Converto - Free Unit Convertor for Mac Review

Whether it is for professional, personal or academic use, it pays to have a good unit converter on hand. I frequently need one for recipes, currency conversion and occasionally distances. All of which are just a few of the unit types covered by Converto, the perfect converter for your Mac.

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How To Block Adverts on Facebook & Youtube

Blocking adverts on Facebook & Youtube is just as easy as blocking other ads on the internet. Simply Install and activate Adblock Plus.

The kinds of adverts you see on Youtube and Facebook are very different. On Youtube you get some banners, overlay adverts and video adverts. The video adverts are short videos played before content, I often find they are actually the same adverts I see on TV! The overlay adverts pop-up a little way into the video, can either be text or banner and obscure the video. That's exactly the kind of advert, one that obscures the content, that is explicitly forbidden in the Adblock Plus acceptable ads policy. Luckily all 3 of the ad types on Youtube get blocked by default with APB.

Facebook Adverts are something altogether different, they have 7 standard formats and many more supplemental formats. Blocking all of those is a bit more complicated, luckily Adblock and their awesome community have you covered.

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Cheatsheet for Mac: Shortcut Manager

Do you hate having a bookmarked PDF or notepad with all of your app cheatsheets? I used to have a Google Docs spreadsheet that was just full of them, but it became increasingly difficult to sift through and find what I was looking for. By that point, I might as well have not used the shortcuts at all.

That is why I love that I found Cheatsheet, an app that actually handles all of those shortcuts for you. It runs in the background, and any time you want to check the cheatsheet for any app you are using, you bring up a page of the shortcuts. That's it...super easy to use, and full of useful key combinations you didn't even know existed.

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My Files, the Ultimate Cloud Storage App

Tired of using a handful of different cloud apps to access files from one device to the next? Put them all together in one place with My Files, the ultimate cloud storage app that lets you access your files from any program, all on your Mac.

Two related apps:

• Cloudapp for Mac: Sharing Files Has Never Been Easier
• What is Google Drive?

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RunKeeper for iPhone: Free Fitness App Review

We all want to be healthy, and we all know how to achieve that: proper diet and regular physical activity. But we don't all like hitting the gym, which can be boring and even uncomfortable. As a woman, I feel especially self conscious at my local gym that is dominated by weight lifting males. Instead, I choose outdoor activities like running, hiking and biking.

I was originally using an overall health tracker for this, but found that it wasn't quite right for me. Then I found RunKeeper.

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