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Sleepytime

Sleepytime is a slick and functional sleep timer for iTunes. It features a gorgeous animated display showing the current song's title and artist, as well as the time that remains until the music stops and the selected computer action to be ran, if applicable. At last a sleep timer that fits with your Mac!

music fade out image Fade out your music over time so it doesn't stop abruptly.
computer image Computer Actions : Shut down, restart, sleep or log out of your user account when the music stops.
application image Application Actions : Hide or quit Sleepytime automatically after the music stops.

Sleepytime requires Mac OS X 10.5 or higher.

Release Notes

Version 1.0

  • The initial version of Sleepytime!

Previous Releases...

download arrow Click here to download (free, donations) - Version 1.0, ~ 2.5 MB (Version History)
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Black Hole

Black Hole is a powerful application that allows you to clear sensitive information from your Mac with a single click. Black Hole automates many operations such as quitting applications, removing recent items from application menus, emptying the Trash, and more. More time for you!

applications image Quitting Applications : Black Hole can quit any number of applications with a single click on the "Clean" button. If an application fails to quit after a set amount of time, Black Hole can force quit it for you.
recent items image Clearing Recent Items : Using this option you can clear recent items from the File > Open Recent menu of most applications. Black Hole comes with a default set of rules, or you can create your own.
trash image Emptying the Trash : Emptying the trash is a matter of seconds, even if the files inside it are locked.
volumes image Unmounting Volumes : Black Hole is able to unmount volumes from your Mac, be it a Mac or Windows share, a USB key, an external hard drive, or a mounted disk image file (.dmg and others). This can be very useful if you store confidential information in encrypted disk images, for example.
clipboard image Clearing the Clipboard : The clipboard can be cleared without question or only if some keywords are found within it.
files and folders image Deleting Files and Folders : Black Hole can delete files and folders for you, bypassing the Trash. There are several options for configuring exactly what files to remove according to your needs.
safari tabs image Closing Safari Tabs and Windows : Safari tabs and windows can be closed without question, or only if their titles contain one or more keyword(s).
security image Secure Deletion : Black Hole supports deleting files securely using three standard algorithms that provide a good balance between speed and security.

In addition, Black Hole features complete help pages to show you how to configure it to your liking, walking you through the process of creating custom recent items rules and more.

Black Hole requires Mac OS X 10.6 or higher.

Release Notes

Version 1.1

New Features

  • A much easier way to add Recent Items rules. Try it!
  • Added a dialog to choose a file or folder when creating a rule for the Files and Folders cleaner, so now you don't have to type the path manually.
  • The Files and Folders as well as the Trash cleaners can now securely delete files (35-pass Gutmann, 7-pass US DoD compliant, or a quick one-pass overwrite with random data).
  • Added progress indicators to all cleaners so you know Black Hole is working when a cleaner takes a lot of time to run.
  • Added an option to enable or disable anonymous system profiling in the preferences. Note: Enabling anonymous system profiling helps me a lot!
  • New Recent Items rules for Espresso, BBEdit, Omnigraffle Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Scribbles, ScreenFlow, WireTap Studio, Max, Logic Pro, GarageBand, Sequel Pro, Interface Builder and Xcode.
  • New Files and Folders rules for Safari 4+ Webpage Previews, Safari History, Safari Top Sites, Safari Webpage Icons, Safari Last Session and Safari Downloads History.
  • Added buttons to submit a rule in one step so it can be considered for inclusion in a future version of the app. Rule submission is completely anonymous.
  • A preference has been added to automatically show the Results window when cleaning begins, when it is done, when there is an error, or never.

Updated

  • The Files and Folders cleaner code has been refactored for a much more efficient and reliable cleanup.
  • The Trash cleaner code has been refactored for a much more efficient and reliable cleanup.
  • The Results window now displays the time at which the cleaning finished.
  • The Results window now scrolls down automatically when messages are added.
  • The Volumes cleaner is now much more reliable, especially in cases where opened disk image files are stored on a device that will be unmounted at the same time as the disk image itself.
  • All panels now remember their size, column order and width so you can customize how you want Black Hole to look and have it remember your layout.

Bug Fixes

  • The Files and Folders cleaner does not freeze the UI anymore when deleting large amounts of files.
  • Fixed a bug where the Files and Folders cleaner could get stuck if checked but no rules were active.
  • Fixed a bug where after unmounting a password-protected volume, mounting it back again would not prompt for the disk image password (due to the method previously used to unmount the disk image).
  • Fixed a bug in the Volumes cleaner where volumes could incorrectly be detected as still mounted, making the cleaner report a failure.
  • Other small fixes and additions.

Technical Jibba-Jabba

  • Black Hole is now using Grand Central Dispatch to parallelize and make operations asynchronous where appropriate.

Previous Releases...

download arrow Click here to download (free, donations) - Version 1.1.1, ~ 4 MB (Version History)
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Illuminated Clock Screen Saver

This illuminated clock screen saver has been made using Quartz Composer for Mac OS X. The clock's design is a reproduction of the awesome Traser Black Storm Pro watch.

The ambient lighting changes depending on the hour of the day so at night the clock face is barely visible and the dials stand out with a nice green glow. Check out the screenshots!

All graphics were made from scratch using Photoshop and Illustrator. They were then exported as PNG files with alpha for use in the Quartz composition. The result is a stylish, modern-looking clock screen saver.

download arrow Click here to download (free, donations) - Version 1.4, ~ 11.5 MB

License and contact info

Unless otherwise specified, all apps on this website are free to use and share, as long as you attribute the work to me and link to my website. I'd love to hear from you if you've got any feedback or question. Drop me a line at fortinmike@irradiated.net.

For bug reports, please send your e-mail to bugreport@irradiated.net.
For feature requests, please send your e-mail to featurerequest@irradiated.net.

Donations

If you like my applications and would like to donate some money for my work, you would make my day! I create and support all those apps in my free time, which requires a non-negligible amount of work. There is no minimum amount for the donations, just give what you can afford!

Thanks!