The people who frequently change their computers or travel a lot want to have their data with them all the time. It is not always possible to take a laptop or a computer with them. This is where the concept of portable applications comes in. Portable applications are programs that do not depend on any system and do not need to be installed anywhere. They can be installed in a folder and that folder can be copied and taken anywhere without leaving any settings or data behind.
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4 Great Places to Find And Download Portable Applications
By | October 23, 2011 | 6 Comments
Make Your Dropbox Portable, Bring It Everywhere You Go
By | May 17, 2011 | 6 Comments
We have covered tons and tons of Dropbox tips and tricks. The latest addition to our Dropbox library is to make it portable and bring it everywhere we go, on a USB drive.
When it comes to accessing our Dropbox folder, there are many ways to do it. You can install the Dropbox desktop client on all your computers, open the browser and access the web version of Dropbox, or if you are on the move and own an Android, iPhone or Blackberry, you can download the app and access it on the move. If none of the above work for you, one last way is to carry your Dropbox on your USB drive and bring it everywhere you go.
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How To Restore Deleted Files Using Recuva Portable In Windows 7
By | January 1, 2011 |
Sometimes you are working on your computer and a file is deleted by accident, or maybe you need to recover your lost photos from a memory card. Piriform, the creator of CCleaner, offers a free tool – Recuva that can help you to deal with this sort of problems.
This handy utility can even restore data after an installation of your new Operating System or a format of your computer. For me, this is a must-have tool.
Norm has previously covered how to use Recuva to recover long lost files. In this tutorial, we will cover the Recuva portable, a portable app that you can bring along in your USB.
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Prayaya Virtualizes Your Windows OS And Make It Portable + Free Giveaway
By | October 1, 2010 |
Update: the giveaway contest is now closed.
Portable apps can be very handy if you only need a few applications. Portable Virtualbox enables you to bring along the whole OS in a thumb drive, but it can be slow and often take up a big chunk of your USB storage space. What if you can have the best of both world – a lightweight and portable OS that contains all the applications you need?
Prayaya V3 creates a portable Windows operating system on your removable storage device such as USB drive, iPod, external hard disk etc and allows you to install your own applications (and games), customize your own settings and even manage your own bookmarks. You can then bring the storage device around in your pocket and use it on any Windows computer.
Note: We have free giveaway for this great software. Read on for more detail.
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Cameyo: Virtualize Your Applications And Make Them Portable (Windows Only)
By | September 17, 2010 |
Portable applications are useful in that you can run it in any computers and without installation. The bad thing is, not every applications can be made portable. One of the solutions that we reviewed previously is to make your Windows XP portable so you can carry all your apps around. However, that can be an overkill for many. Most of the time, we just need access to a few applications, not the whole OS. This is where Cameyo comes in to fill the gap.
Cameyo is a Windows only software that virtualize your applications into a single exe file. With this virtualize application, you can bring it around and use it in any computers, without installation.
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IObit Toolbox – A Windows “Fixer” That’s Actually Worth Using
By | August 31, 2010 |
We’ve all seen them – those ads on nearly every software website that offer to clean your registry or speed up your downloads. Many of us have learned to ignore them. Occasionally, however, you come across such an application that actually does what it says. It really cleans the registry, and it really can help repair your system. Such a program is IObit Toolbox. It’s a general purpose repair package reminiscent of the old Norton Utilities. It’s useful, portable, works on several versions of Windows, and to top it off, it’s free.
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How to Create Your Own USB Linux Distro with LiLi
By | September 29, 2009 |
Linux Live CDs have long been well known as a handy tool in PC repair. Personally I’ve used Linux CDs dozens of times to repair Windows problems, from virus scans to file retrieval to partition adjustments. As great as Live CDs are, they still have a few drawbacks, like an inability to save any new files or changes. Bootable USB sticks solve most of the problems with Live CDs. You can write to them, change the software or the whole system without burning a new CD, and carry them easily wherever you go.
There’s a new (Windows only, strangely enough) software tool out called LiLi USB Creator. LiLi makes it incredibly easy to create your own customized bootable Linux system on a USB stick, and even run it from within Windows using an portable copy of Virtualbox that’s included on the installation. Impressed? I am.
42 Useful Portable Apps For Mac
By | September 27, 2009 |
A while back I posted 10 Useful Portable Applications to Run On Your USB Drive. I thought it was time to do the same type of post for all of the Mac folks. If you do not find something in this list to suit your needs, with a few Google searches you are likely to find something to work for you.
1. Cyberduck
Opensource Mac FTP client. If you aren’t using Cyberduck, here is a basic run through.
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