The audio versions of articles that we record each week should have consistent loudness now, thanks to The Levelator and an internal tool called PodBOT that gives us a highly efficient workflow. The moral of the story is that tying applications together can result in something that’s far easier to use than the individual parts.

On 15 May 2012, take photos of your daily life and upload them to aday.org, a non-profit project to document the state of our lives on that day.

Adobe has announced its new suite of creative applications, but this time there’s something new that affects them all: Creative Cloud, a subscription service that makes it possible to use the Creative Suite for as little as $50 per month.

While there was much to celebrate with its recent $1 billion acquisition by Facebook and a successful Android software launch, the Instagram photo sharing service found itself caught in a backlash by some users worried about Facebook’s privacy policies and the possibility that Facebook would ruin the service. If you’re thinking of deleting your account (or even if you’re staying in the Instagram fold but want to maintain local copies of your images), Agen Schmitz looks at three options for backing up your photos.

The animation tool Hype offers quick and easy HTML5 design tools to animate your Web site.

Adds compatibility for Adobe’s PDF browser plug-in to Safari when running in 64-bit mode, as well as to Firefox in 32-bit mode. (Free updates, 137.4 MB and 69.6 MB)

Minor update improves compatibility with third-party PCIe and Thunderbolt I/O devices plus offers a grab bag of tweaks and fixes. ($299.99 new, free update, 1.38 GB)

Forget about connecting an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch to your Mac with a cable. When you need to transfer images (both from and to the device), PhotoSync is quick and easy.

Updates Instant On component to fix audio capture from Qt-based programs such as Sibelius and fixes a bug that could create hundreds of files during long recordings. ($32 new, free update, 5.4 MB)

Fixes an issue that could cause a crash when running on a Mac system with multiple user accounts. ($14.99 new, free update, 256.9 MB)

Brings compatibility to GarageBand for iOS projects for both programs, and resolves issues with downloading and installing content in Logic Pro. (Free updates, 195.66 MB and 139.92 MB respectively)

Adds new menu bar-only mode, improves compatibility with Last.fm and Sibelius, and fixes bugs. ($25 new, free update, 9.7 MB)

Wacom’s Inkling isn’t quite a graphics tablet, nor is it a note-taking device like the late, lamented CrossPad, but Steve McCabe finds that it still fills a niche of its own.

If you own a Sonos speaker system, or another non-Apple device that reads your iTunes library, you may be missing something: songs you purchased prior to 2009 that are still encumbered by Apple’s FairPlay DRM. But with iTunes Match, you can download DRM-free, higher-quality versions.

Small maintenance update adds the capability to delete photos from your iCloud Photo Stream. ($79.99 new, free update, 635.54 MB)

Update includes enhancements to take advantage of the third-generation iPad’s Retina display. (Free from the Mac App Store, 184 MB)

Updates compatibility with GarageBand for iOS projects and fixes issues with GarageBand Lesson preview videos and incorrect notes from some software instruments. ($14.99 new, free update, 47.61 MB)

Update enables you to delete individual photos from your iCloud Photo Stream. ($14.99 new, free update, 256.9 MB)

iLife for iOS now has a third app, with a surprisingly rich iPhoto making its debut. GarageBand and iMovie for iOS both got welcome tweaks as well. And, rounding things out, a few other Apple apps for iOS received minor updates, too.