During my recent trip to Australia I had some time to catch up on listening / reading. Among the media were two MacPower User episodes. In Show 134, David Sparks and Katie Floyd covered Mac utilities. Although I was familiar with the majority, one utility was new to me: PopClip from Pilotmoon.

PopClip appears when you select text with your mouse on your Mac. Using Pilotmoon “Extensions” one can customize the app, then perform all sorts of useful actions on the highlighted text. Actions such as copy & paste, search, spelling, dictionary, shortening URLs, tweeting, etc. are all easily accessible through PopClip’s well-thought-out interface. I find myself using PopClip dozens of times each day. It’s well worth the $4.99 in the App Store.