MacHeist … The virtual software bargain hunt for your Mac.
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MacHeist … The virtual software bargain hunt for your Mac.
MacHeist is a series of challenges that when successfully completed reward you with free or seriously reduced software for your Mac. As more people complete each challenge more rewards are unlocked from the vaults. This will I participated in the challenge and wanted to draw attention to two of the free apps that I received and thought were great.
The first of these apps is DaisyDisk, a great tool for visualising your HDD usage on the Mac. DaisyDisk produces simple to understand and attractive representations of the storage space attached to your Mac, shows any big files or folders that are hogging all the space – and above all it looks great. Good little free piece of software and well worth checking out.
See my DaisyDisk for my MacBook Pro:
In addition to DaisyDisk I also received the excellent WriteRoom. WriteRoom is a great yet simple piece of software ideal for anyone who finds their Mac a distraction while trying to work. In simple terms WriteRoom is a text editor but the real genius comes in the way that it totally covers the rest of your Mac screen in black and hides all your other active applications. This ensures that you focus on the task in hand and not on twitter, adium or email applications that might be running in the background and alerting you to their every move!
Although DaisyDisk is nice, it is a bit of a novelty. I can see myself using WriteRoom every single day from here on in. It is rapidly fast to open, simple to use and a pleasure to work with. Thanks MacHeist for the free software!
To get involved with MacHeist visit the website