July's Highest Rated Reviews
Posted 08/02/2011 at 9:39am
| by The Mac|Life Staff

If you're looking for the best of the best, check out the highest rated products on MacLife.com for the month of July.
AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule

Apple’s ease-of-use and tight integration with your Mac are key selling points for AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule. Cheaper solutions are out there, but surely you have better things to do than fuss and fight with router configurations and backups, right?
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BusyToDo

If you’re a MobileMe subscriber who needs to manage to-do’s on the go, BusyToDo is a smart choice.
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Casey's Contraptions

In the end, the final product turns out to be something you can relax, work on for 10-15 minutes, solve a few puzzles, unlock some new items, and go on with the rest of your day.
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Clean Slate Desktop Utility

If you regularly give presentations, record screencasts, take screen grabs, or simply become frustrated by the disaster area that is your Desktop, Clean Slate is an effective and modestly priced app that’ll reclaim your screen’s serenity.
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Feed Me Oil

Despite a few controls quirks and a modicum of luck, Feed Me Oil is an outstanding physics-based puzzle game. Simultaneously challenging and forgiving, its open-ended nature and offbeat premise make for a captivating time.
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iVoxel

Fantastic synth with huge vocal versatility. Great interface apart from the dials which need work both on all devices. With MIDI connectivity the sky really is the limit.
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JamKit

For free it’s a fun and elegantly designed distraction; even if you splurge for the in-game Pro Gear Pack, it’s hard to argue with a buck for all this content. It all comes down to how much and how often you want to play Simon with a 27-piece drum kit.
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KNS-8400 Headphones

Both cases performed well, and we found each for far less than list price on Amazon. If you’re trying to eke out a few more months of use from an iPhone 3G or 3GS, it’s a no-brainer, and the extra life we got on a 10-month-old iPhone 4 was a godsend too.
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Magic Shutter

Magic Shutter is a very fun app for creating beautiful artwork on the fly.
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SeaSucker iPad Mounting System

It was initially created for an entirely different purpose, but the SeaSucker iPad Mounting System works like a charm to hold your iPad in place.
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The Sims Medieval

If you’ve got a machine capable of running it, The Sims Medieval is a rewarding gaming experience that you’ll keep coming back to for years to come.
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Splashtop Remote Desktop for iPad

Splashtop Desktop Remote is a phenomenally useful app that lets you easily remote control computers from the iPad -- handy for accessing content not on your iPad or even doing some tech support without needing to be in front of the machine.
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