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Last time I brought you “Some of The Top Mac Apps for An Incredible Price!“. Today, MacHeist has released a new nanoBundle that have some of the Top Mac Apps for free! The applications in the bundle in my opinion are absolutely worth downloading.

• ShoveBox

One of those good applications to keep tidbits of information. It can easily replace the notepad programs as it can keep images, URL’s, and more with a simple drag to the menu bar. The search function also comes in real handy.

• WriteRoom

WriteRoom is probably one of the worst apps ever. It’s a text editor that supposedly gives “distraction free” writing. But what’s good with a text editor that has no spell or grammar check? You can go full screen mode in a normal text editor anyways, or maybe use Mariner Write included in this bundle.

• Twitterrific

An application to let you manage your Twitter account. It’s a neat app, but right now I think HootSuite suits my needs better.

• TinyGrab

Like Snagit for the PC, this is an application that lets you capture and manage screenshots. But a neat feature that TinyGrab has is that you can upload them to your own FTP server.

• Hordes of Orcs

This is similar to most tower defense strategy games but in very nice graphics. A good time buster where you can spend hours on end playing this game!

• Mariner Write

A very sleek word processor with only the essential things needed to write a report. I find this much easier to use compared to OpenOffice Writer and Microsoft Word.

There you have it! Good Mac apps for any avid computer user to use. Especially for students, and teachers.

Note: Mariner Write is currently not unlocked at the time of writing. There’s need to be 500,000 participants before it is unlocked.

Lots of people have been asking me how to save and download MP3 files in Macintosh Safari. When you open an MP3 file in Safari, you cannot go to the file in the top bar and save as. Instead, Apple has made this a complicated thing!

So there are three ways to save and download Mp3 Files:

• Right click or control-click the link to the MP3 File and choose “Download Linked File As”
• Paste the URL in the address bar if it is not there already, hold option and press return (sometimes this may not work)
• Drag the URL (either the link itself or the icon in the address bar) to the Downloads window

You may also have troubles saving MP3 Files in the Windows Safari version too. So you can use these approaches to save your files in Windows. But keep in mind, the option key is ALT.

Saving and backing up your smileys are important. Especially when you want to transfer smileys from one computer to another.  It is also important to back up when you  get a new computer, accidentally delete emoticons, reinstall MSN Messenger, or anything else for easy restoration.

With the new MSN Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, to be exact, you cannot just go to C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Application Data\Microsoft\MSN Messenger\Random ID\ and copy the DAT file. It simply will not work because the DAT file is specifically encrypted for that user.

So what’s the better solution and alternative?

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