Mobile menu toggle

Mac apps - page 16

Pixelmator Pro 1.6 update makes choosing colors easier in this Mac image-editing app

By

Pixelmator Pro 1.6 offers an performance boost, too.
Pixelmator Pro 1.6 replaces the Colors window with a new color picker.
Photo: Pixelmator Team

A fresh update to Pixelmator Pro, an affordable macOS alternative to Photoshop for everyday users, includes an all-new color picker intended to let users choose and manage colors more easily. Plus, version 1.6 also makes it easier to select multiple objects.

The popular Pixelmator for iPad app is also getting its own update soon.

Clean up messy text with this handy Mac writing app [Deals]

By

TextSoap Mac App
Clean up all the tiny text errors that take up way too much time.
Photo: Cult of Mac Deals

When you work with text from various sources, it’s easy for little errors to slip in. Extra punctuation marks, misspellings, useless characters, miscapitalized letters and similar sneaky slip-ups can make your text look less than professional. And correcting errors can take as long as writing itself.

Highly rated Mac app TextSoap removes unwanted text, fixes carriage returns and sorts out loads of other text-based formatting problems. Grab this time-saving tool now — and a hefty discount — and let it take care of those nasty text artifacts for you.

ConnectionOpen is like Skype for musicians

By

ConnectionOpen Marshall amp and guitar player
ConnectionOpen lets musicians collaborate over the internet.
Photo: Daniel Chekalov/Unsplash

If you sit in front of an iPad typing up Apple-related how-tos all day long, then working from home is no problem. In fact, it’s simply the next step up from “working from bed.” But for some professions, like musicians, working from home is difficult if not impossible. You might have a home studio, but you still need to get the band together to record them.

Or do you? ConnectionOpen is an app that lets musicians play together over the internet. The wild thing is, it’s a standard plugin for Logic, Ableton, Pro Tools and other audio-editing apps. And now, it’s also available for the iPad.

ViDL is a great free YouTube and video downloader for Mac

By

movie theater seats vidl
Download almost any video with ViDL.
Photo: Denise Jans/Unsplash

ViDL is a YouTube download app for Mac. It comes from Ole Moritz, developer of the amazing Pythonista and Editorial iOS apps. ViDL is a simple wrapper for the youtube-dl command-line tool, so if you already use that, you don’t need this. But the app is far easier to use than a command-line tools. Plus, it offers a built-in browser, in case you need to log in to a site to get access to the target videos. There’s even a ViDL Safari extension.

Get 9 Mac apps to breathe new life into your machine for just $26 [Deals]

By

The 2020 Mac Productivity Essentials Bundle
These nine productivity Mac apps will make it easier to work from home.
Photo: Cult of Mac Deals

Whether your Mac is new or well into its useful life, you can breathe fresh life into it when you add the right apps. This massive bundle from Cult of Mac Deals comes with nine Mac apps, so there’s something for anyone.

The 2020 Mac Productivity Essentials Bundle comes with apps for PDFs, graphics, productivity, VPN protection and more. And you can get them all for just $26 if you use our special promo code.

Clean your Mac to get it running like new with this app [Deals]

By

CleanMyMac X- Junk Cleaner for Mac
Make your Mac run like new with a highly rated app that removes junk files and malware to boost performance.
Photo: Cult of Mac Deals

Like everything else, Macs get cluttered over time. With our houses and cars, clutter can cause trouble finding stuff or embarrassment when a visitor drops by. With our computers, it costs performance, so it’s extra-useful to keep a clean machine.

NetNewsWire is reborn on iOS

By

radar dish NetNewsWire
NetNewsWire has used a satellite as an app icon since forever.
Photo: Donald Giannatti/Unsplash

Nerds of a certain age will have a warm place in their dorky hearts for NetNewsWire. First released in 2002, for years it was the best RSS newsreader on the Mac. At some point, a terrible version turned up on iOS, then withered and died. Now, original developer Brent Simmons is back in charge, and a new, free iOS version of NetNewsWire just launched for iPhone and iPad.

Facebook Messenger has a brand-new app for Mac

By

Facebook-Messenger-Mac
It's finally here, almost a year after it was confirmed.
Photo: Mac Generation

A brand-new Facebook Messenger app has finally landed on Mac. It gives users the ability to more easily keep on top of their conversations across different devices, and it supports a whole host of useful Messenger features — including group video chat.

You might not be able to download it where you live just yet, however.

Save on 3 years of VPN security for all your devices [Deals]

By

WifiMask VPN Unlimited Devices- 3-Yr Subscription
Stay secure, anonymous, and free of annoying content restrictions for three years, and on all your devices.
Photo: Cult of Mac Deals

Here at Cult of Mac, we’re big fans of VPNs. That’s because they not only keep us secure and private online, they also bypass annoying location-based content restrictions, so you can stream your favorite content anywhere you go. With this great deal, you can get VPN protection on all your devices for three whole years.

Twitter adds new ‘continue thread’ button, fixes notification bug on Mac

By

Twitter-continue-thread
It's as easy as that.
Photo: Twitter

Twitter is rolling out a new “continue thread” feature that lets you easily publish follow-ups to previous tweets. Simply pull down in the compose window to see recent posts in one place.

There’s also a new update for the official Twitter app on Mac that fixes an annoying notifications bug.

Get all the video tools you need in one app [Deals]

By

Filmage
This app is a one-stop app for HD screen recording, fully featured editing, fast conversion and multi-format video playback.
Photo: Cult of Mac Deals

Making videos on Mac is easy, if you have the right tools. But subscriptions to creative software suites are expensive, and can take up a lot of space. Often, they’re too complicated for casual users.

Not so with Filmage Screen, a single app that offers a one-stop shop for all your HD video needs.

Lockdown Firewall now safeguards your Mac

By

Lockdown blocks tracker connections.
Lockdown blocks tracker connections.
Photo: Lockdown HQ

Lockdown, the open-source firewall app for iOS, is now available on the Mac. And just like the iOS version, it blocks all kinds of connections to trackers and other unwanted snoop-ware.

Mac users already enjoy good options when it comes to privacy apps, so how does Lockdown match up?

Pick up deeply discounted Mac and iPhone apps for Presidents Day [Deals]

By

Apps Software Sale
Score massive Presidents Day discounts on awesome apps for iOS and Mac.
Photo: Cult of Mac Deals

This Presidents Day, instead of thinking about presidents, why not upgrade the apps in your iOS and Mac devices? We’ve rounded up some awesome deals on great software, from half off to as much as 94% off of VPNs, website builders, task managers and more.

SwitchGlass is a supercharged Dock replacement for Mac

By

SwitchGlass -- almost exactly the same as the Dock.
SwitchGlass -- almost exactly the same as the Dock.
Photo: John Siracusa

SwitchGlass is a handy new Mac app from John Siracusa. It’s like a superpowered dock, conceptually honed from the regular macOS dock by removing some annoyances, and adding some extra subtleties. It’s certainly not the most powerful dock-replacement app out there, but if your needs align with Siracusa’s, then you’re going to love it.