Billie Hawkins writes Mac Software! Check back here for apps, plugins, scripts.. Stuff that he has found useful and wants to share with you!
OS X App – Disk Label Finder: It doesn’t happen much on the Mac, but occasionally I need to find out a quick set of details about the drives I have connected – particularly if I am going to make the disk bootable. This quick app will do one thing: It reports the drives(…)
OS X App – HandBrake Batch: HandBrake Batch – OSX Mac. HandBrake is in my opinion the best video converter available today; I have been using for a long time, and every time I try a different application I am regularly disappointed. The only problem with HandBrake (on the Mac at least)(…)
OS X App – Disk Ejector: A quick and simple application that gives you a dialog for ejecting mounted devices. Disk Ejector.app – Download I’ve found this useful when I don’t want to get all the way back to the desktop just to remove a device. (…)
OS X App – iPhoto: Export ALL Events to Folders: Export All photos from iPhoto Events into individual folders, named by the event (and date, if you prefer). I ran into a situation that I am sure many have faced: My iPhoto library is huge, and I wanted to export all of the images(…)
OS X App – Find PowerPC Apps (Lion Upgrade): Soon after Apple released the first developer preview version of OS X Lion back in late February, it was noted that Apple appeared to have dropped support for Rosetta, the system that allowed Intel-based Macs to run applications written for earlier PowerPC-based systems. Apple of(…)
OS X App – Fix Permissions for OS X Files: I do a lot of copying back and forth between different computers and Operating Systems. Occasionally, this causes permissions of files to get ‘locked’. For example, If I copy files from my Windows 7 computer to my Mac, the files will be locked to(…)
OS X App – Backup or Sync Google Docs to your Local Drive: This Application is simple enough: It will backup Google docs from the cloud to a drive on your computer. You can also use it to sync back and forth. Requires: Cyberduck FTP software. SyncGDocsViaCyberduck 1.0 -Download Our simple interface(…)
OS X App – Quick Backup: Ever think to yourself, “I just want an app that will backup a folder or volume quickly to another location, but not have to setup a huge backup process?” Well, here’s your answer: Quick Backup 2011 – Download Our simple interface makes it easy to use, but contains(…)
OS X App – Single Site Checker: This handy little app is for those of you who like to keep track of a website’s “UP” status: SingleSiteChecker – Download Our simple interface makes it easy to use, but contains the essential features you need for a website monitoring program. Currently the(…)
OS X App – QuickTalker 1.0 – Quick Speech Synthesis: QuickTalker 1.0 – Download The next iteration of my Applescripting geekiness comes the QuickTalker. What is it? Well, it’s really just a toy. I usually use the ‘say’ command in the Terminal to make my computer talk. NOw, with this app, i just double(…)
OS X App – DropBox Conflicted File Finder: Dropbox is a new found favorite method of syncing files. The issue found is when multiple computers report new versions of a file. Dropbox decides to keep both, and adds the words “Conflicted Copy” and some other info to the filename of the one it ‘thinks’(…)
OS X App – Adium Status Icons: Status Icons for Adium – a cleaner, clearer set. AdiumBillieStatus.adiumstatusicons – Download Screen Shot: Enjoy this product? All applications are certified virus free. Scanned with Avira
OS X App – Batch Image Re-sizer: Select a collection of images from the finder, run this app. It will ask what size you would like to resize them to. It will give you the opportunity to overwrite them, or create new copies based on an appended filename. BatchResizeImages2.0 – Download Screen Shot: Enjoy(…)
OS X App – iTunes Visualizer Rotation 4.0: iTunes has come a long way in it’s time, but there is still a lot to be desired. This addresses one of my personal annoyances: This application will automatically change the patterns, colors, and visualization setup of iTunes automatically. It will run ‘at random’, based on(…)
OS X App – Uptime Reporter: Simple Application that will report your computer’s uptime in Unix Notation. Uptime Reporter.app – Download Screen Shot: Enjoy this product? All applications are certified virus free. Scanned with Avira
Disk Label Finder 
HandBrake Batch 
Disk Ejector 
iPhoto: Export ALL Events to Folders 
Find PowerPC Apps (Lion Upgrade) 
Fix Permissions for OS X Files 
Backup / Sync Google Docs to Local Drive 
Quick Backup 
Single Site Checker 
QuickTalker 1.0 – Speech 
