Software

Lacking any advanced graphics and with limited playing options, Picture Puzzle for Mac's ability to use JPG images makes it a playable game for a limited time. While users can take their own images and scramble them, the click-and-drag style of navigating the puzzle is limiting, as is the counter scoring system.

Picture Puzzle for Mac's main menu lacks any of the advanced graphics seen in other, similar games. This includes motion menus and animations, which are completely absent. The user can select a photo from their computer for use. The photo loads into the main window, and … Read more

PleaseSleep for Mac prevents open applications from holding up a computer's sleep settings. The application is easy to set up and works well to allow the energy saver setting to be followed.

After installation, the free program adds a small icon to the top menu bar. The application also alerts the user that the screensaver, depending on the settings, can interfere with the program's operation. It then asks if the user wants to go to the preferences menu to disable the saver, which can be done with a button in the program window. There are no full menus … Read more

Basic but quite functional, Shade for Mac covers the desktop with the click of a button. The application performs well, operates easily, and offers a clean way to hide and reveal cluttered desktops.

Available for free via the App Store, the program installs easily into the Applications folder. After placing a small, but easily identifiable icon on the top menu bar, Shade for Mac brings up a drop-down, which briefly explains the functions. Users can click and drag any photo image to the small icon. Doing so sets this image as the cover. By default, a green image of vegetation … Read more

Tooble for Mac works fine...when it works, but it failed to download some videos in our tests. Those that do download play back well, making the program somewhat helpful.

Tooble for Mac's main menu seems rather cluttered, with a number of links on the side of the window and a main window containing a list of returned videos from YouTube. The menu also lacks pictures for buttons, or any user tutorial. However, the menu is fairly easy to use despite these shortcomings. Users can enter a URL for a YouTube video, or enter a search term in a … Read more

Legal Document Analysis takes almost all of the leg work out of reviewing and combing legal documents for the information you need. While certainly a powerful review program, it isn't very friendly to non-experts.

Since this program comes as an executable file, it will probably make your antivirus suspicious. During testing, it set off Windows' built-in firewall, as well. It doesn't seem like the program needs to access any of the features that would make the firewall go on the defensive. It's just a basic Web applet that lets you upload a file and then set predetermined … Read more

John's Background Switcher keeps your desktop fresh and interesting by letting you choose specific images to display as random wallpapers. It even draws from the largest pool of wallpaper sources you can find online. It's one of the easiest, coolest ways to keep your wallpapers random at all times.

This program starts you off with a few random Flickr accounts mixed in with your own photos. Most of the pictures it gives you automatically are G-rated animal and nature shots. If you want, you can pull more photos from just about any photo-sharing app you can think of. … Read more

ISO Workshop features a great menu, plenty of useful features, and powerful performance. It's not as fast as some other ISO managers, but it makes up for that with incredibly easy operation. It's a wonderful program for newbies, but still offers just enough useful features for users with experience.

When you're downloading this program, it offers to install the AVG Toolbar for you. You can opt-out of it if you don't want it. The program installs quickly despite not being the tiniest download in the world. Once you open it, you'll feel right at home … Read more

Free Video to MP3 Converter converts any video file to an MP3 audio within seconds. The application is quite small, installs fast, and offers enough quality to be considered a really good download.

The download will try to install an additional piece of research software that will track your Internet activity. You can opt-out of it and still get all of the program's features. The program's menu isn't much to look at and doesn't offer advanced features. The only thing you can do with it other than convert is like the developer's page on Facebook. … Read more

Free Resume Builder makes it easy to organize and create resumes in seven, easy-to-follow steps. The resume it gives you is well formatted and will include all the necessary details you need. However, since there are zero ways you can customize it, the final output might not be as impressive as you'd want.

The download comes with a custom installer and a few junk programs and toolbars, which you can easily decline. For what it's worth, the program, itself, installs really quickly. Free Resume Builder gives you a step-by-step guide to completing your resume, which is really easy … Read more