Have you ever thought that it was quite cumbersome to figure out an area if not the length and width had a fairly simple goal? Or if the area to be calculated was a complete nut size, as neither could fit into a circle or a square? Now you do not worry about you calculate correctly. With Geometry Calculator you can figure out the area in all areas that just have something that looks like a triangle, a square or a circle. And then you can get the answer in millimeter…

GIMP for Mac is a great program that provides options not found in many other free programs. It can be used as a simple image editor program, an expert photo retouching quality program, an online batch processing system or a lot of production reproduces the image or an image-format converter. The program can also be expanded so that it can handle virtually any challenge in image editing. GIMP for Mac contains channels, layers and masks, filters and effects, tabbed p…

If you're the type who likes to make software, but need a little inspiration or you’re looking for some open source programs you can work on, you can find it on Github. Github is a platform for programmers, both amateur and professional programmers. Here you can share and find software that others have made, work on it, or just download it for personal use. The Github platform is also available as a desktop version, which is the one we have downloaded for you…

What is the best way to handle your income, bank accounts and other financial information? While your parents might have had a special notebook or calendar for that, it is much easier to just use a computer today. We have taken a look at the Mac-version of an application called GnuCash, but it is also available for Windows.  Personally, I am not the biggest money expert in the whole world, but it seems like GnuCash comes with a solid amount of features. Unfortu…

Do you read many books? And have you started to read many online books? Now that Google has announced the launch of its service Google Book, you will be able to read more books online! It is currently possible to download more than 3 million free books from around the world using Google Books Downloader. Google Books Downloader allows you to save these books in PDF, JPEG or PNG format. That makes them available offline. After you save it in the format you want, you…

Google Chrome is one of the most popular browsers in the world, and it is available for almost all operating systems. There is also a version for macOS, so everyone with a Mac can download and install the browser for free. On the GIF image above this text (and the other screenshots on this page) you can see how the Windows version of Google Chrome looks, but the browser is almost identical on both Windows, Mac and Linux. Therefore, you can expect the same user expe…

With Google Earth for Mac you are able to zoom in almost anywhere in the world to a degree where cars and similar are recognizable on your Mac. If you are going travelling you will be able to plan routes for driving, check out your hotel, see where the landmarks are, read about the landmarks, and check them out on your Mac and much more. If you are not going travelling but would like to, you can take a virtual tour with Google Earth for Mac. It is almost like bein…

Are you having a dream of becoming an architect? Or maybe you have a dream house in mind that you would like to have visualized so you can show friends, family and others exactly how it should look? Then SketchUp may well be a program that's right for you. SketchUp is a piece of software designed for three-dimensional graphic design mainly of buildings and structures. It is impressive user-friendly and at the same time very detailed. Therefore, SketchUp does not…

Do you know all the members of your family? People have been using family trees for hundreds of years to organize their families in a clear and easy way. Gramps, which is available here for Windows and Macs, is a free piece of software, which lets you do that on your computer.  In our test, we installed the Mac version on a MacBook Pro running OS X Mavericks. The user interface turned out to be very confusing, and overall, Gramps does not feel like a applicatio…

How much space do you have left on your hard drive? If it is time to delete some of your old files, but you are not sure which ones are the biggest, you can use the free and open-source Mac utility GrandPerspective. So, what exactly does GrandPerspective? Basically, it can be used to give you a visual representation of your hard drive. After you have selected a folder to scan, GrandPerspective shows you a window of rectangles in different sizes and colors. According…

This piece of video converter software is simultaneously like a lot of other converters in its simplistic approach to conversion. Where it differs is in some of its editing functions which will be dealt with in greater detail in the following sections.    Convert a bunch of formats into even more formats With HD Video Converter, you are able to import many various file formats. The Input File formats range from video formats such as MPG, DAT, MP4, MJPEG, S…

It is easy to view hidden files and folders in Windows, but on Macs you have to open the Terminal application and type in some code, probably because Apple wants to protect the system files. However, Hide-UnHide is a free application that gives you access with just a single click. To install Hide-UnHide, you just have to drag it into your applications folder. You can then view or hide hidden folders and files across your entire system by just clicking on the applica…

Don’t miss out on Christmas when you’re at the office. If you love Christmas and the joy and light it brings, then Holiday lights will be your next love of your life. Up to 40 different bulbs in many different colors brings your screen to life along with Midi music. You can add the bulbs you want whereever you want to add them. Even on the windows of programs you have opened. Enjoy the atmosphere it creates and enjoy a boring day at the office with a rev…

This enables you to use WIFI in e. g. airports, coffee shops etc. without being in danger of being under surveillance or hacked. Hot Spot Shield will hide your IP address and delete any trace you might leave otherwise.

To secure your WIFI connection Hotspot Shield for Mac creates a Virtual Private Network (VPN) between your computer and the developers’ website Anchorfree, which is US based. Hotspot Shield for Mac protects your identity through all kind of web-transactions that is made through https. Furthermore it protects it by making your identity invisible for any 3rd party websites and ISP's. So unless you decide to log on a special website Hotspot Shield for Mac will ma…

There’s no limits for, what IDoctor can do for you. IDoctor keeps track of your Macs health and helps you keep an eye on it. IDoctor scans your Mac and lets you know, how you can improve performance issues, all of this with just a single click. Doing this will remove unwanted files and therefor clean up your Mac as well. IDoctor also improves your online browsing experience. IDoctor secures that all your sensitive personal data, will stay out of the wrong hand…

A creative mind can be quickly achieved through various software, and the iMade Flipbook for Mac is one of these software. It has never been easier to make great ebooks, magazines, catalogs or anything else you would like. The iMade Flipbook for Mac is incredibly easy to navigate around, and you do not need the great technological experience to create something quite unique. However, it requires that you have made the pages and saved them in PDF format. Once this i…

Since phones and digital cameras have become more accessible, most of us keep taking new new pictures everyday, but what can you do when these files are taking up your entire hard drive? ImageOptim is a free and open-source utility for Mac that tries to solve that problem. According to the developer, ImageOptism optimizes the size of your pictures without affecting the overall quality, but is that even possible? In our test, it worked surprisingly well. Basically, y…

If you are a regular user of 9GAG, Reddit or any other social network out there, then you are probably familiar with memes, such as One Does Not Simply Walk Into Mordor, Good Guy Greg and so on. It is a fun way to interact with others on the internet, and with iMeme you can start making your own memes in no time.  The user interface of iMeme is extremely simple. You can choose between a large number of well-known memes on the left, and on the right you can add…

If you want to be a movie maker too, download ImTOO Movie Maker for Mac here for free and make HD movies with your camcorder. Everybody who has an HD camera and loves to make movies can do so using ImTOO Movie Maker for Mac for the purpose. You can record and transfer your favorite movie clips, which can be in one of the following formats on your computer: HD video (HD AVI, HD MPEG-2/4, HD VOB, HD WMV) and SD video (AVI, 3GP, M4V, MPEG, MP4, RM, RMVB, FLV, VOB, MPV,…