OS X Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

WebStart for Mac lets you create a customized home page

by Mel Martin (Apr 25th, 2013)

WebStart is a US$0.99 utility in the Mac App Store that lets you customize a browser home page with frequently used links, like search engines, news or weather. Yes, you can just use standard bookmarks as you are already doing, but this simple ...

Delicious Monster releases Delicious Library 3 with companion iOS scanner app

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 25th, 2013)

Delicious Monster is known for Delicious Library, a comprehensive inventory app that lets you track items from every nook and cranny of your life. The OS X app was updated today to version 3.0, and the changes that Delicious Monster made to ...

Scapple for OS X is the note jotter tool many writers are looking for

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 24th, 2013)

You can tell Scapple was designed by a writer. It's a simple, sparse Mac app that's free of unneeded bells and whistles. Scapple comes to us from the team at Literature & Latte, the developers who are responsible for the popular Scrivener ...

Delicious Library 3 to add recommendation engine, iOS cataloging app

by Steven Sande (Apr 22nd, 2013)

Longtime TUAW readers may remember that about five years ago, one of the hot app updates we were looking forward to was Delicious Library 2 (US$34.99), the latest incarnation of a media cataloging app from developer Delicious Monster. MacRumors ...

New and notable apps for iOS and OS X - April 22 edition

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 22nd, 2013)

New and notable apps for iOS and OS X - April 22 edition. It has been busy in the App Store with a handful of new apps landing on iOS and OS X. Take a few minutes and check out our list of standout apps from the past few weeks! iOS Apps Chew ...

Extract App Resource Icons with AppleScript

by Ben Waldie (Apr 22nd, 2013)

Whether I'm preparing for a demo or writing an article, blog post, book, or technical documentation, I often find myself performing the same set of repetitive steps. I need to navigate into an app's packaged resources folder, find one or more icon ...

TweetDeck Air and TweetDeck for iPhone will be discontinued on May 7

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 20th, 2013)

Earlier this year, Twitter announced it was sunsetting TweetDeck AIR, TweetDeck for Android and TweetDeck for iPhone sometime in May. Today, the company updated its original blog post and confirmed that the apps will be removed from their ...

Five apps for App.net users

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 19th, 2013)

App.net is a growing social network that promises to be the home for users who want control over their data. Its format is very similar to Twitter, but it is more open and friendlier for developers. To help you get started using App.net, here ...

Play+: A YouTube viewing and discovery app for Mac OS X

by Steven Sande (Apr 18th, 2013)

Developer Saied Ghaffari of It's About Time was perplexed by something recently; while there are good dedicated YouTube apps for iOS, there's nothing similar for OS X. Instead of a clean, fast app for discovering and viewing YouTube videos, Mac ...

Apple revises One to One program for new customers

by Steven Sande (Apr 18th, 2013)

ifoAppleStore is reporting that Apple has changed the terms of the Apple Store One to One service, limiting how much Apple Store employees will do in terms of data migration for new Mac purchases. One to One service is offered to purchasers of ...

Pocket updates its iOS and Mac app with new 'Send to Friend' sharing feature

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 17th, 2013)

Pocket changed its name from Read it Later one year ago today, and the company is celebrating its first anniversary with an update that brings a new sharing feature to the app. Pocket's latest version has a completely redesigned Share menu ...

New and notable apps for iOS and OS X, April 17 edition

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 17th, 2013)

It has been busy in the App Store with a handful of new apps landing on iOS and OS X. Take a few minutes and check out our list of standout apps from the past few weeks (all prices are USD)! iOS Apps Currency - Made Simple [iPhone; Category: ...

Slew of updates include Java, Safari, iPhoto and Aperture

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Apr 16th, 2013)

Apple decided to push a lot of updates this afternoon, most of them related to a Java update that disables the Java SE 6 applet plug-in. By disabling the plug-in, Apple is allowing consumers to re-enable it on a case-by-case basis. Apple has ...

Mac 101: Beef up your spam filters in Mail (video)

by Shawn "Doc" Boyd (Apr 16th, 2013)

Nobody likes spam, but if you use Apple's Mail on Mountain Lion, at least you have some tools to deal with it. Plenty of Mac users rely on Mail to read, manage and process their emails... and spam messages. If you use email, you have spam -- ...

AppleScripting OmniFocus > Send completed task report to Evernote 2

by Ben Waldie (Apr 15th, 2013)

In February, I provided instructions for using AppleScript to send completed task reports from OmniFocus to Evernote. The script was quite well-received by readers, and I've had numerous requests for enhancements. This post provides an updated ...

Fotor Photo Editor for Mac is capable and free if you act quickly

by Mel Martin (Apr 13th, 2013)

Photo editing on a Mac presents a dilemma for budget-conscious consumers. Photoshop is high-end and expensive. iPhoto is affordable, but its editing tools are rudimentary. There are still plenty other apps to choose from, including Pixelmator ...