This week’s Awesome Apps include a great way to keep your Mac in tip-top shape, a desktop-style web browser for mobile, and an app for correcting your posture using your AirPods.
I’ve spent most of my working life slumped in an office chair. Don’t get me wrong: I move around quite a lot. I start upright, and by the end of the day, I’m almost horizontal.
We all know this is very bad, but luckily help is at hand … from my AirPods!
How can you best save your MacBook battery life for many years of use? Your laptop’s battery is the most likely component to wear out, and one of the biggest problems is keeping it plugged in all the time. Apple offers some built-in controls, but they’re pretty basic and inflexible. Energiza Pro, on the other hand, gives you far more options, extending your MacBook’s battery life for years to come.
It’s the smart battery manager you need to keep your MacBook alive for longer.
One piece of software I consider indispensable for keeping my Mac running clean, quick and clear is CleanMyMac X by MacPaw.
CleanMyMac X packs more than 30 tools for keeping your Mac in tip-top condition, but is especially useful for clearing disc space, freeing up RAM, and deleting malware and adware. The latest version has a new, unlimited seven-day free trial, and Cult of Mac readers can get an exclusive 10% discount.
When you’re video conferencing, well-shot presentations can be a powerful way to sway new clients and impress employers. And despite what you might think, you don’t need a studio full of expensive gear to knock people’s socks off. FineCam Pro is virtual camera software for recording video and video conferencing.
Cult of Mac readers can score lifetime access to FineCam Pro, which works on Mac, iOS, Windows and Android, for only $49.99 (regularly $84) for a limited time.
New users can get lifetime access to Microsoft Office for less than ever, thanks to our Labor Day sale on two lifetime licenses for Mac or PC.
No normal human can keep track of the hundreds of complicated passwords required to avoid falling prey to hackers. To keep them all straight, you need a password manager cable of generating complex passwords and storing them securely on all your devices.
If you’re tired of playing Rain Man, this password manager deal is for you. Protect your identity and your bank account with a lifetime subscription to Sticky Password Premium at a surprisingly low price. During our Labor Day Sale, you can get complete coverage for only $19.97 (regularly $199) with no coupon.
WhatsApp just got a native Mac app that delivers a vastly superior experience than the current Electron-based app. It also supports up to eight people on video calls and 32 on audio calls.
Released Tuesday, WhatsApp’s new native Mac app makes it a better FaceTime alternative, as you can access almost the same set of features across your PC and phone.
Adobe wants to help students accustomed to old-fashioned paper textbooks get over the transition to PDF textbooks. The company points out that its free reader for the digital format does a lot more than display text and images, and many of these features are ideal for students.
The software developer highlighted five of the benefits of the free Mac application for those going to class with a PDF textbook.
Whether you work on a Mac or a Windows PC, Microsoft Office offers powerful software that proves essential for many tasks. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint … there’s a reason these apps are so widely known.
If you don’t own a copy of the world’s most popular software suite, you can turn that around today, thanks to our Labor Day sale on a lifetime of Microsoft Office for $34.97. That’s a $185 discount off the regular price!
Is your email inbox an overloaded mess? Don’t let important documents — from the present or the distant past — go missing.
Mail Backup X is a one-stop solution for email backup, management and archiving. And you can get lifetime access for only $39.97 (regularly $179) during our Labor Day Sale. That’s more than 70% off a service trusted by more than 42,000 businesses and individuals across the globe.
Picture this: You’re in the zone, creating killer docs, sleek spreadsheets, and presentations that practically pop off the screen. Who’s got your back? Drumroll, please … Microsoft Office to the rescue!
And guess what? Hold onto your hat, ’cause we’ve got a flash sale going on! You can snag a lifetime pass to Microsoft Office, whether you’re rocking a Mac or a Windows machine, all for the ridiculously awesome price of just $34.97. Yep, you heard right. It’s usually $219, but we’re hooking you up with this sweet deal.
So, if you’re all about boosting your productivity game and turning out those top-notch docs, spreadsheets and presentations, this is your golden ticket. Don’t miss out – grab your lifetime license now and let Microsoft Office take your work to the next level!
Design tools are the digital artist’s brush, the web designer’s grid paper, and the UX/UI designer’s blueprint. They transmute raw ideas into visually captivating content that can engage, inspire and influence.
Arc is a new kind of web browser that recently launched for Mac. It breaks free of the conventional tabbed window design with an all-new approach to organizing your internet activity without slowing you down along the way.
The top talent at The Browser Company, Arc’s developer, are taking bold approaches behind the scenes as well. The Windows version won’t be rewritten in C++ as with most Windows programs. Instead, the team is creating a custom toolkit to compile its code in Apple’s Swift language on Windows.
You can download Arc here for free from The Browser Company.
Almost any writer or content creator can benefit from using a minimal Markdown editor like Typora. It’s a simple app that you can configure in many different ways to suit the formatting you need for your document, whether you’re writing a book, building a website, crafting a business report or simply blogging or penning an essay for school.
Whether you’re Team Mac or Team Windows, the highly rated Microsoft Office productivity suite can benefit you. Lifetime access to programs such as Excel, PowerPoint and Word typically set you back a few hundred dollars. However, we’ve got one last chance for a sensational discount.
Until midnight tonight, you can purchase Microsoft Office Home & Business for Mac 2021 or Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows for only $29.97 (regularly $219) apiece.
Instead of searching for new Mac apps, why not spring for a subscription that gives you instant access to more than 240 of them? Setapp is a collection of more than 240 apps for basic tasks like finances, creativity and more.
Normally, a one-year subscription would cost $119. But right now, you can get it for just $84.99.
Looking for the absolute best Amazon Prime Day deals on Apple gear and accessories? Us too. In fact, the only thing we like more than Apple gear is a great deal on Apple gear.
So far we’ve found cheap MacBooks, AirTag competitors that cost less than $15 a pop, rock-bottom pricing on must-have software like Microsoft Office for Mac, and sweet deals that will save you hundreds on power banks and solar generators to keep your gear powered up. We even put together an inexpensive bundle that can add Apple CarPlay to your ride.
We’ll update this post as we continue to search for the best Prime Day deals — on Amazon and beyond.
Your Mac is kind of like your house. Unless you’re diligent, it’s normal for a mess to start to build up. On your computer, that may look like half-downloaded apps, unused software, large untouched files, and other digital clutter.
If you want to freshen your Mac up without manually finding and deleting all your unnecessary files and apps, get CleanMyMac X. This one-time purchase could have your Mac feeling clean and quick, and you can get it for one or two Macs with 29% off the regular price.
Even the greatest authors can encounter a serious case of writer’s block. But now there’s a modern way to overcome such situations — a highly rated writing app that comes at a low cost.
For a limited time, you can access Scrivener 3 for only $29.99 (regularly $59), the best price online. Pay only half-price for a writing app with an App Store rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on more than 500 verified reviews.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then an animated image must be worth millions a minute. You don’t have to do the math on that. Just look at the popularity of films like The Incredibles or Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
The latest version of Moho animation software makes it easier than ever for creators to put their art in motion. And a flash sale makes Moho a lot more affordable. Through June 20, you can grab this incredible alternative to traditional animation for just $79.97 (regularly $399).
A shelf full of DVDs might look good, but a physical copy of a movie is only as good as the disc holding it. To conserve space and make your movies accessible, you can burn your DVDs directly to your computer.
MacX DVD Ripper Pro lets you take your old DVDs and transfer them directly to your Mac — and even upscale them if the quality’s not as good as it could be. This great Mac app is on sale for just $29.99 for a limited time. (You also can get a Family License for just $35.99, which allows up to five devices).
If all Adobe gave the world was the PDF file, the software maker would be justly remembered as a tech innovator. But today, the company gives visual creatives of all types the tools they need to realize their vision (and make a living) through the powerful tools in Adobe Creative Cloud.
If you haven’t tried out these industry-standard apps, here’s a deal tailor-made for you. This bundle pairs 26 Adobe Creative Cloud apps with more than 37 hours of training (and other perks) for less than $40.
Whether you’re a Mac-loving photo editor, a Windows-loving student, or just about anything in between, you probably could benefit from having Microsoft Office on your computer. But if you’re thinking that you’d hate to add another monthly subscription to your list, don’t worry.
This offer for a lifetime MS Office license for either Mac or Windows is available for a one-time purchase of $29.99 for a limited time. This new price drop takes it back to Cult of Mac Deals’ all-time low price. However, the price goes up on June 1.
Your Mac is a mighty machine, but in some ways it’s got some pretty human problems. That includes getting messy and catching a bug. The occasional spring cleaning or malware scan are well and good, but what you really want is a complete toolkit that covers everything.
Your Mac needs a checkup from the neck up, to use the technical term. Lucky for you, Intego’s premium bundles of apps for Mac are deeply discounted right now. Check out some of the helpful tools in the bundles below.