This super-app affords you complete control over your data. It allows you to make complex graphs and illustrations from statistics and is firmly aimed at professionals who want to solve business and research problems. To facilitate this, SPSS for Mac features a wide range of analytical functions that take the pain out of collating data.

SPSS for Mac offers detailed analysis options to look deeper into your data and spot trends that you might not have noticed. You can test out hundreds of different variables on your data to see how figures or performance would change under different circumstances, while the app contains multiple advanced features that will allow you get the max from your data.

An array of features

Among these features are excellent sharing options, automated models, the ability to operate server versions of IBM SPSS Statistics Base and modules on IBM mainframe servers, a syntax editor, integration with Microsoft Office, and much, much more. In order to get a better idea of the functions and features, take a look here.

Obviously, such power comes at a price. The SPSS download is pretty large, and once you do have the program installed, it’s a pretty steep learning curve until you find your feet. You could argue that SPSS is actually a glorified version of Excel, but with far more options and power behind it, it’s an impressive beast. As a result, domestic users may be intimidated and would be better off getting started on a simpler data management app.

If you’re serious about statistics, then SPSS for Mac is as good as it gets.

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EndNote allows you to compile references, write notes and a bibliography in the same format as that required by most major educational establishments. It can however be adapted to use the format of your choice or requirements.

The program works by scanning the net for set texts that you've entered into the search engine and then compiling a bibliography based on the results. It also features a very useful "Cite While You Write" option which integrates citations from books and texts as you write. The problem is that, especially when using the search tool, it can't search every single available text out there and you may find that it doesn't find texts relating to your particular area of study.

EndNote can save many hours of painful bibliography writing and cross referencing in just a few easy searches.

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You'll immediately notice the elegant interface, with its list of papers, groups and search engines on the left, search results and documents in the center, and a right-hand side dedicated to Help tools. Papers is particularly good at handling PDF documents.

Papers integrates dozens of research engines such as ACS Portal, Citeseer or Google Scholar. You can also add more as plug-ins. To keep your journals organized, you'll find Papers is not unlike iTunes: smart groups can be created so that you don't have to worry about what papers are stored in what folder.

The Help section in Papers is particularly thorough and having the forums integrated into the interface with tips and tricks available any time is really useful. The Help center itself provides lots of guides to fully master the program. You'll be able to open multiple journals or search results in tabs, add comments and notes and even share documents easily with other people.

There aren't a huge number of noticeable improvements in version 2 of Papers but many efforts have been aimed at making the importing and exporting of PDF documents much easier. However, some users may find that syncing with iPads is still very temperamental.

Papers is an excellent tool to search for journals and research papers and keep them well organized on your Mac. A must for scholars and researchers.

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To get you started quickly, there are lots of Apple-designed templates that merely require you to add your own text and drag and drop images. To add interactive photo galleries, movies, Keynote presentations, 3D objects and more, there are simple widgets which make things very easy indeed. To check how your book is looking, you can preview it on your iPad at any time although note that you'll need iBooks 2 installed on your iOS device to do this.

The widgets are one of the outstanding features of iBooks Author. They enable you to add everything from a photo gallery to a Keynote (Keynote ’09 v5.1.1 or later) presentation and can be easily identified in your Table of Contents. You can also add a voice-over to make it easier for sight-impaired readers to read your books.

If you don't like the look or layout of your book, you can easily re-arrange it using the Book Navigator including the possibility of adding a cover and table of contents. In addition, you can import a chapter written in Pages or Microsoft Word and automatically create a portrait view of your book which makes it easier for readers to focus on the text.

The final step is to submit your finished work to the iBookstore and hey presto, you're a self-published author. However, be aware that once you've issued it to the iBookstore, the terms and conditions stipulate that you can't sell it elsewhere. The exports are in iBook format but you can also export them as PDF files which any e-reader or tablet can read. Presumably however, any multimedia elements are excluded from PDF files so the result won't be as good as if you publish to the iBookstore. Alternatively, you can just export a pure Text version.

As you'd expect from an Apple application, iBooks Author is a very stylish and easy to use application. If you've ever used Keynote to make a presentation, then you'll feel very at home with iBooks Author.

iBooks Author is a superb iBook authoring package which produces stunning results with relatively little effort.

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With MacSword, you can read and browse many different bible translations in different languages including, Hebrew, Albanian and Swedish. MacSword allows you to read devotionals, commentaries, dictionaries and lexicons and more covering over 200 texts. Setting up MacSword is a little tricky however. You'll need to have some modules (or texts) installed because you won't have anything to read otherwise. You can download modules from the Sword Project website making sure that you download the Mac versions.

Once you've done that, places them your "~/Library/Application Support/Sword/" folder for which you'll need to create a directory named "Sword". There are a few preferences available including several to change the look and appearance of MacSword. Since you'll probably be having many different texts open at once, the useful thing is that you can choose between using a multi window approach or a workspace window with tabs.

Although MacSword can't offer you the range of bible texts you would find in commercial software, it's excellent for those on a budget.

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If you want to read an eBook on your iPad, Kindle, Sony Reader or Nook Reader but it's in the wrong format, then Mac eBook Converter can probably convert them. Mac eBook Converter converts between ePub, PDF and Mobi formats which work on most e-Readers so that you can read your books anywhere. It doesn't have the slickest interface, but Mac eBook Converter converts to just about any format.

To use Mac eBook Converter, select the document that you want to convert and drag it into the Mac eBook Converter interface. Then go to the bottom left of the interface and change the Output Format to the desired one. In this example, we're converting from PDF to ePub for iPad. 3. Then simply click the green arrow button at the bottom right of the interface.

You have to be patient as the conversion process can take a while depending on how big the document is. In this example, a 90 page document took around 3 minutes to convert. To find your converted document in ePub format, just go to the Epubor folder. If you can't find it, use Spotlight.

Mac eBook Converter doesn't have the slickest interface but it does a good job of converting to almost any e-Reader format.

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Adobe Digital Editions is very simple and basic but allows you to browse an elegant library of texts and read them in comfort. Adobe Digital Edition lets you add new items to your library and distribute them in different categories (known as 'bookshelves'), read a selected book on the screen with several viewing options, insert bookmarks in your book and easily move around pages.

Adobe Digital Editions is also meant to work together with online ebook stores and public libraries, enabling you to manage the books you buy or borrow directly from the program. You need to find these resources by yourself though, because Adobe Digital Editions only provides a few sample books to download.

Adobe Digital Editions is a handy ebook manager with a nice simple interface although it is very basic - there's even no full screen mode - and it only works with two formats: PDF and ePUB.

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You might be a bit surprised by the frequency with which Genius repeats questions, however, just like for flash cards, it's an effective way of quickly memorizing items. The program can be used in any language, meaning it can help you learn and memorize words in other languages. We also recommend using it as a simple tool to organize short notes. The only little drawback to the application is that it's not Universal, meaning it only works on Macs with Intel chips.

Genius is a clever tool to memorize anything.

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Bible-Discovery is a Java based application and this download includes both the Windows EXE file and the JAR Java file that you'll need to open it on Macs. However, despite this it works very quickly - there's no sluggishness - and it opens instantly.

Bible-Discovery features bookmark handling, customizable font size and color,s a biblical text importing pane, and a parallel and comparative Bible read feature. The translations - of which there are over 50 - aren't included in the download but you can download them from the developer website including an extra 10 dictionaries.

Bible-Discovery is generally easy to use - Menus are clearly laid out and there are tons of options although it is a bit buggy when switching back to the desktop as it tends to leave remnants of the Java menus on your screen. Also, it's a bit annoying having to download all the separate translations although since most users will probably only need one or two, this shouldn't be a major problem.

Bible-Discovery is an interesting and complete Bible study package.

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We weren't really bothered by the weak graphics, as after all this a wireframe simulation. What was a cause for concern was the difficulty of the game. You'll soon see that it's difficult to build something resistant with a limited budget, also considering that there are external elements that you have to deal with, like the wind.

We also felt that the instructions in the game were a bit limited. Although going into Help gives you all details into material weight, strength and costs and all the key functions, more tips on which material to use where would have come in handy.

The Bridge Construction Set is a challenging wireframe 3D building game.

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