Student, teacher or parent, here are some back to school apps for the Mac you shouldn't be without!
It's that time of year when kids flock back to school and parents collectively breathe a sigh of relief. Some mornings the air is getting crisp and soon the leaves will start to turn - it's back to school time. If you're a Mac-using household and you'd like to get things together for the new school year, I've come up with a list of helpful Mac apps for you to look at. What's more, some of them integrate or complement iOS companion apps.
CourseNotes
CourseNotes is designed to help you organize class notes. You can track multiple subjects, keep track of assignments and tests, manage to do lists for upcoming assignments, insert images, and, best of all, sync content with CourseNotes for iPad - so if you prefer to take notes in class with an iPad instead of a laptop, you'll still have continuous information.
- $4.99 - Download now
iFlash
Flash cards have been a proven way to memorize important facts and definition since time immemorial. They're integrated into iBooks as well, which Mac users will get when Mavericks ships this fall, but you don't have to wait that long thanks to iFlash. This app is a customizable flash card learning app. But you don't have to create your own - there are 15 different categories of decks (well over 3,000 in total) you can download to get started on right away. You can also print them, and use three different memorization systems.
- $14.99 - Download now
iStudiez Pro
iStudiez Pro is aimed at students, educators and parents alike. Its organizer can handle alternating (A and B week) schedules, rotating and block schedules and more.You can track homework and assignments, manage group work, view lists of upcoming events and assignments and track grades. It integrates with iCal and it also syncs with its iOS counterpart using Cloud Sync.
- $9.99 - Download now
Notational Velocity
Notational Velocity is a hurry-up-and-get-out-of-the-way note taking app for OS X delivered as open source. It sports features like modeless operation (searching for notes is directly integrated into the primary interface), incremental search, on-the-fly content compression and encryption, and continuous saving. It also works with Dropbox, to make it integrate simply with other Dropbox-enabled apps on iOS devices, like IA Writer, for example.
- Free - Download now
Schoolhouse
Schoolhouse is a full-featured academic management app for students. The software integrates calendar and scheduling, so you can plan assignments and reports, view classes, mark cancellations and absences; organizes tasks using Smart Notebooks; lets you attach files and media; helps you calculate grades, and more.
- $4.99 - Download now
Whether you're in grade school, high school, college or doing postgrad work, your needs are different - what did I leave off the list? Tell me in the comments.
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