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Our Verdict PayPalis a democratic on-line payment system that lets you send and receive money online — and now in some physical stores — with the added welfare of buyer and trafficker protection for most proceedings . Payments are n’t limited to a standard web browser dealing ; the company has a free wandering app that lets you place and receive money securely . To apply the PayPal Mobile River app , you ’ll want to first login to your PayPal accounting through a web browser and make a PIN for your iPad or iPhone ....

Microsoft on Tuesday released its new Office 2013 and Office 365 productiveness software suite . drop off in the announcement , however , was what ( if anything ) those suites would mean to Mac users . Macworldspoke to Microsoft representatives to get some clearing . For fledgeling , Office 2013 does n’t intend anything to the Mac : it ’s for Windows computers only . Office 365 , on the other script , does impact Mac users , but it does n’t insert any new feature ; rather , it ’s fundamentally a new licensing model for Office for Mac ....

Our Verdict Chillingo’sKumo Lumois a unparalleled , endearing , and ( dear of all ) gratuitous mobile game available for iOS machine . Gameplay is simple and straightforward , which piddle it consummate for casual maneuver . It ’s a general app , so it will race swimmingly on both your iPhone and your iPad , assuming they ’re running iOS 5.0 or later . Kumo Lumo does n’t really gibe into any specific music genre , but it can be well described as a “ rain ‘ em up ” secret plan ....

Our Verdict ACDSee Pro is a lineament - rich photo - management and photo - processing app aimed at serious photographer . ACDSee Pro for Windows , now at version 6 , is fast and flexible , and competes with other big - conference programs such asAdobe Lightroom . The much newerMac version , ACDSee Pro 2 ( $ 100 ) , resembles its older window sibling in many positive ways , but it ’s not as mature ....

Concerned parent and lector Frank Reilly seeks a way to hold his kid ’ twist use . He writes : My two children each have an iPod touch sensation and they expend a mickle of time with them on Facebook and Instagram . My married woman and I seek to keep an eye on the time they drop , but we do n’t need to be police either . I ’ve looked at the iPods ’ restrictions but they do n’t do what we want , which is to confine the hour they can use these services ....

This calendar week ’s list of fresh Mac accoutrement includes protection for your laptop computer , as well as the latest in Thunderbolt and Lightning . This caller ’s Modern line ofThunderbolt cablesstarts at $ 43 for a half - meter cable and sound up to $ 69 for three meters . They cables declare oneself datum transfer rate of 10 GB per second , and they ’re compatible with all Thunderbolt gadget ....

Even in the age of YouTube , shooting and sharing on - the - spot telecasting can be a challenge . Unless you have a echt imagination of what you want your moving picture to face like , it ’s often an consuming chore to decide what to include and what to trim , what music to use or not , what transition look best , and whether to utilize artistic filters ....

If you manipulate picture , make graphics , or otherwise work with images , you ’ve in all probability usedAdobe Photoshop . And if you cut video , you ’ve likely incorporated still mental image into your video labor . Final Cut Pro Xworks with all kinds of image data formatting , such as JPEG , PNG , and TIFF . It also works with Photoshop ’s PSD single file ....

International CES is not much of a show for Mac users . ( Actually , given thepreponderance of 4 chiliad TVscrowding the showfloor at the Las Vegas Convention Center and thelack of starring smartphone word , it ’s becoming less of a show for personal computer and mobile user , too . ) But front long enough and you may find a few token of interest group on the Accho of exhibit place that may invoke to Mac users ....

It ’s meter for our third ( and last ) roundup of CES - discover accessories for your iOS gear . This one includes new room to send your iOS machine , wirelessly act as your music from them , or even accommodate them into battle armoured combat vehicle . The $ 90Jot Touchis a pressure stylus with Bluetooth connectivity to enable precision in the creative activity of art , calligraphy , or other fine - encounter - oeuvre activity on your iPad ....

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Kanex ’s $ 60MySpotaims to permit you easily make a good Wi - Fi meshing in a hotel way or any other fix where you have an ethernet port that provides automatically attribute IP addresses . This seems like a marvelous idea , but the MySpot does n’t quite live up to the hope on scrutiny . The MySpot weighs just a few ounces and is tiny , at just three inches foresightful by a bit over one inch square ....

Reader Alec Lancaster find oneself it too much trouble to climb a remote disc . He writes : I ’ve attached a USB hard driveway to my AirPort Extreme Base Station and habituate it as a depot positioning for all the computers on my connection . This is commodious but I hate having to manually mount the drive whenever I sign out or restart one of my Macs . Is there a way to configure it so it mechanically mounts on each Mac ’s background ?...

Unlike the Eddies and the App Gems Awards , the “ Mac Gems of the Year , ” if you will , are n’t chosen by commission . Rather , I hand - plunk them from among the over 100 gem we mined at Macworld during 2012 . ( To characterize for Mac Gems , a product must be priced at $ 35 or less and must earn a 3.5 - black eye paygrade or higher ....