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David Alison had over 77,000 e-mail messages sitting in an Outlook PST file - over 10 years of valuable e-mail. Once he switched to Mac he needed to find a way to get those messages on to his Mac's Mail application. His blog post for today covers how he did that.

David Alison mentioned on his blog the other day that he was looking for a replacement for Visio since he made the switch from Windows to Mac. A bunch of people recommended that David try out OmniGraffle - a native Mac application for creating flow charts, org charts, screens, etc. It looks like David found his replacement.

Though there are a number of ZIP utilities out there, and OS X natively supports the ZIP format, it requires that the ZIP file be extracted completely before it can be viewed and it has problems on older ZIP file formats. David Alison talks about how Zipeg, a free utility, makes this an easy task.

Zipeg also supports ZIP, RAR, ARJ, LHA/LZH, 7z, TAR, GZ, TGZ, BZIP2, CPIO, RPM, ISO, CHM, Z, CBR, CBZ, WAR, EAR... lots of formats.

The iPhone SeeJacket Crystal is a clear, hard plastic case for the iPhone that offers complete protection while allowing full access to the iPhone. A model for the iPod Touch is also available.

Currently Macworld.com are reviewing several project management software. Those of you following the series will know that a few project management applications have already been thoroughly tested.

When I got my new iPod I shopped around for a good speaker system & docking cradle. I ended up choosing Altec Lansing's inMotion IM11. Although the sound isn't as impressive as the iPod HiFi and other high end systems, it's pretty good for general indoor use. At $99, it's one of the more reasonably priced systems.

A few days ago I replaced my old 60GB iPod Photo with a new 80GB iPod with Video. Overall it's an excellent upgrade from an older iPod, although if I had one of the previous generation video iPods I wouldn't bother upgrading.

"ProjectWizards’ Merlin 1.3.11 is project-management software that’s not just built for the Mac—it’s built for Mac users." With this quote, Jason Cranford Teague of Macworld, summed up our vision behind Merlin 1. This was always our aim - a project management application that had Mac users in mind.

When my old fax machine finally quit working, I decided to replace it with a multi-function device, since I also used it for copying documents. After looking at several models, I decided on the Brother MFC-420CN.

I finally got a Mighty Mouse yesterday and have been using it for about a day now. It's definitely one of the best looking mice, but not the most usable.