The Best 37 Free Items for Your Mac
Posted 05/04/2007 at 4:20pm
| by Dave Hamilton
GOOGLE STUFF
Docs & Spreadsheets
The Google dudes and dudettes know their interactive Web stuff. Docs & Spreadsheets lets you edit files right in your Web browser. You can start from scratch or simply upload your existing Word or Excel files. You can also collaborate with other folks on a single document, and it tracks revisions better than Word itself.

Edit text and spreadsheets right in your Web browser from any computer, Mac or PC.
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Gmail
Yes, .Mac Mail has a spiffy new interface, but it ain't free, and it ain't as slick as Gmail. With the best Web interface around, nearly 3GB of storage per account, and Google Search to pore through it all, Gmail is one of the true gems of the free-stuff-on-the-Web world.

Free Web mail has never been so tasty.
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Earth Release 4
Perhaps one of the coolest time-wasters in history, Google Earth lets you take yourself on a tour of basically anywhere on the planet. Just type in an address or even the name of your favorite restaurant, and though the combined power of Google's search engine, satellite images, and maps, you'll be taken there. Then you can float around, rotate your view, zoom in and out, and really suss things out. You can even plan routes and let Google Earth "fly" them while you watch.

Not much escapes Google Earth - including the Apple campus.
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