AirPods are some of the best wireless earbuds on the market. Once you use them with your iPhone, it’s hard to switch to something else. Unfortunately, all that AirPods magic doesn’t necessarily translate when you use Apple earbuds with a Mac.
There’s a workaround, though. The AirBuddy app adds some of that beautiful, Apple-style simplicity to the “using AirPods with a Mac” equation. And right now the Mac app is on sale for $6.29 with code DOWNLOADNOW.
iTunes has become a slow and bloated mess over the years — which is why it no longer exists on Mac. But for those who are stuck with Windows, suffering iTunes is necessary if you want to enjoy Apple Music. Or is it?
There are other ways to take advantage of your Apple Music subscription on third-party machines. You could use the web app in a browser of your choice, or you could download Cider, a new and far greater iTunes alternative.
Cider, which is also available on Mac if you aren’t happy with the default Music app, offers a clean and simple user interface and almost all of the features we’ve come to expect from Apple’s streaming service — plus extras.
Do you ever find yourself scrambling to stop music playback on your Mac when a call comes in? QuietMeet is a new app that takes care of that for you.
Compatible with Zoom, Google Meet, FaceTime and other popular services, QuietMeet automatically pauses your music when a call comes in — then resumes it when the call has ended. And it never gets in your way.
Good software and e-learning courses can drain your bank account. At full price, some software packages can go for thousands of dollars, and many individual online courses cost hundreds of dollars each.
Cult of Mac Deals rounded up some of the highest quality apps and online courses, then slashed the prices to make them much more affordable. During our Best of Digital Sale, they’re all 30% off with coupon code DOWNLOADNOW.
There are some tools your computer basically requires to be useful. A good word processor, a data-management tool, a slideshow presentation app and an email manager are some of the big ones. You get programs that do all that and more with the Microsoft Office suite. And now you can get them — for life — at a totally killer price.
Yes, Macs come with built-in software that can meet some of these needs. But for some tasks, the Microsoft apps included in the Office bundle prove essential. And right now, lifetime licenses for both the Mac and Windows 2021 versions of Microsoft Office are on sale for just $49.99 (regularly $349).
You don’t have to spend 12 hours waiting for the perfect shot to get a professional-quality photo. All you need is a good photo editor. The Complete Award-Winning Luminar AI Bundle does most of the work editing your photos for you — and makes all the rest easy.
And for just $39.99 (regularly $235), making the decision to get Luminar is a snap.
Rize helps you improve your productivity by identifying distractions, improving focus, and keeping you moving at a healthy pace. If you could use a boost in those areas, don’t hesitate to score a deal on this productivity app for Mac and Windows.
For a limited time, a three-year subscription to Rize intelligent time tracker software is on sale for $99 (regularly $539).
This post on how to recover a Word document on Mac is presented by Tenorshare 4DDiG.
Accidentally deleting important Word files is something we all do sometimes. When you trash an important file that contains necessary data or work, you will need to recover it. For Mac users, 4DDiG Mac Data Recovery is one of the best pieces of software for that purpose. It is easy to install and use, and you can recover any lost Word document with it.
But before we get into that, let’s learn about the reasons why Word documents become lost — so maybe disaster can be prevented in the first place.
There’s a good reason why 70% of Fortune 500 firms use Microsoft 365. The world’s leading office suite delivers practically everything you need for work and play. So, whether you run a small business, work from home, or are studying right now, Microsoft Office contains software that will give you a lift.
And once again, we’re offering a lifetime license to Microsoft Office Home & Business for Mac for just $49.99. The incredibly popular bundle includes six Microsoft apps at an incredible 85% discount.
Whether you dream of freeing yourself from the corporate nine-to-five and becoming your own boss, or already run your own business, there’s one thing you need to nail to make it a success: invoicing.
While finance admin can be a strain for any entrepreneur, using modern invoicing software makes it simple. And right now, you can get a lifetime subscription to one of the best invoicing apps for Mac: UctoX Invoicing Software, on sale for 60% off.
You don’t need to go to intensive animation school for years, or work with painstaking, frame-by-frame animation, to create professional cartoons anymore. All you need is your Mac and the game-changing Moho Animation Software
It offers state-of-the-art tools that make animation easy, even for beginners. Even better, the app (which works on Mac or PC) is on sale for 50% off, making it just $29.99.
This text editor post is presented by UltraEdit.
Whether you’re a blogger, a web editor or a software developer, automatic formatting can mess with your writing. That’s why you need a text editor, which is similar to a word processing program but lets you work with nothing but plain text and symbols.
If you write code, a text editor is the most important thing to have (after expertise in your coding language, of course). That’s true whether you use HTML or a more complex and powerful tool, like C++ or Python. But how do you pick a suitable text editor?
This WhatsApp transfer post is presented by Wondershare.
When you get a new device and transfer your WhatsApp account to it — let’s say you’re switching from an Android device to a new iPhone 13 — you might be surprised there’s no automatic way to do it when two different operating systems are involved.
Thankfully, MobileTrans makes it easy to do WhatsApp transfer, backup and restore operations. And it works even when you’re moving your WhatsApp chats from one operating system to another.
Who said Valentine’s Day is all about flowers and chocolate? We may be biased, but you know what really sets our hearts aflutter? Game-changing Mac and iOS apps that make our Apple devices more productive and our days even easier.
So, if you want to treat yourself to something you’ll fall in love with this year, may we suggest some of the very best apps around? These all come highly rated by experts and users alike. And right now, you can take an extra 15% off their sale prices when you enter the code VDAY2022 at checkout.
Now that’s enough to set pulses racing.
An increasing number of Mac users say Zoom is using their machine’s microphone even when the app is not in use.
Zoom rolled out an update last December for its native Mac app that supposedly resolved “an issue regarding the microphone light indicator being triggered when not in a meeting.” But it doesn’t appear to have worked.
If you’ve been reusing the same old password across multiple websites and accounts, you need to stop what you’re doing and get a password manager immediately. Cybersecurity experts recommend password managers as the best way to protect yourself and your private data.
And right now, you can grab a year’s premium subscription to the top-rated Dashlane — the official password manager of Cult of Mac — while it’s on sale for just $29.99. That’s 50% off the regular price of $59. Or, boost your savings even further by grabbing a one-year subscription to the Dashlane Password Manager Family Plan, which lets you create six premium accounts, on sale for 64% off.
Video editors know the value of software that does the work for you. BeeCut video editing software is easy to use and produces results that’ll make the final cut in record time.
Right now, a lifetime subscription to BeeCut is on sale for just $41.99 (regularly $99).
Being able to quickly communicate over video has never been more important to our working lives. And there’s no better way to do it than with an all-in-one screen-capture app like Snagit.
Right now, you can grab a lifetime license to this top-rated software for Mac and PC, plus one year of maintenance, for just $39.99. That’s 36% off the regular price of $62.
Editing videos can prove exhausting, but certain programs can make the work easier and get it done faster. VideoProc is a video editor that works at lightning speeds. And for a limited time, it’s also on sale for just $29.99 (regularly $119).
You don’t need to be a trained photographer or artist to produce stunning images. With smart software powered by artificial intelligence, you can easily edit your photos so they look their best in seconds.
Award-winning app Luminar AI is the perfect example of this. And right now, you can grab The Complete Award-Winning Luminar AI Bundle for just $39.99. That’s an 82% discount off the regular price of $235.
Apple has confirmed that developers can now release unlisted apps on iPhone, iPad and Mac that cannot be found without a direct link.
Unlisted apps — which do not appear in App Store search results, categories, recommendations, or other listings — will developers to distribute their titles to limited audiences, such as employees and students.
If you always wanted to learn another language, now’s the time to do it. Not only is the start of the new year the perfect time to invest in yourself, but right now is your last chance to grab a lifetime all-language subscription to the award-winning Babbel for just $199.
Soon, it will go back to its regular sale price of $299. (Frankly, that’s already a great deal, since Babbel lists for $499.)
A good PDF editor is a tool you need whether you’re in school, at work or just trying to tweak something you downloaded. PDF Expert is an award-winning Mac app that lets you use PDFs as easily as if they were Pages docs.
Sound promising? If so, you should jump on this deal. It’s your last chance to get this highly rated PDF editor for Mac on sale for just $29.99. (It normally goes for $79.)
Getting video files to play on your TV is not always as simple as it should be — but the smart Airflow video streaming app makes it easier than ever. And right now, you can get a lifetime subscription to Airflow, on sale for just $15.99. That’s a 20% discount.
A growing number of developers report persistent CloudKit connectivity issues that break iCloud syncing inside their apps.
It seems the problem has been ongoing since at least November. Many developers say they reported the situation to Apple but have yet to see improvements — or even a response in some cases.