Dec 25

Mac Starter Pack: unleash your iTunes gift card and upgrade your Mac with these great apps

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If you’re setting up a new Mac, you’ve got access to great Apple apps like Pages, Keynote, and Numbers for productivity and iMovie and GarageBand for your creative endeavors… each included. You can save and sync expressions, convert numbers between dozens of units in plenty of categories, and see your history on a scratch pad so you don’t lose your work. Deliveries $3.99 — Junecloud brought its popular shipment tracker from the iPhone and iPad to the Mac this year with iCloud syncing, a Notification Center widget in the Today view, and more. Evernote Free — Excellent for students, sync your notebooks and projects across your phone, tablet, the web, and Mac Dropbox Free — iCloud Drive on Yosemite is great, but the lack of a real iOS app makes leaving Dropbox behind nearly impossible (among other reasons) Fantastical $14.99 — Put your calendar in the menu bar with natural language input (example: “Lunch with Steeber from noon to 1:30 at Whole Foods” rather than clicking a bunch of buttons and toggles), handles Reminders too Instacast 2 $19.99 — iTunes is where most podcasts live, but if you follow a lot of shows and want reliable syncing between devices, check out Instacast for Mac. Kindle Free — If you buy and read ebooks from Amazon’s Kindle store, check out the Kindle for reading ebooks on your Mac MacX YouTube Downloader Free — My YouTube video downloading app of choice for Mac (mostly to archive Apple ads/videos) Meme Generator Free — Create memes then save and share them, even syncs with other Macs and iOS devices over iCloud PicFrame $0.99 — Simple photo app for creating collages with lots of customization options Piezo $14.99 — Need to record audio from an application or mic input?