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Want more out of your Mac? These six suggestions for solid software are presented by our friends at SaaSGenius.

Though many of us associate the wide world of apps with our iPhones and iPads, they’re crucial for making the most of your MacBook or iMac, too. The best Mac apps can help you expand on your Mac’s capabilities in fun and interesting ways.

Macs are famously easy to use, but great apps make them even easier. And the right apps can jack up your productivity, too. Sometimes the only trouble is finding the best ones.

The list below covers some of our favorite apps to install on a new Mac. Some are free in the App Store (available in your Mac’s Dock or under the Apple menu at top left of your screen). Others you can download from developers’ websites.

For Father’s Day this year, skip the tie and get Pops something he can use for the rest of his life: a lifetime license to Microsoft Office for Mac. It’s the gold standard when it comes to software. And if he doesn’t own the latest version, he’s missing out.

We’ve got a hot deal on this must-have software: You get the entire Microsoft Office suite for just $49.99. Plus, if your dear old dad’s not already an Office wizard, you can add instructional courses that will make him one for just $20 more.

Those are massive savings. Act fast, though, because Cult of Mac Deals’ big Father’s Day Sale ends soon.

It might look glamorous, but actually making videos is challenging. Once you get past the writing and the filming, you still have to get through the editing.

Usually, video editing proves incredibly time-consuming and tedious. But Wondershare Filmora is a quick, simple video editor that makes content creation a breeze. And perpetual licenses for Filmora are on sale for $69.99 (regularly $109) for a limited time.

The PDF is one of the most popular file formats in the world. Yet somehow, a good PDF editor is still hard to find.

Wondershare PDFelement Professional is a simple PDF editor loaded with features. It caters to everyday users as well as professionals who need advanced tools. And you can get a perpetual license on sale for $119 (regularly $159) for a limited time.

Your Mac might be able to do a lot more than what you’re using it for. You might already be browsing and working, but it can do so much more if you have apps that put your hardware to use. The Complete Utility Pro Lifetime Mac Bundle is a nine-app deal full of useful Mac apps for work and fun games. And right now, it costs only $49.

You probably won’t notice it right away, but a lot of the internet is locked behind invisible walls. You might not be able to access every streaming site or download specific file types. For example, you can visit YouTube, but you can’t treat it like a video library you can download and export from.

Fortunately, Offcloud unlocks the internet, giving you more sites you can visit and more things you can do. And for a limited time, a lifetime subscription costs just $39.99 (regularly $699).

Forget your whisk, chef’s knife or food-mixer. Apple’s iPhone should be your go-to device when it comes to preparing delicious meals in the kitchen. While it’s incredibly handy having Siri nearby to set multiple cooking timers, our iPhones, iPads and Macs can also double as digital recipe-books. And when it comes to recipe apps, trust me: The best out there is Mela.

Many folks forget their passwords, and odds are it’ll happen to you, too. However, you shouldn’t have to suffer through an overly complicated password-reset process or ship your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch back to the manufacturer whenever that happens.

MobiUnlock offers an easy way back into your locked iOS device. And a lifetime subscription to this frustration-busting Mac app is on sale for $39.95 (regularly $69) for a limited time.

If your hardware doesn’t support Apple’s amazing AirPlay, it’s a little silly how many wires it can take to cast one screen to another. You can wind up with a whole pile of HDMI cables and adapters.

ApowerMirror skips the cables by letting you share your smartphone screen to a Mac, PC, iPhone, Android or smart TV. And for a limited time, ApowerMirror is on sale for $41.99 (regularly $259).

Apple’s Reminders app has gone from strength to strength in recent years, but for a more-comprehensive task-management app on iOS, iPadOS and macOS, look no further than Todoist.

Trust me: It’s the best to-do app out there.

Even if you use Microsoft Office every day, you probably aren’t getting the most out of the world’s most popular software.

For instance, every time you start with a blank Word document instead of utilizing a template that does the job for you, that’s time wasted. And every time you add up all the numbers in a list on Excel instead of hitting the SUM button, that’s math you could have avoided.

The Premium Microsoft Office Training Bundle + Lifetime License of MS Office Home & Business for Mac 2021 teaches you how to get more out of the apps you might be using for work and school every day. And it gives you lifetime access to those apps, too — all for just $79.99 (regularly $,1549).

The right planner can change your life, or at least organize it. When you can keep your to-do list, calendar, notes and productivity helpers all in one place, it starts to feel like there’s nothing you can’t do.

Lunatask is an all-in-one planner that can give you the control and structure you need to get more out of the day. For a limited time, a lifetime subscription to Lunatask Premium is on sale for $49 (regularly $180).

If you do any graphic design, an onscreen measuring tool will transform your work. One of the very best is EpicRuler, which works on Mac and Windows. And right now, you can get a lifetime license for just $19.

This one-time purchase represents a 34% discount off EpicRuler’s regular price of $29.

Microsoft Office is powerful, but it’s even more amazing if you actually know how to use it.

Today, you can grab the Microsoft Office Home and Business for Mac 2021 Lifetime License & The Premium Microsoft Office Training Bundle for just $79.99. This mega-bundle usually costs $1,549, so that’s a major discount.

Spring cleaning doesn’t just have to mean finally dusting. You can clean up your online tracks with a no-log virtual private network that’ll protect your identity and your browser data.

This three-year subscription to VPNCity offers that service and a lot more. And you can get it for $69 (regularly $357) with coupon code SPRING10 during our Spring Refresh Sale.

Even the most meticulous planners have trouble sticking to an agenda sometimes. But planning and notetaking doesn’t have to be all on you. There’s some impressive software out there that can make it easier on Macs, iPads and iPhones.

Date-focused notetaking app Agenda Premium 14 automates what it can for notetaking and planning, and makes the rest of the process easier with some fantastic tools. For a limited time, Agenda Premium 14 is on sale for $9.99 (regularly $34).

Whether it’s for personal, professional or academic use, every computer needs software that lets you write, organize and share information. A pair of Microsoft Office suites currently on sale at a drastic discount get all that done for different types of users.

For Mac fans, there’s the Microsoft Office Home & Business for Mac 2021. And for Windows users, there’s Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows. Lifetime licenses to each of these Microsoft Office suites are on sale now for just $49.99 (regularly $349).

DuckDuckGo for Mac launched as a public beta on Tuesday. The free web browser makes privacy settings the default, and offers private search, tracker blocking and website encryption.

The Mac version joins the one for iPhone and iPad that’s been out since 2018.

Your Mac is an amazing machine. But you’re probably not using it to its full potential. To really unleash all it has to offer, you need some awesome apps — and that’s exactly what you get in the Mac Madness App Bundle.

Usually $74, today it’s on sale for 73% off at just $19.99. With 14 apps included in this megabundle, that works out to less than $1.50 an app.

The just-released Pages 12.0, Numbers 12.0 and Keynote 12.0 offer a variety of new features, including much finer control over font sizes in the iPad and iPhone versions.

And there are additional new features available in all versions of the iWork suite, including the one for Mac.

It’s hard to squeeze the most out of your day when you’re just trying to get through it. Optimizing your productivity takes work and thought, and sometimes all you can manage is maintenance instead of learning and growing from your experiences.

This bundle can turn that around. The Mac Productivity App Bundle & Lifetime Access to StackSkills gives you tools and courses that can change how much you can get done in a day. And for a limited time, it’s on sale for $49 (regularly $1,511).

Adding a watermark to your photos is a great way to avoid running into your work under another person’s name. The problem is that manually marking every one of your finished photos takes a lot of work.

Luckily, a Mac and PC app called Mass Watermark simplifies the watermarking process and massively cuts down on the time it takes to claim your photos. And right now, you can get a lifetime subscription for just $9.99 (regularly $30).

Choosing between Mac and Windows isn’t hard: Mac is clearly better. Apple’s computers have an intuitive user interface, fantastic apps and much better hardware. But Windows is ubiquitous, and there are a ton of Windows-only apps that Mac users sometimes need.

Fortunately, you don’t need to choose between Mac and Windows because Parallels Desktop Pro Edition lets you run Windows and macOS at the same time. And right now, it’s on sale for just $32 (regularly $99) if you use Cult of Mac Deals’ exclusive discount code GET60NOW.

But hurry: This outrageous deal must end at 11:59 p.m. PDT on March 31, 2022.

So much time is lost when you’re constantly moving between spreadsheets and databases. When you must use one app to organize information and another to analyze it, things can get clunky and overly complicated.

Stackby is a unique app that combines the ease of a good spreadsheet with the analysis and sharing tools of a database. For a limited time, a lifetime subscription to the Stackby Personal Plan is also on sale for $69 (regularly $300).

Convenient as they are, Apple TV, Chromecast and AirPlay 2 can’t do everything. Some videos don’t stream in high quality — or can’t stream at all. This lifetime subscription to the Airflow video streaming app lets you stream almost any video while keeping the quality high.

And right now, this app for Mac and Windows is on sale for $15.99 (regularly $19).