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Photosweeper 3 review: Sorts out the image duplicates in your Mac’s media libraries and folders
If you have many identical or similar copies of photos, wasting space or making it hard to find the best version, Photosweeper can sort that mess.
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ArtRage 5 review: Painting app upgrade fueled by an enhanced blend of interface, brushes, and artistic tools
Looking for an intuitive painting app? ArtRage is a fine place to start.Reviews
Obduction review: The makers of Myst get back in the game
This gameu2019s artful world-building and fun puzzles ultimately outweigh its technical glitches.
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PrintLife 4 review: Easy desktop design for all, now with a big splash of color
A modern Mac app for designing and printing custom flyers, greeting cards, photo pages, or just about anything else using more than a thousand premade templates and a huge collection of included artwork.Reviews
Picktorial 3.0 review: A fresh approach to photo editing and management
Full-featured toolkit with non-destructive editing for pro photographers.Reviews
Edimax AC1200 Dual Band Wi-Fi USB Adapter review: Solve your Mac’s broken Wi-Fi hardware problem
An inexpensive 802.11ac MU-MIMO USB nubbin restores Wi-Fi to systems, where built-in Wi-Fi has failed.
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SimCity: Complete Edition review: Be mayor and build your city from the ground up
This edition of the city simulator for the Mac includes previously-released expansion packs.
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Civilization VI review: World domination on your Mac
Turn-based strategy game is the best of the Civilization series.Mac Gems
Bumpr 1.1.6 review: Quickly open web links with the browser of your choice
When you want to open a web link in a different browser, Bumpr makes it easy to do.Mac Gems
iFlicks 2.4 review: A valuable tool for adding valuable metadata to digital video files
Use iFlicks to add metadata, convert video files, and add videos to your iTunes library.Reviews
Magix SpectraLayers Pro 4 review: Audio editing with a bit of Photoshop style
SpectraLayers Pro 4 allows audio engineers to isolate, edit, and retouch individual sounds using tools and layers in a more visual, multidimensional way.
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Waterfield Design Maverick Leather Laptop Messenger Bag review: A classic bag designed for the latest gear
Despite its good-old-days inspired design, the Maverick still feels and looks like a thoroughly modern carry.Mac Gems
SoundSource 3 review: Easy-to-access macOS audio controls
This simple menu and palette provide nearly all sound settings in one place.Reviews
Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens review: New elements give a familiar formula replay value
If you've played Lego games before, you'll get the hang of this one quickly.Reviews
Spark for Mac review: A great mobile email client, also quite good on desktop
Spark for Mac helps cut down on the amount of time users spend managing email with a Smart Inbox, four configurable gestures in the message list, and Quick Replies for one-click responses in a flash.Reviews
CalDigit USB-C Dock review: A full-featured USB-C dock with both DisplayPort and HDMI ports
This $150 dock is the most complete option to date for MacBook and MacBook Pro owners.Mac Gems
Grids 4.0 for Instagram review: Post photos from Mac, but sharing is limited
Grids for Instagram brings your favorite social media images to the Mac in a beautiful way, now with the ability to upload and repost photos.rnReviews
Final Draft 10 review: New ways to plot your next Oscar-worthy screenplay
With more than 100 templates specifically tailored for stage and screen, Final Draft 10 is the leading screenwriting software used in film and television productions.rn
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Luminar review: A serious challenger to the reigning pro apps for photo editing mastery
New Mac app shines as a standalone or plug-in to major competitors Photoshop and Lightroom.rn
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The 29 best reviewed Mac apps of 2016
There's a lot of Mac software available, and here at Macworld, we take pride in finding the best ones.Reviews
FxFactory 6 review: Your one-stop supermarket for pro video plugins
FxFactory Pro 6 is an app store for professional video plugins compatible with Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5, Adobe After Effects CC, and Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
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Adobe InDesign CC review: Page layout software features improved OpenType support and better graphics performance
The OpenType improvements alone are worth the upgrade.Reviews
Focused 2.2 review: Text editor with helpful Markdown tools and Zen mode to help you focus
Formerally known as Typed, does this Mac writing app have what it takes to stand out from the crowd?Mac Gems
Pastebot 2 review: Mac utility combines a deep clipboard with clever conversions
A new utility has features for managing copied items found elsewhere combined with unique additions that help in a world of text.
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Airy review: Easy to use YouTube downloader, but less capable for the money
A straightforward, easy to use YouTube downloader that gets the job done on your Mac, but there are more capable utilities with better features.rnMac Gems
Radio Silence 2 review: Set it and forget it Mac firewall for outgoing connections
Monitors behind-the-scenes network activity and allows users to selectively block outgoing connections.
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MacBook Pro with Touch Bar review: The best bits of iOS in a really great Mac
The 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pros are naturally thin, fast, and expensive. But the innovative new Touch Bar makes them surprisingly delightful to use.
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New MacBook Pro 2016 vs new Surface Book 2 with Performance Base
New MacBook Pro 2016 vs new Surface Book 2 with Performance Base
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13-inch MacBook Pro review: Too many tradeoffs
The entry-level 2016 MacBook Prou2014the one without a Touch Baru2014compromises on graphics, ports, and RAM speed.
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2015 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display review
5K Retina displays across the range, plus faster Skylake processors
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Mac mini 2014 review
The 2014 top-spec Mac mini has half the processor cores compared to the 2012 model – but is it half the Mac?
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Hands-on: The MacBook Pro’s innovative Touch Bar will grab you
Apple's newest Mac packs a strip of iOS-style contextual controls into the Touch Bar. There's also a new keyboard and four Thunderbolt 3 ports.Reviews
Satechi Slim Aluminum Type-C Multi-Port Adapter review: Portable MacBook dock makes no compromises
An attractive small package bundles 4K video, USB 3, and passthrough power at an affordable price.Mac Gems
Shredo review: Securely erase files from your Mac with drag-and-drop ease
Permanently erase files and folders with drag-and-drop ease.Reviews
Postbox 5 review: Mac email client offers greater power at a greater price
A robust alternative to Apple Mail and Microsoft Outlook.Reviews
DxO OpticsPro 11 review: Innovative image processor makes your photos look their best
Mac app uses science and research in service to creativity.Reviews
macOS Sierra review: Mixing iOS with OS X to make a better Mac
With Sierra, Apple takes advantage of its entire ecosystem to the benefit the Mac.
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13-inch MacBook Air (early 2015) review
Apple has upgraded its 13-inch MacBook Air with Broadwell processors, faster flash storage and better graphics – and Thunderbolt 2Reviews
Journaly review: A good Mac journal app that might be great one day
Journaly may not be feature-packed, but it shows a lot of potential.Mac Gems
Folx 5 review: How I learned to stop worrying and love this Mac download manager
If you frequently download from the internet, this app can help you manage the download tasks and the data your receive.
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Best camera 2016: Best DSLR and best CSC cameras UK
Upgrade your photos with one of these great cameras. Best DSLR, best CSC and best professional camera 2016
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iPad Pro or MacBook? The best Apple gear for college
Heading to college? Take the right tech. We'll tell you what Macs and iPads to buy todayu2014and what to pass on until it's updated.Mac Gems
Art Text 3 review: Bend 3D text to your will with this slick Mac design app
An affordable alternative to Adobe Illustrator for manipulating text.Reviews
Daylife review: Slick Mac journal software isolated from a connected world
Daylife has a great look and feel, but is quite limited in its present form.Mac Gems
Capto review: A bigger, better Mac screen capture utility
Mac utility expands on the abilities of the former Voila with a more robust set of tools for capturing screen or websites and recording Mac or iOS screens.rnMac Gems
Pixelmator 3.5 Canyon review: Better selective editing and a new Apple Photos extension
The improvements cement Pixelmator's position as the top affordable alternative to Photoshop.Mac Gems
VideoTweet review: Sharing Mac videos on Twitter just got a whole lot easier
Takes the drudgery out of sharing QuickTime videos on Twitter.Reviews
HoudahGeo 5 review: Now every DSLR photo can include geotags
Add geotags to photos shot using cameras without built-in GPS hardware.Mac Gems