I've finally had the chance to get FreeMacApps.com online which users will find a quick gallery collection of Free Mac Apps.

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If you are in need to take you iMac apart to replace the Hard Drive, Dvd-Rom, etc. then check out the following videos showing what tools you need as well as the proper steps to get the job done.

The reason for doing these video is because when I was asked to find a good online "How-To" for taking apart an iMac I came across a number of videos where users just showed that you simply take the four scews out of the bottom of the panel and pull the panel off.... they failed to show you that you need to also disconnect the panel from the top as well.

In these videos I will show you how to properly remove the front panel as well as LCD so you can gain access to the inside for repairs.

With this I have also done up a video showing you how to make a Free Apple Access Card Tool which is needed to remove the front panel from your iMac.

All "Free personal Email" users (including myself) were sent an email today telling them that their email account will be closed and user will no longer have access to their accounts after Feb. 28, 2010.

 Quote from Zenbe:

We greatly enjoyed creating an innovative, free email service and receiving excellent feedback from users like you. We are a small team committed to building well-designed, high-quality products. Like all small businesses, we’ve had to adapt to the needs of our users and the demands of the market. To do that effectively we built a vastly improved version of Zenbe Mail from the ground up. We run it in a top-tier data center and focus heavily on reliability, performance, and individualized customer support. We also bundle in our acclaimed Shareflow product that offers a truly unique approach to group communication. 

Users have until the end of Feburary to find a new email service, copy/move all their wanted emails & files before they lose the ability to login.

Many users feel that the setup & feel of the "Free Personal Mail" service is surpriser to the new business style that they want everyone to pay for and many will turn many users will be on the hunt for a new webmail provider.

Below is a copy of the email that went out to all users Jan. 21, 2010

What Ski Challenge is all about  Great graphics and a unique game experience - and it's free! The «Ski Challenge2010» is a skiing computer game in which you can try your luck on some of the world's best and most attractive downhill courses. Ski Lauberhorn, Streif or Saslong - all the courses are modelled 1:1 on the original pistes. Compete with your friends and show our strong Austrian challengers who's really the best. Be part of the world's biggest ski race: Last year’s edition has been downloaded more than 3 Million times worldwide.

FLV2iTunes is a simple docklet application for converting movies to iTunes,iPod, and iPhone supported format.
You just need to drag and drop movies to it and you just need to wait. It will accept any movies format that are supported by ffmpeg (WMV, XVID, DIVX, FLV, AVI, and more), converts it, and insert the movie into iTunes library.

MacTimer is a free all-purpose timer app for Mac. Run unlimited timers, customized by duration, name, alarm sound, and appearance. Timers can be run in a handy fullscreen mode or minimized to the Dock with animated updates. MacTimer can even keep your Mac from falling asleep while your timers run, to ensure your alarms sound. And best of all, MacTimer is free.

TankBuddy makes it easy to maintain and monitor the habitats of your fish, frogs, snails, crabs, and all other underwater critters. You can keep detailed record logs of pH levels, temperatures, ammonia levels, and water changes. TankBuddy shows you visually which tanks are due for a water change (with a red/blue box), and will display the latest color-coded pH and NH3/NH4 levels. With just a few clicks you can update your tanks' measurements, add custom photos, or even keep notes for each tank.

Livestation is live TV inside your browser, or as a desktop application. More then 20 channels provided by our broadcast partners, the world's leading news organisations.

Free live TV channels  Livestation provides you with a wide range of high quality channels from leading broadcast partners. You can watch for free online on our web site or via our desktop player. 

Free desktop player  To deliver enhanced features to you while you watch, we developed the Livestation Desktop Player . Chat in real time , use Twitter and Twitpic integration to let people know what you think of the news, or just watch it in the corner of your screen while you work. 

User added channels  These are a collection of bookmarked, publicly available streams which our users have added to the service. We make these available to our Livestation desktop users and a short preview on the site. 

BorderFX is an Aperture plug-in for adding borders and titles to images. BorderFX 1.2 includes both an export and edit plugin for Aperture.

Features:

• Add borders.
• Add Titles, Copyright & Metadata.
• Save images back into the Aperture Library, using the BorderFX Edit plugin.
• Position text anywhere on the photo.
• Add any number of text boxes to the photo.
• Support for ColorSync and ICC profiles.

iTube Grabber enables you to capture almost any audio and/or video stream.

Most video streams are in Flash Video format and cannot be played by with QuickTime by default. If wanted iTube Grabber can automatically convert to several formats and presets (iPod, iPhone, MP4, MPEG, ...)

With the very intuitive user interface you can browse and capture with ease.