UPDATE 2: Oh no, not another one! Bundle Hunt offers you 7 Mac apps plus 4 WordPress themes and some other web development stuff for $50. The MacUpdate bundle might be for you if you have a particular need for any of the big apps included in the bundle, but it is not such a nice package like the Productive Macs bundle that helps you to establish a whole (information management) workflow. I might check it out later for myself because of ScreenFlow, but my initial reaction is not as positive as with the Productive Macs bundle. It includes Parallels (running Windows on Mac), Bus圜al (calendar), and ScreenFlow (making screencasts). UPDATE: June is bundle month, apparently, as MacUpdate has just unveiled its 11 Mac apps bundle for $50. The important question to ask is how many of these apps would you use on a regular basis? If you answer this question with “two”, “three”, or even more, this bundle is for you. Sure, you might not be using four of the eight apps, but that is the case for any bundle. Many apps in this bundle can indeed boost your productivity, especially when it comes to managing and organizing information and files. I must say that in comparison to other bundles, I like Productive Macs ones because they stick to their name. I bought several bundles in the past, and I never had any issues.īut are the apps bundled in Productive Macs any good? And more importantly, since this is academiPad here, are these apps useful for academics, students, and other people in Higher Education? Will they assist you in your research, teaching and learning? So although an offer like this might sound like too good to be true, there is no hook (at least not in this one). In some cases (e.g., MacJournal), the apps were just updated, so you know you are not buying the rotting tomatoes nobody else wanted.
However, this offer is legit, since you are getting full versions. You might be dazzled by the steep discount: $40 instead of $290?!! Can this be true? It sounds almost too good.
The rest of this review gives you some more background on how the eight apps bundled in the Productive Macs offer fit into academic workflows.īundles like Productive Macs are especially great if you are just starting out with the Mac, or if you haven’t bought much software yet but want to “come clean”. MacJournal is a great tool for organizing your writing projects, and MailTags seems to be a good way to expand your info management workflow into your email inbox. DEVONthink and HoudahSpot are two alternative systems to organize all kinds of files – either in a database or through tagging. In short: Unless you already have a good information management workflow in place, the Productive Mac bundle is a good investment. Is it worth it? This review will tell you. Productive Macs is one of those, and it offers you 8 Mac apps for the price of $40. Every once in a while, a group of Mac applications are pulled together in a bundle and offered for a ridiculously low price.