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Saturday, August 30, 2003

Keeping Up With Software

I am drowning in my curiosity. I attempt to keep somewhat informed on a lot of different software especially in my areas of interest. This involves lots of time to download and fool around with freeware, shareware, and demo versions of commercial software. The only sane way I have found to even attempt keeping up with more than a handful of applications is by using VersionTracker.

VersionTracker: Mac OS X Software has by far the best free access to see updates and download latest versions. The above link is for OSX software, but they also track updates for Windows, Mac OS9 , and Palm software. I also subscribe to their Pro service which allows comparison of the version on your hard disk with the most recent version and a direct link to the download. With the pro version you can add many items to a download shopping cart to be downloaded all at once rather than waiting for each.

Happy Labor Day!

Sunday, August 10, 2003

Email Archiving in FileMaker pro.

I discovered eMessage Archiver 4.01 on VersionTracker today. eMessage Archiver 4.01 - VersionTracker:
I am still checking it out, but this shareware solution looks like it is worth a look if you are interested in archiving your email. It was written by retired generalist in science, philosophy, and practical thinking named John Carlson. He originally built this system for his own use using AppleScript and HyperCard but has translated it to a very versatile system that allows archiving or just backup. You can select to archive based on message date, priority, and or folder settings.