Google Mac Playground Changes

Quick Search Box

2009-01-20T11:24:00.000-08:00

We'd love to hear your feedback on our latest toy, The Google Quick Search Box. We're trying to take desktop search to a whole new level.

Earth Surfer

2009-01-20T11:18:00.000-08:00

Who needs waves? For those of you with a Nintendo Wii Balance Board, try out Earth Surfer, and you can surf the world.

Calaboration

2008-11-25T10:07:00.000-08:00

Manually setting up synchronizing iCal with Google Calendars can be a bit of a pain. Our newest toy Calaboration makes it super easy. Grab it while it's hot.

Vocito

2008-11-18T15:28:00.000-08:00

For those of you with GrandCentral accounts, please check out Vocito. Vocito allows you to quickly phone people from your desktop using GrandCentral. It integrates in with Quicksilver, Address Book and Automator, and is fully scriptable.

Google Toolbox For Mac Spotlight Importers Installer

2008-11-16T20:18:00.000-08:00

The Google Toolbox For Mac Spotlight Importers for AppleScript, Xcode projects and Interface Builder documents have now been consolidated into one simple to use installer package. These importers allows Spotlight to search your sources and files which makes it easier for you to find your code.

Get them here.

Update Engine

2008-09-29T16:13:00.000-07:00

How do you keep your users up to date with the latest versions of your products? We use Update Engine, and now you can too. It can update nearly any type of software, including Cocoa apps, screen savers, and preference panes. It can even update kernel extensions, regular files, and root-owned applications. Give it a spin, and let us know what you think.

Top Draw

2008-09-29T11:10:00.000-07:00

Hot off the presses comes Top Draw. Top Draw is an image generation program. By using simple text scripts, based on the JavaScript programming language, Top Draw can create surprisingly complex and interesting images. The cool part is that the program has built in support for taking your image and installing it as your desktop image.

Google Toolbox For Mac Spotlight Importers

2008-08-21T13:06:00.000-07:00

We've just updated the Google Toolbox For Mac with some new spotlight importers for Xcode projects, AppleScripts, and Interface Builder documents. We find they make it easier for us to find our source and how it's used in our different projects. Check them out here.

The code is available here should you have any improvements to share.

Please check out the documentation about installing the AppleScript importer to make sure you put it in the right place.

Precipitate

2008-07-03T14:13:00.000-07:00

Say hello to Precipitate, a tool that lets you search your online content from Spotlight or Google Desktop. This release supports Google Docs and Google Bookmarks—watch the horizon for more to come.

Google Toolbox For Mac 1.5

2008-06-13T15:26:00.000-07:00

We released a new version of the Google Toolbox For Mac 1.5 today, with a massive pile of enhancements. We also put up a write up on code verification and unittesting in GTM. Please check them out.

Vidnik 0.13.0

2008-05-09T16:54:00.000-07:00

Vidnik has arrived. Vidnik allows you to quickly and easily post videos of yourself to YouTube. It's hot off the presses, and available right here.

2008-05-06T12:15:00.000-07:00

CoverStory 3.0 is now available. CoverStory now has better error handling, supports code complexity analysis and allows you to reload your data, as well as several other bug fixes and performance enhancements. Grab it here.

Visigami

2008-04-23T16:28:00.000-07:00

We released Visigami today. Visigami is both an image search application and a screen-saver. You give Visigami a query, and images matching the search will start animating on the screen. Click here to get it.

AppMenuBoy 1.0

2008-04-23T13:55:00.000-07:00

AppMenuBoy is now available. AppMenuBoy allows you to quickly get at all your applications directly from the Dock. Click here to get it.

Coverstory 2.2

2008-03-22T16:38:00.000-07:00

Coverstory 2.2 is now available. Coverstory now supports filtering of files using regular expressions and wildcards as well as being able to quickly jump to a specific line in Xcode. Grab it here.

GData 1.4

2008-03-20T16:32:00.000-07:00

The Google Data APIs Object-C Client Library has been updated to version 1.4. We have added support for the YouTube and Contacts data APIs as well as support for the iPhone SDK (full release notes are here).

Statz 0.8.5

2007-12-11T15:29:00.000-08:00

Statz 0.8.5 has been released. Click here to get the new version. The new version now supports several new services, and fixes up all the currently known issues.

Fun with iPhone

2007-08-21T11:10:00.000-07:00

Shortly after the iPhone was released, some of our engineers worked on projects such as: Telekinesis, which allows you to remotely access your Mac via the iPhone, and iPhone Disk, a MacFUSE filesystem for reading and writing data on your iPhone.

Google Data API Updated

2007-08-21T11:06:00.000-07:00

The Google Data APIs Objective-C Client Library has been updated, and now supports: Base, Blogger, Calendar, Spreadsheets, Documents List, Picasa Web Albums, Notebook, and Code Search.