Ultimate Ears Pro 7 Custom in-ear monitors for pro musicians and audiophiles

by Matt Tinsley (Oct 8th 2014 4:00PM)

Ultimate Ears (UE) have been making waves with the UE Boom portable Bluetooth speaker. I recently reviewed it and would hands-down say it's the best truly portable Bluetooth speaker I've used. It's an all-round fantastic package. But Ultimate Ears ha...

Today in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 9th 2014 9:00PM)

Here are some of the best free apps, app updates and new apps that have landed in the App Store recently. All app prices are USD and subject to change. Some deals may expire quickly, so grab them while you can. Apps Now Free Blockado Mountain [iP...

Patch GrowlVoice using Keyboard Maestro to prolong its life

by TJ Luoma (Apr 26th 2014 1:00PM)

Google recently made some changes to the way Google Voice responds to some requests, and GrowlVoice stopped working. Update (2014-05-10): There is now a much easier way to do this now. See http://github.com/szhu/fix-growlvoice for instructions on ...

How to port your Google Voice number to your iPhone

by TJ Luoma (Apr 19th 2014 2:00PM)

Earlier this week, I saw this post from @GrowlVoice: As of today, Google has officially shut off GrowlVoice's access to Google Voice as part of their integration of Google Voice into Hangouts. Google has also shut off 3rd-party access to Google...

New and notable apps for iOS and OS X

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 6th 2014 8:00PM)

It's always busy in the App Store with a never-ending flood of new apps landing on iOS and OS X. Take a few minutes and check out our list of stand-out titles from the past few weeks! If that's not enough, you can also follow our ongoing coverage o...

Daily Deals for January 31, 2014, featuring the iSlider From Rain Design

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 31st 2014 1:00PM)

It's time to save some of that hard-earned cash with our Daily Deals, featuring exclusive TUAW Deals, a handy list from Dealnews and our own handpicked iOS and OS X selections. TUAW's Daily Deals iSlider From Rain Design [On sale for $39.99, do...

These are a few of my favorite things - 2013 Edition

by TJ Luoma (Dec 31st 2013 1:00PM)

As 2013 comes to an end, here are a list of my favorite Mac apps that I used over the past year. Now there are a few important things to remember: you'll notice that many of these are not "new" apps because, well, I don't care when the apps were ma...

Daily iPhone App: Wolfify turns your lovely face into canine evil

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 31st 2013 6:00PM)

Wolves don't smile and you shouldn't smile when you are using Wolfify from Apptly, which also produces the popular Stacheify and Oldify. As its name implies, Wolfify allows you to turn yourself into a werewolf. The app uses the front-facing came...

Keep Dropbox.app up-to-date when the magic fails

by TJ Luoma (Oct 29th 2013 1:00PM)

Dropbox is one of my essential Mac apps. It does an exceptional job at keeping my files in sync across multiple computers, but there's one feature that often fails: the auto-update. The app is supposed to update itself "automagically," but in my ex...

Vox 1.0 makes beautiful music

by Brett Terpstra (Aug 6th 2013 8:00AM)

The short version of this post: Vox is a music player with a beautiful interface and an elegant feature set. I love it. Vox 1.0 was released today after being in public beta for a while. It's a free music player for Mac that was originally created...

Terminally Geeky Time Tracking via Screenshots

by TJ Luoma (Aug 2nd 2013 9:00AM)

A few weeks ago I shared this on Twitter: "Here's an eye-opener: a @keyboardmaestro macro which takes a screenshot every 30 seconds. Review at the end of the day to see where it went." Since then, several people have asked me to share my setup (and a...

Daily Deals for July 12, 2013

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 12th 2013 2:17PM)

It's time to save some of that hard-earned cash with our Daily Deals, featuring a handy list from Dealnews and our own hand-picked selections that include some sweet deals on iOS and OS X software (all prices are USD). Prices are subject to change. ...