Top Downloads This Week
Every week we share the number of downloads for all platforms to help you get started. Here are the top downloads this week.
Jumping Ship from Photoshop to Pixelmator: Switch Guide
Pixelmator is now our favorite image editing app for Mac because it’s incredibly cheap ($ 29.99) and almost as powerful as the much more expensive Adobe Photoshop. But if you switch from Photoshop, you will notice that things work a little differently. Let’s take a look at how to do some of the most common Photoshop things in Pixelmator so you can get started using them right away.
Unreal Engine 4 is now free for all aspiring game developers
If you’ve ever been interested in game development, animation, or digital rendering, the complete Unreal Engine 4 package is now available for anyone to download and use.
Air Drive mounts your Android device wirelessly as a drive letter
Android and Windows: Transferring files to an Android device is a pain. Air Drive lets you wirelessly mount your Android file system as a drive letter in Windows Explorer.
Microsoft releases preview build for Office for Mac 2016
Mac: Microsoft Office for Mac hasn’t been fully updated since 2011, but Microsoft just put some tutorials on their pre-build for Office 2016 and you can check it out for free right now.
New Apple Photos App Now Available For Yosemite Beta Testers
If you signed up for the Yosemite beta, you now have access to the Photos beta, which replaces Apple’s iPhoto. It’s available on the Mac App Store right now.
Gallery Doctor identifies bad or duplicate photos for easy removal
Android: You no longer have to try very hard to take too many photos on your phone. Gallery Doctor can help you clean up junk by identifying photos that are too similar or those that have poor lighting and may not look good.
Google Releases Standalone PDF Viewer For Those Without Google Drive
Android: PDF viewers are a bit like parachutes: if you find that you don’t have it, when you need it, you have a bad day right away. To help, Google released a standalone PDF reader.
Breaking delivers news to your Mac or iPhone notification center
OS X / iOS: It’s easy to follow the news, but it can be more difficult to follow the news that excites you. Hacking is a new application that makes things easier. Just add the sites that give you the news you want to read and their stores will appear in your notification center or drop-down list on your Mac or iOS device.
Add the Now Typing Message Indicator to your Mac’s Menu Bar
Are you lucky enough to feel like someone is sending you a Messages message as soon as you leave your desktop? On iDownloadBlog, they demonstrate how to add a simple little typing indicator to your menu bar so you know when you’re about to receive a new message.
Hide promoted tweets, trends and accounts with these extensions
Chrome / Firefox: The promoted tweets, trends, and Twitter accounts are pretty annoying and can be confusing when you see them in your timeline. If you’re not a fan, Ghacks points to a couple of extensions that hide the promoted content.