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This week’s picks are up here: mac games.

Tone-Foo 1.0 – Create ringtones for your iPhone. (Free)
iTarGz 1.0 – Compress your files efficiently. (Free)
DMG Canvas 1.0.1 – Customize every aspect of your disk image. (Free)
FluidTunes 1.0 – Control your iTunes music with body motions. (Free)
Christmas Swap 1.0 – Puzzles that will test your brain as well as your reflexes
Sunken Words 1.0.1 – Voyage far into the magical, silent depths of the sea in this elegant new release from Fire Maple Games. Race the clock to unscramble and assemble as many words as you can before the clock runs out. Welcome a new fish to your colorfully growing aquarium with every level successfully completed! Care to make a wager? Dare to double (or lose!) your points at the start of each new level.
Vega 1.01 – The faster you can collect packages, the more point you’ll keep and supplies you’re base station will receive. If that’s enough to scare you, we’ll also throw in some meteorites, falling boulder and even blinding dust storms. The business of space rescue just got harder.
ReadOnlyMounter 1.0 – Mount USB flash memory, USB & FireWire HD as read-only. (Free)
Hollywood Screen Saver 1.0 – A timelapse postcard from the City of Angels, the Hollywood sign. (Free)
RegenRadar Widget 1.0 – Radar images for Germany, Netherlands, parts of Austria, Switzerland. (Free)
AddressBookSync 1.0 – Application to download Facebook profile pictures to Address Book cards. This is a handy tool to keep your contacts’ pictures updated if you have numerous Facebook friends in your Mac OS X Address Book.
AKVIS ArtWork 1.0 – Designed to imitate different painting techniques. The transformation of a picture into a painting happens before your very eyes – you can follow the birth of a work of art in real time! Your personal virtual artist lays brush strokes naturally using the original photo as a reference.
Chronograph 1.0 – Time tracking application. List your projects, divide them into tasks and start the timer; it is as easy as that! With its intuitive interface, Chronograph makes time-tracking and reports-generation as unobtrusive as possible.
Hollywood Screen Saver 1.0 – A timelapse postcard from the City of Angels.
MacStars 1.0 – An original Mac OS X screensaver with floating, sparkling stars.
ReadOnlyMounter 1.0 – works as if a write-protect switch of a device. And the driver does not care the format of device, so it works for not only HFS but also FAT. I made this software to protect the digital camera memory from .DS_Store.
Sponge 1.0 – A tool to keep your Mac clean and tidy. With Sponge you can reclaim your disk space by removing applications, sweeping disk hogs, finding duplicates.
WaterThumber 1.0 – WaterThumber is an all-in-one solution for resizing your images and getting them ready for online publication. With WaterThumber you can create High-Quality thumbnails and smaller versions of your images. You can also add a custom watermark to your images.
GadgetTrak BakUp 1.0 – Backup to an onsite or offsite location, or GadgetTrak’s data center. (Demo)
Madeira Saver 1.0 – A trip around the island of Madeira through a screen saver. (Free)

Have a great week!

A new mac game!

What’s a more perfect scenario than one where you are shipwrecked on a beautiful tropical island? Nothing. In My Tribe, your brave little tribes people need shelter and must build a new home and it’s up to you to help them. With your expert guidance, your peeps will also uncover mysterious secrets, research new technologies, design their own clothes, plant trees and flowers, basically create wonderful and useful inventions so that life on the island thrives. The game plays in real time so come back often to see progress, to continue to feed your tribe, clothe them, and look after the babies and children. There’s so much to do, so go and do it!

Games like this: Virtual Villagers (I, II, III) for mac and The Sims Complete Collection.

Check out My Tribe now and download it below to try it out for free.

tags: mac games, sim games, mac, fun, my tribe, apple

GPhotospace.com announced today the launch of PC and Mac versions of the GPhotospace Add-on for Firefox and Flock. Leveraging the Gmail platform, the GPhotospace Add-on shares albums online many times faster than most solutions. GPhotospace also announced today that proceeds from the software will be donated to help sustainability in rural Africa through the relief organization Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief.

Using GPhotospace, private photo sharing becomes extremely straightforward. In a seamless experience within the Add-on, users simply select their photos, upload them to their GMail storage, select their recipients and send album viewing invitations through email.

Says founder Colin How, “I was on my phone with my brother while he was getting started with GPhotospace. Within seconds he had selected 170 megs of images and was sharing them with me. The speed is the difference maker.”

Addressing privacy concerns, GPhotospace has engineered a unique solution where users’ Gmail credentials are used to log-in, but these credentials are never actually sent or stored on any servers other than Gmail’s servers, using an encrypted https connection. Additionally, users who choose not to use their main Gmail account with GPhotospace can simply create a new Gmail account specifically for their photo storage.

“This is really the best of both worlds for those wanting quick private sharing,” says GPhotospace CTO John Harley. “For Gmail users, the familiar interface will have them sharing photo albums in seconds. For those not using Gmail as their main email program, GPhotospace is a compelling reason to grab a free Gmail account and use it exclusively to share their photos, quickly and securely.”

GPhotospace founders Colin How and John Harley are excited to give their user-base the ability to make a real difference in people’s lives. In lieu of payment, they are asking those who rely on GPhotospace to make a donation to help plant a tree in Africa through CPAR (www.cpar.ca/youcanhelp.asp?page=planttree). “CPAR is very excited about the opportunity that this partnership with GPhotospace presents. We believe that this joint effort which links technology with eco-friendly sustainable solutions such as tree-planting in Africa, is an excellent way to support communities on a global scale,” says Roxane Tracey, Communications & Fundraising Manager, CPAR.

GPhotospace is now available for immediate download for Mac and PC at http://www.gphotospace.com/download.html

About GPhotospace.com

GPhotospace was created by a group of photo enthusiasts and Internet veterans eager to break down the barriers of photo-sharing online. The result is a Firefox extension that leverages Gmail to provide quick, easy uploading with loads of free storage.

The GPhotospace team has over 30 years experience working in the digital imaging software space for companies such as Adobe and ACD Systems. The combination of industry knowledge and shared frustrations led to the creation of this new extension that facilitates online photo sharing among friends and family.

Learn more about GPhotospace or contact GPhotospace at http://www.gphotospace.com/.

This week’s mac game picks are up here: mac games. If you missed last weeks picks, click here: last week’s mac games. The new mac software and other goodies released this week are below:

AttendeesAlerter 1.0 – Sends email reminders to people invited to meeting planned in iCal. (Shareware)
HP-12W 1.0 – Widget is a full featured HP-12C emulator. (Free)
GlimmerBlocker 1.0 – A more stable ad-blocker, allowing Safari upgrades without crashes. (Free)
Multiuser Free 1.0 – Multiuser Free brings an Avid-like project window to Final Cut Pro. Create multiple Final Cut Pro users within a single Mac OS X user login. Create preferences based on a user or project name.
Birthday Reminder 1.0 – This Free application will announce the names of people in your address book, who have birthdays within the week. Very simple, but very powerful. Never forget a birthday.
WaveJelly 1.0 – A simple to use waveform viewer for the Macintosh. You have full view of the audio waveform plus a magnifying glass zoom cursor. It allows you to see your audio without the need for expensive software or activation codes.
Versions 1.0 – Versions makes dealing with Subversion easier and more efficient. The Timeline view shows recent revisions, complete with commit log notes and a full list of changed files. Users can click any file in the timeline to get a diff with its previous version. The Browse view is loaded with tools to dig in to the history of any versioned file or folder, and integrates with your favorite comparison tools.
MiLife Holidays 1.0 – Modifies the original MiLife diary program, giving you the ability to install two new holiday-style window themes. It’s BravoBug’s way of wishing you the best during the fall and winter seasons.
Cadent wineCellar 1.0 – Store and retrieve information about your collection, but also view your collection as a hierarchical chart, as a list, and as thumbnail pictures, all categorized through selectors chosen by you.
SysSounds Xtra 1.0 – Dozens of system sound files. (Free)
AKVIS ArtWork 1.0 – Create art from photos, imitate different painting techniques. (Demo)
EasyBatch 1.0 – Tools to process large folders of images or photos in many ways. (Shareware)
Calcolo Redditometro 1.0 – Calculate the value of the Italian Redditometro. (Shareware)
Mac Sequence Viewer Suite 1.0 – Generate a detailed quality report for your DNA sequences and more. (Demo)
RarMachine 1.0 – Powerful RAR archive manager. (Shareware)
MacTrak 1.0 – Advanced theft recovery software. (Demo)
Gems 1.0 – Match-three game with gorgeous graphics. (Demo)
WaterThumber 1.0 – Resize images quickly for online publication. (Shareware)
Numerati 1.0 – Number linking puzzle game. (Shareware)
Soulless 1.0 – A zombie outbreak has taken out the artificial settlement Ziltron. Their origin is unknown. A group of specially trained marines are sent in to investigate.
Hold’em Sidekick 1.0 – Hold’em Sidekick is a poker odds calculator with a difference.
Cape Cod & Islands Views Screensaver 1.0 – Play this screensaver in your office for a soothing break or install it on your laptop and bring a little bit of Cape Cod with you wherever you go. 17 high resolution images by photographer Christopher Seufert set to the natural environmental sounds of the Cape Cod Soundscapes series.

A new match 3 game for mac! Raise the legendary continent of Atlantis and set out on an adventurous quest around the ancient lands of Greece, Troy, Phoenicia, Babylon, Egypt, Carthage and Rome to gather the seven powers of Poseidon. With 77 captivating levels of fantastic game play, truly unique twists and the ability of continuous replay, this match 3 game will keep you entertained for weeks.

Games like this: The Jewel Quest Series (I, II, III) for mac.

Check out The Rise of Atlantis now and download it below to try it out for free.

tags: mac games, match 3 games, mac, fun, The Rise of Atlantis, apple

A new hidden object mac game! The mysterious Magician’s Handbook has fallen into your hands, thrusting you into the heart of an ill-fated land. Unique magical creatures and almost a thousand hidden objects await you in this artfully painted puzzler. There are 13 enchanted chapters to explore, along with a host of challenging mini-games, and you can unlock secret items by collecting hidden magician coins. Can you discover the secrets of Cursed Valley before the dark curse claims you as another of its victims?

Games like this: hidden object games for mac.

Check out The Magician’s Handbook: Cursed Valley now and download it below to try it out for free.

Hi! Here’s this week’s picks: mac games. If you missed last weeks picks, click here: last week’s mac games. The new mac software and other goodies released this weeks are below:

MySecureShell 1.0 – SFTP server with GUI setup. (Free)
Baby Health Journal 1.0 – Gives parents the ability to document and track all things “baby”. (Demo)
iPhotoImageArchiver 1.0 – Export your iPhoto images to archive files. (Shareware)
Chronograph 1.0 – Track time spent on tasks and projects and generate reports. (Shareware)
Xbase 1.0 – Create databases to manage your data. (Shareware)
iExpander 1.0 – Zip file unarchiver. (Free)
ScreenCapper 1.0 – Generate screenshots of your video files easily. (Demo)
simple sync 1.0 – AppleScript Studio app wrapper for rsync. (Free)
iPhonePNGApp 1.0 – Show/fix png image resources inside an iPhone application. (Free)
Eclipse Icon Set 1.0 – Retro styled black and white icon set. (Free)
Fun Card Maker 1.0.1 – Send personalized postcards right from your desktop. (Free)
Modena 1.0 – On-screen countdown timer. (Demo)
Vidalin 1.0 – Apple TV utility adds titles, descriptions, ratings, to your shows. (Free)
BoinxTV 1.0 – Live-production software for video podcasters. (Demo)
Toon Boom Animate 1.0 – End-to-end vector based animation software. (Demo)
Podcast-Pro 1.0 – music background and sound effects library ideal for professional podcating or Videoasting.
Wheatgrass Juice 1.0 – simple collection of 8 carefully crafted Mac OS X icons related to wheatgrass juice.
Classic 45s Jukebox 1.0 – Widget to check the Sizzling Classics 45rpm inventory. (Free)
BuhDumTsh 1.0 – Plays the well-known drum riff, just for fun. (Free)
Sunken Words 1.0 – Underwater-themed word-puzzle game. (Shareware)

Have a great week!

A new hidden object mac game! This game was inspired by the National Geographic TV Special, Herod’s Lost Tomb, and is a fun hidden object game that takes you on an archaeological journey of King Herod the Great and offers you the chance to experience a real-life archaeological adventure. Herod’s Lost Tomb features stunning, world-famous photography from National Geographic, combined with an engaging story where you will follow the life and death of one of the most famous rulers of ancient times.

Games like this: hidden object games for mac.

Check out Herod’s Lost Tomb now and download it below to try it out for free.

tags: mac games, hidden object games, mac, fun, national geographic, Herod’s Lost Tomb

A new mac game! Jane is back and has decided to become a real estate tycoon. She restored her family hotel network, opened a boutique and now she’s ready to start leasing houses. Help her out so she can build a whole city, complete with electric power stations and water towers, houses for rent, stores, restaurants and a City Hall. Each house also needs to be furnished appropriately to collect the maximum rental amount. Money money money!

If you enjoy games like Build a Lot, Build a Lot 2, Build in Time and Real Estate Empire, you will LOVE Jane’s Realty.

Check out Jane’s Realty now and download it below to try it out for free.

tags: mac games, real estate games, mac, fun, tycoon games, real estate sim

We just released our new game, Simply Solitaire and it’s on sale until November 16 (50% off!). Find it with this week’s picks here: mac games. Below are this week’s new mac software and more:

TorrentDam 1.0 – Torrent search utility. (Free)
iPaint 1.0 – Paint application based on Paintbrush. (Free)
Vanilla Draw 1.0 – Simple drawing application based on Paintbrush. (Free)
Rivened 1.0 – 8 wallpapers inspired by the game Riven. (Free)
Anaglyph Workshop 1.0 – Create anaglyphs from single images, dual images, depthmaps, and more. (Shareware)
EventBox 1.0 – Interact with social websites and receive notifications from them. (Shareware)
JBrownie 1.0 – Java compiler watches sourcecode, automatically recompiles changed files. (Free)
World of Goo 1.0 – A physics based puzzle / construction game. The millions of Goo Balls who live in the beautiful World of Goo don’t know that they are in a game, or that they are extremely delicious.
Golden Ratio Calculator 1.0 – Widget calculates the golden ratio for graphic and website design. (Free)
TaskMate 1.0 – Lightweight task manager. (Free)
9 Loony Animals Icon Pack 1.0 – Icons of wacky animals. (Free)
Acidfanatic Acid Loops 50 Megs Free 1.0
ArtenSPEAK 1.0 – A simple application that speaks text. You may drag or paste text into the ArtenSPEAK text area and when you depress the loudspeaker button the text will be read to you. Ideal for use with webpages, email, or any text document.
Flickin’ Up 1.0 – Flickin’ Up is a replacement icon for the Flickr Uploadr app. Includes: Arrow and no-Arrow version.
Kivi’s Underworld 1.0 – A casual, hack and slash game.
MatrixSaver 1.0 – Replicates the screen effects of the motion picture The Matrix.
Motorcycle Engine Screensaver 1.0 – motorcycle screensaver.
Nanochromatic 1.0 – The deliciously colourful iPod nanos, in icon form.
Screen Shades 1.0 – Tints the display to help users with sensitive eyes. (Free)
Fiwi 1.0 – Move files, folders via 2 symmetrical Finder windows (was pwrWndws). (Demo)
PDF 2 PICT 1.0 – Drag&drop filter exports in 3 formats- TIFF, PDF, and PICT. (Free)
iLoveMacApps Widget 1.0 – Latest posts and application reviews from iLoveMacApps.com. (Free)
9 Wacko Faces Icon Pack 1.0 – 9 icons of lunatic faces. (Free)

Weren’t you sad when you completed Season 1 of The Hidden Object Show? Dry your tears because here’s Season 2! A new mac game! Test your skills of observation in a wacky amusement park and compete for your chance to win loads of carnival prizes as well as our biggest grand prize yet. There are 12 different game modes to keep you busy while you earn tickets that you can trade-in for cool collectible toys.

If you enjoy games like this you will probably also like these Hidden Object Games for Mac.

Check out The Hidden Object Show 2 now and download it below to try it out for free.

tags: mac games, hidden object games, mac, fun

You know that when you hear a game title like, “Bullet Candy” it’s just got to be a shooter. Yup. You’re right. It’s a fun, action packed shoot em up for Mac with a top-down 360 degree perspective. Keep your enemies in view at all times so they’re easy to see and, more importantly, easier to blow up! With more than 50 levels, un-lockable extra play modes and loads of enemies and power-ups.

If you enjoy games like this you will probably also like Ultratron, Titan Attacks, Kaijin and Jets N Guns.

Check out Bullet Candy now and download it below to try it out for free.

tags: mac games, shooter games, mac, fun

A new Mac game! Rack, track, and stack cars from every corner of DinerTown. Help Karma clean up the streets in this thoroughly entertaining mix of the familiar and the unique.

If you enjoy games like this you will probably also like other Burger Shop, Diner Dash and Pet Shop Hop.

Check out Parking Dash now and download it below to try it out for free.

tags: mac games, parking dash, mac, fun

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Here are the new mac software, widgets and games released:

No.1 1.0 – Simple arithmetic exercises of the mind. (Free)
Help Me Write 1.0 – Developed for the visually impaired. (Free)
FishDog Match 1.1 – Matching game with letter, number and picture cards. (Free)
Rotate and Flip a Batch of Multiple Photos 1.0 – Drag several photos onto the Rotate Multiple Images Program Icon, and a box will pop up, prompting you to select a rotating option. Select from Rotate Right, Rotate Left, Flip Horizontally, and Flip Vertically.
Avatar Icons 1.0 – customized avatars for your social web pages.
2009 – 2010 Moon Void of Course & Moon Signs 1.0 – This astrological moon calendar for 2009 – 2010 indicates when the moon is void of course and when a new moon sign begins.
Viscosity 1.0 – Graphical user interface for OpenVPN. (Shareware)
PocketMac iCalScreenSaver 1.0 – iCal users can make sure they never miss another appointment again.
Watermarks 1.0 – PDF watermarking made easy. (Demo)
Ghost 1.0 – Create and view hidden files. (Free)
Pointer+ 1.0 – Call attention to the cursor on screen. (Demo)
GSync 1.0 – Sync google contacts with Address Book and multiple Macs. (Free)
Zip Mac Files for PC 1.0 – Create zip files that PC users can use. (Demo)
Qbix 1.0 – Challenges you to see how much fun you can have rolling your cubes! You are tasked with clearing the levels of coloured cubes.
PDF Join and Merge 1.0 – Combine multiple PDF files without Acrobat. (Demo)
KavaMovies 1.0 – Organize the movies you’ve seen and your collection. (Demo)
Music Library Sync 1.0 – Easily maintain separate iTunes Music Libraries on multiple Macs. (Demo)
Veescope Signals 1.0 – FxPlug Filter for Final Cut Pro. (Demo)
GagaMarkets 1.0 – Real-time visual stock market index monitor. (Free)
Pony World Deluxe 1.0 – Adventures of ponies you create and control yourself. (Shareware)
CTA Bus Tracker Widget 1.0 – View estimated arrival times for selected Chicago bus routes. (Free)
2008 World Series Baseball Hats 1.0 – Set of two baseball hat icons inspired by the 2008 Baseball World Series. For Mac OS X and Vista. Free for personal, non-commercial use only.
MatrixSaver 1.0 – Replicates the screen effects from The Matrix. (Free)
Mocha 1.0 – Monitors your network, warns of suspicious activity. (Free)
tr.im.it 1.0 – Widget makes long URLs short. (Free)

Check out my Halloween Games for Mac. I know Halloween was yesterday but today’s All Saints Day. Seems close enough. I guess.

What would you do if your car broke down and the only sign of civilization in sight was a spooky Haunted Hotel? Solve all of the mysteries contained within its walls of course, duh. This game features a mix of hidden object gameplay as well as a variety of mini-games. Prepare yourself for the mystery of a lifetime as you find new thrills and chills (but hopefully no spills) around every corner. Check in to the Haunted Hotel.

If you enjoy games like this you will probably also like other Hidden Object Games.

Check it out and download it below to try it out for free.

tags: mac games, hidden object games, mac, haunted hotel, halloween