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It has been nine months since the App Store was launched by Apple to provide a platform to download the latest apps for iPod Touch/ iPhone users. Today would mark a giant milestone for Apple as they hit the billion apps downloads mark. Congratulations Apple for such a great achievement!! Be sure to check out the billion downloads page for the top paid and free apps downloaded so far. It would not take a long time for Apple to reach 5 billion downloads with the exponential growth of the iPod Touch/iPhone usage and we will be keeping you with updates on this.

In addition, we also have a whole lot of cool iPod Touch/iPhone related lists you might want to check out:

• 20+ Stunning Free iPod Touch/iPhone Wallpapers
• 12+ Free Thinking iPod Touch/iPhone Puzzle Games Worth Playing
• 8 Most Must-Have Free Addictive iPod Touch/iPhone Games Ever
• Top 10+ Most Free Smashing iPod Touch/iPhone Shooting/FPS Games Ever

Apple has just released the new Safari 4 Beta and from the look of it, it is working really great and is packed with lots of new features and is significantly faster than the pervious version of Safari. Here is a list of their main new feature. [Full list here]

• Top Site: Similar to Opera’s Dial-up that lets you view your favorite sites at a glance.
• Cover Flow: Cover Flow for your bookmarks and browsing history.
• Full History Search And Search Suggestions: Site history and  search suggestions improvement.
• Tabs On Top: Pretty new interface feature similar to Google Chrome.
• Nitro Engine: Safari is a lot faster with the new Javascript engine.

So far, we like the new Safari a lot and have found no problems with the app though it is a beta. In summary, Safari 4 Beta has a nicer interface, has more features and is a lot faster, so be sure to go check it out. Feel free to subscribe to our blog updates by email or RSS or comment and let us know what you think of this post!! 

We use our computer everyday and there are some applications that we will get to use very often. In this post, we will show you 15+ must-have free smashing applications and softwares for your Apple Mac that we have found and tested out (not in order of merit).

1. NetNewsWire: A really amazing browser-based RSS reader that has a neat interface and cool functions.
2. Adium: A must-have multi-protocol IM client for your Mac.
3. AppFresh: A software updater that manages all your softwares updates from one place.
4. Quicksilver: A productivity application to enhance your workflow with shortcuts.
5. Growl: Elegant notifications system application.
6. Transmission: Free light-weight BitTorrent P2P client, a must-have application for your Mac.
7. AppCleaner: Uninstall an application completely and easily.
8. Cyberduck: Awesome FTP and SFTP client for your Mac.
9. Camino: An internet  browser with a slick interface for your browsing needs.
10. Colloquy: IRC client for your IRC chat needs.
11. LiteIcon: Made by the same developer that made AppCleaner that changes icons on your Apple Mac.
12. TextWrangler: Powerful general purpose text editor for your Mac.
13. iStat Menus: Monitor your computer stats using this nifty tool.
14. The Unarchiver: Cool app to extract and unarchive lots of  file formats.
15. Skitch: We showed you this wonderful screenshot application in our previous post.
16. VirtueDesktops: Awesome virtual desktop manager for multi-tasking.

That is all for the 15+ Most Must-Have Free Excellent Apple Mac Apps Ever. You might want to read our previous posts such as 20+ Stunning Free iPod Touch/iPhone Wallpapers and 8 Most Must-Have Free Addictive iPod Touch/iPhone Games Ever . Feel free to comment or subscribe to our blog updates by email or RSS!!

Installing applications and softwares on a Mac is easy, which is a quick drag-and-drop process. Uninstalling them might seems the same as dropping it in the Thrash but lots of files such as log files and caches and preferences files are left on your computer. uApp is a freeware that uninstall the applications you want completely and easily.

When you first open uApp, it will prompt you to add an application to it. So just drop an application you want to uninstall and it will bring up a list of files you should delete as well. Check the files you want to delete and you can be sure you will not find a trace of that application again. Simple as that.

On a quick note, uApp is not under any more active development so I will be reviewing more active Mac software uninstaller next time!! Comment and let me know some uninstaller that you use!!

Do you know that your Mac has hidden preferences settings that you did not know about? Here is an awesome software to reveal and adjust the hidden preferences settings in your computer: TinkerTool.

TinkerTool allows you to modify settings such as your Finder, Dock and Application settings. This is helpful if you wanted to improve the effects and interface of your computer or to speed up its performance and speed. But a warning before using it: Always back your your computer using it and try not to tweak too much of your settings. Please let me know the Windows software that is similar to TinkerTool!!