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Malwarebytes Free Antivirus Review
Malwarebytes’ free edition is good at removing pesky malware, but bugs, tie-ins to paid services, crashes, and lack of an external volume scan don’t help.
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Parallels Toolbox review: Dozens of fun, handy utilities
Parallels Toolbox offers more than 50 tools for video capture, focus, free memory, drive cleaner, clipboard history and more.
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Microsoft 365 vs Office 2024 buying advice
We compare Microsoft 365 and Office 2024 for Mac, reveal prices of Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and discuss the cheapest way to get Office for Mac.
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Mac Backup Guru Review
A Mac backup utility worth looking into if you want more control over snapshot archives.
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Mullvad review: A VPN that’s all about privacy
Mullvad might be one of the best VPNs around, but it just needs some more servers.
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Microsoft PowerPoint review: What’s new in PowerPoint 2024?
Still the go-to for some razzle-dazzle, but competitors are closing in.
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Microsoft Excel review: What’s new in Excel 2024?
The best way to crunch some numbers, but no Copilot on Mac.
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Apple Passwords Review: Free and simple password manager
Store all your passwords, passkeys and codes in Apple's new, easy to use Password Manager.
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Best iPhone data recovery apps 2025
Deleted a vital email or trying to access photos from a damaged phone? This iOS recovery software might just save the day!
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Microsoft Word for Mac review: What's new?
All these years on, Microsoft Word is still top dog for word processing.
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pCloud review: Back your Mac up to the cloud
pCloud is a great-looking, easy-to-use storage option that’s up there with some of the best around.
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FastestVPN review: A good choice for VPN newbies
FastestVPN has seen a significant improvement to its feature set since our last review, and now rivals the biggest players.
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Malwareybtes Privacy VPN for Mac review
Malwarebytes Privacy VPN is a solid addition to the companyu2019s software portfolio.
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Acronis True Image for Mac Review
With antivirus protection, good copy speeds, and the ability to back up locally or to the cloud is this all you could ask for?
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Tenorshare PDNob PDF Editor for Mac review: Decent for specific use cases
Offers a wide variety of PDF editing and annotation tools, but costly if you only want it in the short term.
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TotalAV Antivirus Pro review: a bit of a mess
TotalAV Antivirus Pro is a jack-of-all-trades security suite with costly add-ons in almost every category you can think of.
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Best web browser for Mac
Which is the best Mac web browser? We compare the most popular offerings to help you pick the right option
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Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown review
The Prince is back on the Mac – but this time he’s in trouble and it’s up to you to save the day.
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Frostpunk 2 review: When the snowman brings the snow
Guide your snowy dystopia through the hardships of a new ice age in this game that is anything but a winter wonderland.
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ChronoSync Review: A Mac backup option with a justified fan base
A Mac backup option that gives complete control without overwhelming users.
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Wondershare Recoverit Review: an excellent Mac data recovery package
Wondershare's Recoverit did a good job recovering data, and at an ok price.
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Get Backup Pro Review
An excellent selection of tools and customization options to create backups and sync your data.
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Onyx review: A must-have Mac utility
Onyx is a powerful utility that can be very handy, but take some time to learn the ins and outs of the app.
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Box review: A great cloud storage solution for enterprise
Box has a a host of excellent tools and a huge number of third-party plugins.
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FoneLab review: A solid iPhone data recovery option
FoneLab is a solid data recovery application that’s easy to use and relatively affordable.
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Sophos Home Premium for Mac Review
Sophos Home Premium is a security suite with the right protection, but the setup process is confusing and certain features require that you be online.
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Intego Washing Machine X9 Review
Intego's Washing Machine app will give your Mac a clean and recover some space.
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IDrive review: an excellent app handling local and internet backups
IDrive gives you the tools to tools to backup your entire drive to the cloud while also letting you drag and drop files a la Google Drive.
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Cisdem PDFMaster: A simple PDF editor
Cisdem PDFMaster, confusingly also distributed by EaseUS's as EaseUS PDF Editor for Mac, suites those with casual needs.
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VMware Fusion Review: Now free for personal use
This veteran virtualisation tool is leaning towards business users, but likely to remain popular while it's free for ‘non-commercial’ users.
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Microsoft OneDrive Review
Microsoft software on a Mac? It’s not as surprising as you may think with OneDrive being a solid third-party cloud storage solution.
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Dropbox Review: Not as good as it used to be
Dropbox is reliable, but it's hard to recommend if you are looking to share files with others, as a backup solution, or as a means to access your content from wherever you are.
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iCloud Drive review: The cloud storage service all Apple users can access
iCloud Drive is a great tool for backing up your Mac and accessing files via the web, just be aware of its limitations.
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Google Drive Review: Why Google rules cloud storage
Despite having more rivals than ever, Google Drive remains king of Cloud storage.
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ClearVPN review: A good option for VPN newbies
ClearVPN is easy to use and has a slick UI, but a lack of power features may put some off.
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Norton Ultra VPN review
Norton’s revised VPN’s greatest strength is how it ties in with the company’s wider tools – but that may also be its downfall.
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DaisyDisk review: An elegant and fun way to free up storage space
DaisyDisk succeeds in making it pretty simple (and actually somewhat fun) to track down and eliminate space-hogging files on your Mac.
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pdfFiller review: An overpriced, half-baked PDF editor for macOS
A basic PDF editor that doesn't fulfill its promises and costs too much.
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Sequoia vs Sonoma: What's new in macOS 15?
We compare macOS Sequoia to Sonoma (the version of macOS it’s set to replace). Find out what the Sonoma to Sequoia changes are.
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iOS 18 vs iOS 17: Why your iPhone will never look the same again
We compare the newly announced iOS 18 to the version it’s set to replace.
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Silliest iPhone apps ever
In July 2024, Apple's App Store listed around 1.96 million apps—including some that are just absurd.
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Stellar Data Recovery for Mac review, deep digging data recovery
Stellar Data Recovery for Mac is a good program that's able to dig deep to help reconstruct and recover deleted data, but there are a few bugs.
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Gemini 2 duplicate file finder review
Gemini 2 is a helpful and fast-working app that deals with all kinds of duplicates on your Mac.
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Final Cut Pro for iPad 2.0 and Final Cut Camera review: The next level
Final Cut Camera expands on the iPhone's ability to record video footage and works with Final Cut Pro 2 for iPad with Live Multicam.
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DiskWarrior Review
DiskWarrior will struggle to remain a competitive product without an update soon.
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EaseUS Mobisaver review
EaseUS Mobisaver is an expensive tool that’s likely to be overkill for one-and-done users.
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Wondershare PDFelement review: AI-powered PDF editor for everyday use
PDFelement is one of the best PDF editors available for casual users, does it have the features you need?
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Stellar Data Recovery for iPhone review
Stellar Data Recovery is a solid iPhone recovery app, it's just a shame that it looks so dated compared to its rivals.
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