Wow! Spring is almost here (for you Americans anyway), and MacUpdate is out with their spring bundle of Mac app awesomeness. The MacUpdate Promo Spring Bundle brings 11 apps worth $520 for an extreme price of just $50. Most of these apps are worth equal to or more than the cost of the entire bundle, so think of it as buying one app at getting 10 apps for free.
It’s a very balanced bundle, including system security, maintenance, right to managing your media. There’s more info about these apps on the promo page, but here’s a brief idea about the apps.
TechTool Pro 5
Personally I don’t really know the utility behind this tool, but I’ve run it in the past and it does give you a comprehensive report of all your hardware inside your Mac. You know, you could potentially find out that your RAM is the part that’s causing your Mac to crash.
Parallels Desktop 4
Needs no introduction. The first virtualisation tool which allows you to run Windows on your Mac. It’s head-to-head with VMware Fusion in terms of features and performance. In our review Fusion does win out in the end, but Parallels is definitely no slouch.
Notebook 3
I’ve heard a lot of good things about this app, but haven’t used it. It’s supposed to be an excellent tool for students, professors, researchers, and those who collect a lot of notes.
NetBarrier X5
“Robust firewall and intrusion detection”. Can’t say much.
Ripit
One of the easiest, simplest, and robust DVD rippers for the Mac, Ripit definitely is a gem for those who need to quickly go through DVD after DVD. Note that it only creates archives of DVDs and doesn’t compress the DVD into another format.
Multiplex
Goes hand in hand with Ripit, allowing you to manage not only DVDs, but other media as well. That too, in the slickest of interfaces. The team has some great plans for Multiplex which will sort of a virtual media server.
DVD Remaster Pro 5
“Backup your DVDs and put them on other Apple devices”. The tool allows you to rip a DVD as well as compress it to another format. Puzzling that they’ve included this and Ripit in the same bundle.
MoneyWell
“Manage your personal finances”. I’m a zero in finance apps.
Paperless
If you’re constantly working on document after document, Finder can be a little bit underequipped for the task. Paperless is designed to handle ‘texty’ documents (and then some more).
Posterino
“Create posters, postcards, and more”. Never tried it.
BetterZip
If you’re looking for an archive tool, we’ve compared 7 of them. BetterZip was definitely one of the better of the lot. Can’t hurt to have it along in the bundle.
First 15,000 buyers get two ‘awesome’ apps for free. Not sure how awesome they are though; they look pretty average. Overall, an excellent bundle that you should definitely check out if you’ve just got a new Mac, or if you were looking for one of those $50+ apps in the market.
