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Name your price for 5 performance-enhancing Mac apps, feat. TechTool Pro [Deals]

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These five apps can up your Mac's performance and productivity, for whatever you're willing to pay.
These five apps can up your Mac's performance and productivity, for whatever you're willing to pay.
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Your Mac comes out of the box as a lean, mean computing machine. But any Mac is only as useful as the apps you put on it. That makes this bundle of Mac apps worth checking out. In addition to including various ways of improving the performance and productivity possibilities of your Mac, the Fab 5 Mac App Bundle is available for whatever you’re willing to pay. Read on for details.

Cult of Mac Magazine: Google’s Pixel 2 vs. new iPhones and more!

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In this week's Cult of Mac Magazine, we show you how Google's Pixel lineup compares to iPhone 8 and the upcoming iPhone X, and much more!
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Can Google convince iPhone fans to jump ship for the new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL?We show how Google’s Pixel lineup compares to iPhone 8 and the upcoming iPhone X.

In this week’s Cult of Mac Magazine, you’ll find that story and more. Check out the serious internal upgrades packed into iPhone 8 Plus, and Google’s new mini speaker. We’ve got some great Mac apps for photo editors, a roundup of the best chargers and stands for Apple Watch Series 3 and a review of the iconic Speidel Twist-O-Flex band. Get your free subscription to Cult of Mac Magazine from iTunes. Or read on for this week’s top stories.

Search better and faster with this powerful email app [Deals]

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Postbox 5 is packed with tools that can save frequent emailers a lot of time and effort.
Postbox 5 is packed with tools that can save frequent emailers a lot of time and effort.
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Anyone who sends a lot of emails knows that a little extra efficiency goes a long way. Whether it’s typing out the same canned response over and over, combing endless threads, or just entering your name. Apple Mail and Outlook are great, but they can fall short for power users.

Half app converts your JPEGs to space-saving HEIC files

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Use the Half app to convert JPG to HEIC, saving space without losing quality.
The Half app converts JPG to HEIC, saving space without losing quality.
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The iPhones 7, 8 and X all capture images in the new HEIC format, which creates images much smaller than JPEGs, with the same quality.

All new images you snap, and movies you capture, will be saved in the new HIEC and HVEC (for movies) formats. But what if you want to convert your older images from JPEG to HEIC to save some space? That’s exactly what Half App does.

Mailbutler turns Gmail into a productivity monster

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Mailbutler is bringing its inbox-enhancing email plugin to Gmail.
Mailbutler is bringing its inbox-enhancing features to Gmail.
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This post is presented by Mailbutler GmbH.

If you have an email address, there’s a very good chance it ends in “@gmail.com.” Well over a billion people use Gmail, which claims more than 20 percent of the email market. Even though Mac users’ machines come with Apple Mail, many prefer to use Google’s email platform in their browser.

One thing Apple Mail users could dangle over the head of Gmail users is the ability to install Mailbutler, a plugin that adds a bunch of useful new functions to the Mac’s built-in email program. But with today’s release of the latest beta, Mailbutler finally becomes available for Gmail.

This transfer app moves iOS and Android data to iPhone

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AnyTrans makes getting your old data onto your new iPhone a snap.
AnyTrans makes getting your old data onto your new iPhone a snap.
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This post is brought to you by iMobie, maker of AnyTrans.

There’s no denying it — the new iPhones look amazing. So it’s no surprise if you’re already plotting how to get one. But with any new device comes the challenge of moving the important stuff from your old one.

Fix iOS 11 update issues & recover lost iOS data

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PhoneRescue can help make sure updating to iOS 11 doesn't mean dropping your data.
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This post is brought to you by iMobie, maker of PhoneRescue.

Today, iOS 11 launches at long last. It’s been hyped as one of the biggest updates yet, setting a new standard for Apple’s mobile operating system. There’s a new Dock, multitasking tools, drag-and-drop features, the ability to pay friends over messages, and lots more.

But with any major new update comes the risk of data loss. If the software update crashes, for example, you could lose data. Or look to the rollout of iOS 9.3, which was met with numerous reports of sudden data loss on people’s devices. Before you reincarnate your iPhone as an iOS 11 device, it pays to get a recovery solution in place.

Drive Genius adds Mac antivirus to its arsenal

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The latest version of Drive Genius adds virus and malware protection, making it even more useful.
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This post is brought to you by Prosoft Engineering, maker of Drive Genius 5.

If you’re serious about taking care of your Mac, you probably use a variety of third-party applications. From VPNs to defragging, managing backups to scanning for viruses, it takes a village of apps to keep Macs at their best.

This typing assistant can save valuable time [Deals]

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Typinator Licenses
By collecting all your most commonly typed phrases and typos, this app can save valuable time at the keyboard.
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When you type a lot, you develop some habits that can cost valuable time. That’s true whether you’re filling out forms, coding, writing copy. No matter what you do at the keyboard, there are ways to cut down on wasted keystrokes.

Typinator is an app that helps eliminate the many small strings of text and even images that add up to minutes and even hours. Additionally, it operates on multiple apps and platforms. And right now, you can get a standard license for Typinator for just $15.99 at Cult of Mac Deals. Get an additional 11% off this deal with coupon code “iOS11”.

Today’s storytellers need today’s storytelling tools [Deals]

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The Storyteller's Must-Have Mac Bundle
Whatever kind of story you're working on, this bundle of apps can help you tell it.
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These days, everybody is a storyteller. Whether you’re writing articles or journals, novels or screenplays, there’s a world of digital tools that you can benefit from. This bundle gathers 7 of those tools in one place, and for low price. From StoryMill to MacJournal, Narrator to Montage, and lots more, it’s got something useful to anybody who weaves narratives. And right now you can get the whole bundle for just $29. Read on for more details:

Map your Wi-Fi, clean your Mac or fly a drone [Week’s Best Deals]

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This week's best deals include powerful Mac maintenance tools, sleek drones, and more.
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With summer coming to a close, the Cult of Mac Store is still bringing in hot new deals. This week, we’ve got a discount on top-shelf Mac maintenance app CleanMyMac 3. Plus, we’ve got half off or more on Final Draft 10, a sleek drone with 4K video, and an app for maximizing Wi-Fi connections. Additionally, for a limited time, you can get an additional 15 percent off each deal by using the coupon code “BYESUMMER” at checkout.

Raindrop.io is a slick new bookmark-organizing app for iOS

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Raindrop's web page looks way better than its iOS app.
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Raindrop.io is a new bookmarking service for Mac and iOS, and the web, and Android. It lets you save your bookmarks into folders, known as Groups, and those bookmarks are then available from anywhere. The main selling point of Raindrop.io seems to be the slick interface, and the myriad beautiful ways you can arrange the bookmarks therein.

Last chance: Take PDFs to the next level [Deals]

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PDF Expert 2.2
Now's your last chance to save big on this powerful little PDF editor.
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If you’re reading this, you probably see a lot of PDFs cross your desktop. After all, they’re the format of choice for digital documents. But you might not realize that PDFs can be a lot more flexible and useful, with the right tools.

This free iOS 11 stuck recovery app can save you a trip to the Genius Bar

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If your iPhone is stuck, iOS recovery app ReiBoot can get it unstuck.
If your iPhone gets stuck, ReiBoot can get it unstuck.
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This post is brought to you by Tenorshare, maker of ReiBoot.

When your iOS device fails to start up, you’ve got choices. You could sit around weeping like a little baby. Or you could schlep it to the nearest Genius Bar. Or you could make the smart move: You could try to fix it yourself with free iOS recovery software like ReiBoot.

Save streaming videos straight to your hard drive [Deals]

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MovieSherlock Pro Video Downloader for Mac
This app will download your favorite videos from pretty much any major streaming site.
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Streaming videos have made our favorite content available pretty much anywhere we go. It’s also made the loss of an internet connection cause for disappointment and frustration. Luckily, it’s real easy to download your favorite streaming video from basically any site straight to your hard drive.

Spark email for Mac gets new Smart Search features

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Spark is now available on Mac.
Spark's latest update for Mac makes searching for emails a lot easier.
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An update to Spark, a powerful Mac email app from Readdle, brings a serious boost to the software’s Smart Search functionality. The Spark 1.3 update also comes with a lot of under-the-hood changes and performance improvements, making a great Mac email app even better.

Study better with this notes-enhancing app [Deals]

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MarginNote Pro for Mac
This simple app takes the good habit of note taking into the digital age.
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This is a great time for learners. Because of the internet, mobile devices, and other tech advances, it’s effortless to get at basically all of humanity’s information. Of course, that also makes it harder than ever to stay focused and organized. Note taking is proven to be helpful for study. But we’re less likely than ever to scrawl in our textbooks as we read.

Get the app used by today’s professional screenwriters [Deals]

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Final Draft 10
If you're a pro or aspiring screenwriter, you're going to want to be familiar with Final Draft.
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Today’s movies and TV shows are more popular than ever before. That makes screenwriting a job that’s never been more lucrative or impactful. And like photography, video, and music, there’s an industry standard software for screenwriters.