We all love a good deal. Especially when that includes a load of Mac applications all bundled up for heft of savings. Over the years there have been many app bundle sales, most prominently by MacHeist, which has inspired the likes of other sales like One Finger Discount. In this article, we will cover three sales of app bundles going on this March.
theMacSale
TheMacSale bundle has a collection of 10 apps for $49.99, claiming that their combined worth is over $500. Among the apps are gems such as Path Finder and Shovebox—both apps that anyone can find use for on a day-to-day basis. Path Finder is a Finder replacement, and Shovebox an information snippet organizer that’s iPhone sync capable; they’re included below in the list with the others:
- Path Finder – a replacement for the Finder ($39.95)
- Shovebox – an information snippet organizer ($24.95)
- Supercard – a quick and easy development environment ($179.00)
- StoryMill – a word processor that’s specially suited for story writing ($49.95)
- MiniOne Racing – a three dimensional kart racing game ($19.95)
- Inkbook – note-taking software with handwriting recognition ($40.00)
- VideoConverter Pro – a video and audio converter, and DVD ripper ($49.00)
- Slideshow – make slideshows as standalone apps for Mac, Windows, Flash, etc. ($55.00)
- MacGourmet Deluxe – organize your recipe and wine collection in a database ($49.95)
- Finance 6 – a way to keep track of your bank accounts and manage your budget ($40.00)
Summing up the individual costs for licenses, you get a total of $547.75—upholding the claim and totalling exactly $497.76 in savings. The whole thing seems to be organized by (or at least collaborated with) macZOT, and you can save an additional 5% by entering in their coupon code “MACZOTROCKS” that would bring down the cost of theMacSale bundle to $47.49. That’s a savings of 90.46%.
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If your iTunes library happens to be in disarray, with incorrect ID3 tags, missing artist names and album art, then you might be happy to know that there’s an app that can add all those in for you automatically. Pollux, whilst previously free, had to be shut down because the services it used could not endure all the queries made to their servers. However, it returns today with a nominal fee of $10/year. Not bad for keeping your music library updated with the correct song, artist, album, and other metadata names, along with the lyrics and album art. A trial to tag 20 songs is available as a download on the Pollux website; feel free to try out its accuracy for yourself.
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With over 140 iPhone and Mac developers participating in Indie+Relief, exactly $143,872 dollars was raised for Haiti in just 24 hours—making it a huge success. A full list of the sold apps and participating developers are still available on their site. A special thanks to both Garrett Murray and Justin Williams, who made the whole thing possible.
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Apple didn’t meet its target date to bring Windows 7 support to Boot Camp by the end of 2009, but now that it’s out who really minded the delay? Quoted from macnn:
Apple has released several Boot Camp and firmware updates designed for 64-bit or 32-bit versions of Windows 7. Boot Camp 3.1 adds full support for Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate. The update addresses issues involving trackpads and the red LED for digital audio, while the company’s wireless keyboard and Magic mouse are also now supported. For users planning to transition from Windows Vista to 7, a separate utility ensures that the Macintosh volume will safely unmount on Vista.
Downloads here:
[via macnn]
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I’ve been waiting for this one for a while. Note-taking, scrapbooking, journaling and general information manager Thoughts by Green and Slimy software has been finally released for the price of €24. It’s been in private beta up until now, with access only to those that had pre-ordered. What distinguishes Thoughts from most other note-taking software is its delicious and very user-friendly interface. If you’ve been looking for something like this, give the demo a try.
Download here: Thoughts
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Well now that I’ve caught your attention, I should point out that the title was a teensy bit misleading. If you go here on your iPhone (or on your computer) you will see a nice little animation. But don’t be fooled, that’s not Flash, it’s Gordon. In other words, its an open source Flash runtime written in JavaScript, and iPhones can run JavaScript just fine.
Read more: Cult of Mac
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The Apple website has been updated to reflect the changes to the new iPod nano. Along with a new polished aluminum exterior, the iPod nano boasts a shiny new video camera, larger display, FM tuner (finally), and now 8 or 16GB of internal memory.
A hefty list of brand new features, all finely-tuned and perfected in the way people expect from Apple. Remember how fun Photo Booth first was on a Macintosh, playing with filters and picture distortions? Video recording on the nano features some of the same real-time special effects, to include a total of 15: Sepia, Black and White, X-Ray, Film Grain, Thermal, Security Cam, Cyborg, Bulge, Kaleido, Motion Blur, Mirror, Light Tunnel, Dent, Stretch, and Twirl. Playback on the iPod nano, like the new iPod touch, is also enhanced with a built-in speaker.
The FM tuner isn’t half-assed either. It features RDS technology—like the Zune—so you can view station-transmitted information. Then, there are the two great new features: live pause and tagging.
Live pause is just what it suggests—it allows you to pause the live FM transmission. No need to exemplify the practicality of this. Tagging allows for the Shazam-like tagging of songs. As Apple puts it:
It’s quite a dilemma: You’re listening to the radio and you hear a song you like, but when you go to iTunes, you can’t remember the name or even who sings it. Enter iTunes Tagging. Now, you can use the Click Wheel on iPod nano to tag the song. iTunes creates a list of all your tagged songs so you can easily preview or purchase them when you sync iPod nano to iTunes.2
With this you can find out the title of a song playing on the radio, then purchase it on iTunes. A brilliant move on Apple’s part, and will definitely give a boost in iTunes music sales.
Genius, the shuffle VoiceOver, and a pedometer are among the list of new features. Though despite all these extra bells and whistles, in my eyes the tuner takes the cake. The new iPod nano starts at $149 for the 8GB version, and $179 for the 16GB model.
[via Apple]
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