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ForkLift: An FTP Client That Excels at Heavy Lifting
Despite being a relatively old system, File Transfer Protocol (FTP) still has great value to those of us who deal with uploading and downloading lots of data between servers. Some have argued that FTP is dying, along with hierarchical file systems. However, for anyone who has ever worked on a website or dealt with servers like Amazon’s S3, FTP is still the fastest way to manage all your files. There are plenty of options out there for Mac users who need a solid FTP client. The most important...
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Win One of 5 Free Copies of Mailsum
For some of us, email seems to rule our lives. Wouldn’t it be cool to see how true that statement is? Mailsum is a unique and attractive app that offers you a way to track various statistics regarding your email habits: sent, received, average response time; track it all in style with Mailsum! We’re happy to announce that we’ve been able to snag five copies of Mailsum to give away to our faithful fans. Read on to see how you can enter! Mailsum Tweet to Enter Entering is simple, all you have to...
How To Rip DVDs Into iTunes
Whether you’re looking to do some late spring cleaning, or you just want to liberate some of your guilty pleasure movies from their DVD prisons, it is time we revisit the process of ripping your DVD collection into iTunes. Ripping DVDs is not only easy, it can save a lot of money as you begin (or continue) to build your digital video library. As the self-proclaimed digital projectionist for the casa de la Stark, let me walk you through the basic steps and available software applications to get...
Read Later: “Save As” For The Internet
They say that necessity is the mother of invention. It would stand to reason, then, that with the emergence of the Internet, it would be necessary to have an invention that would help us cope with the massive amounts of information. Of course, the category of RSS readers has been present for some time, but it’s almost as if that isn’t sufficient enough anymore. I can set up my RSS reader to pull from several different websites, but I can’t limit my information absorption to 5 or 20 or even 100...
How Will We Interact With an Apple Television?
“I finally cracked it,” Steve Jobs famously said to biographer Walter Isaacson in reference to an Apple-made television set. The elegant set-top box known as the Apple TV has been labeled as a hobby since its conception, and many are guessing that a full-fledged television by Apple would finally elevate their endeavors in television from this hobby status. But what part of the television experience did Steve believe they “cracked”? Was it just integrating the iTunes Store and TV show...
Total Window Management with Windownaut
I love Apple products, and have been using OS X fairly exclusively for nearly seven years. Now and again, however, I have use Windows to get various chores done, and a feature that Windows 7 has down pat is the ability to snap windows around on the screen. There are a couple of tools for OS X that attempt to replicate this, but the best one I have used so far is called Windownaut, from Binary Bakery. It makes arranging and snapping windows a breeze, and also has some extra powerful features...
45 Awesome Utilities for Tinkering With Your Mac
This post is part of a series that revisits some of our readers’ favorite articles from the past that still contain awesome and relevant information that you might find useful. This post was originally published on May 17th, 2011. The “utility” software niche is one that is extremely active in the Mac application community. There is an abundance of fantastic utilities currently available, and that list is ever changing. We love this type of software at AppStorm, regularly reviewing different...
5 Free Apps You Aren’t Using – But Should Be
There are so many options out there – freeware and shareware – that it’s often hard to find the quality applications. Some applications luck into a great deal of publicity, but too often great apps do not get the attention that they deserve. This article has five utility apps that I use just about every day but haven’t ever read or heard much about. The apps range from a screenshot application to a great touchpad tool that I love. Read on to learn about five of my favorite free apps that you...
Ticket to Ride Online: Locomotives and Railways in the 21st Century
If there’s one game genre I’m all for, it’s board games. I love the feel of the dice in my hands, the touch of crispy play money, the thrill of running after the hourglass, and the exhilaration knowing that I’ve trumped my fellow players. With that said, I found myself curious of what it’s like to play a digital board game after spotting Ticket to Ride Online on the New and Noteworthy section of the Mac App Store. The icon, the screenshots, and the uber-friendly conductor convinced me to check...
Free App Store Deals This Week
Hot off the presses, here’s Mac AppStorm’s weekly picks of the best (and free) deals on the App Store for this week. Enjoy! Amoneon A drawing tool and social network for neon paintings? Sure, there have been wackier ideas – I’ll give you that. Amoneon allows you to create the perfect neon painting either from an existing image or on a new canvas and has plenty of tools, brushes and shapes built in to keepyou busy. The icing on the cake for me, however, is the spirograph function, so you can...
Thefuture.fm brings its DJ mix platform to the iPhone
Online music startup Thefuture.fm released an iOS app Wednesday morning, bringing mix sets from 5,000 DJs to the iPhone. Thefuture.fm CEO and co-founder David Stein told me during a phone call Tuesday that the mobile app is just a first step for his company’s goal to distribute and monetize music mixed by famous DJs. Key to these plans is Thefuture’s own music recognition technology, which was developed with DJs and live events in mind. Stein told me that he had been mulling over how to bring...
AppleESPN: No talks yet about Apple TV authentication
As the most powerful programming brand on cable television, you’d expect that ESPN would spend the day of its upfront presentation bolstering its still-very-lucrative linear television business. But the Disney-owned sports channel spent most of Tuesday hyping — and shooting down rumors about — new digital initiatives. Notably, an ESPN spokesperson denied a Bloomberg report that earlier stated that ESPN and Apple executives are in talks to make the authenticated TV Everywhere app WatchESPN...
Does your Facebook mobile app suck? Here’s why
For the past year or so, I’ve noticed that my Facebook mobile apps have slowed down with each screen tap. I used to tap the screen and see the latest posts or photos fairly quickly. Now I see the “Loading” message more than anything else. Even worse: I’m constantly pulling the screen down to refresh the data, even when tapping a Facebook notification takes me to a supposedly updated post. I’m not sure when that behavior started, but it’s quite annoying and happens on both my Android and iOS...
Judge comes down hard on publishers, Apple in e-book case
In a strongly worded opinion, US District Judge Denise Cote rejected requests by Apple and five book publishers to throw out a class action suit that accuses them of price-fixing. Citing ongoing state, federal and international antitrust investigations, Cote turned down arguments that Apple and the publishers had acted independently when they changed the pricing model for e-books. (For more details on the case, see “Everything you need to know about the DOJ lawsuit in one post.”) Cote’s opinion...
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Quick tip: Reclaim space in a pinch on iOS devices
I should have bought the 32 GB iPhone, I thought to myself as I tried to update GarageBand on my iPhone. I don’t have enough space to download the update, the dialog box tells me. For those of us that tend to fill our phones to the brim with apps and media, this is a familiar scenario. However, there’s a neat trick to make it easier to temporarily reclaim space on your iOS device. In short, simply delete music on your device until you have enough room, and then resync (wirelessly, of course)...
The case against an Apple television, plus 4 other Apple stories to read today
With so many people writing about Apple, finding the best stories and reports isn’t easy. Here’s our daily pick of stories about the company from around the Web that you shouldn’t miss: Not everyone thinks Apple will do a television set. Pacific Crest analyst Andy Hargreaves makes a case against it, including that “investment in Apple television makes little sense without a unique” content offering. Read Fortune’s take here. Remember Psystar? A string of judges said the company was not entitled...
15 Personal Finance Apps for the Mac
Thanks to personal finance applications, managing and tracking budgets, expenses, cash flows, and potential savings is easier than ever and far less time-consuming. We’ve covered quite a few finance apps for the Mac in the past few months, which shows a growing interest in this category. We did a round-up of 7 finance software for the Mac two years ago, so I thought it would be interesting to refresh things and take a look at today’s choices for personal finance software. If you’re wondering...
Study: 3G/4G tablets suck up 3X more data than smartphones
This probably won’t shock you, but tablets connected to 3G and 4G networks consume a lot more data than their smartphone equivalents. However, on Tuesday video optimization vendor Bytemobile reported exactly how much: tablets eat up three times more data than smartphones over the cellular network. Bytemobile, which collects anonymous data from the 130 global carriers that use its optimization products, also found that tablet users tend to have much more involved Internet sessions. In the second...
Inkling will sell iPad textbooks in over 900 college bookstores
iPad textbook publisher Inkling is partnering with college bookstore provider Follett. Starting this fall, Follett will sell “hundreds of Inkling titles” in its over 900 college bookstores — including Stanford and UC Berkeley — and on its website. Titles include popular undergraduate textbooks as well as specialized MBA, medical and scientific titles. Students can purchase the entire textbook or “‘Pick 3′: a cost-saving alternative that allows students to buy just three chapters for a fraction...
Coming soon: Chrome for iPhone & iPad
Google’s Chrome browser is assumed to be coming for Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices by at least one analyst group. On Tuesday, Macquarie (USA) Equities Research released a lengthy note explaining what this would mean for both companies, suggesting it could reduce the amount of money Google pays to Apple for the use of Google searches in the native iOS Safari browser. Given the growth of iOS devices sales and usage, the reduction in such payments could be meaningful says Macquarie,...
Scan Your Mac for Malware With Bitdefender
About a month ago, the world learned of one of the first malware threats to do real damage to a large swath of Mac users. Known as “Flashback” because it masked itself as an update to Adobe Flash, the trojan reportedly infected over half a million Mac users. Once the trojan successfully installed itself in a user’s system, it harvested user names and passwords from the web browser and sent them back to who knows where. It took Apple about a week to respond to threat, issuing a software update...
Smartphone customer satisfaction is hard to get right
The annual ratings of customer satisfaction with mobile phone manufacturers will be released by the American Customer Satisfaction Index Tuesday morning, and for the first time, feature phone makers will be judged right alongside smartphone makers, who are newcomers to the list. It’s not totally surprising, but Apple makes its debut on the list at the top with a score of 83 out of 100, while languishing RIM sits in the cellar with a rating of 69 out of 100. The average for the industry is 74....
Rumoured MacBook Pro with Retina Display and USB 3 in the Works
With only 4 weeks to go until Apple’s annual WWDC conference, it seems like the Cupertino-based company can’t keep the lid on that constantly bubbling rumour pot. Today, strong rumours emerged concerning the new MacBook Pro, which is rumoured to be announced on June 11th along with a refresh of the iMac range, OS X Mountain Lion and iOS 6. According to the report from the supply chain, the new MacBook Pro will have a 15-inch retina display, a USB 3.0 port, allowing for potential transfer...
Facebook brings bigger pics and posts to mobiles
Facebook users on Android, iOS and mobile browsers aren’t stuck with postage-sized pictures and posts any more. Facebook announced on Monday that it now supports full-sized pictures on all three platforms as well as posts that will automatically scale from edge-to-edge of a handheld device. The rollout of these changes is now in progress, so some users may not yet see the updates for a bit. A quick look at some examples from Facebook show the larger pics — up to 3x in size — and posts make much...
Fact-checking the Apple rumor mill, plus 4 other Apple stories to read today
With so many people writing about Apple, finding the best stories and reports isn’t easy. Here’s our daily pick of stories about the company from around the Web that you shouldn’t miss: Harry McCracken at TIME fact checks a sampling of Digitimes reports regarding Apple over the years. It’s not pretty. No surprise: Foxconn refutes last Friday’s report that it’s building an Apple television. The Next Web has the details and explanation. Jean-Louis Gassée makes a strong argument for why Apple...
Looks like iCloud will get some big upgrades at WWDC
On Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple will announce it is adding new photo and video syncing services to iCloud at its June developers’ conference, something it’s heard from unnamed sources that are “familiar with the matter.” These improvements are said to include the ability to not just sync photos across devices, but also to share photos and albums outside of Photostream, and allow others to comment on the photos. Videos will apparently get some iCloud love too: Right now...
Thanks to Our Weekly Sponsor: MindNode Pro
Our featured sponsor this week is MindNode Pro, an easy and flexible brainstorming tool. With MindNode Pro, you can collect, organize and outline your ideas into attractive mind maps. Most of us don’t think in bullet points, instead ideas come to us in a scattered, organic fashion that challenges traditional note-taking methods. With MindNode Pro, you can capture your ideas as they come to you in a way that helps you make sense of the complex nature of brainstorming. MindNode Pro is...
Skala Preview: A Designer’s Best Friend
In the Apple universe, certain developers are rockstars – from the OmniGroup to Panic, their apps are high-quality, beautiful, and full of personality. So when developer Marc Edwards and his team at Bjango released their latest app, Skala Preview, the Mac community had high expectations. Is this tool for designers a follow-up hit from the team who created iStat, or is Bjango just another one-hit-wonder? Read on and find out! Overview The Mac app and it's iPhone companion. If you’re interested...
This Week in App News
This week has been a busy one in the world of Apple-related news so without further ado, here’s Mac AppStorm’s weekly happenings roundup. Happy reading! Microsoft trying to persuade iCloud users to switch over to SkyDrive Not wanting to be undermined by the competition, Microsoft has set up a page on their website trying to convince iCloud users on why they should switch over to SkyDrive. Microsoft touts the fact that SkyDrive users can access files anywhere (rather than only with programs...
Create iPhone App Demos with Sound Stage
Browsing around online and trying to figure out which app to buy can be difficult. So many developers offer app demos and they provide a cool glimpse into the workings of the app. This is great for customers and developers alike. If you are a developer you probably would love a way to showcase your app online. Online demos are the wave of the future and that is exactly what Sound Stage helps you create. Is Sound Stage the perfect solution? You will have to read on to find out! Getting Started...
Apple thinks Samsung is playing dirty, plus four other Apple stories to read today
With so many people writing about Apple, finding the best stories and reports isn’t easy. Here’s our daily pick of stories about the company from around the Web that you shouldn’t miss: Apple is cranking the up the drama in its legal war with Samsung. Network World uncovered a recent legal motion in which Apple accuses Samsung of destroying “vast quantities” of evidence the company was supposed to turn over to Apple’s lawyers. Wonder why so many TV and movie characters carry MacBooks, iPhones...
Getting Started with RapidWeaver
These days there are numerous ways that an aspiring webmaster can build a website, from the super complex down to the really easy. RapidWeaver from Realmac Software fits nicely in between, offering simple and easy to use ways of creating a website yet allowing enough flexibility for more advanced users to be able to spread their wings a little. With Apple’s abandonment of iWeb, many home brew would-be website owners have been left without a way to easily build a site in a friendly WYSIWYG...
Apple Rejects More Dropbox-Related Apps
Apple has rejected yet another application, Cambox, a quick and easy way to post your photos straight to Dropbox, from the App Store owing to the fact that “if the user does not have Dropbox application [sic] installed then the linking authorisation is done through Safari”. Cambox has been rejected owing to a circumvention of the App Store in the app, which is forbidden by Apple. This all sounds well and good but the developer goes on to say: Once the user is in Safari it is possible for the...
Games for the weekend: Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint
Games for the Weekend is a weekly feature aimed at helping you avoid doing something constructive with your downtime. Each Friday we’ll be recommending a game for Mac, iPhone or iPad that we think is awesome enough to keep you busy until Monday, at least. Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint ($0.99, Universal) is not anything like playing a game of pool. Remember back to the time you first stepped up to a billiard table, grabbed the nearest pool ball, and sent it sailing across the table crashing...
Apple mapping a future without Google in iOS 6?
Apple surprised some earlier this year when it debuted a new iPhoto app for iOS devices that featured maps from a source that was not Google. Now a new report indicates Apple may be on the verge of replacing Google Maps altogether in the next version of iOS. 9to5Mac cites “trusted sources” who say that iOS 6, the next version of the software to power the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, will ditch Google Maps as the source for the Maps app in favor of an Apple-built solution: a maps app whose...