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Task Paper- Simple, Easy Mac To-Dos

Looking for something that will manage multiple projects and even contexts, but isn't quit as involved as some of the bigger-name GTD software solutions?

Check out TaskPaper- easy, clean... and right now, free!

From the developer:

TaskPaper makes it easy to create a list of your projects and their tasks so that you always know what needs to be done. It’s simple to reorganize the list, create new items, mark items as done, and delete items that your finished with. You can also assign contexts (such as “home”, “office”, or “car”) to your tasks so that you can later generate lists of all tasks assigned to a specific context.

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Download it here

Creativist reviews Evernote for iPhone

You really need to check out Evernote. The ability to capture pages, thoughts, paragraphs is amazing. not to mention the outstanding mobil access/ With the advent of iPhone 2.0 (cue symphonic swells...), and the Evernot App from the App Store, Evernote is even handier. I dig it. 

John at Creativist is pretty positive, but gives us some critical thoughts as well..

I’m deeply committed to Yojimbo, but I’ve been flirting with Evernote for about three months now. Last week, Evernote rolled out a beautiful new iPhone app with the launch of the app store. Here are a few early impressions of the iPhone app:

• It looks fantastic. It is fun to look at, and easy to understand.
• It is the perfect app to capture ideas as it will seamlessly allow the user to capture an image, a note, or even an audio reminder.
• The interface for viewing your notes isn’t as fun to look at. Text maintains the same formatting and linebreaks as the desktop version, so it doesn’t flow with the small screen. You can zoom in, but then you have to scroll side to side. Granted, it is a beautiful thing to have access to all my notes on the iPhone, but I’d like for them to be a little easier to read and navigate.
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Mail Badger for Apple Mail

I dig Dockstar... I have multiple mail accounts and Dockstar's ability to tell me at a glance what account a new piece of mail is coming into is great... it allows me to pay attention to what I'd like to pay attention to, and ignore the rest. I like Dockstar so much, I paid $8 for it.

And as a result of me paying that $8, a free utility which does the same thing has now been released :)

Mail Badger... 
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• Supports any number of badges, limited only by available memory and performance
• Complete control and freedom over the position and size of badges on the dock icon
• Badges can be colorized and made partially transparent
• Users can set their own custom images to be used on badges (Mail Badger comes with four built-in shapes)
• Configurable fonts and other text attributes for the number displayed on each badge"

So, in other words, you can set a special notification for your "me@SpongeBobFan.com" email address... awesome!

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Sync Folders between Computers

So... how many of you have a back-up system, but... rarely use it? If your laptop died at this very instant, what would you lose to the ether, never to be retrieved? How often have you left a file at work/home and realized you needed the most updated version NOW?

Here's one answer from the good folks at Lifehacker...

Free Ways to Synchronize Folders Between Computers

 

Nothing sucks worse than getting to the office in the morning and realizing you left the most recent copy of an important file—whether it's your to-do list or a PowerPoint presentation—on your home computer. No matter where you are and what computer you're using, you always want the most updated set of documents and files you've got without having to carry 'em around on a thumb drive. Luckily, several free solutions can automatically sync folders between computers—even over the internet, through office firewalls—no matter what operating system you use. Whether you want work files edited at home to magically appear on your PC at the office, or the family room Mac to have a copy of the latest batch of digital photos downloaded onto the computer in the den, three free applications can help.

Sync Folders over the Internet with FolderShare (Mac and Windows, Free)

If the two computers you're working with aren't on the same local network and aren't both Windows machines—such as your home Mac and your office PC—you can still sync files between them over the internet using a free service called FolderShare. (We've already run down quite a few uses for FolderShare, from maintaining a consistent workspace, to syncing your Firefox extensions and Greasemonkey scripts between computers.) If you haven't tried out FolderShare yet, here's how to get it set up

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Actiontastic- Free Mac GTD app

From TUAW:

We've mentioned the "Getting Things Done" application Actiontastic several times on its road to 1.0, but today the developer announced that he has decided to make the application free and open source (instead of $29 shareware, as originally planned). To that end, he has released a new version today for free download (0.9.3), with the source code to follow "when the overhead of a new team won't crush the project under its own weight." He also notes that the forthcoming web-based GTD application Actionatr will also be open source, though a commercial version also is planned.

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Keyboard shortcuts widget...

Seriously helpful tool for you power Mac users out there...

xCuts dashboard widget

Google Map Plugin for Address Book...

Okay- this rocks.
A Google Maps plug-in for Mac Address book. Just over over the address and either right-click or ctrl-click to bring up the contextual menu. Choose Google Map and you're off! Rock on...

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You Control: Tunes

This is one seriously cool, seriously useful, seriously free bit of Mac-goodness...

"You Control: Tunes is a free utility that gives you complete control over iTunes from the Mac OS X menu bar. You don’t have to stop whatever it is you may be doing, switch to iTunes, take care of business and then go back to your original app. You can now simply pull down your very own custom menu that gives you access to the iTunes controls (Next, Previous, Volume, Play/Pause, Stop) as well as displaying the current track, artist and album. You can also navigate your entire iTunes music library from this menu as well so you never leave your current application."

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Actiontastic GTD

Simple, clean... very nice. I'm sticking with Backpack because of my need to share tasks and such, but... This would definitely do it for me otherwise (and it looks like that's in the que for development on this!).

Still in beta, more features yet to come, but if you are looking for something to help you keep track of various tasks and projects in various contexts, check out Actiontastic

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MailActOn

From 43 Folders...

My usage of Mail Act-On, while far from novel, has revolutionized the speed with which I can blow through email processing.

If you’ve never seen it before, Mail Act-On is a very clever Mail.app plugin that lets you create key commands that execute Rules you’ve generated in your Preferences. Sounds pretty dull, right? Absolutely. Until you start putting this stuff into action and learn how painfully slow all that draggy mc drag drag business is. Here’s how I’ve set mine up.

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UPDATE: I've been using this program all morning and I LOVE IT! :) No more draggy mc drag drag! My thumb no longer hurts after processing email!!!