Browse tag: productivity utilities

Browse tag: productivity utilities

Gems I’m thankful for
Sometimes we take for granted the little things that make our Mac-using lives easier. On this Thanksgiving holiday (here in the U.S., at least), Dan Frakes gives props to the Mac Gems he uses every day.
Review: Mindjet for iPhone
Mindjet has managed to squeeze the power, ease, and versatility of its desktop mindmapping application into an iPhone app. It's an effective tool, though it comes with some limitations.
Review: WritePad Pro for iPhone
Apart from some quibbles and a few trade-offs, the feature-rich WritePad Pro is a very fine personal organizational tool.
Bugs & Fixes: LaunchBar causes an unexpected surprise
LaunchBar is an application (plus much more) par excellence. But a new feature in LaunchBar 5 has caused a headache for bug-finder Ted Landau.
Review: CardPro for iPhone
This organization app lets you keep track of your contacts by snapping a picture of their business cards with the iPhone's built-in camera and entering the name and company. CardPro has the potential to save you time in organizing the business cards you collect, though there are some caveats.
Mac developers band together for One Finger Discount
Over two dozen Mac developers are participating in a "One Finger Discount" sale to celebrate great Mac software and offer a 20 percent discount to customers.
Two more Snow Leopard Expose tips
Learn how to change the Expose All Windows sort order, and how to control whether or not Expose searches across Spaces in Application Windows mode.
Review: BusyMac BusyCal 1.0 calendar software
If you’ve been frustrated by iCal’s limitations or are looking for a scheduling program with a little more oomph, BusyMac’s BusyCal may be just what you need.
Multiple-Clipboard utilities (and why you should use one)
In this week’s Macworld video, Dan Frakes takes a look at three of his favorite utilities for gaining multiple Clipboards, in the process showing you how they can improve your productivity.
Mac News Briefs: Chronos rolls out version 8 of SOHO Notes, Organizer
Both the notes management and information organization applications from Chronos feature a slew of new features. Also, Sente announced a new version of its self-titled academic reference manager, while NetNewsWire, Delicious Library, Twitterrific, and Snowtape all saw minor updates.
PTHPasteboard Pro provides multiple Clipboards and much more
PTHPasteboard Pro is a utility that provides multiple Clipboards, but it's also a powerful text-processing and -storing program.
Move Finder items more efficiently
There must be easier ways to move items from place to place on your Mac. I provide a few and then solicit your ideas.
Review: Pastie for iPhone
This app makes it easy to send short messages from your iPhone or iPod touch by storing canned text for later use in e-mails or SMS messages.
Mac News Briefs: Business Card Composer 5 adds map integration
Google Maps integration in the latest version of the business card creation tool lets users include a map and directions on their business cards. Also, Ambrosia Software updated Snapz Pro X and RecoSoft announced a version of its PDF2Office file conversion utility aimed at iWork users.
Mail Act-On developer snaps up MiniMail plug-in
InDev Software has bought MiniMail, the popular plug-in from Olive Toast Software for OS X's built-in Mail client.
Dictionary Cleaner lets you edit your spell-check dictionaries
Dictionary Cleaner is a System Preferences pane that lets you edit Mac OS X's custom spell-checking dictionaries.
Microsoft extends support period for Office for Mac 2004
Microsoft has announced that they will continue to support Office for Mac 2004 until 2010.
Omni Group to partner with GTD creator
As a result of the partnership between the software maker and The David Allen Company, the OmniFocus task manager will support the Getting Things Done methodology.
Review: NotifyMe for iPhone
This app, which uses the push notifications features of iPhone 3.0 to remind you of to-dos, shines in its simplicity. If the "to-dos as reminders" approach sounds appealing, then NotifyMe's excellent execution of its premise should suit you well.
Adobe rolls out LiveCycle app for iPhone
Adobe LiveCycle Workspace Mobile ES2 lets users of the company's LiveCycle Enterprise Suite manage tasks while on the go.
Quicksilver lives again on Snow Leopard
Open-source utility Quicksilver is a jack of all trades; a recent update finally brings it into accord with Snow Leopard.
Say It & Mail It for iPhone
The productivity tool for recording and then immediately sending voice memos has its strong points, such as simple controls and excellent use of the location features in the iPhone and iPod touch. But it's also a memory hog and prone to the occasional crash.
Review: Documents 2 for iPhone
Business applications for the iPhone and iPod touch are becoming more sophisticated now, spurring competition among developers. Savy Soda's Documents 2 is another suite of applications designed to give users the power. But the all-in-one offering is rather somewhat less than the sum of its parts.
Mac News Briefs: PDFpen has new OCR engine
PDFpen 4.5 uses version 15.5 of the OmniPage OCR engine, which should improve accuracy in the PDF editing program. Also updated on Tuesday were Typinator, RealBasic and Real Studio, VideoFlash Converter, and Djay.
BusyCal 1.0 is calendaring for power users
BusyMac has released version 1.0 of its new calendar software, BusyCal, which aims to compensate for many of the shortcomings of Apple's iCal.
TwoUp and SizeUp organize multiple windows
TwoUp and SizeUp are utilities, one free and one not, that let you organize multiple windows on your screen; for example, to make it easier to move files between two Finder windows, or to more easily compare two documents.
Concentrate helps you focus on tasks
Concentrate lets you create groups of actions that help you focus on particular tasks.
Easily adding e-mail addresses
Mail won't allow you to quickly add multiple recipients from selected e-mail messages but a third-party tool will.
Review: OmniOutliner Professional 3.9.1
OmniOutliner Professional 3.9.1 is still the best outlining and list management tool on the market.
Mac News Briefs: Tidy Up updated for Snow Leopard, iTunes 9
In announcing the 2.1 update to Tidy Up, Hyperbolic Software also said it was selling the software at a lower price for a limited time. Also, Zengobi released Curio 6, while Skype issued an update to stamp out some bugs.