The Mac App Store, and a handful of cloud-based services are what I use to keep all my data consistent across two machines running OS X.…
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How to build your own Adobe Creative Suite with cheaper Mac app alternatives
Here are the best alternatives I've found that offer similar functionality to what is available in each of Adobe's products.…
Read MoreWhere to look for the best deals on Mac apps
Trying to find that perfect app for your Mac is challenging enough at times. Getting a great deal on that same software may seem next to impossible -- that is if you don't know where or when to look.…
Read MoreSandboxing troubles: MPlayerX leaves Mac App Store
How much security is too much? Apple's sandboxing rules for its Mac App Store are supposed to keep malware in check, but the developer of MPlayerX is charging that it prevents the video player from loading subtitles. MPlayerX isn't the fist app to leave the store.…
Read MoreMac App Store rules drive away more developers, plus 4 other Apple stories to read today
Here's our daily pick of stories about Apple that you shouldn't miss. Today's installment: the problem of the Mac App Store's stringent rules; Apple and Samsung brandish evidence that each has copied others' designs; the case for shared iCloud accounts; and the Facebook-Mountain Lion integration mystery.…
Read MoreNew Apple app discovery tools welcome, but aren’t enough
Apple continues to introduce features to its app stores meant to better surface quality apps. It recently introduced two more, including a new Editor's Choice label and a free app of the week. But it's clear more needs to be done.…
Read MoreReading the tea leaves on app sandboxing in OS X
What's behind Apple's decision to require sandboxing in OS X apps? It is not a far stretch to consider that this shift in approach might have a connection to Apple's long-term plans to make iCloud the center of their strategy for the next decade.…
Read MoreOS X Mountain Lion: Hands on with Notes, Reminders and Notifications
Apple's OS X Mountain Lion, which should arrive some time this summer, has finally brought true feature parity between iOS and OS X for Notes, Reminders and Notifications. We spent some time with the new features, and here is what we found.…
Read MoreWhat developers need to know about OS X Mountain Lion
OS X Mountain Lion looks to improve on Lion with UI refinements and some significant changes for developers. Most of those changes appear to be out in the cloud. Here's a list of changes that Apple is rolling out, and how they will affect developers.…
Read MoreFor Apple, the Lion roars: Some stats you might like
Apple (s AAPL) on Thursday released a developer edition of Mountain Lion, the next upgrade of it’s operating system that will go…
Read MoreApple ups the pro appeal of Final Cut Pro X
Apple released a fairly big update for its Final Cut Pro X video editing app on Tuesday. It only tips the version number slightly up to 10.0.3, but it brings a couple of major additions pro users have been clamoring for, including multi-camera editing.…
Read MoreMacworld | iWorld 2012 highlights for developers
While the target audience for Macworld | iWorld is your typical consumer, there are a few vendors in attendance that are focused on reaching developers. If you're a developer yourself, or work with developers, you might want to stop by the following vendors during the show.…
Read MoreApple unveils iBooks Author, a Mac app for easy interactive e-book authoring
Apple's Roger Rosner, Apple VP of productivity software, showed off Apple's new iBooks Author on Thursday at Apple's special media event in NYC. iBooks author is a Mac app that provides tools to help anyone publish interactive digital books, complete with rich media features.…
Read MoreSnapseed on the Mac is a great tool for hobbyist photographers
Snapseed, Apple's iPad app of the year for 2011, is available on the Mac as of Thursday via the Mac App Store. It's more expensive than the iOS version, but cheaper than a lot of the photo editing competition. So how does it stack up?…
Read More12 things in tech that won’t change in 2012
Everyone likes to share their predictions for what the future will bring in technology as a new year dawns. But some things seem to manage to stay the same, despite anticipation to the contrary. Here's where I think the boat won't rock in 2012.…
Read MoreApple’s Mac App Store reaches 100M downloads
The Mac App Store is not quite a year old, and it just passed the 100 million download mark, according to Apple. Originally launched in January, the Mac App Store is now the "largest and fastest growing PC software store in the world," Apple says.…
Read MoreInstagram, Snapseed picture-perfect in Apple’s best of 2011
Apple revealed iTunes Rewind 2011 on Thursday, its latest installment of the annual feature where it lauds the best content available on its network of iTunes media stores. The list highlights the best in music, apps, tv shows, movies books and podcasts for the past year.…
Read MoreGames for the weekend: Chopper 2
I've always been a fan of side-scrolling shoot-em-up action games. Defender is one of my all-time favorite arcade games. Now I'm playing Chopper 2, and what a difference 3D makes to this type of game, especially with the litany of display options the game provides.…
Read MoreApple now accepts Chinese yuan for App Store purchases
Apple wants to make it easier for customers in its fastest-growing market to get their hands on software, which is why it started accepting Chinese yuan for App Store downloads on Friday. The change is designed to curtail piracy and grow Apple's software ecosystem.…
Read MoreTuneUp could improve your iTunes Match experience
An app that just arrived on the Mac App Store on Thursday could help improve your initial iTunes Match experience, thanks to a host of features it includes for cleaning up your iTunes library. It's called TuneUp, and it'll scrub your messy collection clean.…
Read MoreGet a taste of Siri on OS X with Nuance’s Dragon Express
Nuance, the maker of industry-leading voice-recognition tech, released Dragon Express via the Mac App Store on Thursday. The app is basically a streamlined version of Nuance's powerful Dragon Dictate software, and it brings some features that Siri fans might appreciate to OS X computers.…
Read MoreAll the new apps and app updates from Apple in one place
Along with major OS updates for both OS X Lion and iOS, Apple released a boatload of software today in the form of new apps and updates to old favorites. Here's a quick look at what's new, what's changed, and what we think about that.…
Read MoreApple releases Final Cut Pro free trial, major update
On Tuesday Apple introduced a major update to Final Cut Pro X that restores many features missing in the original release, and also comes alongside a free 30-day trial version for people still a little gun-shy after Apple's latest overhaul to its professional video editing suite.…
Read MoreScreentaker creates iOS app action shots in seconds
If you're creating an app or promoting one for a friend or client, nothing quite makes the software pop like showing off screens on actual iOS devices. A new Mac App Store title lets you create pro-level iPhone and iPad mockups in a matter of seconds.…
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