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Freshly Squeezed Reviews: What Color … Err, Time Is It?

How many times have you found a feature in iOS that you wished was in OS X/macOS? With the latest iteration of iOS 9, we’re treated to a new feature - Night Shift. Night Shift adjusts the color temperature of your screen to work with your circadian rhythm (your sleep...

Freshly Squeezed Reviews: Eight Arms To Hold You

For years I used a fantastic utility, “FinderPop.” It’s sole purpose was to open a customizable DropDown menu wherever I should need it at any given moment. I believe that I was using it as far back as OS 9 (if not OS 8). Unfortunately, with the introduction of El...

Freshly Squeezed Reviews: Gemini 2 has landed

  Today, Macpaw, the makers of CleanMyMac 3 and several other handy maintenance apps, have announced the upcoming release of the latest iteration of Gemini, named appropriately enough Gemini 2. “Find identical files and even duplicate folders inside your internal...

Freshly Squeezed Reviews: Will It Go Round In Circles?

  Would you like a simpler, faster, more intuitive method to find out which apps you can use to open a specific file? As I've said numerous times, it's rare in my years of reviewing that I have come across a piece of software where the developer didn't attempt to...

Freshly Squeezed Reviews: Strike A Poser

If you seriously aspire to the legacy of legendary animation pioneer and Mickey Mouse co-creator Ub Iwerks, want to start-up your own PIXAR, or see if you’re any good as an illustrator, you don’t want to use any fly-by-nite program. Personally, I graduated with a...

Freshly Squeezed Reviews: Stick It With Ghostnote

I remember placing Post-It Notes® on my computer with passwords, todo lists and such, until my computer resembled a botched attempt by Jackson Pollack to dabble in papier-mâché. Back in the day, it was not uncommon for dozens upon dozens of brightly colored reminders...

Freshly Squeezed Reviews: Bring The Phun Back To B&W

Monochromatic. “adjective; containing or using only one color: monochromatic light.” Before the technology was available, all film and photography was rendered in black and white. In film, it saw its heyday in film noir. As for photography, you need know but one name...

Freshly Squeezed Reviews: Cleaning My Mac House

Summer has at long last arrived. No more shoveling the driveway or sidewalk. Time to begin shoveling the interior of the house. CleanMyMac 3 is the latest version of the well known cleaning app from Macpaws. It's a one-stop shop. "Clean, optimize, and maintain your...

Freshly Squeezed Reviews: Memories Digitized

Product: Elgato Video Capture Developer: Elgato Systems Price: $99.95 Requirements: OS X 10.6.8 or later Test Rig: Test Rig: 2012 MBA 11", OS X 10.10.3, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD   I've moved several times in the last two years. What a pain. Particularly as I'm a media...

Freshly Squeezed Reviews: Audio Hijack 3 / Pure Gold

Product: Audio Hijack 3  Developer: Rogue Amoeba Price: $49; upgrade $25 Requirements: Mac OS X 10.9 or higher Test Rig: Test Rig: 2012 MBA 11", OS X 10.10.3, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD Around the turn of the century, Macworld moved from NYC to San Francisco. I traveled out...

Freshly Squeezed Reviews: Creation on the Run

Product: K-Board Developer: Keith McMillen Instruments Price: $99.00 Requirements: Mac OS 10.5 or later, Intel Core 2 Duo processor or greater, 50MB free hard disk space Test Rig: 2012 MBA 11", OS X 10.10.2, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD   During the Calvin Coolidge...

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