Macworld Podcast: Mac Gems live

by Dan Frakes, Rob Griffiths, Macworld.com

As mentioned last week in the Mac Gems blog, we hosted a Macworld Expo session profiling 17 of our favorite low-cost software offerings. We thought we’d share the audio from that session to accompany the list of bargain apps that have caught our eye.

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Show Notes

Here are the 17 apps we profiled during our Expo session.

Saft ($12);

Chax (

; free);

DejaMenu (

; free);

NuFile (

; payment requested);

MondoMouse (

; $15);

MenuMeters (free);

GrandPerspective (

; free) and WhatSize (

; free);

SuperDuper (

; $28);

DropCopy (

; free for individuals; $25 for large networks);

ChangeShortName (payment requested);

Service Scrubber (

; payment requested);

Witch (

; payment requested);

Snapz Pro X (

; $29 for image-only version; $69 for movie-capture version);

Jumpcut (

; free);

teleport (

; free);

TextExpander (

; $30)

If you’re interested in more low-cost gems, be sure to read our round-up of the best low-cost software programs of all time. You can also visit the Mac Gems catalog to see the mouse rating for every low-cost app we’ve ever reviewed.

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