Summer of Mac Gems: Here's what you missed

31.08.2012

blocks the standard Command-Q (Quit) shortcut, instead displaying a bezel with a progress bar on screen. You have to keep holding the Command and Q keys until the progress bar reaches the end to quit an application. The idea here is to avoid accidental app quits.

is a useful utility that tracks your typing habits and helps you improve your typing skills.

is an Instapaper client that converts your saved Instapaper articles into podcasts that are saved to iTunes.

culls your iTunes library and deletes non-existent files, isolates tracks that lack album art, consolidates genres, and more.