web standards. Most recently, WebKit led the introduction of HTML 5 and CSS 3 web standards and is known for its fast, modern code-base. The industry’s newest browsers are based on WebKit including Google Chrome, the Google Android browser, the Nokia Series 60 browser and Palm webOS.

• Innovative new features in Safari 4 include:
• Top Sites, a display of frequently visited pages in a stunning wall of previews so users can jump to their favorite sites with a single click;
• Full History Search, where users search through titles, web addresses and the complete text of recently viewed pages to easily return to sites they’ve seen before;
• Cover Flow, to make searching web history or bookmarks as fun and easy as paging through album art in iTunes®;
• Tabs on Top, for better tabbed browsing with easy drag-and-drop tab management tools and an intuitive button for opening new ones;
• Smart Address Field, that automatically completes web addresses by displaying an easy-to-read list of suggestions from Top Sites, bookmarks and browsing history;
• Smart Search Field, where users fine-tune searches with recommendations from Google Suggest or a list of recent searches;
• Full Page Zoom, for a closer look at any website without degrading the quality of the site’s layout and text;
• built-in web developer tools to debug, tweak and optimize a website for peak performance and compatibility; and
• a new Windows-native look in Safari for Windows, that uses standard Windows font rendering and native title bar, borders and toolbars so Safari fits the look and feel of other Windows XP and Windows Vista applications.

MacTheRipper is a Mac OS X application that enables users to create a playable copy of the contents of a Video DVD by defeating the Content Scramble System. During this process it may optionally modify or disable the DVD region code or the User operation prohibition features of the copied data. The previous lack of an OS X equivalent to the PC software DVDShrink gave this standalone DVD ripper widespread popularity among Macintosh users.

MacTheRipper is a computer program that facilitates copying the content of a DVD to a hard disk drive. They are mainly used to transfer video on DVDs to different formats, to edit or back up DVD content, and for converting DVD video for playback on media players and mobile devices. Some DVD rippers include additional features, such as the ability to decrypt DVDs, remove copy preventions and make disks unrestricted and region-free.

Step 1. install Mac the ripper
The official project was closed around 2006 but we managed to find a proper hosted location for you. Download it from: Here  To install Mac The Ripper, simply mount the .dmg archive by double-clicking it, and copy the Mac The Ripper application from it to your Applications folder (or wherever you want it ), along with this Mac The Ripper Manual if you need it.

Step 2. convert dvd for free
To use Mac The Ripper, you should insert your DVD movie into your DVD drive and launch the Mac The Ripper application. Then, you should set the RCE options if applicable. If Mac The Ripper displays ‘DISC RCE: -CLEAR-’ after scanning the DVD in the drive, you can leave the ‘RCE Region’ popup menu on ‘OFF’, as it is by default. Only (and always) set the ‘RCE Region’ to ‘OFF’ when it says that RCE is ‘-CLEAR-’.

Once you’ve selected the type of extraction and options you want, you can go back to the ‘Disc’ tab and click the ‘GO!’ button (or hit the ‘Enter’ or ‘Return’ key) to start the extraction. The speed of the extraction is

Step 3, finish extract movie from dvd.

You can find a folder in the save location. The output files extacted by mac the ripper are saved as .VOB  format .

Tip: RCE region protection
region 1: North America; U.S. territories; Bermuda
region 2: Europe; Western Asia; Kingdom of the Netherlands; Egypt, Japan, Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland; British overseas territories, French overseas territories; Greenland
region 3: East and Southeast Asia
region 4: Oceania; Central and South America; Caribbean; Mexico
region 5: Africa, Central and South Asia, Belarus, India, Mongolia, North Korea, Russia, Ukraine
region 6: Mainland China.