Nekoze is a free app that will monitor your posture while you’re sitting at your computer and alert you when you’re stooping. It uses the built in iSight camera to monitor you, or an external web cam if you’re using a Mac Mini. The word Nekoze actually means ‘slight stoop’ in Japanese, and I know when I’m sitting down to write at my MacBook I’m frequently getting a little ‘nekoze’. I think using a laptop causes stooping becuase the screen is usually lower than your eyes. So unless ...

Cheddar is a simple to-do list app for OS X and iOS devices. It’s functionality is very basic, but that a part of it’s attraction. It does one thing and it does it very well, with a clean and minimalist layout that is super easy to use. There are a lot of to-do list apps for OS X and iOS, so Cheddar is going to have to impress if it’s to stay installed. Features This section is going to be quite short! Cheddar allows you to create tasks, ...

Pling Messenger is a voice messenger app aimed at professionals and teams. Pling uses push-to-talk to send voice messages, allowing you to communicate quickly like a text message, but with a more natural touch. Pling is only available on OS X or iOS devices. It has a dark and polished interface that is easy to navigate and use. Getting started After you install Pling from the App Store, click on the icon and create a new Pling user account.

This is a difficult article to write. Not because the subject is a difficult concept to understand or because it requires a mountain of research, it’s difficult because it requires me to swallow a little bit of my pride and admit that sometimes I need to run a Windows app in OSX. I used to be in denial. Consider this my coming out. There are several solutions available for running Windows applications on your Mac. Some come at a premium price, some are free. And some ...

Incinerator is a free utility for your Mac that will prevent others from retrieving deleted files off your hard drive and opening them. By using data recovery software it’s possible to find previously deleted files on your hard drive. But if you want to prevent those files from ever being recovered you need to write over every byte of data in the file before you delete. Incinerator provides a dead simple and automated way to do this by working in the background. How it works When you empty ...

Working on your computer all day, you tend to notice how often you open applications and search for files. We have talked about desktop searches and they are great. But what if you need something a little lighter? Something you could even use while portable? Launchy is what’s called a keystroke launcher and is up to the task. Launchy will let you open an application or find a file within a folder with a few quick keystrokes. Here is a walkthrough on how ...

The conference is done, and the news is out. Apple is up to their usual tricks, making good products even better and introducing yet another reason why this holiday season will be the death of our savings account. Apple means quality and expense. It’s just the nature of the beast. The good news for Apple fans? There’s a lot to be excited about. Apple didn’t do anything too unexpected, but they did do some good work that we can appreciate. Were the ...

Mountain Lion has got a lot of press in the recent weeks. Some of it is good press, and some of it is bad. The bottom line is that, for the current moment the reviewers and their reviews are split and they seem to be split across some very clear lines. The reviewers who like mobile designs for desktop operating systems and those who do not. Will Mountain Lion Roar? The Mobilization of The OS Before I tell you  any more about Mountain Lion lets just get down to ...

Have you every longed to make your own books for the iPad? The kind that do more than sit on the page. The kind that people can touch, interact with and treat like a real media experience, you know, the good ones. Well if you have then you're in luck. There is a free app designed to help you out. The question is, can this app really be any good? Today we're going to find out together. First off, the App is not shockingly, Mac only. Sorry PC users, but you'll have to ...

When it comes to the two new OS's, Windows 8 and OS X Mountain Lion, there is a lot of buzz around the apps. Today, we are going to take a look at all of the apps that each of the operating systems have to offer in terms of apps, and then make a definitive decision on which one you want based on how much free software you will get. After all, why should you pay for something that is being given away? First we will look at the Mac Apps  ...