Inateck MacBook Protect MP1300 Felt Sleeve
On top of being handsome, the Inateck MP1300 felt sleeve is a great way to protect an 11- or 13-inch MacBook, and more.
Pixelmator for iPad
Pixelmator now has an iPad app. I've been a big fan of it on the Mac for a few years. It includes iOS 8 features (Extensions, iCloud Drive, Document Picker, and Handoff), great retouching tools, templates, ability to import/export Photoshop documents, and a lot more. It's available for only $4.99.
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The Felt Case Mini iPad Sleeve
The Felt Case Mini is a simple, sleeve-style case for the iPad.
Jackson iPad Sleeve
The Jackson iPad sleeve is a minimal, well-cushioned felt sleeve with a manilla envelope-style enclosure. Protects your iPad Air 2 or iPad mini 3, and looks great doing it.
iPad Air 2
The new Touch ID-enabled iPad Air 2 is a marvel of engineering. It's the thinnest, lightest iPad yet, and still manages to be the most feature-rich.
Drafts 4 for iOS
Drafts 4 is a wholly revamped version of the popular note-taking and idea-capturing app for iOS. It's got more new features than you can shake a stick at.
Prompt 2
The folks at Panic have delivered again with Prompt 2 for iOS. Prompt 2 is a great SSH client for iOS. It supports touch ID, Panic Sync, and has a new clipping feature to saved your most frequently used commands.
HEX’s Supply Alliance Backpack
The Supply Alliance Backpack by HEX is a handsome waxed-canvas bag with a slim design yet can hold quite a lot.
Aukey Four-Port USB Car Charger
If you are on the road a lot and need to be able to charge several devices at once, look no further than the Aukey CC-01 four-port USB car charger.
‘Iconic’ by Jonathan Zufi
'Iconic: A Photographic Tribute to Apple Innovation' is a great coffee table book that celebrates Apple's rich product history and design language with over 650 gorgeous photos taken by Australian photographer Jonathan Zufi.
OmniFocus 2 for iPad
OmniFocus is arguably the gold standard when it comes to professional-grade Mac and iOS task management software. The iPad app was just overhauled with a modern design and support for all of the latest iOS 8 features.
TextExpander 3 + Custom Keyboard for iOS
TextExpander 3 is another in a long line of apps taking advantage of awesome new features in iOS 8.
1Password 5 for iOS
As much as we've loved the iOS version of 1Password, it has always been crippled by the sandboxing Apple put in place to keep apps from talking to one another. With the release of iOS 8 and its new system share sheet, that is no longer a concern.
Transmit for iOS
In 2008, our editor Shawn Blanc wrote this about Transmit, the awesome file-transfer app for Mac: What sets Transmit apart, is that it works great for everyone: the single-blog publisher, to the large-scale website developer. Transmit’s interface and usability is clean, easy to understand and works without fail, time after time. And that’s just the beginning. Transmit is packed to the brim…
‘The Manual, Everywhere’ on Kickstarter
If you keep up with the web design world at all, you probably already know about The Manual, a design journal started by XOXO Fest cofounder Andy McMillan and with contributions from world-class designers like Frank Chimero and Ethan Marcotte. Each printed edition—of which there are three thus far—contains stories about what it means to design for the web and the people…
Goal Zero Nomad 20 Portable Solar Panel
The Nomad 20 by Goal Zero is a portable, foldable solar panel with a max power capacity of 20 watts (hence its name) and multiple connector ports. It fits nicely into a backpack and is generally awesome for camping and other outdoor excursions. In the span of an hour or so, it can charge most of an iPad mini's battery or about…
Quotebook 3 for iOS
The guys at Lickability have released Quotebook 3 for iOS. Quotebook is the best way to capture your favorite quotes—whether they come from books, tweets, songs, movies, your kids, conference talks, or anywhere else. I've been a fan of the app for a while now. (I still miss those black leather accents...) With today's update, this universal app is better than ever.…
Phone Clean for Mac — Free Up Space on iOS
I recently looked at my iPhone's usage statistics and noticed Spotify was using 1.1 GB. For an app that is supposed to be about streaming music—I don't download anything locally—that seemed like a lot. I've run into this situation before. Over time, Dropbox and Google Drive can grow to 800-900 MB without much effort. I used to deal with this by deleting…
Kingston Digital MobileLite Wireless Flash Reader
As much as I love my iPhone and iPad, their limited storage space makes traveling feel like a juggling act. Do I transfer this movie or that movie? Should I delete several podcasts to make room? Which games can I bear getting rid of? Forget all the data juggling and just get a Kingston MobileLite Wireless. This portable media reader can take…
SpeakerSlide
The SpeakerSlide is a Kickstarter project that reminds me of the SoundBender from a while back, but modernized for today's iOS devices. It plugs into your Lightning port, placing a curved space directly over the device's speaker so that its audio redirects to you rather than going sideways out into the air. No more cupping your hand over the speaker like an…