It’s mid-January and I’m sure that many people out there have finally used their Christmas money to purchase Apple products and are now looking for ways to spend those iTunes Gift Cards. I would like to suggest looking into the section of the app store called “Better Together.”
Better Together features apps that connect Mac, iPhone and iPad via iCloud, syncing or pairing. A few of our favorites are featured here – Evernote, Tweetbot and 1Password as well as some Apple standard apps like iPhoto, Aperture, and the iWork suite.
If you are looking for new apps to connect your iDevices with your Mac, I would start with the App Store. This category gives some great ideas.
Another good place to start is the “New Year, New You” category. There are four sections within this category – Your Body, Your Mind, Your Money, Your Time – which include apps that are designed to assist your personal journey in those areas. There are similar apps available within the mobile App Store. One of my favorite apps in this section is the Day One app. It is an app that reminds you to make a daily journal. I believe this action – writing in a journal – can have an effect on all the areas in this category.
If you aren’t sure what apps you want to start with, start browsing with these predetermined categories by Apple.
The “Better Together” link has disappeared from public view in Mac App Store/Categories, and if actually linked to is empty. Did Apple quietly get rid of it?
Here is link: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewMultiRoom?cc=us&fcId=423888061
Wow it really looks that way. Not sure when this happened. Might just be down as they update. Thanks for catching that.
Hmmm, now that link appears to be working, well, it still comes up empty on occasion. Weird.
But I still don’t see it listed on the Apple Website in Categories like it used to be.. nor does a search for Better Together bring it up. Only 18 non-Apple apps are listed and ones like 1Password and DropBox which were there are not listed.
This link still comes up empty:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/collection/better-together/ and a pop-up says “item not available”.
I prefer to have apps that will sync to all my devices so, the “Better Together” section in the app store was very helpful to me. I hope it is brought back.