The popular “Call Recorder for Skype” app will not be updated with Apple silicon compatibility.
Call Recorder for Skype won’t receive native Apple silicon support
Mac Apps
How to boost your landscapes, cityscapes and architecture photos with Luminar AI [sponsor]
The Luminar AI image editor lets you edit landscapes, cityscapes, nature portraits and architecture photos with ridiculous ease—no need to deal with complex layers and palettes or adjust countless knobs. In this tutorial, we'll demonstrate how easy and fun achieving eye-catching landscape looks can be by with Luminar's rich assortment of AI-powered tools.
How to use AI-powered templates in the Luminar image editor [sponsor]
Achieve amazing results as if you had an entire graphics department working for you is easy with templates in the Luminar AI image editor. By leveraging artificial intelligence to understand the strengths and weaknesses of every image, templates make it easy to automatically correct common capture problems and apply enhancements across multiple images at once. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to use templates in Luminar AI.
Turn your iPhone into a document camera for Zoom and similar apps with Overviewer
Whether you're a teacher working virtually during these times of social distancing or are just the type of person who prefers to use Zoom and similar videoconferencing apps for staying in touch with friends during the COVID-19 pandemic, an app called Overviewer is what you need.
Apple reverses decision to remove Amphetamine for Mac over its name and branding
Amphetamine, a popular macOS app designed to keep a Mac notebook or desktop computer awake for a set amount of time regardless of the user's energy settings and other preferences, won't be removed from the App Store after all, according to its developer William Gustafson.
Adobe, finally, officially kills Flash Player — here’s how to remove it for good from your Mac
Following several advance warnings from Adobe in the past three years, the Photoshop maker's Flash Player is gone for good as of today. The browser plug-in will no longer be getting security updates and no new features will be developed going forward. Thankfully, we have instructions for how to remove Flash Player from your Mac computer.
Control HomeKit devices from your Mac’s menu bar with the free Scenecuts app
The free, open-source Scenecuts app by Seattle developer Nick Hayward is a great little utility that allows you to bypass Apple's unimpressive Home app and access your smart home devices and trigger HomeKit scenes directly through the macOS menu bar.
Back up your DVD collection to a computer easily with MacX DVD Ripper Pro [sponsored]
If you need to rip homemade or commercial DVDs to any format, look no further than MacX DVD Ripper Pro by developer Digiarty. This Mac and Windows software even allows you to rip damaged or otherwise unplayable DVDs and supports a variety of DVD and media formats.
The best free apps for creating podcasts on Mac
Check out this list of free apps for creating podcasts on Mac and get your own show live on air in no time.
The Mac App Store spotlights apps optimized for Apple silicon Macs
With M1 Macs available to purchased and basking in glowing reviews, Apple has now published a new editorial on the Mac App Store highlighting some of the major apps that have been optimized for Apple silicon.
Ejectify auto-unmounts external disks when your Mac starts sleeping to prevent data loss
If you've ever connected an external disk to your Mac only to be troubled by a “Disk Not Ejected Properly” warning message as soon as it wakes up from sleep, then this app is for you.
Guide to using the improved Maps app on macOS Big Sur
The Apple Maps app received nice enhancements with iOS 14 and iPadOS 14. So of course, Apple introduced some of these new features for Maps on macOS Big Sur. In addition, the app has a slightly different appearance and navigation.
Whether you just picked up your first Mac or upgraded to the new OS, we’ll guide you through using the updated Maps app on Mac.