Mac Apps

Apple updates Final Cut Pro, begins new campaign to bring editors back

By Joseph Keller, Friday, Mar 29, 2013 a 2:05 pm

Apple has updated its Final Cut Pro X, Motion, and Compressor applications, coinciding with the launch of a new campaign to bring former Final Cut Pro users back to the software. Final Cut Pro X now supports Sony’s XAVC codec up to 4K resolution, along with ProRes Logic C from ARRI ALEXA cameras.

PDFpen 6 for Mac Review

By Leanna Lofte, Tuesday, Mar 19, 2013 a 7:02 pm

Smile Software has released a new version of PDFpen, a full-featured PDF editor. PDFpen 6 includes the ability to export in MS Word format, a new editing bar, and more.

$29.99 on 24 hour sale - Download now

Things for iPhone, iPad, and Mac review

By Leanna Lofte, Wednesday, Mar 6, 2013 a 8:08 pm

Things is a detailed task manager by Cultured Code that will help you organize your very busy life. Things isn't just a simple to-do list, it's a serious "get things done" (GTD) tool that allows you to create projects, each with their own set of tasks, assign tags and specific areas, and much, much more. With versions for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and a sophisticated syncing service called Things Cloud, you can keep and update all your projects and tasks wherever you go.

$9.99 for iPhone - Download now
$19.99 for iPad - Download now
$49.99 - Download now

Apple's Get Stuff Done promo slashes prices on popular Mac App Store productivity apps

By Allyson Kazmucha, Friday, Jan 25, 2013 a 2:21 pm

Apple has launched a three week promotional sale featuring popular productivity apps for Mac. Each week will feature a different kind of todo app to help you get things done. The first week runs from January 24th through January 31 and the category is "prioritize".

Popular productivity apps such as Clear, Things 2, 2Do, Due, and many more great apps that can help enhance your overall Mac workflow are on sale, sometimes even for as much as 50% off.

Here's a complete list of what's available and on sale in the Mac app store for this week -

Things 2 for Mac is 50% off until January 31st

By Allyson Kazmucha, Friday, Jan 25, 2013 a 1:18 pm

If you currently have Things 2 for iOS but just couldn't bite the bullet and pay $49.99 for the Mac version, you can now get it for half off but only for a limited time. Things 2 for Mac is currently on sale in the Mac App Store for $24.99 until January 31st.

Things 2 is a beautiful task management suite that's available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It's on the higher end when it comes to price but Things 2 brought with it a slew of great features that make it worth the price tag for anyone who wants to get things done with one of the best task management apps available.

Kaleidoscope 2 for Mac lets you quickly, powerfully find and merge differences in text, code, and images

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Jan 17, 2013 a 12:43 pm

Kaleidoscope 2 from Black Pixel lets you take code, text, images, and even folders and quickly, clearly see the differences between multiple versions. While that sounds simple in theory, it's not. Making differential data make sense, doing it in a way that's useful and actionable, and packaging it in an app built for people who build apps, well, that requires some serious kung-fu.

$34.99 on sale - Mac App Store - Download now
$34.99 on sale - Web - Download now (15-day free trial available)

Napkin brings super fast, super good looking, super shareable image annotation to the Mac

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Jan 17, 2013 a 12:31 am

Napkin is a brand new take on image annotation crafted for the Mac by Aged & Distilled. Combining intuitive gestures, fluid shape creation, just-type text entry, and a lot of really disciplined, really smart interface choices, it manages to bring the immediacy of iOS to OS X, producing results that are as fast as they are beautiful.

$39.95 - Download now

Tweetdeck for Mac brings 90+ fixes and updates

By Leanna Lofte, Wednesday, Jan 9, 2013 a 1:57 pm

Twitter has released Tweetdeck for Mac 2.3.1 which brings "90+ fixes and updates" to the popular Mac Twitter client. Some of these changes include a performance upgrade for displaying multiple high-velocity columns, the ability to embed a tweet from the tweet itself (great for bloggers), a new search box with Typeahead and People Search, and the ability to reduce the app window to 2 columns.

Free - Download now

Use your iPhone as a proximity sensor to lock your Mac when you step away from your desk with Keycard for Mac

By Leanna Lofte, Sunday, Jan 6, 2013 a 10:20 pm

Keycard is a new Mac app that pairs to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with Bluetooth, and when it detects that you've stepped away from your Mac (assuming you have your device with you), it locks your Mac. Once you return, or enter in the 4 digit code, your Mac unlocks.

$6.99, on sale - Download now

Pocket for Mac updates with improved sharing, new keyboard shortcuts, and more

By Leanna Lofte, Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 a 2:38 pm

Pocket is one of the popular read-later services for iPhone, iPad, and Mac its Mac version has been updated with improved sharing, new keyboard shortcuts, and more.