Posts tagged ‘software’
MacHeist nano
April 20th, 2013 at 9:18 pm by Dr. Drang
So I went ahead and bought the latest MacHeist “nanoBundle.” Ten bucks for nine apps, at least four of which I’m sure I’ll use. I have no doubt PathFinder will be unlocked. As I write this, they’re about 80% of the way to the unlocking level with three days left. I assume a tenth app…
What’s really great about Fantastical
April 7th, 2013 at 4:32 pm by Dr. Drang
This morning I was listening to the most recent episode of Back To Work, and Merlin’s discussion of Fantastical reminded me that I’ve been meaning to write for months about why it’s so good. Merlin’s description actually came damned close to making this post redundant, but there’s still one important thing he left out.1 Everyone…
Renaming files
March 1st, 2013 at 10:04 pm by Dr. Drang
There’s been a lot of talk about Name Mangler today, both because a new version just came out (at a temporarily reduced price) and because some guy has been comically threatening1 Many Tricks with legal action. Name Mangler is a file renaming application. and it looks both powerful and easy to use, but I think…
Hendecaphilia
November 30th, 2012 at 9:55 pm by Dr. Drang
One of the many reasons I’m not in the upper echelons of Apple punditry is that I don’t jump on new releases and review them the day they come out. (I am, for example, still thinking over my iPhone 5 review.) So I missed out on yesterday’s tsunami of critique regarding iTunes 11. Consider this…
Downcast All Played playlist
July 8th, 2012 at 9:43 pm by Dr. Drang
I like to delete podcast episodes from Downcast manually instead of setting up a rule for when to delete them. I do this because I often listen to podcasts late at night and fall asleep while they’re playing. I don’t want Downcast to delete an episode that it thinks I’ve listened to just because it…
Why Downcast
June 29th, 2012 at 3:14 pm by Dr. Drang
At some point in the 53 hours of podcasts Merlin Mann was on over the past week or so, he mentioned Downcast, the iOS podcast player/manager, and likened it to Emacs—powerful, but probably not appropriate for most people because of all its options. It’d be a shame if people pass up Downcast because of Merlin’s…
Cheap
May 22nd, 2012 at 10:47 pm by Dr. Drang
You may have heard that the FTP (and more) client Forklift is on sale in the Mac App Store for only 99¢, down from its regular $29.99. Dan Frakes asked on Twitter: ForkLift fans: Convince me to buy this during the $1 sale when I already have Transmit. Anything compelling? — Dan Frakes (@danfrakes) Tue May…
Blurring personal info with Acorn
April 20th, 2012 at 5:27 pm by Dr. Drang
Last night on Twitter, Justin Blanton asked this question: What’s your favorite Mac and/or iOS app for quickly obfuscating—by blurring—sensitive info in an image? — Justin Blanton (@jblanton) Thu Apr 19 2012 It’s a good question because it’s a reasonably common need for people who use screenshots to show others how to use software or websites.…
Upgrades and the Mac App Store
April 7th, 2012 at 1:42 pm by Dr. Drang
In the last segment on this week’s Hypercritical, John Siracusa discussed the fact that the Mac App Store, like the iOS App Store, has no mechanism for developers to charge users for software upgrades. Surprisingly, he missed a couple of points that may indicate where Apple is going on this issue. The inspiration for the…
Fantastical and BusyCal
March 11th, 2012 at 12:29 am by Dr. Drang
Back in December, there was a discount bundle that included both Fantastical and BusyCal. I thought it odd to have two calendar programs in one bundle, but it was actually a stroke of genius marketing, because I bought the bundle specifically to test out both calendar applications as replacements for iCal. I won’t keep you…
