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TidBITS#1255/19-Jan-2015

At the beginning of the year, we shared our wishlist of things we’d like to see from Apple in the coming year, and you responded in kind. To that end, this week’s issue includes a selection of reader wishes for Apple in 2015. Smile has updated PDFpen and PDFpenPro to version 7, and “Take Control of PDFpen 6” author Michael Cohen details what’s new. Do you like iCloud’s My Photo Stream for syncing photos among your various Apple devices? Unfortunately, it relies on the lame duck iPhoto and Aperture on the Mac, so Jeff Carlson reviews MyPhotostream, an independent solution for viewing your photos from My Photo Stream. Finally, in the second part of her series on computing for the visually impaired, Mariva H. Aviram explains the most common visual ailments that afflict computer users. Notable software releases this week include Coda 2.5.2, CrashPlan 3.7, Moneydance 2015, and Typinator 6.4.

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View iCloud Photo Stream Photos on Your Mac with MyPhotostream

If you want to view photos that are saved to iCloud’s My Photo Stream feature on your Mac, you need to do it in iPhoto or Aperture — two Apple applications that are scheduled to be retired. MyPhotostream is a new alternative that intentionally does just one thing: displays your My Photo Stream photos in a simple environment.

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ExtraBITS for 19 January 2015

Adam Engst joins the MacBreak Weekly and The Tech Night Owl podcasts to discuss the latest in Apple news, we say goodbye to MacUser UK, German designers mock up an homage to the original Mac, and encrypted messaging apps come under threat in Britain.