Good to be back at work? Pfft, as if! That’s why you’re scanning for updates and deals. This Monday Mac update report wants you to play Company of Heroes, which now features skirmish mode. And, people are loving Acorn 4 …

May it be with you always. This Saturday edition of the Mac update report is working from the mundane up to the cool stuff. Yes, XBMC and Cocktail deliver bug fixes and tweaks, but Belkin has a cool, port-rich dock …

Apple has issued an iOS update, but only for those special, apparently extra needy people with Apple’s latest and greatest, the iPhone 5. Yet today’s Mac update report has things for the rest of us, the people with less important …

Coffee’s hot and Toast is buttered! How do you like your apps? There’s a sunny-side-up WhatRoute update that adds Notifications, while DVDRipper Pro gains 50 more titles and Mac FTP app Transmit brings the bug fixes. And, of course, this …

The image editor for this human? Flying Meat’s Acorn 4, of course, which is easy on resources yet very powerful. While this particular update contains garden variety bug fixes, Acorn 4.0.2 is now available on the Mac App Store for …

When Microsoft farmed out Windows Media codec and player for Mac development to Telestream, lots of folks (et moi) believed it wouldn’t be long before the fairer platform was completely deprecated. In a twist of fate, Telestream’s Flip4Mac has on …

Yesterday was Tuesday and that means another interim Mountain Lion update beta has arrived. Changes, fun and excitement baked into that flaky, buttery crust? Perhaps, yet Apple says that OS X 10.8.4 12E40 ships with no known issues and developers …

The iPhone will soon be dead and Apple’s killing it! Well, that’s kind true. However, today’s Mac update report factually details what’s new with Little Snitch and Mountain Lion Cache Cleaner, and has tasty deals and knows where you (should) …

If you use a Mac and Android device, getting data from one to the other can be more than a pain. Although Android File Transfer and DoubleTwist function by degree, there is a Bonjour compatible alternative, Droid NAS, that works …

There is always something else to read — the firehose never quits. So, it helps to have a smart filter, like Ben Evans. Of course, there are Mac updates, too, for a pair of important apps.
Benedict Evans is a British …