Included in the bundle:
• Drive Genius 2 ($99): Currently the highest-rated disk utility on the market and used by Mac Geniuses at Apple Stores, Drive Genius diagnoses and repairs problems with your hard drive, optimizes your system, and much more. Buyers will receive a link to download a bootable DVD image of the software to burn, which can be used to boot and fix any Mac that can run Mac OS X 10.5, including Apple’s newest laptops.
MacLife Editor’s Choice pick (July 2008), 2008 MacUser Labs winner against competing disk utilities, Macworld UK Editor’s Choice (5/5 rating), “Excellent” rating from ATPM
• DefaultFolder X 4 ($34.95): Fly through Open & Save dialog boxes at lightning speed.
Notable Mentions: 4.5/5 rating from Macworld, 5/5 rating from MacUser UK, and numerous other awards
• VirusBarrier X 10.5 ($69.95): Fast, simple, and non-intrusive anti-virus software for your Mac and iPhone
4.5/5 rating from Macworld in July 2008, which called it “the gold standard”
• RapidWeaver 4 ($79): Create powerful, professional-looking Web sites quickly and easily.
2008 Macworld Editor’s Choice pick (5/5 rating), 4.5/5 rating from MacFormat magazine
• MacGourmet Deluxe ($44.95): Like iTunes for food, track recipes, plan meals, manage wines, and more.
4/5 rating by MacLife magazine
• LittleSnitch 2 ($29.95): Monitors your network connection to make sure your Mac only sends out what you want it to.
4.5/5 rating by Macworld, 5/5 rating by MacUser UK
• KeyCue 4 ($27): Displays full keyboard shortcuts for all your applications; learn them and work faster.
4.5/5 rating by Macworld, 5/5 rating by MacNotes
• MacPilot 3 ($19.95): Access hundreds of hidden features to customize and improve your Mac OS X experience.
5/5 rating by MacCompanion magazine, 4/5 rating by Macworld UK
• WhatSize 4 ($12.99): Effortlessly identify files that are hogging disk space and that you don’t need anymore.
4/5 rating by Macworld, prominently mentioned in the latest issue of MacFormat magazine
• iVolume 3 ($29.95): Ensures all your iTunes tracks play back at the same level, so you never have to adjust the volume individually.
“We’re excited to be delivering this award-winning bundle of applications to Mac users this holiday,” said Nate Houle, coordinator of MacUpdate Promo, in the press release. “Our developer partners understand that value counts more than ever during this time of year, and both novices and experts will be able to get a lot more out of their Macs with this collection of software.”
The MacUpdate Holiday Bundle is available for $49.99 exclusively from MacUpdate Promo.
More info here.
Intriguing…
Worth it for Drive Genius alone.
Great deal, yet try to get to the site page. What if they had a sale, but nobody could get in the door. It’s called server overload, or stupidity. Take your pick.
Also, worth it for RapidWeaver alone.
The link doesn’t work!
I had a lot of trouble purchasing it, but it finally went through.
I agree that this is worth it for DriveGenius alone. I bought the second Mac bundle ever about a year ago and it was totally worth it even if I never use half of what I bought. I still got a hell of a deal.
I ordered yesterday and when I placed my order, the website displayed 4667 bundles purchased. They said that the first 5000 would get iDive, but when I received my email with all my purchase info they said that i would not get iDive since there had been more than 5000 sold. Shenanigans! They suck, sorry I gave them my money.
@Paul,
Check again – they now have a limit of 10,000 and have sold about 8,600 so you probably should have received it.
Great marketing and they’ll all do very well. I’ve bought it too…
This bundle is awesome – it looks like the demand has been pretty huge too – the servers have been slow sometimes, but I just ordered no problem. The comments page say that some people did not get iDive serials (when it was capped at 5000), but that they would – anyone ordering before 10,000 sold should get it. Go get your before its too late!
What Size and Default Folder X are great apps. Used them for a few years.
Finally got through after repeated attempts. The whole world must be ordering.
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“VirusBarrier X 10.5 ($69.95): Fast, simple, and non-intrusive”
Well DUH!!!!
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It has nothing to do!!
I bought it before seeing this on MDN. I wish I did, I would have clicked on the link from here to support MDN. Oh well.
Meanwhile, speaking of VirusBarrier X, has anyone here installed it?
Is it as buggy as, say the Norton etc? I have ClamXav and so far it’s very good, but I hardly ever use it. I so wish Grisoft did an AVG for Mac. Oh well.
Anyway, like many of you here, I too now have this VirusBarrierX, is there any point installing it just because it was ‘free?’
Would you say, I should just ignore it, or does it have certain pros that ClamXav doesn’t have?
Any thoughtful response would be appreciated as one would expect from the great Mac community.
What does iDive do?
How does Drive Genius compare to DiskWarrior?
MacGourmet is an outstanding recipe program.
@MikeR nice to see someone comment on MacGourmet. I had been thinking about getting MacGourmet for my wife and me. Now with all of these other programs and endorsements here on MDN it’s a done deal!
@Roger Knights
I’ve been using iDive for years. Think of it like iTunes for your video clips. It’s basically an importing/cataloging apps to help you keep track of your video footage. Instead of having a shoe box full of video tapes, you create ‘libraries’ in iDive, and import the footage on to your hard drive.
It does way more than I can explain here, but rest assured, the many ways it allows your to tag your footage then search your total video library for the footage you’re looking for saves tons of time. You can then immediately import it into iMovie or Final Cut Express or Pro.
It can also import other clips you might have on your system, so it’s not limited to camcorder use. Well worth checking out.