MacHeist software bundle

I actually heard about the MacHeist bundle from Wil Wheaton’s twitter stream.  He asked if it was worth it and got a positive response from his Mac followers and bought it.  Wondering what *it* was, I searched for it on Google and found my answer at MacHeist.  According to Wikipedia this is the third year of the “heist”  which starts out with a bundle of software at a reduced rate from individual purchases and then “unlock” more by meeting fund raising goals by the amount of money raised for charity.   The next piece of software unlocks at $400,000 and they are currently $379,128.

I’ve played around with a few of the apps and I really like PhoneView which offers a direct way to interact with files on the iPhone.  You can add folders and files or edit Notes from the Mac.  You have access to all kinds of data SMS messages, call history, etc.

World of Goo is cute, but I haven’t spent much time with it yet, I’ve been downloading and installing the apps (while it is a bundle, the apps are individually downloaded and installed)

SousChef looks pretty cute.  It has facilities for importing your recipes, making shopping lists and even using the mac with voice activation to go through each step of the recipe.

MacHeist is a great way to get some good software and donate money to charity a the same time.