Sending VERY BIG files from your Mac

If you are the kind of user that need to send VERY BIG files and your email does not let you do it, you can try this apps:
SendSpace: this application is multi-platform. Works on Win, Mac and Linux. So no problem if you're sending a BIG file to a friend or partner with a Win or Linux OS. They can install their own version. Up to 300 Mb per file, but you have to register to track files and have unlimited downloads. You can also try the service without any installation, via the web interface.
DropSend: This application works on Win and Mac if you choose to use the uploader tool. Up to 1 Gb per file, and you can use only the web interface. Also works as a storage service for your files.
Filechute: This is a Mac only application. It works either with a .Mac account or with any FTP or WebDAV server (requires the set up of the server). It compresses and archives the file in the server and generates a link that you can email to anyone or post in any page. Free trial, then cost is $17.95 (€ 11.50).
Pando: This is the one I use. Installation works on Win and Mac. It packages your file(s) and allow you to send a "pando package" which contains a link for a download of the real file. You can share it via email, instant messenger or a webpage. In order to make the download, the receiver has to install the Pando app. Free account let you send files up to 1 Gb and they store it for 7 days (email and IM) and 30 days (webpages). Pro account allows 3Gb files with 2x time limit for storage and costs $25/year (€16/year).

If you look after for more "web-based" services you can try the following:
You send it - http://www.yousendit.com/
Send this file - http://www.sendthisfile.com/info/sendthisfile.jsp
Mail big file - http://www.mailbigfile.com/
Large files ASAP - http://www.largefilesasap.com/
Transfer big files - http://www.transferbigfiles.com/
Pipe bytes - http://www.pipebytes.com/
Hot share - http://hotshare.net/
Driveway - http://www.driveway.com/driveway/online-file-sharing-feature.htm
zUpload - http://www.zupload.com/
Megaload - http://www.megaupload.com/
Dropload - http://www.dropload.com/
Filemail - http://www.filemail.com/
Disk D - http://www.diskd.com/
Bolt File - http://www.boltfile.com/
Sendshack - http://sendshack.com/
Aruna Send - http://send.arunalabs.com/
Exfile - https://exfile.net/media/en
Send to person - https://www.sendtoperson.com/Default.aspx
Senduit - http://www.senduit.com/

Finances apps for your mac

The truth is that, as soon as restart working, I want to carry account of my expenses and for that I have been seeking applications that function in my Mac. For someone that to stopped working about 3 years ago, is important not to spend a lot at the beginning, to save for emergencies, and later knowing how much is left for small extravagances and small luxuries.

For now I am only going to give you a list of the applications that are free, open-source, donation-ware, shareware, more economic. And then when it have tested some, I will place here my impressions.

Mini$ (Mac & Win) freeware.
Moneydance (Mac, Win & Linux) $29.99, trial version available.
FinancesOSX (Mac) freeware.
iCompta (Mac) donation ware.
iFinance (Mac) shareware $20.
iBudget (Mac) still in development costs €4. The version 1 will rise its price to €15.
Buddi (Mac, Win & Linux) GNU GPL. Various languages. Donation ware.

I hope these are useful to you. Greetings.

More VoIP for less money

Since last time I reviewed the Express Talk for Mac software for using VoIP services, I just found 3 more sites offering better deals in calls around the world. In that review I said I was using Freecall, but now you can look at Nonoh, LowRateVoip and 12Voip for great deals.

Any of them can be configured into the Express Talk for Mac, even all of them as the software have configuration for 6 lines.

Hope this info is useful for you.

Videos in the Mac - Miro player

For those who like podcasts or simply seeing and saving videos in their Mac, I would recommend to giva a try to Miro (called before Democracy player). Apart from being translated into various languages, it has versions for Windows, Mac, Linux and others. I like it a lot and it's easy to use.

You can search videos directly from Youtube, and from another services from the web, including Miro Guide of channels.

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Then you can see the selected downloads going on.

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The videos are kept in our library (works in same way as iTunes library) and here wwe can select if we keep them saved or if they will be erased in a few days.

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It also has playlists! In my case, I made one with videos of Pocoyo for my little girl.

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And finally, you can see the videos within Miro or in fullscreen (with transparency layer of buttons) For me, it's great.

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