Roundup

The best free Mac apps for managing simple work and home projects

Mac Apps to Manage Projects - Taskade

You may not be a project manager by trade, but you do have projects to manage. So you probably don’t need a fancy or extensive project management tool. But you do need one to keep track of smaller projects for work, school, or your home.

These Mac apps can help you stay up to date on all of your projects. They offer project and task management with extra features but still keep things simple. Best of all, they’re each available for free. And those that have in-app purchases do so to give you more features you might want but don’t necessarily need.

For keeping track of all your projects, check out this list of the best Mac apps for managing them.

Editor’s Desk: Apple Face Shield, remote work tips, shot-on-FaceTime shows and more

Apple has increased its efforts to help fight the coronavirus pandemic by sourcing N95 masks from its supply chain, they're calling these things Face Shields. Meanwhile, late night shows have found a way to broadcast from hosts' homes — FaceTime. Looking beyond the current pandemic, we have a bunch of productivity tutorials for those of you working from home, as well as tons of new great apps, games and jailbreak tweaks you should check out. Keep your spirits up — we're in this together as a species and we'll get through this together.

Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Arc, dotto+, DNDMyRecording, and more…

The COVID-19 situation hasn't gotten any better yet, resulting in yet more lock-downs around the world. Fortunately, jailbreakers can depend on the excitement of their pwned handsets as a means of coping with stir-craziness.

In this roundup, we'll discuss all the latest jailbreak tweaks releases from Monday, April 6th to Sunday, April 12th. As usual, we'll kick things off by discussing our favorite releases of the week first, and then wrap things up with an outline of the rest afterward.

The best free time trackers for Mac to log the hours you work

Time Trackers for Mac - TimeTag

If you’re a freelancer, remote worker, or another job type where you need to log your time, then you want a good time tracking app for Mac.

Time trackers come in all shapes and sizes. From those that have a basic start and stop button to those that have built-in task management features, do you have the time to try them all and see which is best for you?

To help you out, we’ve tried several time trackers for Mac and have narrowed that list down to these best ones.

Editor’s Desk: iPhone SE branding, tough week for Zoom, new productivity tutorials & more

It's been a tough week for Zoom, one of the rare companies that has benefited tremendously as people get to increasingly work from home amid the coronavirus pandemic. In the past week or so, we also heard some encouraging rumors regarding the next iPhone SE, received new Apple OS  developer betas, uncovered more hints about possible new features in iOS 14 and published a bunch of tutorials, many of which are designed to boost your work productivity.

Jailbreak tweaks of the week: AirDropConfirm, Audicy, SwipeExtenderX, and more…

Dealing with this COVID-19 situation has been tough for many, but at least you can spend your free time tinkering with your jailbroken iPhone or iPad.

In this roundup, we’ll discuss all the latest jailbreak tweaks to be released from Monday, March 30th to Sunday, April 5th. As usual, we’ll kick things off by discussing our favorite releases first and then wrap things up with an outline of the rest afterward.

The best free distraction-free writing apps for Mac

There are several terrific writing apps available on the Mac App Store for focused writing. But if you don’t want to shell out the cash just yet, try one of these free tools for capturing your articles, stories, or essays.

Writing with a distraction-free tool allows you to concentrate on what’s most important, your words. So whether you’re just giving this a try to see if you like it or don’t need extra features that the paid apps provide, this list of free focused writing apps is for you.