The Editors’ Choice Awards (we affectionately call them the Eddys) recognize our favorite products released during the past year. It’s a project we take very seriously. Starting with a list of more than 130 candidates, we spend weeks discussing each product, debating its merits, and deciding whether it fulfills our standards of quality, utility, innovation, value, and excellence.
The result of all this is the list presented here, the 23 best products of 2011. We’ve divided the list into five categories: MacUser (general purpose), Working Mac (business and productivity), Playlist (digital entertainment), Create (creative pursuits), and iOS Central (iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch products, excluding apps). Take a look at the list, and you’ll surely find a set of tools that will help you get things done.…