MacHeist Has 6 Top Mac Apps for You for Free

Some free  Mac apps and a round-up of Apple news.

Twitterific, a nice Mac Twitter client that normally sells for HK$100 (US$15), is now free. So are 5 other apps from MacHeist and we’ve tried them all and they’re great so you can’t go wrong with that price. Click here to download them now and save over HK$1,200 on software for your Mac. Even if you’re not in the area for a new screen-grabbing tool like Tiny Grab or a writing app like WriteRoom, the site is an exceptional piece of design in itself. All this from the company who makes the cool Classics app for the iPhone, which has sold over 450,000 copies.

Apple TV Update

Lots of people in Hong Kong have gone Mac Crazy with many using Apple TV. If you’re registered, you probably got an email over the weekend asking you to upgrade your Apple TV from 3.0 to 3.01.

Steve Jobs is the CEO of the Decade

Fortune magazine knows how to get Apple fans to love their magazine. They named Steve Jobs the CEO of the Decade:

Youthful founder gets booted from his company in the 1980s, returns in the 1990s, and in the following decade survives two brushes with death, one securities-law scandal, an also-ran product lineup, and his own often unpleasant demeanor to become the dominant personality in four distinct industries, a billionaire many times over, and CEO of the most valuable company in Silicon Valley.

But you can read the whole article here.

Cross-Platform sync patent filed by Apple

Apple is investigating what looks like an interesting new ability for your Apple TV, iMac and iPhone:

Apple has worked on a software syncing system that would give users great flexibility in deciding which files to share between devices, all while aiming to simplify the process of syncing. The described method would not only take personal files, but content within specific applications, allowing users to continue their current activities no matter where they are and what device they are using.

One of the cool things about the Kindle and the iPhone is that both devices remember where you left off last. See more details on this syncing at Apple Insider here.

Snow Leopard 10.6.2 Update

Just in case your Mac didn’t automatically update, you can surf here to get the latest updates from Apple, or as any Mac user should know: Apple menu->Software Update…