Mac software
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OnlineOffice 365 Home Premium: Microsoft wants you to rent Office for £7.99 a month
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OnlineOffice for Mac 2011 update adds Retina display support, words never looked so good
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OnlineiCloud Safari Tab Syncing lets you sync your web browsing between Apple devices
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Reviews & hands-on
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Apps
Amazon Kindle for Mac adds gesture support, we flick through some books
Amazon Kindle for Mac has added gesture controls for Lion and Mountain Lion users, so Pocket-lint fired up the app to see whether it makes a difference. The new app hasn't really changed that much although it is also worth noting that if you've got a...
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Facebook in OS X Mountain Lion details, we go hands-on
Apple has confirmed to Pocket-lint that Facebook will be joining Twitter in being given system-level access to allow you to check and make status updates from anywhere at the click of a button. We've been playing with a developer preview of the new feature...
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Laptops 4.5 out of 5Apple OS X Mountain Lion review
Mountain Lion is Apple's latest operating system and according to Apple heralds a new dawn in computing. Costing just £13.99, the question is not why should you upgrade, but what shiny new features will you get? We've been living with the full retail...
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Hands-on: Tweetbot for Mac review
If you like Twitter, Tweetbot for the iPhone or iPad is one of the apps to have if you don't like the official Twitter experience, but can a desktop version of the popular app work? We've been playing with the new alpha build of the app to find out. Alpha,...
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Apps
APP OF THE DAY: Cobook review (Mac)
Easy access to your most important information is one of the benefits of modern devices, be it a smartphone or computer. Smartphones, thanks to their light take on things, often offer a solution that surpasses some of the more cumbersome desktop equivalents. ...
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Online 0 out of 5First Look: Apple OS X Mountain Lion review
You always hear about the lion roaring, about the big noise the big cat makes, but you never really hear about the mountain lion. It is more of a reclusive animal, and it is fair to say that Apple’s OS X Mountain Lion takes a lot of cues from its namesake....
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APP OF THE DAY: Fantastical review (Mac OS X)
Sometimes the best apps aren't those that bring you a whole new range of features, but those that take something you already have and make it better. You'd think that the humble calendar would be immune from tinkering and modification, but if you're a...
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AudioSpotify with apps pictures and hands-on
According to Spotify “There’s a new world inside Spotify” and that means apps. But do you want them, are they any good, or is the music streaming service just jumping on the apps bandwagon in an attempt to make us all believe that it is something...
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Online 4 out of 5Apple Mac OS X Lion review
Apple’s latest cat is out the bag and ready to roar. But should you upgrade and is it worth the cash? We’ve been living with the new OS since its first beta outing earlier in the year to find out. And now that the final version is out and ready to...
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OnlineSkype for Mac 5 hands-on
Huzzah, Skype 5 for Mac has come out of beta, and into the bona-fide real world of a finished product, but should you upgrade? Pocket-lint goes hands-on to find out. Quit your current copy of Skype for Mac, install the new one and double click on the...
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GamingKinect 3D Viewer brings Kinect to the Mac, we go hands-on
Microsoft Kinect continues to find itself popping up in a variety of places that isn’t the company’s Xbox 360, and the latest one is the Apple Mac. Thanks to a free app in the new Apple Mac App Store, Kinect Apple Mac users can now see what they look...
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Online 4 out of 5Apple iLife 11 review
After a barrage of yearly updates, Apple has taken its time over the latest upgrade to its iLife package, but has it been worth the wait, and should you upgrade to the new iLife 11 over the iLife 09 you've probably been using? We've been playing with...
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Online 3.5 out of 5FaceTime for Mac beta review
Apple has done what people have been asking it to do since the launch of the Apple iPhone 4 in June - bring FaceTime to Mac. But what's it like? Well not ones to pass on the chance of trying new technology we jumped over to the Apple site, downloaded...
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Online 0 out of 5First Look: Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 review
Apple will tell you that Office for Mac doesn’t need to exist, and for many, the iWork offering meets their needs. But for many Mac users, the familiarity of Microsoft Office gained in schools and the workplace is easy to cross over to the Mac - be...
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Online 4 out of 5Apple Aperture 3 - Mac review
There are some kinds of software that not even the mighty Apple can make user-friendly, no matter how hard it tries. That doesn't stop Aperture 3 being a very good desktop application, but straightforward it certainly isn't. The principles are all there,...