Don't miss this limited-time price cut on PDF Reader Pro for Mac or PC. Get a lifetime license for less than $25. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
PDFs are supposed to make sharing documents easier, but they are often difficult to manage, edit or annotate. To streamline and improve your things, try PDF Reader Pro for Mac. The software tackles PDFs and empowers Mac users to do virtually whatever they’d like with them.
False alarm! The Docker app for Mac is not a malware. Photo: Docker
Getting a “Malware Blocked” warning on booting your Mac or when starting Docker? You are not alone. Hundreds of Mac users worldwide report seeing a similar message on their machine over the last few days.
The error is due to an issue with Docker, a popular platform designed to build and run apps using containers.
Get PDF Expert, an Apple Editor's Choice winner, for less than $80. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
PDFs are arguably one of the most-used document formats by professionals, students and casual users alike. However, while they might be the best way to transmit documents, they’re not entirely easy to work with unless you own a capable PDF editor for Mac like PDF Expert.
Enjoy enhanced AirPods functionality on Mac with AirBuddy, on sale now for only $8. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Love the way AirPods work with an iPhone but a little meh about how they work with a Mac? The AirBuddy Mac app will connect AirPods to Mac, with enhancements that provide the same advanced features you enjoy when using Apple’s earbuds with an iPhone.
QuickTime brought multimedia to Macs -- and the masses. Photo illustration: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
December 2, 1991: Apple ships its first public version of the QuickTime player, bringing video to Mac users running System 7.
Containing codecs for graphics, animation and video, QuickTime confirms Apple’s status as a leading multimedia tech company. The software also starts us on the path to playing video on our computers. This fundamental transformation of Macs into media machines eventually leads to iTunes Movies, YouTube and more.
Get an AI-powered photo editor, filters and more for just $159.99. Image: StackSocial
Getting just the right shot is exciting, but any professional photographer will tell you that post-production work separates decent vacation snapshots from magazine-worthy images. That requires powerful photo editing software. And photo apps don’t come much more highly recommended than Luminar Neo, which lets you utilize AI to make your images look amazing.
Now there’s a great opportunity for new users to get this versatile software (for Mac or PC), along with hundreds of dollars worth of add-ons and training. You can get the Award-Winning Luminar Neo Lifetime Bundle for just $199.99. That’s a tremendous discount off the retail price of $752.)
Enjoy all of Microsoft Office 2019 on any Mac for less than $25. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
There comes a time in nearly every adult’s life when you must install Microsoft Office. Yes, you can technically get by without Word, Excel and the other essentials. But if you want to get certain tasks done on your killer Mac setup, you’ll need these tools. And this limited-time deal on Microsoft Office Home & Business 2019 for Mac might be the time to get them.
Get a lifetime license to Paintstorm Studio for just $19.99.
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For digital artists, illustrators and anyone with a passion for creating art, Paintstorm Studio is a versatile toolkit. With a lifetime license, you gain access to an intuitive, high-powered painting app for Mac and Windows, without the hassle of monthly subscriptions.
With just a low one-time payment, you can bid farewell to Microsoft 365’s pesky recurring subscription fees. You’ll never need to pay again for Microsoft’s widely used software for work and school.
Whether you shot the video or not, sometimes it's just in the wrong file format. Image: Movavi
When you need to convert a video to a different file format, what’s a quick, easy way to do it? Movavi’s free Online Video Converter. This incredibly intuitive tool makes the tedious task simple.
And if you need to convert really big video files, or edit them, Movavi’s desktop converter software can help. More than 70 million users in more than 190 countries enjoy software from Movavi, which turned 20 years old in 2024.
Find out how to use the free online video converter below.
System files piling up all over the place in your Mac will eventually slow it and might crash it. Photo: Brett Sayles/Pexels/CC
Just as your house accumulates dust and trash, your computer gets cluttered with unnecessary, often automatically generated, files known as “system junk.” The files pile up gradually and then start affecting your Mac’s performance. Fortunately, simple tools like JWizard Cleaner quickly and easily clean up your Mac so you don’t need to do it manually.
Get a three-month Adobe Creative Cloud subscription on sale for just $75. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Whether you’re a professional graphic designer, an aspiring photographer or a hobbyist exploring your creative side, it’s worth it to invest in software that really lets your creativity run wild. This Adobe Creative Cloud discount gains you access to more than 20 Adobe apps that professionals love, including Photoshop, Illustrator and Premiere Pro.
Normally, this three-month subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud would cost $179. But the price dropped recently to $75 — although that’s not going to last much longer.
Logic Pro 7 was a great music creation tool for Apple fans. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
September 29, 2004: Apple debuts Logic Pro 7, its professional music creation and audio production software. The update brings new tools and a streamlined interface in line with other Apple software.
Coming off the success of the iPod and the iTunes Music Store, the Logic Pro 7 launch — alongside its stripped-down sibling, Logic Express 7 — serves as a reminder of Apple’s dominance in music tech, for consumers and professionals alike.
Don't miss your chance to score a PDF Reader Pro Permanent License at a big discount. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
If you find yourself working with PDFs day in and day out, a PDF Reader Pro Permanent License could become your new best friend. This lifetime subscription to the excellent PDF editor for Mac costs just $60 (regularly $79) and lets you convert PDFs to Microsoft Office file formats.
Bring your artistic vision to life with this discounted Adobe Photoshop & Premiere Elements 2023 bundle.
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Want Photoshop’s photo editing capabilities without Adobe’s monthly subscription fees? This Mac software bundle combines Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements to give you plenty of creative firepower for life — all for one low price. It’s the Photoshop Elements sale the subscription-averse have been waiting for!
Jump on this deal to make your photos and videos look better than ever.
Nothing to download or install — you’ve already got ’em. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac
If you work on a Mac, these six useful apps can help you get that work done faster. And you don’t need to take time to download them or figure out if they’re worth the price — you already have these apps on your computer.
These come with every Mac, and you can locate them in the Applications and Utilities folders. If you’re in the Finder, just hit Shift-Command-A (⇧⌘A) or Shift-Command-U (⇧⌘U) to find them.
I’ll walk you through a few of the more useful Mac apps hiding there that you probably haven’t heard of.
Optimize and supercharge your Mac with MacPilot. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Want to customize your Mac? MacPilot shows you how to tap into macOS’s Unix underpinnings to deliver under-the-hood tweaks and customizations that will make your Mac life simpler.
User-friendly and AI-integrated Afirstsoft PDF makes working with PDF files easy. And you can get a great deal on it. Photo: Afirstsoft PDF
Apple fans are just like everybody else. In a world filled with digital documents, job applications and more, we often need to deal with PDF files. But instead of spending a ton of money on big-name software, or hunting around for severely limited free apps, wouldn’t you rather try the efficient and effective Afirstsoft PDF app for Apple users?
At a quarter the annual cost of Adobe Acrobat, Afirstsoft PDF helps you view, annotate, edit, convert, scan and organize PDF files. And its artificial intelligence feature analyzes and summarizes PDF files for you in seconds. Even better, you can use it across Mac, iPhone and iPad with ease (Windows and Android, too). And you can save even more money with special discounts for new users (see below).
Learn new languages for life with the award-winning Babbel. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Whether you want to get more from your travels or boost your career opportunities, speaking an additional language is one of the most rewarding ways to do it. And the most convenient way to learn? With an award-winning language-learning app like Babbel.
The Babbel app teaches you a new language with short daily lessons that take only 10 or 15 minutes that you can take on your iPhone or Mac. Right now, you can grab a lifetime subscription to every single language on the app for only $139.97 (regularly $599). That’s a 76% discount on this incredible software, but this price drop only lasts until July 17.
This versatile DVD ripper brings content directly to your Apple devices. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
DVDs may seem like a thing of the past as streaming options like Netflix and Apple TV+ continue to gain popularity, but there’s no reason those shiny discs need to sit around collecting dust. Discover new ways to enjoy old favorites by taking advantage of a discount on a highly rated and speedy Mac DVD ripper.
For a limited time, you can grab a lifetime license to MacX DVD Ripper Pro for just $24.97 (regularly $67.95). That’s a 63% discount on a product that supplies endless options for adding content to Apple or Android devices.
Need a top-notch PDF editor for Mac? Get PDF Reader Pro and you can easily sign PDFs, edit text, swap out images and more. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
PDFs have become the standard for document sharing and archiving, but the file format is notoriously difficult to work with and manipulate. However, there is a way around that problem, thanks to purpose-built PDF editors like PDF Reader Pro for Mac.
Download bulk images from Pinterest, Instagram and more with this $30 app. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Before you start right-clicking up a storm to save multiple images from a website, try Imaget. This bulk image downloader works on Mac and Windows, and you can use it to grab multiple pix from Instagram, Pinterest and more.
OpenAI introduces a native ChatGPT app for Mac, and it's free for all users. Photo: Unsplash
OpenAI made the native ChatGPT Mac app available for all users Wednesday. It gives Mac users easy access to the artificial intelligence capabilities of the cutting-edge chatbot, as well as features not available with the web interface.
The free macOS app is “designed to integrate seamlessly into anything you’re doing on your computer,” according to OpenAI.
Supercharge your productivity with this $29.99 task-management app for Mac, iOS and other platforms. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
If you want to stay productive in these chaotic times, you need more than a super-clean setup. You require a task-management tool on your Mac (or PC). And Pagico 10 is one of the best task manager apps around.
This multifaceted organizer offers a lot of functionality, all in the service of helping you and your team keep your eyes on the prize. Now, new users can get the latest version of this productivity software for Mac and PC for only $29.99 (regularly $65).
This trendy podcast app syncs with your entire Apple ecosystem for under $40. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Sure, Apple’s Podcasts app is free. But it’s also kind of basic. If you’re a total podcast freak, you’ll surely enjoy an alternative podcast app like Player FM. It offers advanced features like customization, organization and personalized search. It can even automatically compress downloaded episodes to save space on your devices, without compromising audio quality.