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Tweetbot for Mac arrives on the OS X App Store ... at a hefty price

by Steven Sande (Oct 18th, 2012)

Tweetbot is the favorite iOS Twitter client of many of the TUAW bloggers, and some of us have jumped on the App.Net client -- Netbot -- from developer Tapbots as well. Tweetbot for Mac has been in beta for quite a while, and now the app is available on the App Store for US$19.99. In this post, ...

Pocket Planes coming to Mac, getting animated shorts

by Mike Schramm (Oct 9th, 2012)

Here's an interesting pair of announcements from NimbleBit, the makers of the hit freemium games Tiny Tower and Pocket Planes. First up, Pocket Planes is coming to the Mac App Store. Starting this Thursday (at this link, which doesn't work yet but will when the game is live), players will be ...

Gemini now finds duplicates in iPhoto and iTunes

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 21st, 2012)

Gemini from MacPaw is one of those utilities you don't use every day, but is extremely handy to have around. The OS X software excels at finding duplicate files on internal drives, external drives or network volumes. It scans a folder at lightning speed, while giving you the option to view your ...

Kindle 8 for Mac adds gesture support

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 10th, 2012)

Amazon has released an update to its Kindle app for the Mac that includes support for gestures like panning and swiping on Macs that are running Lion or greater. Kindle users now also have the ability to view the richer formatting available in Kindle Format 8 books. Other changes include ...

Pomodorable task management app ready to harvest on the Mac App Store (Updated)

by Steven Sande (Aug 9th, 2012)

It's gone through a productive growing season, and now Monocle Society's new Mac task management app Pomodorable (US$4.99 introductory pricing) is ready for harvest. The app is designed to help busy workers get things done through Francesco Cirillo's Pomodoro Technique, and it does the job in a ...

Daily Update for July 27, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jul 27th, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Marco Arment on the Mac App Store's future

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 27th, 2012)

Marco Arment, the creator of Instapaper, weighed in with his thoughts on the future of the Mac App Store. He argued that, unless Apple changes some of its rigid policies, the Mac App Store is doomed. He pointed to the recent departure of the email client Postbox, which in part was the result of ...

Mountain Lion 101: Gatekeeper controls app launches for security's sake

by Mike Schramm (Jul 26th, 2012)

Gatekeeper isn't the most obvious feature of the new OS X Mountain Lion system that you probably downloaded and installed yesterday, but it might be one of the most important. Gatekeeper essentially oversees a list of verified developers who have applied for and received a Developer ID from ...

Farewell, Lion, you've served us well; Apple removes 10.7 from App Store

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jul 25th, 2012)

Apple has apparently dropped OS X Lion from the Mac App Store. Those who have purchased it are still seeing it in their purchases list, though some TUAW staffers are saying they're not able to download it. I wasn't able to download it on my MacBook Pro, though I was able to start doing so on my ...

Maniacally cuckoo for Mountain Lion: App Store checker shell script

by Erica Sadun (Jul 24th, 2012)

In the spirit of Tim Cook's maniacal excitement about upcoming Apple products, I bring to you the shell script you can run repeatedly from the command line to check the App Store to see if Mountain Lion is ready for purchase. This is what I used last year to check for Lion; it worked. This ...

Mac versions of Sparrow and FX Studio discounted today to $4.99

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 13th, 2012)

Mac owners on the hunt for app deals may want to check out Sparrow for the Mac and MacPhun's FX Studio. Both apps have been discounted 50 percent today and are now available for US$4.99. Sparrow for Mac is the email client that kicked off the Sparrow craze a few years almost two years ago ...

Hello Tutorials for Mac gets new users up and running in a jiffy

by Steven Sande (Jul 10th, 2012)

Every time there's an Apple earnings call, I'm always amazed to hear Tim Cook or Peter Oppenheimer spout figures on just how many Mac buyers are new to the platform. Whether those new Mac owners are moving over from Windows or are buying a computer for the first time, they may need a helping ...

Sandboxing keeps TextExpander 4 out of the Mac App Store

by Steven Sande (Jun 21st, 2012)

Smile released TextExpander 4 today, with a whole slew of new features. But don't zip over to the Mac App Store to find it -- the company is one of the first and most notable to remove an app from the Mac App Store as it can't be sandboxed. Sandboxing is required for Mountain Lion apps that ...

Feral Interactive bringing two Sega Sonic games to Mac

by Mike Schramm (Jun 20th, 2012)

I can't say that I'm a huge fan of Feral Interactive: They're a company that specializes in porting games from other platforms over to the Mac, and I'm more interested in natively developed and published Mac games. But I have to respect them nevertheless: Feral picked up an Apple Design Award ...

Rogue Amoeba brings back Airfoil Speakers Touch, without direct AirPlay feature

by Michael Rose (Jun 6th, 2012)

Airfoil Speakers Touch, the iOS app from Rogue Amoeba that was yanked from the App Store last month under somewhat confusing circumstances, is back in business. The company announced today that AST has returned to sale, but it's now stripped of its marquee in-app purchase option. The ability to ...