Is There A App For Google Keep? Upgrade For Some

Keep notes, lists, photos and more all in one place, accessible with whatever device you have to hand.

These are the essential apps that the Mac-using members of our team swear by.

If youre an all-Apple person, Safaris features like cross-device sync and Reading List make it a good choice.

However, if (like many of The Next Web team) you mix and match an Apple computer with, say an Android or Windows Phone mobile device or a Windows 8 tablet, Chrome is a better bet.

Chrome App Launcher was recently added to the Mac version, bringing Googles ubiquitous suite of services right to your OS X dock and allowing you to run things like Google Keep, Pocket and Wunderlist as standalone apps using the Chrome framework.

Sparrow used to be the email client of choice for people unhappy with Mail, but its been abandoned following Googles acquisition of the team behind it.

It supports Gmail, Exchange, iCloud, Yahoo, POP3, IMAP and more account types; attachments from Dropbox and Google Drive and plenty of presentation and customization options.

Although perhaps best known for its iOS counterpart, Flexibits Mac version is designed with the knowledge that your calendar is a constant presence in your life but that you shouldnt have to work too hard to make it work for you.

Meet John at Starbucks at 3.30pm on Saturday is transformed into a calendar entry without all the clicking and menu selections that usually accompany making a new appointment.

The way that event search and pop-up details for each entry are implemented make Fantastical the calendar app that Apple should have bundled with OS X.

Although Twitter has its own native Mac app with basic essentials like support for multiple accounts, Tapbots has taken a rare attention to detail in ensuring that Tweetbot is an advanced tweeters dream, just like the iOS version.

You can find the app you need more quickly than with Apples own Spotlight search, but its not just search Alfreds search bar lets you peruse Google Maps, Twitter, YouTube, iTunes and Wikipedia with ease.

Is There A App For Google Keep? Upgrade For Some

While much of the functionality is free, youll have to pay for the Powerpack upgrade for some.

If you write a lot, this app could save you a serious amount of time.

For example, Ive got the symbol that you see in many TNW posts set up to appear every time I type;arr, along with a bunch of phrases and paragraphs that I often need to type into emails, blog posts and more.

Make sure you dont get the version in the Mac App Store, as that is now quite old.

The version on Smiles website is up-to-date and fully compatible with OS X Mavericks.

It may seem expensive, but it saves us valuable time, all the time.

If your needs are greater than that but not advanced enough to shell out for Adobe Photoshop, Pixelmator is a perfect choice.

Its nowhere near as expandable as Photoshop, but its more than worth the asking price.

Whats more, the app is regularly updated with genuinely useful new features by way of free updates in the Mac App Store.

Apples own Reminders app may be fine if you solely use Apple hardware, as it syncs between all your devices, but otherwise youre going to want something like Wunderlist.

A paid-for, Pro offering adds support for teams, comments, file attachments and more, making it an enterprise-friendly solution too.

Is There A Mac App For Google Keep?