WinterFest 2024: The Festival of Artisanal Software is back with a fantastic new collection of carefully crafted software for writing, research, and thinkings.

Innovative software often comes from small teams, fired with imagination and a vision of a better way to work. There are no bundles, games, or prices that are too good to be true: just fresh software with fantastic support at great, sustainable prices.

Software artisans from around the globe have come together for this time-limited event to bring you innovative systems to assist you with everyday knowledge work. This incredible catalog of productivity software includes:

• Avalanche:Photo catalog migration
• BBEdit: power tool for text
• Bookends: The reference manager you’ve been looking for 
• DEVONagent Pro: Your smart research assistant 
• DEVONthink: Your powerful information and knowledge manager 
• Easy Data Transform: Merge, clean, and reformat data without coding 
• Hookmark: Using links beats searching
• HoudahSpot: Powerful file search 
• HyperPlan: Flexible visual planner 
• ImageFramer Pro: Add creative borders and frames to photos 
• Nisus Writer Pro: The powerful Mac word processor
• Panorama X: Collect, organize, and understand your data
• Peakto: Media management for creatives
• Photos Workbench: organize and compare your photos
• Scapple: Quickly capture and connect ideas 
• Scrivener: Your complete writing studio 
• Take Control Books: Expert advice from leading tech authors
• Tinderbox: Visualize and organize your notes, plans, and ideas 
• Tinderbox 101: Learn to unleash your knowledge and insight
• Trickster: Your recently used files at your fingertips
• Yojimbo: Your effortless, reliable information organizer

These amazing deals don’t come around often, so act today to start 2024 off with the best software available from this terrific group of developers.

Visit the WinterFest website to learn more and for links to these amazing deals, or use the coupon code Winterfest2024 at checkout.

Our thanks to Winterfest for sponsoring MacStories this week.

Have you noticed an increase in unwanted robocalls or texts? At best, spam calls are an annoyance and a total waste of time. At worst, they’re targeted attempts to scam you for money or collect data that can be used for fraudulent purposes.

Why You’re Getting Spammed on iOS

Your personal data is collected, traded and sold without your consent by companies like data brokers and people search sites. It’s eye-opening just how much information is collected with virtually no oversight: your name, email, home address, phone number, SSN, family status, and even credit score.

If you’ve suddenly received an influx of spam, chances are that your phone number (and more sensitive information) has been leaked, sold and uploaded to these unscrupulous databases. Traditional number-blocking techniques on iOS aren’t enough to stop them.

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A great feature of Incogni is that it restarts removals every three months to ensure your personal info is kept out of circulation.

Take Back Control of Your Privacy, Year-Round

MacStories readers get an exclusive 58% off Incogni annual plans by using code MACSTORIES.

You can cancel at any time, and Incogni starts with a 30-day money-back guarantee, so there’s really nothing to lose – apart from those annoying robocalls and suspicious texts.

Our thanks to Incogni for sponsoring MacStories this week.