Spanning Sync 1.2.1 - Spanning Sync

Spanning Sync’s eponymous utility is designed to perform just one task easily and efficiently: syncing event information between iCal on your Mac and the free Google Calendar service. Although it does the job adequately, it fails to sync some important data—and if you use it to keep multiple users’ iCal calendars in sync, even more complications arise... read more at Macworld

TaskPaper - Hog Bay Software

There are all sorts of clever methods, tricks and techniques to help you keep your life organised, but most of them can be boiled down to something very simple: make a list of the things you need to do, and cross them off once you've done them... read more at MacUserUK

SketchBox - Omz Software

SketchBox offers a new twist on the sticky notes concept, with a nice minimal approach to design and some clever feature ideas... read more at MacUserUK

Studiometry 5.0.2 - Oranged Software

Project planning and time billing are two chores that wallow near the bottom of most freelancers' favourite activities. Oranged Software's Studiometry brings both tasks together to make your work life less chaotic... read more at MacUserUK

Desk Doctor 1.3.1 - Einspine

For some people, working at the computer all day can be a painful experience—literally. While doctors still don’t agree on what causes this type of pain or how best to treat it, most do recommend taking frequent breaks—stepping away from your computer for a couple of minutes or performing stretches—as part of developing healthy computing habits... read more at Macworld

Notebook 2.1 - Circus Ponies

It may be the information age, but have you figured out what to do with all that information - scattered emails, sticky notes, browser bookmarks, desktop documents, and even random slips of paper? With NoteBook, you can file that information in one place using a familiar interface... read more at MacLife

Project X 1.1.1 - Marware

Marware’s Project X is a new project management app that elegantly integrates Address Book and iCal, and it provides robust network-collaboration tools based on Mac OS X’s Personal Web Sharing. Project X is easy to use. Templates for common tasks in Home, Education, Government, and other categories help you get to a fast start. Even without using a template, we entered the major tasks and resources for a project in less than an hour... read more at MacLife

Midnight Inbox 1.1.5 - Midnight Beep Softworks

Consider the load of digital detritus that crosses your Mac’s virtual desktop every day: e-mail messages, spam, calendar items, work projects, home projects, homework, and the serendipitous discovery of some important information on the Web—to name a few. Add to that pile the day-to-day stuff that crosses your physical desktop, and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Midnight Inbox 1.1.5, from Midnight Beep Softworks, is a software-based implementation of the Getting Things Done (GTD) principles developed by David Allen. It’s designed to keep you on top of the numerous demands vying for your attention... read more at Macworld

Actiontastic - Kaboomerang

The central concept of GTD is that of contexts, or making sure you have the right list of tasks to hand at the right time. So computer-related tasks need to be done while you're at your desk, but shopping-related tasks or meeting-people tasks can be put aside for that period... read more at MacUserUK

FlyPath - FlyPath

If FlyPath looks familiar, that's because it's very similar to the File Viewer application in NextStep, the system that formed the core of Mac OS X. Like File Viewer, FlyPath uses a series of columns to display nested folders and the files within them. It also has two wide horizontal bands across the top showing user-defined shortcuts (the Shelf) and your current path within the file system (the Navigation Bar)... read more at MacUserUK

Power Manager 3 - DSSW

While the Energy Saver preference pane in OS X offers limited scheduling options for sending a computer to sleep, or shutting it down at a particular time, Power Manager opens up many more options. It offers the ability to schedule
any power-saving action (Start Up, Wake, Sleep, Return to Login Window, Log Out, Shut Down or Restart) at any time, and at many times during any day... read more at MacUserUK

Project X 1.0.1 - Marware

Marware’s Project X 1.0.1, a promising newcomer to the Mac project-management realm, embraces the standard approach established by Microsoft Project, but it also provides an alternative approach to organizing and tracking projects in a flowchart-like Network view (also known as a PERT diagram) that’s likely to appeal to more visually oriented users... read more at Macworld

Merlin 2.0.3 - Project Wizards

Merlin 2.0.3, from Project Wizards, is project management software that is not only as good as its Windows competition, Microsoft Project, but much better. Merlin 2 takes the excellent foundation provided by the initial version of the software (4 mice) and evolves it into the kind of intuitive program that leverages the best features the Mac has to offer... read more at Macworld

Shoebox 1.6 - Kavasoft

Kavasoft’s Shoebox 1.6.1 is an excellent tool for cataloging large digital photo collections. Its Pro version (the one I reviewed) seems a bit pricey, but Shoebox’s ability to organize, search, and back up thousands of snapshots is truly impressive... read more at Macworld

Process 2.0 - Jumsoft

Jumsoft’s Process 2.0.2 is a friendly, intuitive project-management program with a superbly polished interface and an admirably easy learning curve. However, it lacks high-octane features like Gantt charts, which are useful for illustrating how tasks and events occur over time, and parts of the application feel only half-finished... read more at Macworld

SOHO Organizer 5.5.2 - Chronos

The SOHO Organizer suite from Chronos consists of three linked applications: SOHO Organizer, SOHO Notes, and SOHO Print Essentials. When you install them on your Mac, the programs share data with each other, as well as with Apple’s iCal and Address Book. All three programs share a database on your Mac, which backs itself up automatically and can be synchronized via .Mac... read more at Macworld

Merlin 1.3.11 - Project Wizards

If you have any role in managing a project, good software can mean the difference between smooth sailing and rough seas. A project management application allows you to create schedules, keep tabs on resource usage and costs, track documents and versions, and stay on top of who needs to be doing what... read more at Macworld

Daylite 3.1 - Marketcircle

Marketcircle’s Daylite 3.1.1 has just enough project-management tools for general business projects. It has the familiar-looking panes of an e-mail client or calendar, and it is useful for managing tasks, appointments, and contacts—but it does more than a PIM (personal information manager... read more at Macworld

FastTrack Schedule 9.1 - AEC Software

Many people approach the task of project management with a clunky combination of Microsoft Excel and a calendar. But, using these tools can feel like an exercise in futility; they are, in fact, inadequate tools for the job because they don’t provide a way for you to track the use—or overuse—of your resources. FastTrack Schedule 9.0.1, from AEC Software, is a project-management tool that can likely handle your most challenging project or schedule... read more at Macworld

Phlink 3.0 - Ovolab

Phlink 3.0.1 is a telephony automation application for Mac OS X that connects your Mac to a phone line and provides you with a simple hardware and software setup and interface for handling phone calls. Using the included adapter, you can connect both a phone line and a standard, residential phone using one USB port... read more at Macworld

Browseback 1.1 - SmileOnMyMac

When you first run the program, Browseback builds an index of your browsing history. Depending on how far back you choose to go, the initial indexing process could take quite a while. When I first ran Browseback and set it to import my entire history, I had to let it run overnight. But it took just a few minutes to build an index that covered a couple of weeks. Once the program has created its initial index, it will start more quickly... read more at Macworld

Browseback 1.0.2 - SmileOnMyMac

Essentially, browseback displays rows of thumbnails of the pages in your Web history. Moving your cursor over one of the thumbnails triggers an effect reminiscent of Mac OS X’s Dock magnification, popping up the page so you can get in for a closer look. New pages that you visit appear in browseback immediately or within a few seconds, depending on how many elements a page needs to load... read more at MacAddict

DayChaser 2 - Econ Technologies

At the opposite end of the information management software spectrum to DayLite is DayChaser. Despite the similar names, DayChaser is a much more limited application, eschewing all the standard PIM features. Its more limited feature set means it should have a much broader appeal than the very specialised Daylite - but all Mac users aready get an excellent, not to mention free, calendaring application in the form of iCal... read more at MacUserUK

Chat Transcript Manager 1.0.1 - Unsanity

Chat Transcript Manager makes it easy to sort through your chat transcripts. It provides flexible search tools, helpful sorting abilities, and even a way to view a transcript without launching iChat... read more at MacAddict

Soho Organizer - Chronos

Soho Organizer from Chronos is billed as an integrated productivity suite. However, it's not particularly well integrated nor will it make you more productive... read more at MacUserUK

Devonthink Pro 1.0 - DEVONtechnologies

Devonthink Pro is flexible, feature-rich, and extensible (via plug-ins, AppleScripts, and Automator actions), but its interface is clean and intuitive. Unlike information managers that mimic notebooks, such as Circus Ponies’ NoteBook and AquaMinds’ NoteTaker, a Devonthink Pro database offers a choice of views: List, Icons, Columns, Vertical or Horizontal split views, and a Three Pane view similar to Apple’s Mail... read more at Macworld

FileMaker Pro 8 Advanced - FileMaker

Just last year, enthusiastic software reviewers throughout the computer industry greeted the release of FileMaker Pro 7 as the most significant upgrade in the product’s history. With the release of FileMaker Pro 8, the company has done something surprising: Rather than resting on its laurels, FileMaker has released another significant upgrade about a year sooner than many industry observers expected... read more at Macworld