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This week’s show is a bit abbreviated, but still full of reviews, free apps, and who knows what else? We’re also giving away some iPhone cases with headphones from Dermis. But I’m sure you knew all of this already if you subscribed in iTunes to the Appletellcast. Continue Reading »

Until the day when all transactions and receipts are electronic, you might want to consider a method other than physical files and folders for your receipts and important documents. That is exactly what NeatReceipts is for. It will scan your receipts, business cards and other important documents, making electronic copies.… Continue Reading »

As I am writing this, the MacHeist 3 Bundle is about to be revealed. Last year, many were disappointed with the MacHeist bundle, as it had many apps that had been seen in the previous year, and no really spectacular app. This year, that was acknowledged, and a much better… Continue Reading »

Apple currently ships a ton of full-fledged programs with Mac OS X. Safari, Mail, iChat, Address Book, and iCal are all great examples. As the operating system paradigm shifts, though, I think Apple could be the one to pull these apps all together into one really useful application that many… Continue Reading »

Do you have a great idea for a movie, but don’t know how to turn it into a screenplay that makes any sense? Well, that’s never stopped those fellows who make the Saw movies, and now it doesn’t need to stop you, either, thanks to Mariner’s Contour screenplay structure software. Continue Reading »

Talking to inanimate objects has become more accepted in the past years, mostly thanks to Bluetooth headsets. But you can take it a step further by talking directly to your computer! MacSpeech Dictate is the premier dictation software to turn your spoken words into typed text without ever needing to… Continue Reading »

Fresh is a brand new application for OS X that is essentially a file management tool. What it does is take every file that you have interacted with, and shows it in a list. If you edit a Word file, download a file, save an e-mail attachment, take a screenshot,… Continue Reading »

Although Spaces was a hyped feature of Mac OS X Leopard, it seems to lack functionality and reliability. Thankfully, an app named Hyperspaces is available to cover some of those missing features. What’s unique about Hyperspaces is that it does not replace Spaces, it simply adds functionality and improves usability. Continue Reading »

Things is a very easy-to-use task management tool that helps us approach the GTD (Getting Things Done) philosophy proposed by David Allen.  The concept is very simple, and the application is neat, clean and powerful. The idea behind this article is not to explain or detail every single feature of… Continue Reading »

Say what!?  You haven’t heard of Growl?  And you call yourself a Mac user.  Don’t worry, I’ve got the why and how on Growl.  Before you know it, you’ll have the feature that Apple left out running on your machine. Growl is a centralized notification system for OS X.  It… Continue Reading »