Mac OS X App Remover Shootout: 7 Uninstallers

Mac OS X is missing an important utility. An application remover. Yes, you’re supposed to scrap an app by depositing it in the round file, but what about all the crap that’s left behind to clog up your system? I’m talking about the .plist file, the application support folder, and so on. That stuff isn’t going away on its own.

MacHeist Bundle Revealed

MacHeist has announced which shareware apps will be in its $50 bundle this year.
The first 3 apps were all apps that were given away as freebies last year. They were so successful that the devs decided to step things up a notch this year and sell full licenses
Without further ado, here’s the list.

1Password (Also includes […]

OmniFocus Your Life

The Omni Group have been purveyors of fine software for OS X for years. Who’d have thought that you could actually get people to pay for a web browser? Business practices aside, today they released a brand new, if not boringly named, Getting Things Done program, OmniFocus. Don’t let the company’s obsession with the word “Omni” dissuade you–this one fantastic piece of software.

Picture Switcher: Pricy But Pleasurable

Developer: Night Productions
Version: 2.0.2
Price: $30 USD
Operating System: Mac OS X
Click here to give Picture Switcher a try.
Fun? Yes. Necessary? Of Course Not.
During my first year in college, my dorm-mate introduced me to program for Windows that automatically changed my desktop background. I had this huge collection of wallpapers that I had […]

Pixelmator: The Perfect Complement to Photoshop

Developer: The Pixelmator Team
Version: 1.0
Price: $59
Operating System: Mac OS X
Click here to try Pixelmator.
Photoshop Replacement? Not Quite.

I’ve been dying to put pen to paper for a review of Pixelmator since I downloaded the first beta over a month ago. The program has gotten better and better throughout the two betas, and the […]

Dreamweaver: Why It’s the Standard in WYSIWYG Web Design

Developer: Adobe (formerly Macromedia)
Version: CS3 (9.0)
Price: $399
Operating Systems: Mac OS X, Windows
Download Dreamweaver Here.
Now if it Only Had Some More Competition
After experimenting with, and reviewing, four different What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) style web design programs over the past week, I’ve come away with a new respect for Adobe’s Dreamweaver. It […]

Freewebs: A Great Web Designer - For the ’90s

Developers: The Mokhtarzada Brothers
Version: N/A
Price: Free, Depending on Level of Service
Operating Systems: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Check out Freewebs Here.
Brings Back Bad Memories of Geocities and Homestead
Online web designers seem to be the hot new Web 2.0 applications. Maybe it’s because people are growing tired of social networking sites like Myspace and Facebook - […]

Sandvox: A Fantastic Web Designer for Beginners

Developer: Karelia Software
Version: 1.2.1
Price: $49 Regular, $79 Pro
Operating Systems: Mac OS X
Download Sandvox Here.
But Not for Anybody Else
The first time I ever tried my hand at web design, it was for a college class I was taking. It was a fantastic class - but the quality of education is beside the point. During […]

Nisus Writer Pro: One Powerful Word Processor

Developer: Nisus Software, Inc.
Version: 1.0
Price: $79 Download, $89 CD
Operating Systems: Mac OS X
Download Nisus Writer Pro Here.
Could it Be as Good as Microsoft Word?
Nisus Writer Pro is one of those killer programs for Mac OS X that packs in a hell of a lot of features and makes you wonder why you weren’t using an […]

Money: An Accounting Program for Everyone

Developer: Jumsoft
Version: 2.3
Price: $39 or $10 upgrade from 1.x
Operating Systems: Mac OS X
Download Money Here.
We All Need Money - But Do We All Need this Program?
The appropriately named Money is a financial management application for Apple’s Mac OS X which does exactly what you would expect it to - manage your money. However, Money […]