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[Mac OS X] Keep up with the weather and time across the world with Living Earth HD
Living Earth HD is a beautiful application that will show you the weather and time across the globe in real time. It supports millions of cities all over the world and in nearly every country. This application takes basic information and displays it in a beautiful, unobtrusive manner. However, this [...]
[Mac OS X] Take part in an epic battle in the action-adventure game Crow
Crow is a game in which you control a crow to fly through an adventure-based storyline. This adventure game has stunning graphics that are incredibly realistic. Its kind of interesting that the developers chose a crow as the main character. It’s interesting because it makes the aerial view make much [...]
[Mac OS X] Race realistic RC cars with RC Mini Racers
RC Mini Racers is a fun little game that lets you race remote controlled cars. For how simple of a game it is, the graphics are overwhelmingly great. The second you start playing this game, you will immediately get the feeling that you are a kid again. This game is [...]
[Mac OS X] Easily share images, files, documents, and links with Droplr
Droplr is an incredibly easy to use program that makes it very easy to share files with anyone you want. All Doplr does is take the file you want, uploads it to their servers, and then spits out a hyperlink that you can then post to Facebook, Twitter, or any [...]
[Mac OS X] Brainstorm and organize your life with MindNode Pro, a mind mapping tool
MindNode is a great mind mapping application for your Mac. For those of you who aren’t familiar with what a mind application does, it essentially maps everything that is going on inside your head. The idea behind it is that seeing your ideas in an organized, visual representation will help [...]
[Mac OS X] Explore planets, galaxies, and more with Redshift Astronomy
Redshift Astronomy takes the popular concept of Google Earth and takes it into the sky. With this application, you can navigate around the universe and look at planets, stars, and galaxies that you never even knew existed. It has all sorts of terrific features that may give you the illusion [...]
[Mac OS X] Explore and find Wikipedia articles easily with Wikibot
Wikibot is an application that enriches your Wikipedia experience. It has fantastic syncing features and a user-interface that makes collecting and viewing articles a true pleasure. It includes features that you won’t find on the traditional Wikipedia website. However, this application has a couple flaws that may keep certain users [...]
[Mac OS X] Type and organize your class notes with CourseNotes
CourseNotes is a great application for typing and keeping your notes during class. CourseNotes is perfect for students who are looking for an alternative to traditional pencil and paper. The interface is clean and simple so it doesn’t distract you from your class. It is a great application that will [...]
[Mac OS X] Create beautiful photo collages with Diptic
Diptic is an application that allows you to combine multiple photos to create photo collages. This can be exceptionally useful for those of you who are frustrated by iPhotos offerings. Diptic will change the photos’ shapes, tones, sizes, and much more. This will give you absolute control over the collage [...]
[Mac OS X] Edit and share your photos with Snapseed
Snapseed is an application that will actually make editing photos easy and enjoyable. The interface is set up so that literally anybody can use it without any sort of learning curve. This application is a breath of fresh air because it is not nearly as complicated as applications like Gimp [...]
[Max OS X] Create digital copies of your favorite recipes with YummySoup!
YummySoup! is a great application that will allow you to capture and organize all of your recipes. It has all basic functionality that you would expect such as ingredients required and cooking time necessary. However, there are some interesting features that sets it apart from other similar recipe applications. YummySoup! [...]
[Mac OS X] Keep a personal journal with Day One
Day one is essentially a virtual journal. Day One is compatible with iCloud and Dropbox so you can easily sync your information to the iPhone and iPad versions of the application. Day One has a cool feature that will allow you to make an entry right from your menu bar. [...]
[Mac OS X] Keep up with the latest news using Mixtab
Mixtab is a very elegant news reader for your Mac. This application uses very attractive tabs to keep you updated with all of your favorite news sources, including RSS feeds. When you launch the application you get a bunch of thumbnails representing specific categories. Each category will then contain your [...]
[Mac OS X] Keep track of your schedule and assignments with iStudiez Pro
iStudiez Pro is a tool that allows users to keep track of schedules and assignments; it is absolutely ideal for a college student. This application will sync with with your iPhone or iPad, keeping you up to date no matter where you are. It has a built in calendar that [...]
Stop your computer from going to sleep with Caffeine [Mac OS X]
Caffeine is a very simple application that keeps your Mac from going to sleep or having the screensaver come on. This can be very useful in many situations. For example, it can be used if you are a student taking notes during a long class and don’t want your Mac [...]
Quickly launch apps, find files, run web searches, and more with Alfred [Mac OS X]
Alfred is a beautiful productivity application for your Mac. It gives you an entire arsenal of features directly at your fingertips. Using Alfred’s most basic functions, you can launch applications, conduct web searches, or find nearly any file on your computer by simply typing a few commands. What ties it [...]
Growl is a complete notification system for Mac [Mac OS X]
Growl is an application that serves as a complete notification system for your Mac; Growl provides you with visual notifications of something that has happened on your Mac. What’s great about this application is the notifications are in real time, which means that as soon as your Mac knows about [...]
Free your Mac from useless files with CleanMyMac [Mac OS X]
CleanMyMac can be a great tool if you find that your Mac is slowing down or not running the way it should be. Essentially, CleanMyMac will clean out all the files that you don’t need or may have forgotten about. It will clean things such as your trash, cache, browsing [...]
See where your hard drive space is going with DaisyDisk [Mac OS X]
DaisyDisk is a handy application that will scan any drive that you have connected to your computer. Once it is finished scanning, it will give you detailed information of where the majority of your storage space is going. It lumps your files into obvious categories so you can see which [...]
Get yourself organized with Opus Domini, a desktop organizer [Mac OS X]
Opus Domini is a desktop organizer for your Mac. What sets this application apart from other calendar and to-do list applications is that the user interface is designed to look exactly like a paper agenda. From the second you open Opus Domini you know that this application is serious about [...]