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Monday's Mac Gadget
RadioFree 0.1 (Freeware) Before the Internet, radio stations were pretty much limited to a small geographical area near a transmitter, but with the advent of streaming media players like Apple's iTunes, you can listen to a streaming radio station no matter where you are. This is great, but most players can do only that, play. They can't save... RadioFree is a small OS X application that will save a streaming broadcast to your hard drive. Just start up the application, and you'll see a list of available stations. RadioFree comes with a few stations already defined, and you can of course define your own. If you double-click on a station, you'll see the name of the current track being broadcast, and RadioFree will start saving it to disk.
As the programs runs, you'll see each song that has been recorded. Songs are stored in your Music folder, which should be in your Home directory. As one might expect, you can download from multiple stations at the same time, assuming you have enough bandwidth. Once you download your tracks, you can then play them with iTunes or other player. So, make sure you don't miss you favorite tune, and save it for later with RadioFree. Know about any other gadgets that help you save time? Send John an e-mail, and he'll get the 411 on it.
Monday's Mac Gadget is here to help you with those cool things that we all just have to have on our Macs. Shareware, Freeware, Postcardware, Emailware, and even commercial apps, Monday's Mac Gadget is here to help you find and use the best of these programs. John is a software engineer who works in the corporate R&D group of a Fortune 500 company, focusing on all aspects of communications technology. He has several degrees that claim he knows what he's doing when it comes to computers. After watching co-workers reinstall Windows, search for device drivers, and experience other horrors during the day, he's glad that he comes home to a Mac (compatible) computer. Have any comments, suggestions, or favorite Gadgets? Drop John a line at You can also Post Your Comments below. Current Monday's Mac Gadget
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