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[Mac OS X] Wirelessly transfer your photos and videos with PhotoSync
PhotoSync is a terrific app to wirelessly sync your photos and videos from your mac to your iOS devices. This application can be incredibly useful if you don’t want to deal with the hassle of cables and other physical connecters. It will also be useful if you are the type [...]
[Mac OS X] Organize your books, movies, music, and more with Delicious Library 2
Delicious Library 2 is designed to be your one-stop application to organize nearly everything in your home. It is designed to be a catalog where you can document all of the items in your home that you may have trouble organizing.
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Read More »[Mac OS X] Save your clipboard history with iClip
iClip is a fantastic application that will make a scrapbook out of anything you have copied. This is especially useful for people who are always copying text, images, and other objects to share them. It can be incredibly helpful if you copied and pasted something from a website, but can [...]
[Mac OS X] Manage and collaborate on tasks with Producteev
Producteev is a fantastic task-management application. This app will be perfect for those who need to work on to-dos with other people. It will make it very easy to give the people you want access to what you need to get done. It will also work seamlessly as a personal [...]
[Mac OS X] Turn your Mac into an alarm clock with Wake Up Time
Wake Up Time turns your Mac into a full-fledged alarm clock. This can be especially useful if you keep your Mac by your bed at night. It can also be great if you are working a lot on your computer and need a little reminder to take breaks.[...]
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Read More »[Mac OS X] Easily convert videos with Smart Converter
Smart Converter is a great little program that will serve as a simple way to convert your video files. This will be especially useful if you are trying to get a certain video to work on a certain device. This will also help tremendously if you want to have the [...]
[Mac OS X] Have fun while learning geography with Geomaster Plus
Geomaster Plus is an app designed to familiarize the user with geography around the world. It is especially useful for younger children who are just starting to learn geography. It can also easily be used by adults who are just looking to brush up on their basic geography knowledge.[...]
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Read More »[Mac OS X] Keep track of stocks with Stock +
Stock + is an app that will give you a stock ticker right on your Mac. It is very useful if you have an extensive stock portfolio and have difficulty keeping track of everything. It is also incredibly useful if you are doing stock-related business and need to keep up [...]
[Mac OS X] Optimize and clean your Mac with CCleaner
CCleaner is a fantastic program that will give you powerful tools to clean and optimize your Mac. This app is great if you think your Mac’s speed has been below average. It will also be great if you know that you have a lot of useless files clogging up your [...]
[Mac OS X] Keep up with all the latest news using Reeder, a desktop client for Google Reader
Reeder is an elegant application that will sync with your Google Reader sources. This is incredibly useful if you rely on the internet as your primary source for news. It will allow you to keep up with as many news sources as you want. It can also be useful if [...]
[Mac OS X] Easily manage multiple windows by resizing them with BetterSnapTool
BetterSnapTool is a great application that will help manage your application windows. This app is great for people who are constantly multi-tasking. It really helps when you have to have multiple windows open at the same time. It will be very useful in keeping you from having to switch back [...]
[Mac OS X] Easily erase imperfections in your photos with with Snapheal
Snapheal is a great program that puts powerful picture editing tools at your fingertips. Snapheal is useful if you have a picture that has objects in the background that you don’t like, or if there are any imperfections that you want to erase. You can essentially think of Snapheal as [...]
[Mac OS X] Unarchive and decompress your files with The Unarchiver
The Unarchiver is a program that will decompress and unarchive nearly any file on your Mac. This is especially useful if you are constantly downloading files from the internet. It is nearly impossible to download lots of files these days without running into compressed files. This app makes those files [...]
[Mac OS X] Keep yourself fit with All-in Fitness
All-in Fitness is the ultimate resource for getting in shape. This app will be perfect for those who are looking to exercise but aren’t exactly sure where to start. In addition it is also useful to people who already work out, but are looking to add more variety into what [...]
[Mac OS X] Turn your iPad or iPhone into a wireless trackpad for Mac with Remote Mouse
With Remote Mouse, you can transform any iOS device into a wireless trackpad with a full keyboard. This will be especially useful if you are in a meeting or giving a presentation. With this app, you can control your computer from anywhere in the room. This will also be [...]
[Mac OS X] Keep track of every Mac ever made with Mactracker
Mactracker is essentially a giant database of every Mac ever made. This can be incredibly useful for IT professionals who work with Apple products on a daily basis as it offers an ton of useful information. This could additionally be used if you have been a long-time Apple fan want [...]
[Mac OS X] Boost your Mac’s volume with Boom
Boom is an application for you Mac that will increase the volume output. This is very useful because the default volume is very low. This application is perfect for those who don’t have a speaker system or for those who are constantly on the go. This app will boost your [...]
[Mac OS X] Go skateboarding using your fingers with Touchgrind
Touchgrind is a game where you control a skateboard with your 2 fingers. It bears a shocking resemblance to those old Tech Deck skateboards you used to play with when you were younger. It is hours of fun and will undoubtedly be a big hit with all skateboarding fans.[...]
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Read More »[Mac OS X] Manage your to-do list with Wunderlist
Wunderlist is a fantastic to-do application. This app is especially useful if you are the type of person who is always making lists. It becomes even more useful if you would like to share those lists with your friends or family
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Read More »[Mac OS X] Express yourself with elegant graphics using Skitch
Skitch is an application that will give you access to powerful graphics tools. You can use these tools to either create something from scratch, or modify any already existing photo. Skitch can serve as a tool for graphic artists, or it can easily be used by business users looking to [...]
[Mac OS X] Read all of your Kindle books on your Mac with the Kindle app
The Kindle application for Mac is a great little app that will let you read and organize all of your Kindle books. This is a great idea as some people prefer reading in a larger screen instead of on smaller phone or tablet screens. This application has done a great [...]
[Mac OS X] Find and delete duplicate files with Twins
Twins is a great application that will hunt down and destroy all duplicate files. This program is especially useful if you have had to migrate between hard drives or simply haven’t taken the time to clean your files out. Over the years, your Mac can accumulate a lot of files, [...]
[Mac OS X] Securely store and manage your passwords with 1Password
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Password is essentially a password vault for your Mac. It will make it so you only have to remember one password for every single service that you use. The way it works is really quite brilliant and is miles ahead of any similar application. 1Password will literally change how [...]
[Mac OS X] Keep track of your finances with Mint QuickView
Mint QuickView is a great application that acts as a portal to Mint.com’s services. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Mint.com, it is a financial service designed to keep track of your spending. It can keep track of bank and credit card accounts, investments, and even loans and [...]
[Mac OS X] Combine fighting tactics and board game gameplay with Battle Monkeys
Battle Monkeys is a very addictive game that requires strategy and luck in order to beat your opponents. In this game, you control a monkey that must battle other types of monkeys. This type of battling isn’t free-for-all fighting like in Mortal Kombat, but rather strategy-type fighting that is similar [...]
[Mac OS X] Make realistic 3D models with Autodesk Inventor Fusion
Autodesk Inventor Fusion is a great 3D CAD modeling application that allows you to produce professional-quality models using simple tools. The main purpose behind this application is to aid you in making mechanical designs but can literally be used to make any sort of model you want. These models can [...]
[Mac OS X] Improve your typing skills with Typist
Typist is a terrific program that will help you improve your typing speed and accuracy. As soon as you start using it, you may get flashbacks of your old high school typing classes because Typist is designed to behave exactly like the programs you used in those classes. Typist is [...]
[Mac OS X] Keep your Mac free of viruses with iAntiVirus
It is commonly believed that Macs are immune to viruses. This is of course not true. Macs can be very prone to catching infected files just as easily as Windows machines. This is because hackers are getting more and more interested in infecting Macs with viruses due to their rising [...]
[Mac OS X] Upgrade your calendar program with Fantastical
Factasical is a very intuitive application aimed to give you a better calendar experience on your Mac. With all of the features it packs, it could very easily replace iCal as your daily driver and the way in which the user interface is designed has really made the application mold [...]
[Mac OS X] Test your vocabulary skills with W.E.L.D.E.R.
W.E.L.D.E.R. is a very addictive word game where you have to make as many words as possible given specific letters. While there are plenty of other word games like this, W.E.L.D.E.R. brings some very exciting gameplay to the table.because the gameplay is fast-paced and will force the player to give [...]
[Mac OS X] Find and delete duplicate photos with PhotoSweeper
PhotoSweeper is a great application that will scan your Mac for any duplicate or similar-looking photos. This application can be incredibly useful for both professional and amateur photographers. As any photographer knows, you must take an extememly large amount of photos in order to find the perfect one. As a [...]
[Max OS X] Create beautiful drawings with SketchBook Copic Edition
SketchBook Copic Edition is a great application capable that allows you to make drawings as simple or as complex as you want them. The tools contained in this application are definitely professional grade. This application is designed to give you a taste of the Sketchbook Pro Edition, but does so [...]
[Mac OS X] Get the most out of your multi-monitor setup with Multimon
Multimon is a great application for those who have a multi-monitor setup on his or her Mac. This application takes the hassle and confusion of these setups out of the equation because it brings in features that should have been included by default. Once you see Multimon for the first [...]
[Max OS X] Recover forgotten pictures with Lost Photos
Lost Photos is an interesting application that will search any email address you have access to (Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, MobileMe, .Mac, etc.) and find forgotten photos — photos that are sitting as attachments in your inbox or outbox, aka pictures that you sent and pictures that you received. I can’t [...]
[Mac OS X] Create highly useful flashcards with Mental Case
Mental Case is fantastic application that creates virtual flashcards. This will be useful to anybody that that has to memorize anything. Mental Case creates flashcards in a clear, easy to understand format. This is absolutely essential because if you are studying information, the last thing you want is to be [...]