let's get small
How to Compress Video with HandBrake
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Use this free tool to fit video into smaller file sizes while preserving its picture quality.
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plexpress yourself
How to Run Plex on a Mac
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This easy-to-use media server keeps your movies, TV, and music at your fingertips.
A Black Hole for Web Ads
How to Run Pi-hole on Your Mac
Turn any always-on Mac into an automatic ad blocker for your entire network.
Container Excitement
How to Run Docker on Your Mac
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Ready to dive into the world of containerized software? This free app can help.
Checksum apps, wreck some traps
Checksums 101: How to make sure your downloads are the real deal
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One simple step can help keep your computer free from malware.
Files for miles
FTP Face-Off: File transfer apps — which are good and which are bad
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In a crowded market for FTP clients, we’ve winnowed out your best options.
*For an extremely generous definition of best
Kind of Blu: The Best* Apps for Playing Blu-rays on Your Mac
If you absolutely must, we've found a few safe, legal ways to do so.
more movies more anywhere-er
Handbrake's latest update makes ripping your Blu-rays faster. Here's how!
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Freed from their plastic prisons, your Blu-ray movies can follow you to any device, while looking and sounding as pristine as ever.
more power, less headdesk-ing
Blocs 3: Advanced features you shouldn’t miss
Learn how to take advantage of this web design app’s full capabilities.
Building blocks for building Blocs
How to Build Your First Site in Blocs 3
This simple tutorial will ease you into the ins and outs of this feature-packed but user-friendly web design app.
HTMLegance
Blocs 3 review: The Mac’s best simple web design app gets even better
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A redesigned interface makes assembling prefab web sites a snap, while powerful new features let you customize your creations with ease.
drives for days
CloudMounter 3.3 review: 95% silver lining by volume
This handy, unobtrusive app brings a bevy of different storage services from the cloud to your Finder.
painless publication preparation
How to create eBooks and print books With Vellum
Step-by-step instructions to turn any word processing document into bookstore-friendly ebooks and print-ready PDFs.
Johannes Gutenberg, Eat Your Heart Out
Pages vs. Vellum: Which eBook creation app is best for you?
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There’s no clear winner in a matchup between these ebook-creation tools – just a question of what you want, and what you can afford.
they should have sent a poet
Vellum 2.2 review: Making eBooks effortless
While we have some complaints about Vellum, it still functions like the software of our aspiring-author dreams.
doing our part for the surveillance state
Nest Cam vs. WyzeCam: Clash of the connected cameras
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The top-of-the-line veteran or the super cheap upstart: Which indoor camera gives you the most bang for your buck?
Writing your masterpiece
How to create ebooks with Pages on Mac
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Apple’s update to its workhorse word processor makes professional-looking e-publishing easier than ever.
eBooks? Easy!
Pages review: The Best New Way to Create Ebooks on the Mac
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If you want to create great-looking ebooks with minimal hassle, your best option is probably sitting quietly on your hard drive right now.
Oh Democracy, You Fierce Magnificent Bald Eagle
Best apps for getting politically active (and a few you should avoid)
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We hold this truth to be self-evident: That all political apps are not created equal.
SOMEONE’S BEEN USING THE CLONE TOOL
Photoshop Without Photoshop: The Best Online Image Editors
Save yourself beaucoup bucks by running an almost-as-good image editor for free in your web browser.