MacForge beta launched

MacTech has launched the public beta of , its new website for experienced open-source users and Mac technical individuals and is also offering a free help utility to schedule/run maintenance commands on your Mac. The new MacForge website seeks out open-source projects that have either already been tested on the Mac, or are likely to run on the Mac without major porting work. "When looking for open-source solutions ourselves, there was too much to sift through to find those solutions that would work on the Mac. MacTech started looking for a solution that would not only serve MacTech's needs, but those of the community," said Neil Ticktin, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, MacTech Magazine. The site also offers the ability to filter projects further, search, browse categories, and sort in various different ways.

MacTech today also announced that it is making Mac HelpMate available for free via download and on CD during this week's Expo. Mac HelpMate is an easy-to-use graphical user interface for a collection of command-line utilities and open-source tools that allows maintenance tasks to be run as scheduled jobs. The software can clean up trash files, clean out caches, remove unwanted log files, and more.

Mac HelpMate requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later, and will be available on CD free of charge while supplies last at booth number 2816 during the Expo.

by MacNN Staff