Your new Mac deserves these amazing apps. Image: Killian Bell/Cult of Mac
If you were lucky enough to bag a new Mac for the holidays, you’re probably on the hunt for some awesome new apps to use on it. We’ve rounded up five of the best that we think every Mac owner should be using.
These apps will let you play any video, keep a close eye on precious storage space, extract important data from your iPhone and iPad backups, and more!
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For productivity hounds, there’s probably no better feeling than scoring the perfect time-saving app that integrates perfectly with your current Mac workflow. But, sometimes, the search for the perfect app takes a long time (and a lot of trial and error). And, really, nobody’s got the time or funds for that.
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How are you using your free time these days? Are you learning a new language, trying to cook (and failing), or trying an online fitness class for the first time? If you’ve been doodling away in a journal, or have been extra-fascinated with animation, consider The Ultimate Cartoon Animator 4 Pro Mac Bundle. With it, you can bring all the characters to life that you imagined, with just six hours of training in 2D animation.
With VideoProc, your video editing tasks are covered. Image: Digiarty
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When the holidays roll around, your impulse to make scads of digital videos and then doctor them up for friends and family may be stronger than ever this year. After all, lots of people will not see as many loved ones in person because of the COVID-19 pandemic. That makes it a good time to invest in fast, capable and easy-to-use video editing software at a great price. So rejoice, because Digiarty is offering Cult of Mac readers lifetime-use licenses for its VideoProc Mac editing and processing software at 60% off for Christmas.
Get the most out of your Mac with these heavily discounted apps. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Your Mac is more customizable than you might think. These innovative apps will open a world of new features and control. And even better, they’re all on sale right now, with discounts of up to 93% off. There’s never been a better time to take control of your Mac.
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You can make like an intergalactic outlaw or keep in touch like a pro with two of the new apps and updates featured in the week’s roundup. And the other two featured apps show off the growing versatility of macOS Big Sur and CarPlay, two Apple platforms that deserve a little extra love.
Get the scoop in this week’s edition of Awesome Apps of the Week.
Most of us can’t imagine what we would do without our trusty MacBook — it holds important work files, personal documents and fond memories. But with the threat of malware, spyware and a host of other menaces looming every time you connect to the internet, it’s worth investing in software that extends the longevity of your device.
Not only does Outbyte MacRepair scan your computer for security threats, but it also checks for performance issues, junk files and unused apps that clog up your valuable Mac storage space. Essentially, it optimizes your Mac’s performance.
If you use a Mac, you should check out the amazing apps in the Official Cyber Monday Mac Bundle. It's a steal! Image: Cult of Mac Deals
While your MacBook on its own is capable of quite a lot, there’s nothing like customizing your own workflow with your favorite productivity and creativity apps. True Mac devotees know that finding an app that seamlessly works the way you want it to is a rarity.
It’s already a great deal. But with an additional 40% off, it’s a total steal. This bundle sold so well that we’re extending the Cyber Monday sale through Dec. 21 — but it absolutely must end then!
Save big on a huge library of condensed books, and a powerful tool for mapping and optimizing WiFi coverage. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
It’s clear that the holidays are going to be a little bit different this year. So why not do gifts a little differently, too? We’ve rounded up a pair of great Mac apps that offer quick reads and optimized WiFi, like digital stocking stuffers for your friends, family, or just for yourself.
This tool will make your writing far more powerful. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Now that so much of our daily work and communication has shifted online, it’s more important than ever that our grammar is impeccable and our sentence structure is solid. Whether you’re drafting an email, wrapping up a report under a tight deadline, or even typing up your digital holiday card, you want to be sure you’re saying exactly what you mean.
Since it takes a lot of effort to make sure you’ve crossed your T’s and dotted your I’s, there’s WhiteSmoke Grammar Checker — an English-correction tool that takes the guesswork out of what you’re drafting and brings out your inner wordsmith.
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Want to make your digital life easier to manage or, dare we say it, just plain more fun?
We rounded up four great apps that can boost your productivity, maximize your entertainment options and just generally make your life better. They’re all offered at hefty discounts, and they all cost less than $40. (Some come with lifetime subscriptions, too.)
MacPaw, the company behind the brilliant CleanMyMac app, now makes the world’s first personalized VPN. ClearVPN features shortcuts for quick content access and takes care of connectivity for you.
Learn 14 languages with more than 10,000 hours of high-quality online language education. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
We all say we’re going to learn that second language, but something always gets in the way. Now we can hardly leave our houses, so it’s even harder to get the immersion that helps a new language stick. But that’s no excuse, thanks to apps like Babbel.
With this half-off deal on a lifetime subscription to this top language app, you can learn more than a dozen languages
This pair of data-crunching apps will boost your productivity and streamline your workflow. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
You’re not alone. It’s extra-hard to get things done these days. Staring at data-heavy spreadsheets is especially difficult when the news feed beckons.
If you’re having trouble keeping your eye on the ball, these two great productivity-boosting Mac apps can give you an edge — even in the face of monumental distraction. (They work with Windows, too.)
This easy-to-use photo editor will make your pictures shine. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
These days, a good camera is as easy to find as the phone in your pocket. But getting good photos takes more than that. To make an image stand out, you need to edit it.
That can be time-consuming and confusing, but this software makes it a cinch.
With videos of common, useful phrases spoken by native speakers in 22 different languages, this app makes the learning process easy and fun. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Lots of us have made the commitment to learn a new language, only to watch it fall by the wayside. Unless you’re fully immersed and have plenty of free time, it’s usually not as easy to learn a second (or third) language as it was to learn the first.
The Memrise Language Learning app aims to make it far easier to earn additional languages, using a three-step approach that mimics the way you mastered your native tongue. At the heart of the app are video clips featuring native speakers, who demonstrate all the subtleties of phrasing and tone that carry as much information as the words themselves.
Get all the tools you need to convert, organize, edit and protect PDFs. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
The world is changing fast, but PDFs remain a fundamental part of every digital workplace. The ubiquitous digital document format is as common as ever, but they’re also as tricky as ever to edit and convert.
This powerful toolkit offers a welcome and easy way to work with PDFs.
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Everything is changing in the world, but one thing that’s holding strong is the value of a good website. Whether you’re trying to sell your wares and services, connect to an audience or just create a place for your thoughts and creativity, nothing beats a good website.
If you don’t know how to build one, this bundle of tools and resources is here to help. The Complete RapidWeaver 8 Bundle includes everything you need to build and launch a beautiful, successful site.
This powerhouse video-processing tool makes clips look their best on any device or platform. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Uploading videos to social media or transferring them between devices, it’s easy to wonder what went wrong. Strange compression, weird resolution issues, and other problems can make even high-quality videos suddenly look like junk.
You can avoid those kinds of totally annoying hassles with a heavily discounted lifetime subscription to this video-processing app for Mac.
Get VPN, malware, ad blocking and other essential digital security tools in one intuitive app. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
As more of our life moves online, security and privacy become more valuable. That’s why we’re big fans of virtual private networks, malware blockers and any other tools that make online life more secure. Luckily, you can get all that and more from one app.
Squeeze more from your quarantine computer time, with lifetime language lessons, book summaries, and VPN protection. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Staying in and away from others is part of many people’s daily lives at this point. We rounded up three great lifetime subscriptions that’ll help to make the most of the new normal, from language learning to speed reading and staying secure and anonymous online.
Easily translate text, voice, images, websites and documents in over 100 languages. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
In the Star Trek future, everyone understands one another without any effort thanks to universal translators. We’re not quite there yet, but technology is advancing fast. Today, it’s already easy to convert text, speech and even images instantaneously.
This app analyzes your songs to create compelling playlists just for you. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
These days many of us let Apple Music, Spotify and other streaming services build our playlists for us. But lots of people also maintain music libraries of their own, so what can we do with all those tracks and albums?
Create vivid illustrations, web design, charts, graphs and other projects with this vector graphic design app’s user-friendly tools and functions. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Vector graphics are the basis of all kinds of design projects. From ads to interfaces to illustrations to websites, their ability to scale without losing resolution makes them supremely scalable. So if you’re working on a digital design project, you’ll want a good vector graphics tool.