“Catalog all your media”

Delicious Library will appeal to those of you that feel the urge to catalog all your discs, books, DVDs and any other media filling up your home. The application can store thousands of items, which are instantly searchable and easy to organize in different categories. You'll enjoy Delicious Library's shelf view which gives you a great vision of all your stored items.

What makes Delicious Library stand out from other cataloging software is how it lets you add items to your catalog, either via Bluetooth or by using your integrated iSight camera. This last one is a little tricky, as you need to hold up the bar code right, however once done on a few items you get the hang of it and it works really well.

It's a shame that Delicious Library only works with Amazon. On the other hand this means it has access to information on thousands of items. You'll also be able to buy and sell items directly via Amazon. If you don't want to use iSight or Bluetooth, start typing the name of your item, Delicious Library should find it on Amazon and fill in all the information for you.

The only real drawback to me is handling lent items, which isn't really obvious in the program. For this you're best creating Friends lists.

Delicious Library is a beautifully designed cataloging tool that makes smart use of your iSight camera to easily catalog all your media on your Mac. Highly recommended

Languages:

English

Recent changes in Delicious Library:

Publish to the web in one click
New categories
Cover view changes
Large collections — now using an industry-standard SQL database
iTunes shelves automatically read in iTunes collection
Publish to other Delicious Library 2 users
Smart Shelves
Friend shelves

OS requirements for Delicious Library:

OS: Mac OS X

Minimum requirements:

Mac OS X 10.3 or later

Pros

Beautiful interface
Powerful cataloging
Selling and buying on Amazon

Cons

Scanning by iSight can be tricky
Only works with Amazon

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From the publisher of Delicious Library

Get your Mac, a webcam, and Delicious Library and rediscover your home library. Just point any FireWire digital video camera, like an Apple iSight®, at the barcode on the back of any book, movie, music, or video game. Delicious Library does the rest. The barcode is scanned and within seconds the item's cover appears on your digital shelves filled with tons of in-depth information downloaded from one of six different web sources from around the world.

Once your whole library is cataloged, you can find and use your items like never before. Browse, sort, and search through your digital shelves. Sync your cataloged library onto your iPod or print a color catalog and take it with you. Find and purchase new items using Delicious Library's personalized recommendations. Keep track of the items your friends are borrowing using Delicious Library's loan management system, which integrates with Apple's Address Book and iCal.

Take advantage of new, cutting-edge Mac OS X Tiger features with Delicious Library. Search through all of your library data using the Spotlight menu and enjoy anytime access to your entire collection with the Delicious Library Dashboard widget.