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With numerous compilation CD imports and mislabeled YouTube converts, your music library can quickly become a mess, and once in a while, it's good to get your hands dirty and bring some order back to your chaotic audio files. With many useful features and only some minor quirks, Yate for Mac can help you tag and organize your audio files the right way.

Yate for Mac proposes a more classic approach to tagging and organizing your audio files. You directly drop your files from iTunes or from the finder into the program's interface, and from there you can … Read more

People often want to work with locked PDF files, but the file format prevents editing. For those people, iPubsoft PDF to GIF Converter for Mac effectively changes those files to a format that can be modified.

iPubsoft PDF to GIF Converter is available as a free trial version with a 15-time usage limit; the full version requires a payment of $39.95. In addition, the trial version only allows part of the conversion to complete. The program downloaded quickly and the native installer placed it directly in the applications folder. Startup required acceptance of a user agreement. The interface design … Read more

Smartphones tend to tuck the current time in the top-right corner of your phone, where your eyes almost never go. This convenient download slaps a huge clock right on your home screen so you don't have to look away to check the time. Of course, the Android operating system provides a way to do this without a download, but Super Clock Wallpaper presents a different option.

This is a live wallpaper, so expect Super Clock Wallpaper to drain your battery and take up a bit of your system's memory. If you ignore that, it's pretty nice. You'… Read more

Those who recently switched from Windows to Mac may have a collection of software that they can no longer use. For those unable or unwilling to purchase a separate Windows operating system license, CrossOver for Mac will run a limited number of popular applications well.

CrossOver for Mac is available as a free trial with a 14-day use limit, and the full version may be purchased for $20. The program downloads and installs quickly and there is access to technical support via e-mail, the responsiveness of which was not tested. The program did not have any instructions easily accessible, which … Read more

Not every photo-editing app has to take itself seriously. This fun app has several powerful features to speak of, but the main goal is to have silly fun with your photos. Photo Wonder adds faces, props and all sorts of other bizarre goodies to your mobile gadget's photos. It's a nice novelty with enough variance to not get too dull too fast.

The app sends plenty of bad grammar and pop-over ads your way while you're trying to work. The editing canvas itself provides plenty of room and features for you to make edits. While Photo Wonder … Read more

If you love the photo booth but hate shelling out cash, you need a collage app. KD Collage Free combines your smartphone's photos into dozens of different layouts with fun borders and backgrounds. It gives you more options than you'll probably ever use, which is a positive, not a negative.

Though this is the free version, the only things that seem to be different from the $1.50 pro version are ads and the slightly lower resolution. That means every feature KD Collage has to offer is here for you. It offers up dozens of different frames, borders, … Read more

When completing a wood or other project from stock materials, predetermining the layout for cuts helps save costs. Planner for Mac may appeal to a very specialized group of people who need computer assistance in planning a project's cuts, but the price and limited functions may make it a less desirable option.

Available as a free trial version limited to 10 uses, the full program requires a $10 payment. Planner for Mac installs quickly and setup is smooth outside of a dialog box explaining the trial limitations. The program is not supported and lacks instructions. The specialized program means … Read more

In the age of instant communication through e-mail, chat, text message or social media, there is something elegant about the idea of a thank-you note. Thank You Note from Pete Marshall takes that simple act and streamlines it with an app that is simple to use and takes full advantage of the features of the iPad and iPhone. The interface offers minimal options -- just a handful of predesigned templates that you can add a picture and some text to and a few options to send your message, but the design and execution are sublime.

Thank You Note is a … Read more

Slow Food is a good name for this iPad app, which tasks players with moving various pieces of food into a grid that forms Christmas icons like Santa Claus, reindeer, Christmas trees, and stockings. The game's interface calls to mind the same kind of cut-out style that filled '80s and '90s TV Christmas specials, and while the concept is certainly appealing, the execution often leads to frustration as you attempt to figure out exactly what it is you are supposed to be doing.

The idea of the game is simple -- choose a Christmas icon (additional puzzles featuring animals … Read more