Software & Services
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Serif: Affinity Designer, OS X and taking on Adobe We spoke to Serif's managing director to find out how development was going on its first professional graphics design tools for OS X -
Serif Affinity Designer beta free on OS X Serif's free beta gives illustrators and graphic designers a significantly cheaper alternative to Adobe's Creative Cloud -
Corel AfterShot Pro 2 High quality RAW processing, but the unambitious updates mean Adobe Lightroom is still the better buy£58 -
best buyXara Web Designer 10 Premium A slick and easy to use WYSIWYG web editor, Xara Web Designer 10 Premium is capable of producing sophisticated sites for multiple platforms£90
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iOS 7.1 A sleek-looking update that makes iOS easier to use and puts settings in more convenient places -
MozyHome Limited storage space, but the free sync service and excellent backup software are a bonus£5
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SquirrelSave This cheap Cloud backup service is starting to show its age, but it still performs reliably and with the added boon of unlimited storage£5
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Tracktion 5 Sophisticated recording software at a breakthrough price, but its quirky interface won't be to everyone's taste£35 -
ADrive A bargain Cloud backup and sync package, but software issues and tricky file recovery count against it£1.50 -
Box This powerful all-round sync package may be overkill for some, but its web interface and mobile apps are highly polished£3
