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Take the pain out of dealing with PDFs [Deals]

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PDFelement
Easily edit PDFs with this Mac app
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PDFs are the go-to format for documents of all kinds. They’re convenient and make everything from forms to novels look great. But many people know that PDFs can be a real pain if you’re doing anything but reading them.

Go beyond iTunes to manage your iOS data [Deals]

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Manage your iOS data easily and without messing around with iTunes.
Manage your iOS data easily and without messing around with iTunes.
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Using iTunes to manage iOS devices can be a real headache. Broad categories for syncing make it tough to track down individual tunes, videos, and other files. So it’s nice to know you can manage the data on your iPhone doesn’t need to mean dealing with iTunes.

Get killer Mac apps for 50 percent off or more [Deals]

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Get more out of your Mac with this roundup of four top-shelf apps.
Get more out of your Mac with this roundup of four top-shelf apps.
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If you’ve got a Mac, we’ve got some great apps for it. And each is discounted by half or more. So you can get the powerful organizational tool Aeon Timeline, the audio-enhancing Boom 3D, the writing-improving Ginger Page, and the media conversion powerhouse Roxio Toast for pennies on the dollar. Read on for more details:

Last chance to grab 10 top-shelf Mac apps for pennies on the dollar [Deals]

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This loaded bundle includes 10 premium apps for creativity, productivity, and fun.
This loaded bundle includes 10 premium apps for creativity, productivity, and fun.
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To get the most out of your Mac, it takes a good stable of apps. With all the options available on the App Store, though, it can be hard to know where to start. Luckily, we’ve got a can’t-miss, last-chance deal on a massive bundle of premium Mac apps.

Create a 3D preview of your future home and office layouts [Deals]

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Don't break your back trying out different furniture arrangements, create a 3D preview first.
Don't break your back trying out different furniture arrangements, create a 3D preview first.
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Spring is here, and with the new seasons comes fresh plans for your home or office. But even just thinking about that process can be a headache (which the allergens in the air doesn’t help). So instead of wearing yourself out by moving furniture around, you can plan it out first in immersive 3D.

Score the app that keeps your Mac’s hard drive humming [Deals]

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Keep your Mac's drive humming and healthy with this powerful diagnostic and repair tool.
Keep your Mac's drive humming and healthy with this powerful diagnostic and repair tool.
Photo: Cult of Mac Deals

Your Mac is a mighty machine. But to get the most out of your computer, you’ve got to take care of it. So unless you’re a computer technician, you’re going to want an app for that.

Drive Genius is that app. Used by no less than the Apple Genius Bar, it can speed up, clean up, secure and even revive a dead Mac. And this is your last chance to get Drive Genius 5 for $39 at Cult of Mac Deals.

Turn your Mac’s files and folders into locked boxes [Deals]

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Protect and organize all the sensitive files on your machine with this one app.
Protect and organize all the sensitive files on your machine with this one app.
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Losing track of personal or sensitive data is getting easier, and riskier. Most of us worry about our online activity and information, so we sign on with VPNs, encrypt our web traffic, and take other measures. But the data on your machine itself is worth protecting too.

Unleash your inner storyteller with 6 creative apps [Deals]

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The Master Storyteller's Mac Bundle
The Master Storyteller’s Bundle is packed with quality apps.
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There’s a story in all of us. To get it out, though, you’ll need more than just a tale to tell. You’ll need skills and tools to connect your stories with an audience. And in the digital age, there are plenty of tools to master.

Give your computer a checkup from the neck up [Deals]

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Keep your Mac's drive humming and healthy with this powerful diagnostic and repair tool.
Keep your Mac's drive humming and healthy with this powerful diagnostic and repair tool.
Photo: Cult of Mac Deals

Macs are complex machines, but in some ways they’re a bit like people. Everything they can do relies on a healthy, uncluttered hard drive; the “brains” of the operation. But you can’t take your Macbook to a psychologist (unless that’s your thing), so instead you’ll want a utility app like Drive Genius.

Enhance your Mac with these 10 top-shelf apps [Deals]

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Get the most out of your Mac with this diverse bundle of 10 top-shelf apps.
Get the most out of your Mac with this diverse bundle of 10 top-shelf apps.
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Your Mac is a mighty machine, but it’s only as useful as the apps you install. With all the software out there to choose from, it can be hard to know where to start, and even harder to look at the price tag. So this bundle of 10 top notch apps is well worth checking out.

This app irons out the kinks in your Wi-Fi coverage [Deals]

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Map and optimize your WiFi at home or at work with this powerful visualizer tool.
Map and optimize your WiFi at home or at work with this powerful visualizer tool.
Photo: Cult of Mac Deals

Wi-Fi is everywhere, except when it’s not. At home or the office, few things are as inconvenient or frustrating as suddenly losing your connection to the internet. So the reason for getting an app like this is obvious.

ShotBox brings instant screenshot markup to the Mac

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If you've used screenshot markup on iOS, you already know how ShotBox works.
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If you like Instant Markup on iOS, then you’re going to love ShotBox. It’s a free app, available from the Mac App Store, that automatically pops up a panel of markup tools whenever you take a screenshot. It’s almost exactly like the Instant Markup tools built into iOS 11.

Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery: Easily recover data you thought you lost

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Easily recover all kinds of data from damaged or corrupted drives.
Easily recover all kinds of data from damaged or corrupted drives.
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This post is presented by Stellar Phoenix, maker of Mac Data Recovery.

Data loss can be a bitter pill to swallow, especially when you are unprepared for the eventuality and as such have no backups. Everyone relies on digital devices now, and losing data can have catastrophic implications.

The best Twitter clients for Mac

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Twitter has changed its mind on deleting inactive user accounts (for now)
Twitter is crushing dreams in 2020.
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Twitter has killed off its official desktop client for Mac. It’s no longer available to download, and if you already have it installed, it will stop working in less than a month. But don’t be sad; there are other Twitter clients for macOS that are significantly better.

Here’s our roundup of the best.

Reduce the chaos of your workflow with one simple app [Deals]

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DEVONthink Pro collects and organizes all your work materials in a smarter way.
DEVONthink Pro collects and organizes all your work materials in a smarter way.
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Computers were supposed to make work easier. But all the different kinds of documents, data and sources we work with on a daily basis add up. So it’s easy to wind up a tangled workflow that costs productivity.

Make redecorating your house feel like a VR video game [Deals]

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Turn home decoration into an immersive, creative experience with this 3D previsualization app.
Turn home decoration into an immersive, creative experience with this 3D previsualization app.
Photo: Cult of Mac Deals

It’s tough to imagine how new furniture or room arrangements will look. That is, until you’ve actually lugged the various pieces into place. So redecorating your house can be a real drag, literally.

Delete duplicate files to reclaim precious drive space [Deals]

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Find and remove the hidden duplicate files gumming up your drive.
Find and remove the hidden duplicate files gumming up your drive.
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Even if you’ve got plenty of cash for an extra drive, storage space is not to be wasted. And one of the easiest ways to burn capacity is to let duplicate files stack up. Unfortunately, cleaning them up is a lot harder.

Still need to run Windows apps? CrossOver 17 solves that problem for Macs

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Run your favorite Windows games and apps straight from your Mac dock.
Run your favorite Windows games and apps straight from your Mac dock.
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Before Macs became so prevalent, it’s safe to say the majority of computer users were on Windows. While macOS prides itself on its seamless ease of use, there is still plenty of Windows software we wouldn’t mind running on our Macs.

Use this app to cut down on wasted keystrokes [Deals]

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This simple app saves time by turning common phrases into easy shortcuts.
This simple app saves time by turning common phrases into easy shortcuts.
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If you spend any amount of time at the keyboard, you’re probably wasting a good chunk of it. That’s largely thanks to correcting typos, but also typing common text strings like your name, email address, etc.

Keeping a healthy Mac requires strong antivirus protection

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Protect your Mac from viruses the easy way with Dr. Antivirus Mac antivirus.
Protect your Mac from viruses the easy way with Dr. Antivirus.
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This post is presented by Trend Micro, maker of Dr. Antivirus.

In some ways, our Macs are a lot like us. They live in a world full of bugs and viruses that can compromise their systems, slow them down, even kill them. Just like people, the best way to stay on top of health threats is to get regular checkups.

Mac FoneLab is your first aid kit for iPhone

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The Mac FoneLab iPhone Data Recovery app offers a powerful and intuitive alternative to iTunes for recovery of lost iOS data.
This Mac app offers a powerful and intuitive alternative to iTunes for recovery of lost iOS data.
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This post is presented by Aiseesoft, maker of Mac FoneLab iPhone Data Recovery.

New year, new phone — and the same old risks of damage or data loss. Whether you’ve shelled out more than a thousand bucks for a new iPhone X or still use one from five years ago, these devices are essential to day-to-day life. So just like keeping a first aid kit around, it pays to have the tools to recover your iPhone data if and when something goes wrong.

There’s more than one way to open Mac archives

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Take control or your RAR, ZIP and other archives on your Mac with Dr. Unarchiver.
Take control or your RAR, ZIP and other archives on your Mac.
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This post is presented by Trend Micro, maker of Dr. Unarchiver.

Archives are a great way to compress and bundle all sorts of files. Whether massive applications or complex media projects, to get at the contents of an archive you typically must unarchive the whole thing. Depending on the type of archive, you might need special software. And depending on who sent it, you might not trust the files in the archive. Like a vampire, some malware requires you invite it into your machine.

How to compare and restore previous versions of your Dropbox files

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revisions app
Revisions revises Dropbox's versions.
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Did you know that when you make changes to a file you have in your Dropbox, the cloud service actually remembers those changes? In fact, Dropbox retains unlimited versions of your files for 30 days.

That means you can go back and recover a single deleted sentence from a text file, for example, but this feature also has the potential to radically change how you work. With a free Mac app called Revisions for Dropbox, you can really dig in and use this Dropbox feature properly.