Mac Apps

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.

Free for Mac - Download now
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Clear for Mac now available in Mac App Store, Clear for iPhone updated with iCloud support

By Leanna Lofte, Thursday, Nov 8, 2012 a 1:10 am

Clear, the incredibly beautiful task list manager for iPhone that stole our hearts with its gesture-based approach, has been updated to support iCloud sync -- to work seamlessly with the newly released Clear for Mac! The Mac version looks very similar to the iPhone version both in design and size, which is awesome because switching between the two is a seamless as ever. If you're already familiar with Clear for iPhone, Clear for Mac behaves exactly as you would expect.

Clear for Mac is currently 50% off to celebrate its launch, so grab it now!

$6.99 for Mac - Download Now
$1.99 for iPhone - Download Now

iBooks Author 2.0 available in Mac App Store

By Leanna Lofte, Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 a 6:00 pm

iBooks Author, Apple book creation app for Mac, has gone 2.0 and is now available in the Mac App Store. It includes the ability to make portrait-only books, embed custom fonts, and more. As the resident math nerd, the most exciting new feature to me is support for creating mathematic expressions with LaTeX and MathML.

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Tweetbot for Mac review

By Leanna Lofte, Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 a 12:19 pm

Tweetbot for Mac is here! After a public alpha followed by a public beta, Tweetbot has officially been released in the Mac App Store. Everything you love about Tweetbot for iPhone and iPad including the familiar interface, gestures, and sounds, are now brought to the Mac and the experience is exactly what you'd expect -- wonderful.

$19.99 - Download Now

djay for iPhone, iPad now enhanced for the iPhone 5's larger display

By Leanna Lofte, Tuesday, Sep 25, 2012 a 4:06 pm

djay by algoriddim, the very popular and incredibly awesome DJ app for iPhone and iPad, has received a big update that not only brings new features and support for iOS 6, but also optimization for the iPhone 5's larger display. And by optimization, we don't mean that they've spaced out the elements of their UI to fill the screen, but they've redesigned the UI to include more controls on the screen to increase functionality and usability.