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...

Marked 2 for OS X arrives from the mind of Brett Terpstra

by Steven Sande (Sep 26th 2013 3:30PM)

When he's not working behind the scenes at AOL to make sites like Engadget, TUAW and Joystiq look great, Brett Terpstra spends his time writing books and developing amazing apps. Today Brett announced the availability of Marked 2 (US$11.99), the la...

Vesper simply collects and organizes your thoughts

by Steven Sande (Jun 6th 2013 3:30PM)

Vesper (US$4.99) is a new iPhone app designed for the sole purpose of collecting and organizing your thoughts in a logical manner, and if the all-star development team is any indication, it should be a cutting-edge app with a modern, intuitive UI. ...

Network-related crashes in Mountain Lion pinned on proxy settings

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 30th 2012 9:30AM)

Mountain Lion may have a bug that's affecting users who have the Auto Proxy Discovery and Automatic Proxy Configuration networking features turned on, says Daniel Jalkut of Red Sweater. According to Jalkut, apps, like his own MarsEdit, throw an ...

Indie Mac Gift Pack offers discounted Mac software for the holidays

by Mike Schramm (Dec 13th 2010 11:30PM)

A crew of well-known independent Mac developers has banded together to offer a pretty good deal on some Mac software this holiday season. The Indie Mac Gift pack is offering six great Mac apps (Acorn 2, Delicious Library 2, MarsEdit 3, Radioshift, S...

MacTech 2010: Daniel Jalkut on the Mac App Store and more

by Mike Schramm (Nov 4th 2010 9:00PM)

Daniel Jalkut of Red Sweater Software (creator developer of MarsEdit, a TUAW favorite app for blogging) gave a talk at MacTech 2010 this morning about unit testing Mac apps, and while his developer talk was mostly over our heads, he did kindly allow...

Developer reactions to the Mac App Store

by Brett Terpstra (Oct 21st 2010 3:00PM)

The announcement of the Mac App Store has caused mixed feelings for everybody, but I was especially curious to get a wider view of reactions from the people directly involved in Mac software creation and development. TUAW polled several developers ...

MarsEdit 3 adds rich text editing, enhanced media browsing

by Michael Rose (May 4th 2010 12:00PM)

In the "send an email, post a blog entry" fun and fast-paced world of tomorrow, services like Tumblr and Posterous make it exceedingly simple to prepare and post to your blog; meanwhile, Twitter, Facebook and AOL Lifestream push past the article...

Quix makes bookmarklets even easier to use

by TJ Luoma (Mar 1st 2010 9:00AM)

Bookmarklets are one of my favorite things. I have an entire folder of them in my Safari Bookmark Bar for Instapaper and Readability and bit.ly and Pukka and Tumblr and ... well, you get the idea. They're incredibly handy for doing "something" with t...

Buy software, aid Haiti relief efforts

by Dave Caolo (Jan 19th 2010 12:30PM)

Last week we pointed out the American Red Cross donation page that's been added to the iTunes Store. This week, several independent Mac/iPhone software (and hardware) developers have come together to aid the relief efforts. Check out Indie+Relief,...

TUAW Livechat: Developing for the (possibly mythical) Apple Tablet

by Erica Sadun (Dec 18th 2009 12:45PM)

With just three months left before the expected launch of the as-yet unannounced Apple Tablet, what can application developers do to prepare their products for this likely new platform? Today, TUAW chats with Craig Hockenberry of Furbo.org and Dan...

Live chat tomorrow: Application Development for the (mythical) Apple Tablet

by Erica Sadun (Dec 17th 2009 5:30PM)

From a developer's point of view, what do these rumors mean? Is it enough to assume that App Store products will "just work" out of the box on a new device class? Will adherence to Apple's resolution independence design principles allow well-built iP...

Help cure diabetes, win great Mac software

by Mike Schramm (Sep 1st 2009 1:00PM)

Developer Jim Whimpey is riding a bike to cure diabetes, and he's asking for your help (and promising a chance at some great Mac software). For every $10 you donate to his upcoming ride in southern Australia, he'll throw your name in a raffle to win ...

Mars Edit 2.3 adds Tumblr support

by Christina Warren (Mar 26th 2009 6:00PM)

MarsEdit has long been one of my Mac apps and save my writings for TUAW and Download Squad, it's what I use for almost all of my online publishing. For almost two years, I've been embroiled in a love/hate relationship with Tumblr. I love the idea o...

Red Sweater releases Black Ink 1.1.3, promises Tumblr update for MarsEdit

by Robert Palmer (Dec 4th 2008 5:00PM)

Daniel Jalkut over at Red Sweater Software has updated crossword puzzle software Black Ink to version 1.1.3, which adds new puzzle sources and fixes some bugs. The Little Rock Daily Record stopped publishing its crossword puzzle online, but Jalkut ad...