ISTUMBLER FOR OS X FOR MAC OS X
ISTUMBLER FOR OS X BLUETOOTH

You may find that your network is on channel 11 with one or more powerful neighboring networks also on the same channel. You can check which channel each network is on, assess which networks are most powerful (yours should be the most powerful) and then use this information to determine which channel to put your network on. Using iStumbler you can take a look at all the networks in your area. Sometimes you get network interference, particularly when two or more networks are on the same channel. In built-up areas (I'm London-based, for example) you find that people in flats near your own are coming online with WiFi networks of their own. Here's the situation: WiFi networks are spreading fast. You can use iStumbler to find free or unsecured WiFi networks to jump onto, but it can also help you boost your own home wireless network.

ISTUMBLER FOR OS X BLUETOOTH

This fantastic free open source tool helps you find wireless networks and devices using an AirPort or Bluetooth equipped Mac. Every Mac user should have a Dropbox account. It is also far more powerful and configurable than iDisk. This is iDisk without the high annual fee. There's even an iPhone/iPad app so you can access your most important research and other documents while you're on the move, and you can create shared folders which allow groups of people to share and collaborate on files. Once installed it enables you to sync what's on your Mac with all your other Macs. I make particular use of it to run Maintenance and Cleaning tasks manually, as this invariably speeds up my system and reclaims drive space.ĭropbox is free and incredibly easy-to-use. I've been using it in its various iterations (it gets updated swiftly subsequent to the release of any new OS X upgrade) for many years.

ISTUMBLER FOR OS X FOR MAC OS X

'A multifunction utility for Mac OS X which allows you to verify the Startup Disk and the structure of its System files, to run misc tasks of system maintenance, to configure some hidden parameters of the Finder, Dock, QuickTime, Safari, iTunes, Login window, Spotlight and many Apple's applications, to delete caches, to remove a certain number of files and folders that may become cumbersome and more.' There's other solutions for this ( Cocktail, for example), but I use Titanium's Onyx, an essential utility designed to keep your Mac in fantastic shape. Little Snitch runs inconspicuously in the background and can also detect network-related activity that indicates viruses, trojans and other malware. You can then choose to allow benign requests, while forbidding unwanted communication attempts. This utility monitors your system and lets you know when applications are attempting to make an outgoing connection.

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