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MacUpdate Promo Spring Bundle

Eric — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:22:23 +0000

Another week, another Mac software bundle. This time, it’s the MacUpdate Promo Spring 2010 Bundle — 11 apps for $50. There’s not a lot here for the web worker, other than Parallels Desktop 5, which is normally $80, and WebSnapper ($15), which I’ve previously written about.

While I’m a VMWare Fusion user myself, MacTech recently compared the performance of VMWare Fusion 3 and Parallels Desktop 5, with the latter performing better in most areas. So it might be worth considering the MacUpdate bundle simply for the $30 discount on Parallels.

Camtasia for Mac

Eric — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:18:34 +0000

TechSmith, makers of the venerable Camtasia Studio, have just released Camtasia for Mac, their new Mac software for creating, editing, and sharing screencasts. Camtasia for Mac is $149 USD but can be purchased for $99 until Dec 31, 2009. Moreover, if you own Camtasia Studio 6 or later on Windows, you can apply for a further discount.

System Requirements

Mac computer with an Intel processor
Mac OS X v10.5.6 or later
Quartz Extreme support
1GB of RAM
Approximately 4GB of available disk space
QuickTime 7.5.5 or later
CD drive required for installation

Get ScreenSteps for 50% Off

Eric — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:29:58 +0000

ScreenSteps, my favourite app for creating documentation and user manuals, is on for half price today only. If you have a Twitter account, follow @screensteps and they’ll DM you a coupon code. If you’re already following them, DM them for the code. ScreenSteps works on both OS X and Windows and supports exporting to HTML, blogs, PDF, Word, and ScreenSteps Live. It’s amazing software with an incredible support team. Give it a try if you haven’t already.

MacUpdate Promo Spring Bundle

Eric — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:51:09 +0000

It’s that time of year again — time for another Mac software bundle: the MacUpdate Promo Spring Bundle. For the next two weeks, you can grab 11 apps for $49.99 USD. The most notable apps are TechTool Pro 5 ($98), Parallels Desktop 4 ($79.99) and RipIt (18.99), an awesome program for backing up your DVDs to your Mac. The complete bundle includes:

TechTool Pro $98.00
Parallels Desktop $79.99
Circus Ponies Notebook 3 $49.95
NetBarrier X5 $49.95
DVDRemaster Pro $49.99
Paperless $44.95
Multiplex $35.00
MoneyWell $49.99
RipIt $18.99
Posterino $24.95
BetterZip $19.95

Two New CSS Framework Tools

Eric — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:32:58 +0000

Boks is an Adobe Air application that provides a user interface for working with the Blueprint CSS framework. Boks handles the grid and baseline settings and then exports the CSS and HTML files.

For the 960.gs framework, which is what I’ve been trying out for the last little while, there’s a new jQuery plug-in called 960.gs grid overlay that does as the name implies — it overlays a semi-transparent 960 grid over your layout as you develop your site. According to the developer, there is also a bookmarklet in the works.