Blink app lets you know when your Mac wakes up or sleeps

Curious about when someone uses your Mac when you aren’t around? The Blink app will alert you when your Mac wakes up and sleeps. It’s a simple app that’s easy to set up. You just need to pair your iPhone with your Mac via Bluetooth. After the initial pairing though, you don’t need to keep your Bluetooth on or have it within range to work. Every time your Mac wakes up or goes to sleep, you’ll receive a notification on your phone. You must know though that Blink only supports newer Macs that have Bluetooth Low Energy.

Source: Lifehacker | Download: iTunes App Store ($1.39) + Mac App Store (Free) 

Giphy Capture for Mac OS X lets you turn anything on your desktop into GIFs

Giphy introduced a new tool for Mac users that’ll make it easy for you to turn anything on your desktop into a GIF. It allows you to resize the capture area, add captions, or trim the GIF where you want to. You can use this for things like favorite parts of a video or even use it to make short how-to tutorial GIFs. Plus, the tool is completely free. You just need to head to the Mac Store to download it.

Source: Lifehacker | Download: Apple Mac Store (Free)

No Mac support coming until Apple has a ‘good’ system with better graphics, according to Oculus founder

The Oculus Rift won’t be Mac-friendly any time soon. According to Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, they are waiting for Apple to release a “good” Mac with a faster video card before they even plan to bring the virtual reality headset to OS X. "It just boils down to the fact that Apple doesn't prioritize high-end GPUs," he explained. "You can buy a $6,000 Mac Pro with the top of the line AMD FirePro D700, and it still doesn't match our recommended specs. So if they prioritize higher-end GPUs like they used to for a while back in the day, we'd love to support Mac. But right now, there's just not a single machine out there that supports it."

The Rift will be coming out on March 28 and its current version is already putting strain on the performance of mid- to high-level Windows PCs. It needs at least an Intel Core i5-4590 processor and either an NVIDIA GTX 970 or AMD R9 290 graphics card. The bundles with the headset have a starting price of $1,499 USD (about $2,000 CAD).

Source: Apple Insider

CleanMyMac 3 introduces photo junk module

Great news for CleanMyMac 3 users! The app is bringing a much requested feature into its program: the photo junk module. It replaces the old iPhoto junk feature. With the new module you are given the ability clean Faces cache, clean iCloud cache, and replace RAWs with JPEGs. The last two features need your permission to happen. You don’t have to worry though, CMM3 also still supports iPhoto cleaning. Current CMM3 users get the upgrade for free, while CMM2 users get a 50 percent discount. You can get the new build here or through the company’s website.