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App Snap

2011-11-08T12:45:00.000Z

Example of App Snap screenshot [Click to Enlarge]

Aimed at developers for App Store screenshots, it can be used by anyone to get a clean background and centred window in a screenshot. The simplest way to get such shot that I've tried and easy to use.

Poznaj Makture

2011-10-29T21:08:00.000+01:00

Mac App Store Web Page

Demo of a Polish Invoice Application. Only available in Polish language.

HUDTube Video Player

2011-10-29T17:46:00.000+01:00

Mac App Store Web Page

Grid

2011-10-26T13:13:00.000+01:00

Mac App Store Web Page

An app like Moom or Flexiglass to control and size windows with the keyboard.

PDF Magic

2011-10-24T11:09:00.000+01:00

Mac App Store Web Page

I was 69p curious as to whether this can do anything extra to what cannot be done with the free-with-osx Preview application. From what I can see PDF Magic cannot, other than name split sections before saving rather that after saving. Preview can annotate PDFs which this application cannot.

To do these things with Preview, open a PDF in Preview and View > Sidebar > Show Sidebar then drag-and-drop to rearrange or drag out of the sidebar and onto the Desktop to split or drag into the sidebar to merge.

There is a growing number of these affiliated Chinese applications in the Mac App Store. All the same functions but with different icons, 'skins' and vastly varying prices. Apps like this one range from £0.69 to £69.99. They seems to exploit the fact that a lot of people are coming to Mac OS X who don't realise that this functionality with PDFs or even images is built into the applications that come with a Mac such as Preview or with a bit of effort with Automator. With the obfuscation of who is really behind the app it is difficult to steer clear of these affiliated apps but I will try.

CHM View

2011-10-24T10:46:00.000+01:00

Mac App Store Web Page

Not that I have many CHM files but I have had the occasional one so it's good to have a viewer for them that was free. The search doesn't search, it does nothing. In use the app is OK. It views the files.

I have tried another version of this, what appears to be, an affiliated app (i.e. same app sold by multiple different named vendors) but this one has the nicer 'skin'.

ACDSee Photo Flash

2011-10-22T23:42:00.000+01:00

Mac App Store Web Page

I cannot see that much difference in the result from a tweaked image using Preview > Tools > Adjust Color... settings and using this app. The main difference is that this is simpler to use in that you drag an image onto the applications window, adjust one slider up or down and save. It does not do a batch images only one image at a time. OK if you want a keep it simple solution.