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Apr 24, 2025: Get Plain Text - Adds a Feature the Mac Lacks Get Plain Text People who work with text a lot are familiar with the Mac shortcut to paste the clipboard as plain text - Command + Shift + Option + …
Apr 22, 2025: Quick App Launcher - Pro, A Well Thought Alternative There are various ways to launch apps on a Mac. The most obvious and the one used most by new Mac users is clicking icons in the dock. Apple also …
Apr 21, 2025: Free App List Number 4 Free Apps This is the fourth collection of free apps reviewed on AppAddict. Links to the first three collections are posted below. I've downloaded …
Apr 19, 2025: Opener Feels Like iOS Opener is so integrated into the way I use my phone that I forget it's an app and not built into iOS. When you're browsing the web in your iOS …
Apr 18, 2025: MyApplications - An App for App Lovers MyApplications For the avid app collector there are a few tools available to help catalog and curate the assortment of programs that accumulate …
Apr 17, 2025: Pareto Security - Quick and Easy Pareto Security App I recently noticed an app on Setapp that I'd never tried, Pareto Security, so I investigated it. It's a basic application that …
Apr 16, 2025: SmartBackup - Free, Fast and Foolproof While I have long used Time Machine as my primary backup for my Macs, it does have some drawbacks. If you go looking for a missing file, it's a …
Apr 15, 2025: Change the Location of Notifications With PingPlace Ping Place at Bottom Center One of my favorite tech writers, Justin Pot, who publishes a lot over at Lifehacker, reviewed a new to me app today …
Apr 14, 2025: Safari Extensions Worth Paying For and A Couple of Worthy Freebies Safari Extensions One of my current strategies to minimize the ability of tech companies, starting with Google, to use browser fingerprinting to …
Apr 13, 2025: Some App Finding Resources for You The Mac Life is a beautiful life because of the community. It truly seems like there is an unending river of new Mac apps to check out. I once …
Apr 12, 2025: PhotoSync to take Control Over Your Images Some of the available syn locations For anyone who wants to eliminate as much friction as possible in creating backups of their iPhone photos …
Apr 11, 2025: Digikam is Replacing Apple Photos, Google Photos and Amazon Photos For Me Digikam Apple Photos is fine for backing up the pictures I take with my iPhone, but its proprietary database that keeps users from accessing their …
Apr 10, 2025: Stop the Madness Pro Extension for Safari, Chrome and Firefox Some of the many options offered. To preserve more of my privacy, I am now using different browsers on a rotating basis. This helps to cut down on …
Apr 9, 2025: One For the Techies - SwiftDefaultApps The problem of the day for me was finding an extension for Safari to automate opening paywalled websites at the Internet Archive. Unfortunately, the …
Apr 8, 2025: Delimited - Quick and Easy Way to Work with CSV Files Delimited In trying to stay away from proprietary formats, like spreadsheets from Excel or even Numbers, I opt for using comma separated value …
Apr 7, 2025: A New World of Automation Possibilities One of the most frustrating situations for me when traveling is being locked out of remote access into my home computer. If my remote access software …
Apr 6, 2025: Hop to Desk, a Free and Open-Source Encrypted Remote Access Solution Hop To Desk Interface I have been using Chrome Remote Desktop when I need to remote into computers in my home when I am away. It's free, requires …
Apr 5, 2025: 5 Small Gems I Found This Week Gems Here are a few small apps I found this week from my usual sources and tips from Internet friends: Sentinel - from indy dev, Alin Lupascu, the …
Apr 5, 2025: AppAddict's One-Year Anniversary Site Analysis One year ago I posted my first app review on AppAddict. I'd recently subscribed to a new blogging service and I was trying to figure …
Apr 4, 2025: Convert CSV Files to Markdown GitHub There are plenty of apps and websites that allow you to download vast quantities of information as single comma separated value (CSV) files. …
Apr 2, 2025: TeraCopy for Mac TeraCopy I'd stayed away from TeraCopy for Mac for a long time because it didn't have good reviews. It was updated for Apple Silicon earlier this …
Apr 1, 2025: Syncthing - Free and Open-Source Cross Platform File Sharing Syncthing I first heard about the free and open-source file syncing app, Syncthing, when I started using Obsidian and may people were suggesting it …
Mar 31, 2025: Can You Help Me Find the Photos App I Need? Photo Management I'm going to turn the tables today. Instead of giving YOU information on software, I'm going to ask you to give me some …
Mar 30, 2025: Keyboard Centered Apps for Power Users Keyboard Warriors. A global keyboard shortcut is a combination of keys you can press while in any application on your Mac to execute an action …
Mar 28, 2025: rclone - An Easy to Use and Powerful CLI RCLONE There are quite a few apps with GUIs available for Macs that let you connect various cloud services to upload, download and move files. Most …
Mar 27, 2025: Cool Tools for Mastodon Mastodon Mascot When it comes to the new breed of social media, I prefer the federated and independent nature of Mastodon over everything else. I …
Mar 26, 2025: Browser Extensions Are a Secret Weapon Broser Extensions This is a special edition of AppAddict. Tonight, I'm covering one of the best sources of computing functionality that often goes …
Mar 25, 2025: KeyKeeper Checks All the Boxes for Tracking Software Licenses KeyKeeper I've been working on getting all my software licensing information into KeyKeeper, an app by the same team that operates Bundlehunt. I've …
Mar 24, 2025: iNet Network Scanner Scan Results For anyone with a home lab or who is invested in the Internet of Things, the ability to scan your network is a tool that you want in …
Mar 23, 2025: UTM for Virtualization UTM Gallery I recently converted my Windows laptop to Ubuntu. I don't rely on Windows for anything personally any longer so I didn't need a …
Mar 22, 2025: Koofr - European Based Cloud Storage Provider with a Generous Free Tier Koofr I am in the process of de-Googling. I already moved my email to Fastmail. I changed my default search engine to Kagi. I am moving my …
Mar 21, 2025: Zotero as a Free PDF Library Manager Zotero Interface I recently crowd-sourced ideas for a better way to catalog, annotate and search my collected PDFs, mainly software and hardware …
Mar 20, 2025: Permissions Reset 2 - Free Troubleshooting Tool One of the first steps in troubleshooting a misbehaving Mac for many years has been to repair the disk permissions, currently a feature of Disk …
Mar 19, 2025: Setapp Goodness and Tips Soome of the Apps I Use Setapp is an app subscription service ($9.99 a month) owned by the Ukrainian company Macpaw. It has approximately 1 million …
Mar 18, 2025: Apps for Photo Archiving Workflow A Better Finder Attribute I'm in the process of removing my data from most of the big US based tech companies in favor or smaller, more privacy …
Mar 17, 2025: Fmail2 for Fastmail Fmail2 After using Gmail for twenty years, I recently decided to move to a more privacy focused provider I could use with my own domain. I've …
Mar 16, 2025: Sensei - Do You Need It? Sensei When it comes to Mac utilities, there are things that are helpful to have, but that are not absolutely required. Many of the "nice to have" …
Mar 15, 2025: SiteSucker for Mac - Affordable and Powerful SiteSucker Today I downloaded and tested an app that's been on my radar for a while, SiteSucker for Mac by developer Rick Cranisky.. You can give …
Mar 14, 2025: CharmBar - Easy Dock Customization Charmbar Like many Mac users, I enjoy customizing the look of my operating system. I particularly like the look of older, vintage icons from Mac …
Mar 13, 2025: New File Finding App, Cling, Is Not Everything Cling Search Results I recently saw a new Mac file finding app, Cling, announced on Macupdate and Thriftmac. The description of the app said that …
Mar 12, 2025: In Search of the Perfect Quotes App Quote I have collected quotes for years, using various apps, Obsidian Notes, spreadsheets and Google Docs. I am still in search of the elusive …
Mar 11, 2025: Swinsian Music App - The Answer to Feature Bloat Swinsian Music Player Swinsian is an app for playing music that ticks every box in what a Mac based music player for local libraries sgould be. I …
Mar 10, 2025: If You Need to Bake a Cake - Get Mela Recipe Manager My 19th Cake Day on Reddit I've got cake on the brain today, for some reason... I've extensively tested four different recipe management apps, all …
Mar 9, 2025: Time Based App Launchers Time Based App Launchers Every night my Obsidian Vault is synchronized to a folder on Dropbox. I use an app called Sync Folders Pro, in which you …
Mar 8, 2025: Using Joplin as a Reference Tool Joplin Joplin is a free and open-source notes app. It's available for Macs, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android. You can pay for Joplin E2E encrypted …
Mar 7, 2025: My Favorite iOS Time Killers Trail Runners When you have a lot of time to kill and nothing but your phone, what apps do you turn to as time killers? My wife is running a …
Mar 6, 2025: Local Send - Easy to Set Up and Easy to Use Local Send on a Mac I am in the early stages of setting up a home network environment consisting of three Macs, a Windows 11 Thinkpad, an Ubuntu 24 …
Mar 5, 2025: Cog - Free and Open-Source Local Only Music Player Cog Music Player Cog is a free and open-source music player that can read and display metadata from dozens of formats, including AAC, MP3, ALAC, …
Mar 4, 2025: My App Wishlist My App Wishlist I spend a fair amount of time looking for apps to test and review. While, I seem to concentrate heavily on apps for macOS, I am also …
Mar 3, 2025: Using Kagi Search Engine on a Mac - Software and Tips Kago Logo Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter For those not familiar with it, Kagi is a subscription based, no-ads, privacy-focused search engine …
Mar 2, 2025: Lots of Updates from Sindre Sorhus Sindre's Apps on My Mac Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter Whether you know who Sindre Sorhus is or not you still may be using one of his many …
Mar 1, 2025: Pieoneer- Multi-Use Pie Menu Launcher Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter Pieoneer, by developer Martin Lexow, is a pie menu app with three primary use cases. App Switcher …
Feb 28, 2025: Stickier - Free Notes App with Power User Features Universal Apps Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter Stickier is a free sticky notes app that ticks a lot of boxes when it comes to useful features. …
Feb 28, 2025: Stickier - Free Notes App with Power User Features Stickier Stickier is a free sticky notes app that ticks a lot of boxes when it comes to useful features. iCloud sync for use on multiple devices …
Feb 27, 2025: Opting for Mac Apps That Are Immune to Changes in US Privacy Laws Privacy Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter Many people have become concerned that changes in the US politics, the FCC and attitudes in the big …
Feb 26, 2025: Announcing the AppAddict Newsletter Newsletter Logo If you like finding out about interesting and useful software, I’m making it easier for you to get detailed updates about what is …
Feb 26, 2025: Hyperspace Frees Up Disk Space Without Deleting Files Hyperspace Icon Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter Developer, writer and podcaster, John Siracusa, has a new app you should try out if disk …
Feb 25, 2025: Captin Solves a Major Mac Annoyance Captin Prefs Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter Unless you are an accomplished touch typist, which I am not, you probably spend a lot of time …
Feb 24, 2025: Libation - Audiobook Downloader and Converter Libation Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter Amazon recently announced its intention to prevent customers from being able to download copies of …
Feb 23, 2025: My Obsidian Plugin List Obsidian is the GOAT! Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter #Obsidian #ObsidianMD #PKM I’m not one of those people who tell others that the only or …
Feb 22, 2025: Everyday Apps Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter I never realized this blog would become as popular as it has. I picked up blogging as a hobby to accompany the …
Feb 21, 2025: Privacy Badger Extension from the Electronic Freedom Foundation Privacy Badger Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter Protecting your online privacy is an ongoing game of whack-a-mole with big tech. Google is …
Feb 20, 2025: Sandkorn - Comprehensive Information on Your Apps Sandkorn Report Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter Sandkorn, from developer Peter Borgas, is a free app that provides you comprehensive …
Feb 19, 2025: Free Downloads from AppAddict Automation Quote Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter I have a couple of downloads for you in this edition of AppAddict. Automation Although I am …
Feb 18, 2025: Battery Monitor: Health, Info Battery Monitor Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter In the modern era, a time when most people us laptop computers as opposed to desktops, keeping …
Feb 17, 2025: FlexiBackup Solves Real World Problems FlexiBackup Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter I faced a concerning issue last year when it was time to replace my iPhone. For some reason, …
Feb 16, 2025: Improve your Google Searches Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter I am in the process of moving all my Internet research to Kagi, but I wrote this for someone who needed these …
Feb 15, 2025: File List Export for Mac File List Export Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter One of the apps I recently picked up from the new Bundlehunt sale is File List Export by …
Feb 14, 2025: My Raycast Extensions Raycast Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter A Mastodon friend asked me to list the Raycast extensions I have installed. Raycast is a replacement …
Feb 13, 2025: Use Calibre to Back Up Your Kindle Books Before February 26 Calibre Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter Amazon just announced that you have until February 26, 2025, to download your Kindle content. After …
Feb 12, 2025: Metadata Lab - Exif Editor Metadata Lab Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter Modern DSLR cameras and cell phones add extensive data to every photo they take. The information …
Feb 11, 2025: Librewolf for Security and Privacy Librewolf Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter If you become more concerned with privacy and surveillance regarding your online activities, moving …
Feb 10, 2025: Applite Updated with New Features Applite Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter Installing software using the package manager, Homebrew, makes it much easier to update than …
Feb 9, 2025: Use KIWIX to Access Wikipedia and Other Resources Offline KIWIX Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter You should use this free and open-source tool to secure a personal copy of Wikipedia and other resource …
Feb 8, 2025: Geofency - Location Based Time Tracking Geofency for Mac Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter I have used various location tracking apps over the years. Most of the ones I’ve tried have …
Feb 7, 2025: Acorn Image Editor Provides Great Value Acorn Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter Through the years, I’ve used multiple versions of Adobe Photoshop, Pixelmator add even GIMP for layered …
Feb 6, 2025: Vivaldi, My Favorite Browser Just Got Some Updates Vivaldi Speed Dial Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter I switched to using Vivaldi late last year after being all in on Microsoft Edge because of …
Feb 5, 2025: Tapestry by Iconfactory on Day 2 Tapestry Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter Announced a year ago on Kickstarter, Tapestry by Iconfactory was released on February 4. Tapestry is …
Feb 4, 2025: Privileges - Operate Your Mac Safely Privileges Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter As much as you may not want to hear it, using an administrator account on your Mac as your daily …
Feb 3, 2025: Latest Apps of Note from Mac Menu Bar Control Center Options Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter Luuk over at Mac Menu Bar has been busy as usual, keeping up with the latest releases …
Feb 2, 2025: Quick Reviews - For Sharing and Reference Created with Quick Reviews Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter If you’re looking for a quick and easy way to share you general opinion and ratings …
Feb 1, 2025: Rego - An App for Bookmarking Places Rego Screenshots Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter I’ve been using Rego to bookmark locations for the last eleven years, using seven different …
Jan 31, 2025: AppAddict Free App List #3 Subscribe to the AppAddict Newsletter This is the third collection of free apps reviewed on AppAddict. Links to the first two collections are posted …
Jan 30, 2025: RsyncUI - a GUI for the powerful CLI Utility RsyncUI Interface RsyncUI is the successor to Rsync OS X. It is a graphical user interface for the powerful command line utility, rsync, a file …
Jan 29, 2025: Raycast Quicklinks - Power Searching from the Keyboard Raycast Quicklinks There are various Internet search tools available for Macs, but if you are a Raycast user, you can search just about any website …
Jan 28, 2025: Krisp - AI Meeting Assistant for Noise Cancellation and Transcription If you have online meetings using apps like Slack, Microsoft Teams. Zoom or Google Meet, you can get free noise cancellation via AI as well as …
Jan 27, 2025: Integrity - Free Link Checker Integrity Use the free tool, Integrity, to quickly crawl an entire domain or subdomain and check every link on each page within. See a report …
Jan 26, 2025: DEVONagent Lite - Free Tool to Increase Search Productivity DEVONagent Lite If you do much research in your browser, and you’re past the stage where you just use Google everything, DEVONagent Lite gives you …
Jan 25, 2025: The RSS Feed for AppAddict Has Changed RSS For those of you who are regular readers of AppAddict, I changed the domain name to something easier to remember . Old links will still work …
Jan 25, 2025: Video Converter - All-in-One Video Conversion Video Converter One of the websites I keep an eye on for new to me software is Thriftmac, which currently has a library of 428 categorized free Mac …
Jan 24, 2025: Session - Free and Open-Source E2E Decentralized Cross Platform Messaging Session Vertical For anyone looking for an anonymous messaging system, that requires no account, email or telephone number to set up, Session may …
Jan 23, 2025: Picocrypt - Free and Open-Source File Encryption with Simple but Powerful Features Picocrypt The threat from bad actors who seek to access and exploit user data increases every year. The list includes for-profit gangs, unscrupulous …
Jan 22, 2025: Inoreader RSS Gets New Features Inoreader as a PWA Inoreader, the RSS app and service provider, got some new features today with the release of a new browser extension for Chrome, …
Jan 21, 2025: How to Get a Word Count for Any Folder in Your Obsidian Vault Word Count A Python script that will count the words in a folder of markdown files. #Obsidian #ObsidianMD #PKM I use Obsidian to write a minimum of …
Jan 21, 2025: Nominations for Obsidian Gems of the Year for 2024 Obsidan Logo These are the different categories and the products nominated by the community for the 2024 Obsidian.md Gems of the Year, an annual …
Jan 20, 2025: Apps for Trakt Trakt The extensible tracking service, Trakt, for keeping up with your TV and movie watching habits has been around a while. You can use Trakt in a …
Jan 19, 2025: Using Obsidian and Drafts Together Drafts and Obsidian When using a Mac for writing, I’m all in on the notes app Obsidian, a plain text/Markdown editor. With it, I use various …
Jan 18, 2025: SnapMotion - High Quality Image Captures from Video, Made Easy SnapMotion Interface Trying to capture high-quality images from a video can be a frustrating and time-consuming ordeal, requiring the use of …
Jan 17, 2025: Quick Tips for App Installation Using Hazel In this post, I show you how to automate the installation of Mac apps in the two post popular formats ZIP and DMG, so that all you have to do is …
Jan 17, 2025: Facescreen - Useful Add-on for Screencasting and Presentations Facescreen I often have to create screen recordings on my job to distribute to the people I support for tutorials. Occasionally I do screen sharing …
Jan 16, 2025: Disk Drill Revisited - Recovering 87K Files from a Drive That Finder Could Not Read Disk Drill I first wrote about Disk Drill several months ago. The review is below. I recently had a chance to put the paid version of the data …
Jan 15, 2025: Using Google Photos on iOS Makes Leaving Meta Easier Google Photos If you’ve had enough of corporate owned social media, specifically Facebook and Instagram, and are investigating how to preserve your …
Jan 14, 2025: Recent Additions at MacMenuBar MacMenuBar Website One of the websites that stay open in my browser at all times is MacMenubar.com. It’s a deep resource for new Mac apps in …
Jan 13, 2025: FSNotes - A Free and Open-Source Successor to NValt FSNotes Interface FSNotes is a plain text note editor with the two-pane interface of Brett Terpstra’s classic Nvalt, which ceased development in …
Jan 12, 2025: Unsplash Wallpaper App - Free Unlimited Wallpapers at Your Fingertips Unsplash Wallpapers Unsplash is one of the largest providers of royalty-free images in the world. Without an account, you can search for, download …
Jan 11, 2025: Background Music - Per App Volume Control and More Background Music When I am at work, I like to leave my system volume setting in the midrange. I want to be able to hear incoming mail alerts and …
Jan 10, 2025: Cheatsheet - Mac, iOS, WatchOS CheatSheet Mac I have hundreds of contacts and I know almost no phone numbers. My job requires me to gain entrance to numerous rooms secured with …
Jan 9, 2025: Datacever - Simple Data Control When You Have to Tether Your Mac Datacever I don’t know about you, but whenever I have to tether my laptop to my iPhone, I get nervous about the possibility of some unknown process …
Jan 8, 2025: Lossless Cut - Save Time When Editing Videos Lossless Cut The command like application, FFmpeg is remarkably powerful but it is also overly complicated for people who don’t use the terminal …
Jan 7, 2025: Open Source Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means When It Comes To Safety Open Source Security What about open-source software?" I hear you say. "I'll just review the source code and determine whether it's malicious". "I …
Jan 7, 2025: Radarr - Movie collection manager for Legal Usenet and BitTorrent users Radarr When I was a younger man, I’ll admit to living the pirate life for music and movies. I was around for the original Napster and the birth of …
Jan 6, 2025: Resilio Sync - Secure, Private Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Sync The easiest way to share files between computers or with other users is through a commercial cloud service like iCloud, Dropbox or Google …
Jan 5, 2025: Making App Wishlists Wishlist Because I like checking out new to me software and writing about it, I usually install something new just about every day. Reading …
Jan 4, 2025: Putting Mac Apps to Work - Image Management Workflow for Writers Icons In blogging and in creating instructional documents at work, I go through plenty of screenshots, stock photography and open-source images …
Jan 3, 2025: SwitchResX - Granular Resolution Control SwitchResX As multiple monitors become more and more common and as the typical user is much more likely to use a laptop than a desktop, dealing with …
Jan 2, 2025: Replacicon - Customize Your Mac Replacicon Mac users are notorious for being sticklers for aesthetics. Luckily, customizing the appearance of your device is made easier by various …
Jan 1, 2025: Quotemarks - Quote Notebook Quotemarks I have collected quotes for years. When I’m reading a book, watching a movie or listening to music, if I come across a line I want to …
Dec 31, 2024: Mac Automation Roundup macOS Automation I’m a big fan of automation apps for macOS but I’ll admit, even the best ones can have a steep learning curve. If you’ve loaded up …
Dec 30, 2024: OpenVibe - Free Social Thread Aggregator OpenVibe Icon OpenVibe is a social media aggregator for some of the decentralized networks that use Activity Pub, Blockchain and the AT protocol. …
Dec 29, 2024: Bartender - Still Best in Class Bartender Presets For years, Bartender was one of the most highly recommended utility apps in the Mac space. There were many highly complementary …
Dec 28, 2024: FileBrowser Pro - For File Intensive Network Connected Workflows FileBrowser Professional If you do a lot of file based work on iOS or you need to consistently connect to network and cloud servers from an iPhone …
Dec 27, 2024: Zero Duplicates Free Duplicate File Finder Zero Duplicates Zero Duplicates is a free utility that finds and removes duplicate files based on some smart intelligence features. It finds …
Dec 26, 2024: Presentify - An App for the Future Presentify When I started working in EdTech, instructors were still using transparency based overhead projectors. When interactive white boards …
Dec 25, 2024: Glympse Location Sharing - Free and Secure Glympse Glympse Glympse is a helpful iOS app that allows you to temporarily, safely and securely share your location with anyone who can receive …
Dec 24, 2024: Orange Card - Get Info Easily for Free Orange Card Orange card is a tiny (less than 1MB) free utility, available on the Mac App Store. It has a simple drag and drop (or paste) interface. …
Dec 23, 2024: Bridges Link Sharing Bridges Link Sharing For anyone who collects and shares links regularly, Bridges Link Sharing is a great tool to increase productivity by making …
Dec 22, 2024: Universal and Cross Platform Apps App Store The apps on this list are either free or buy once and use on multiple platforms with just a couple of exceptions. The links are to …
Dec 21, 2024: MacTracker - Can You Call Yourself a Fanboy If You Don't Have This Installed? MacTracker When I began my career in Mac support, my first task was replacing hard drives in hundreds of Mac LC 575s along with adding an Ethernet …
Dec 20, 2024: Flyleaf - An Elegant Read It Later Solution Flyleaf There are lots of read it later apps and services available for Mac users. Some, like Instapaper and Pocket require you to create an …
Dec 19, 2024: Two Apps To Use if You Work in Markdown Markdown I do almost all of my writing in Markdown, a lightweight and human-friendly markup language used for formatting plain text. Created in …
Dec 18, 2024: Free Security Apps for Mac Mac Security Clyde is an app that sounds an alarm when someone shuts your laptop, so that when you walk away from it to order coffee or look for a …
Dec 17, 2024: Drafts Pro 50% Off for New Users Drafts Special For new users, Drafts Pro is 50% off the first year. Drafts was the first app I installed when I became interested in iOS and Mac …
Dec 16, 2024: Access: Secure Passwords Companion Access One big feature missing from Apple’s new Passwords App is secure notes to store data besides passwords. While you can make notes within the …
Dec 15, 2024: Cronica - A Free, Privacy Focused Media Tracker for Mac and iOS Cronica There are many paid options to discover and track movies and TV shows, most of them being subscription-based. Cronica, donation-ware from …
Dec 14, 2024: Sloth - Activity Monitor on Steroids Sloth Sloth is a free and open-sourced app that’s been around for twenty years. It provides an app by app breakdown of all open files and sockets …
Dec 13, 2024: Ente Auth - The Free Authy Replacement for Your Mac and iPhone Ente Auth If you miss the Authy 2FA desktop app, and you would rather not use Apple Passwords, since if you were to lose access to your Apple …
Dec 12, 2024: SingleFile - For Safari and Other Mac Browsers SingleFile Attempting to save a web page to your local computer often results in multiple files and folders downloaded. A recently updated plugin …
Dec 11, 2024: Mac Translation Apps - Offline, Google and DeepL Translation Most modern browsers have multi-language translate built in. Vivaldi even has a separate panel for it. Sometimes, though, we encounter …
Dec 10, 2024: iCollections - A Desktop Centric Workflow Manager Similar to the Classic Dragthing iCollections The late, great Mac app, Dragthing reached end of life in 2019. It was a point and click workflow manager for those who preferred that …
Dec 9, 2024: mtop - A Resource Monitor for Crowded Menu Bars mtop I regularly check MacMenuBar.com for new additions. Today i found a nice little app called mtop. It’s a monitor for each CPU core, your GPU …
Dec 8, 2024: Simplenote - Free, Rock Solid and Dependable for Over a Decade Simplenote Simplenote by Automattic is a free cross-platform plain text / Markdown notes app for macOS, iOS, Android, Windows and Linux. It’s been …
Dec 7, 2024: Commander One as a Finder Replacement Commander One Interface The Mac Finder is fine for casual users, but if your use cases involve a lot of file management to handle photography or …
Dec 6, 2024: Cloud Storage Management Apps Cloud Storage The longer you use a computer, the more access to resources you accumulate. I’m old, so I have more accounts than I know what to do …
Dec 5, 2024: Royal TSX for Remote Management Royal TSX In my day job, I provide IT support at a small private university. Because I have a good boss, the computer I use as a daily driver is an …
Dec 4, 2024: Remote Helper for Mac Remote Helper Remote Helper for Mac is the companion for the iOS app, Remote Mouse and Keyboard. When used together, your iOS device can control a …
Dec 3, 2024: Four Single Purpose Apps - Cheap/Free Cheap and Free Apps There's something to be said for apps that do one thing well. Here are a few that I've found lately. FNable - If you use your …
Dec 2, 2024: Browser Deputy from the Folks at Anybox Browser Deputy These days, it is not uncommon for someone to have hundreds of open tabs in as browser. I usually run about 40-50 myself. I’ve tried …
Dec 1, 2024: Language Tool - Free is Good, Paid is Better, but Expensive Language Tool Mac apps have had rudimentary built-in grammar checkers for a while. Grammarly was the first well-know commercial product to elevate …
Nov 30, 2024: Folder Tidy - On Demand Fast Power Sorting Rules Folder Tidy by Tunabelly Software is a tool anyone can use to perform quick sorts on any giant directories of files that seem …
Nov 29, 2024: Black Friday Software Sales Black Friday Software Deals It’s time for all the AppAddicts out there to load up during the yearly bargain day called Black Friday. The sites …
Nov 28, 2024: MacWhisper - Transcription Powerhouse MacWhisper Interface I made my first purchase of the 2024 Black Friday season by purchasing the transcription app, MacWhisper by indy developer …
Nov 27, 2024: Clotski - A Clever Tool for Your Image Management Workflow Clotski Clotski is a 99 cent menu bar app available in the Mac App Store. Its simple menu lets you designate watched folders where you keep images …
Nov 26, 2024: Notesnook is the Best New App I've Seen in a While Notesnook There are many, many notes apps available for Mac users, from simple plain text notebooks to complex PKM managers. I thought I was …
Nov 25, 2024: The Top 25 Most Downloaded Mac Apps Top 25 Apps I looked at the list of the top 25 most downloaded apps as compiled by MacUpdater, who I figure are as good a source as any and drew a …
Nov 24, 2024: Using Supercharge Supercharge Options Although I use a lot of apps that have a menu bar interface, most of them are hidden by Bartender. An app has to be super …
Nov 23, 2024: Mac Compression Utilities Compressed File When it comes to opening compressed files in just about any format, the most downloaded utility is The Unarchiver from MacPaw. …
Nov 22, 2024: MarkEdit - A Pure Markdown Editor for Free MarkEdit in Action Markdown documents are written in plain text and generally saved with a .md file extension. Various apps like Obsidian and Bear …
Nov 21, 2024: Recents App for Mac - A Free Intelligent File Launcher Recents The Recent Items section of the Apple Menu lists your 10 most recently opened documents. There are some apps that let you increase that …
Nov 20, 2024: Two Free Apps for Mac OS Installation Ease Mist On most modern Macs, the later Intel builds and all Apple Silicon models, you can boot into recovery mode, access disk utility and download …
Nov 19, 2024: Bluesky Apps for Mac Users Deck Blue The social media platform, Bluesky, has been getting a lot of press lately as a mass migration from X has taken place over the past two …
Nov 18, 2024: Shareful - A Free App I Use Every Day Shareful There are certain apps that really should be incorporated into the operating system. One of those is Shareful by Sindre Sorhus. The share …
Nov 17, 2024: Another Curated Collection of Free Software Free Apps Here’s a list of free software that I’ve tried and liked since the last time I posted a similar collection ClipGrab, a free alternative …
Nov 16, 2024: Fedica - Post to Multiple Social Networks at Once, On a Schedule - For Free Fedica There’s been a great deal of buzz recently about an iOS only app called Croissant that can post to X, Mastodon and Bluesky all at once. From …
Nov 15, 2024: The Best App for Subscription Tracking Subscriptions Detail For many, the consumer landscape today includes subscriptions in lots of areas, for news. TV channels, music services and …
Nov 14, 2024: Redact Privacy - An App for Cleaning Up Your Internet Presence Some of the Services Redact Can Cleanse If you’ve been online for a long time, you very well may have accounts on dozens of services, including …
Nov 13, 2024: Text Count - An App for Those Who Write Text Count interface As a person who writes a lot for my job and for fun, I have a need to make sure I’m not being to verbose and to make sure that …
Nov 12, 2024: Search Selected Text with Snapsrch Snapsrch Snapsrch is a utility that lets you conduct searches on selected text in a convenient popup. Out of the box, it is preconfigured to search …
Nov 11, 2024: Three Free System Utilities Deeper Deeper In the spirit of old standbys like Onyx and TinkerTool, Deeper provides a GUI to tweak multiple system settings, including a few I …
Nov 10, 2024: Connect Your Mac Apps with IFTTT IFTTT As a Mac automation fan, I make use of apps most people are familiar with, like Keyboard Maestro, Hazel and Better Touch Tool. Since 2010, …
Nov 9, 2024: A Day With Vivaldi Browser Vivaldi Browser I decided to be open-minded and spend some time with a new browser for a few days after using Microsoft Edge for the last two years …
Nov 8, 2024: Raycast New Notes Feature Available Now Raycast Notes One of the most popular features in Raycast, the extensible keyboard launcher, has been its floating notes feature. Using a quick …
Nov 7, 2024: Scheduler for Mac - Free Automation Utility Scheduler for Mac If you are into Mac automation, you have probably invested in tools like Keyboard Maestro or Shortery which let you launch apps, …
Nov 6, 2024: Dockside - A New Shelf Utility Dockside There is a new player in the category of apps that includes Yoink, Dropover and Dropshelf. Dockside, from Hachipoo Apps is a shelf utility …
Nov 5, 2024: Three Free Apps for Text and Writing Word Salad If you are a writer or just like words, the chances are you find Apple’s built-in Dictionary app a little lacking. There are websites …
Nov 4, 2024: Mail Archiver X - Give It a Pass Mail Archiver X I bought Mail Archiver X by Moth Software at a discount from Bundlehunt a few months back and didn’t have to pay the full $49.95 …
Nov 3, 2024: Task Til Dawn - A Free Mac Automation App Task Til Dawn One of my favorite parts of using a Mac is making use of all the automation apps, including the built in ones, Automator and …
Nov 2, 2024: Scratchpad - Floating Notes But Better Scratchpad For years, I kept a text editor open on my computer at all times and when I needed a scratchpad, I would switch to it and type or paste …
Nov 1, 2024: An App to Copy an Image and Paste It as a File FASA in Action A free app by a developer who goes by INCHMAN1900 on Gumroad can provide an easy way to manage images if it fits your workflow. His …
Oct 31, 2024: Elephas Did What Others Wouldn't Elephas Logo I had a real-world task today that was perfect for AI, except all the tools I tried kept quitting halfway through. I had a list of over …
Oct 30, 2024: NextDNS for Mac NextDNS With the deprecation of the classic uBlock Origin as blocker by Google Chrome in favor of a less powerful Light version and the …
Oct 29, 2024: A Different App for Managing Background Items Startup Manager Interface I posted yesterday about an app I’d tested called StartupManager that helps control the login items on your Mac by …
Oct 28, 2024: Free Startup Manager with Many Options Startup Manager Window macOS doesn’t make it easy to manage your startup options anymore. The app, Startup Manager, by developer Arie van Boxel …
Oct 27, 2024: Obsidian's Many Uses Note Ideas In all my time using a Mac, I’ve never found more uses for a single app as I have for the note taking app, Obsidian. With a robust …
Oct 26, 2024: Virtual Buddy - Run Mac and Linux VMs with Ease on Apple Silicon for Free Virtual Buddy If you want to test out betas without endangering your primary machine or if or if your a developer looking to test backwards …
Oct 25, 2024: Mouse Boost - Right-Click Powerhouse MouseBoost Prefs One of the most useful features of Finder replacements like PathFinder or Qspace Pro is the enhanced right-click menus they offer …
Oct 24, 2024: SoundSource from Rogue Amoeba SoundSource Menu Bar The default Mac controls for audio aren’t that great if you have multiple sound outputs, laptop speakers, Bluetooth earbuds or …
Oct 23, 2024: Good Old Time Machine Editor - A Useful Free Utility Time Machine Editor By default, the built-in macOS backup utility, Time Machine, makes a new snapshot on your designated backup disk once an hour. …
Oct 22, 2024: Encrypto - Free File Encryption App Encrypted file in email Sharing sensitive data via email or cloud services is risky without using encryption. Advanced users can use Disk Utility or …
Oct 21, 2024: Duplicati - Free Encrypted Offsite Backup for Your Mac Duplicati Backup Locations I am a firm believer in establishing a backup routine with multiple failsafes. I’ve managed to hold on to some of my data …
Oct 20, 2024: ClicKnow - A Different Kind of AI Tool ClickKnow Summary Most AI tools on the market these days fall into one of two categories: Writing assistants that correct spelling and grammar or …
Oct 19, 2024: Kiano - A Unique Image Sorter and Viewer for Apple Photos Kiano Map Kiano, a free app from the Visual Computing Group, provides a unique way to view and search your photo library. On my M3 iMac, it …
Oct 18, 2024: Deskpad - A Virtual Monitor for Screen Sharing Deskpad If you have a large monitor and have the need to share your screen with others, you can experience issues when they can’t match your …
Oct 17, 2024: Five Free Single Purpose Apps I’ve been making my way through some of the recent additions at thriftmac and testing some of the most useful looking apps. Here are five that address …
Oct 16, 2024: Gladys - Free Shelf Utility that Syncs With iOS Gladys Window and Info I recently discovered Gladys, a free app that allows you to stash a variety of data types an a shelf on your computer display …
Oct 15, 2024: Mac Pilot for Customization and Utilities Mac Pilot, a customization and utility app from Koingo Software is currently $3.00 on BundleHunt. There are similar apps like Onyx and Tinker Tool out …
Oct 14, 2024: Switch Glass - A Configurable Application Switcher with Per Display Settings Switch Glass Display and Prefs If you are one of those Mac users frustrated by the fact that the default dock is only visible on a single display, …
Oct 13, 2024: Yonks - A Well Designed Day Counter Yonks Main Display Yonks is a well-designed iOS app that works quite well as a standalone app on Apple Silicon Macs. It’s a day counter that …
Oct 12, 2024: Marta - A Free Dual Pane File Manager Marta Action Panel Marta is a free, dual-pane file manager for macOS written entirely in Swift, making it fast and responsive to both keyboard and …
Oct 11, 2024: Keysmith - Record Automation Macros With Ease Keysmith Macro Keysmith is an automation app that works in any other app on your Mac to record actions you can later trigger from a menu or with a …
Oct 10, 2024: Licensed - A Nice Single Purpose App for Keeping Track of Your Software Licensed Database One of the reasons that I go to r/MacApps every single day is the prospect of discovering news apps and developers. This week I …
Oct 9, 2024: The Zen Browser Zen Browser I’ve found myself in a small and unpopular minority over the past couple of years as user and sometimes advocate for Microsoft Edge, …
Oct 8, 2024: CurrentKey Stats - A Triple Threat App CurrentKey Stats has several target audiences. Time tracking your app usage and time spent working. Unlike Apple's Screentime, CurrentKey Stats …
Oct 7, 2024: Apple Password App Is OK I Guess Apple Passwords I have been using the Apple Passwords App instead of a third-party alternative for a few weeks. I’ve managed to get my work done …
Oct 6, 2024: Daily - A Dead Simple Free Task Manager Daily Interface The Mac ecosystem is not at a loss for task managers. Apple’s own Reminders app has steadily added features over the years, …
Oct 5, 2024: Surfed - Fell Off, Drowned Surfed Interface I recently saw an announcement for the release of version 3.0 of the Internet history and bookmarking tool Surfed. Previous app …
Oct 4, 2024: Find Usernames from 400 Different Social Networks Sherlock Search The username I employ here on Reddit is one that I first used on my AOL account back in the 90s before you could even get a real …
Oct 3, 2024: Notenik - A Well Designed Plain Text Notes Plus App Notenik Collection Anyone looking for a well-designed notes app that’s free and open source, native to the Mac platform and based on plain text …
Oct 2, 2024: A Folder Plugin for Quicklook A Quicklook folder I've previously covered Quicklook plugins that let you use your spacebar in Finder to view things like package contents, …
Oct 1, 2024: MacUpdater is Multifeatured MacUpdater One thing I know about apps designed to identify and download updates for the applications on your Mac, none of them are 100% effective. …
Sep 30, 2024: EagleFiler EagleFiler Icon I wanted to create a central repository for all the personal data I’ve generated over the years in one location, searchable within …
Sep 29, 2024: Opening Batches of Apps, Documents, Folders and Web Pages There are several ways to batch open workspaces for various projects. The built in Apple tools, Shortcuts and Automator can do it for you if you know …
Sep 28, 2024: Permute - Powerful, Easy to Use Media Converter for Images, Video and Audio Permute Preferences Permute by Charlie Monroe (developer of Downie) makes media conversion simple regardless of whether you need to manipulate …
Sep 27, 2024: Mac Firewall Apps The built in firewall in macOS only controls incoming traffic. If you want to stop apps from calling home or contacting unknown servers, you’ll need a …
Sep 26, 2024: Two Apps for Presentations, Screen Cature Videos or Screen Sharing German developer Martin Lexow who recently released Polycapture has a couple of other interesting apps for some niche use cases such as screen …
Sep 25, 2024: Quitter - A Free Utility That Works Quitter Interface I was happy when Raycast implemented a feature that would automatically quit apps after a specified period of inactivity. I was …
Sep 24, 2024: Two Apps for Apple Reminders Users Reminders Menu Bar Reminders Menu Bar Access your Apple Reminders from the menu bar without having to open the app with this free attractive …
Sep 23, 2024: Sleeve Heads Up Music Player Sleeve options If your music provider is Spotify, Apple Music, or Doppler, you are in luck because those services are compatible with a delightful …
Sep 22, 2024: Polycapture a New and Affordable Next Generation Recording App Polycapture Interface This morning, I got a tip from Carlo Zottmann, the developer of Actions for Obsidian. He let my know about Polycapture, a new …
Sep 21, 2024: Dato - A Full Featured Menu Bar Calendar Dato Display Dato by indy developer Sindre Sorhus is a powerful multi-featured menu bar calendar app that complements full featured calendars like …
Sep 20, 2024: IINA - Free and Open-Source Video Player IINA Playing a Streaming YouTube Video I have been installing VLC on computers at work for over 20 years, it's been a standard part of the image …
Sep 19, 2024: Neat Download Manager Neat Download Manager When it comes to downloading from the internet there are several different scenarios. There is downloading torrent files and …
Sep 18, 2024: The Time Machine Mechanic Time Machine Report I have been using a Backup Status widget to keep track of my Time machine backups but with the release of Sequoia it has stopped …
Sep 17, 2024: Whatever Happened to Evernote Evernote Logo Evernote was once a giant of an app, beloved by millions and one of the first cross platform tools to achieve widespread use. The …
Sep 16, 2024: Cork for Homebrew Cork Home Page I’ve been experimenting with GUI apps for Homebrew this year. Whenever I’ve posted about them, other have encouraged me to try Cork, …
Sep 15, 2024: iTerm - You Don't Have to Be a Developer to Use It iTerm Split Panes I’m not a developer but I do like to use Homebrew and make tweaks to my system that require frequent use of the Terminal. I’m a …
Sep 13, 2024: Noizio - A Background Sound App for Mac Noizio Interface I recently discovered an app that I use on my iMac at work for background sounds. Noizio, an app from developer Kyrylo Kovalin has …
Sep 12, 2024: XnConvert - Free Batch Image Converter and Editor XnConvert Interface XnConvert is a free and powerful application for batch editing and conversion of graphics files. It can handle 500 different …
Sep 11, 2024: Wins Has Window Management and More Wins in System Settings I’ve never found a use for most window management tools. I work on a laptop at home and run most apps maximized. At work I …
Sep 10, 2024: Badgeify - Notifications in Your Menu Bar Badgeify In today’s connected environment notifications can be vital or they can be an unwelcome hinderance. It’s different for each individual. …
Sep 9, 2024: Try PDF Gear, It's Good, It's Free PDF Gear When it comes to PDF software, people have very different needs. Some casual users may want nothing more than the ability to make a few …
Sep 8, 2024: Activity Watch - Free No Effort Time Tracker Activity Watch Activity Watch is a free no effort time tracker that can keep track of how long you use every app on you Mac while running in the …
Sep 7, 2024: Topgrade - Upgrade All the Things Topgrade Results One of the more useful Homebrew apps I’ve found is topgrade-rs, the currently maintained fork of topgrade, an updater for Homebrew, …
Sep 6, 2024: Haste - A Web Search Utility Haste Search Interface Haste, by Plastic Software, is a keyboard centric search utility that can access a wide variety of websites without you …
Sep 5, 2024: MacTube - An Ad-Free YouTube Player and More MacTube Interface Mac Tube is an ad-free YouTube player currently also supporting AppleTV, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Max, Disney+, Peacock, Tubi …
Sep 4, 2024: Keyboard Cowboy - Free and Open-Source Automation Software Keyboard Cowboy Features If you’d like to take a crack at setting up some Mac automations without spending the money that Keyboard Maestro ($36) or …
Sep 3, 2024: ClipGrab, a free alternative to Downie ClipGrab Interface I am partial to Downie when it comes to downloading video from the Internet, but I recently discovered a good free alternative …
Sep 2, 2024: Air Battery - A Free App to Monitor Battery Levels Air Battery My search for a good multi-device battery monitoring app ended today when I discovered Air Battery. In just a few minutes I had a …
Sep 1, 2024: A Curated Collection of Free Apps Free Apps Free Apps Apparency - The Apps That Opens Apps ToyViewer - A Preview Replacment Chrome Remote Desktop - Free Remote Control BBEdit - It …
Aug 31, 2024: Widget Wall Widget Wall For the first time in years, I’ve started using my Mac’s desktop as a place to check for information and interact with my computer. For …
Aug 30, 2024: Screen Memory Screen Memory Interface I recently purchased the single purpose utility, Screen Memory on sale from Bundle Hunt for $6. On the developer’s website …
Aug 29, 2024: What's In Your Menu Bar My Menu Bar What is in your menu bar? At Macworld 2014, Mac Developer Brett Terpstra turned heads when he revealed what he had running in his menu …
Aug 28, 2024: My 10 Favorite Cross-Platform Apps Here are my favorite apps that have both a macOS and an iOS/iPadOS version. Drafts I use Drafts for a great number of tasks. I collect quotes there …
Aug 27, 2024: Battle of the Bookmark Managers Raindrop.io Aside from browsers, I have several apps on my hard drive for collecting and organizing bookmarks: Goodlinks (also has read it later …
Aug 26, 2024: Avoid Mackup If Running Sonoma or Later Mackup A couple of weeks ago I saw a post on r/MacApps for a utility that purported to back up your preferences for a large number of apps, …
Aug 25, 2024: Rambox - A Browser for Apps Rambox I took advantage of an offer at AppSumo this week to get a lifetime license to Rambox Pro for $5 (discontinued). It’s normally $5.83 a …
Aug 24, 2024: 11 Plugins for QuickLook BetterZip via QuickLook One of my favorite features of macOS is QuickLook, activated by pressing the spacebar when you have a file highlighted in …
Aug 23, 2024: A Few GUI Tools for the Homebrew Curious If you’d like to explore some of what’s available in macOS through Homebrew, the command line package manager but you are a little intimidated by the …
Aug 22, 2024: The Most Underrated Native Mac Utility Migration Assistant #1 The native Mac tools are great but most of them can be replaced with third-party apps that add extra features. Even the geeky …
Aug 21, 2024: ImageOptim - Free and Open-Source Utility to Reduce File Sizes ImageOptim Savings ImageOptim is a tiny utility that every Mac user should have in their toolkit. It integrates a half dozen image optimization …
Aug 20, 2024: Verification for Mastodon <a rel=“me” href="https://social.lol/@amerpie"&gt;Mastodon&lt;/a>
Aug 20, 2024: Mind Node for Mind Maps Mind Node Mind Map I’ve used the Mac and iPadOS versions of Mind Node mind mapping software for about 10 years. I checked my documents folder and …
Aug 19, 2024: 24 Hour Wallpaper from Jetson Creative 24 Hour Wallpaper I don’t see my desktop during my working moments, but when I lock my computer, I have a different wallpaper displayed on each of …
Aug 18, 2024: Start from Innovative Bytes Start Interface Start by Innovative Bytes is an app launcher with extra features that make it different enough from FolderPeek and XMenu to be worth …
Aug 17, 2024: Almighty - Tweaking and Utility Collection Almighty Almighty, a collection of tweaks and utilities bundled into one app is by Khoa Pham, the same developer behind the popular low-priced …
Aug 16, 2024: FlowVision - Image Viewer Waterfall View After seeing the developer of FlowVison, a free image viewer for macOS, post about his new app on Reddit, I downloaded it and have …
Aug 15, 2024: Folder Peek FTW Folder Peek in Action Folder Peek by heroic Indy Developer Sindre Sorhus is the GOAT of menu bar access apps. I liked XMenu from Devon …
Aug 14, 2024: App Tamer from St. Claire Software App Tamer Interface St. Claire software makes an app that can help control heat and fan noise, extend your battery time and increase the amount of …
Aug 13, 2024: BatchMod - Classic Utility, Abandoned But Still Partly Functional BatchMod Back in the days when Apple still made hardware servers and an operating system to go with them (at $1K a copy) we used to have to deal …
Aug 12, 2024: SilentKnight - Free Security Checks for Your Mac SilentKnight Report SilentKnight from The Eclectic Light Company is a free utility to check the security settings of your Mac. it will let you know …
Aug 11, 2024: Paletro - Add a Command Palette to Any App Paletro Interface Paletro, by appmakes.io, is a $6.99 utility that gives you a command palette in any app. Large, multifunction apps with many …
Aug 10, 2024: Quick Note Taking – Type Type Interface Type is a menu bar app designed with one purpose in mind, to capture time-stamped notes in plain text or Markdown format quickly and …
Aug 9, 2024: Meteorologist - Free and Open-Source Menu Bar Weather Basic Menu Keeping track of current weather conditions and forecasts is a breeze (no pun intended) with the free and powerful menu bar app. …
Aug 8, 2024: Twos App Users Really Love It Twos iOS Version Every once in a while, an app is so well received that an entire community grows up around it. Evernote used to be like that before …
Aug 7, 2024: Onyx for Mac Onyx 15 Since 2003, Titanium Software has been issuing its free system maintenance and tweaking utility, Onyx for every major release of macOS. …
Aug 6, 2024: Software for Mounting and Writing to NTFS Drives on a Mac iBoysoft NTFS for Mac I need to write to external NTFS formatted drives from my M3 iMac on a regular basis for my job. I investigated the free …
Aug 5, 2024: Dynamic Lake Pro - An App for the Notch DynaMusiX In my ongoing search for an app to take advantage of the notch on my M2 MacBook Air, I bought Dynamic Lake Pro today after the developer …
Aug 4, 2024: NotchNook - Not Ready for Prime Time NotchNook Interface After reading about NotchNook on Reddit and seeing the 35% off offer from the $25 purchase price, I purchased it to test it out. …
Aug 3, 2024: Swift Shift - A Free Tool to Move and Resize Windows Swift Shift Prefs Using keyboard shortcuts you define, Swift Shift allows you to easily move and resize windows without searching for the title bar …
Aug 2, 2024: Musebox - A Photographer's Bargain Musebox Interface Musebox, a digital asset (photos, graphics, videos) management application by brushedpixel is a remarkable and affordable …
Aug 1, 2024: Karabiner Elements to the Rescue Karabiner Elements After an unexplained failure of a previous workflow, I used the free keyboard mapping utility, Karabiner Elements, to reenable my …
Jul 31, 2024: WordService - Another Free Utility from Devon Technologies WordService Devon Technologies charges a pretty penny for their signature app, Devon Think with a standard license going for $99 and a pro license …
Jul 30, 2024: Rocket - Free, Slack-Style Emoji Picker Rocket Pro Rocket, by indy developer Matthew Palmer is a free app to help you quickly insert emoji into your typed communications via Slack style …
Jul 29, 2024: TripMode - Data Usage Monitor and Control TripMode Every once in a while, we are going to find ourselves in need of the Internet in a place where there is no Wi-Fi and we have to turn on …
Jul 28, 2024: ReiKey and Task Explorer from Objective-See Objective-See is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation that develops free and open-source security software for the Mac. Two of its better-known programs …
Jul 27, 2024: Witch - Multi-Featured Window Switcher Witch Prefs I’ve been on a hunt to find the best application switcher. I’ve used Keyboard Maestro’s for a while and I like it because it shows you …
Jul 26, 2024: MenuWhere, Simple, Cheap and Useful MenuWhere MenuWhere, a utility from versatile indy developers, Many Tricks. Menuwhere’s single purpose is to pop up the frontmost app’s menus at the …
Jul 25, 2024: focusedOS - Distraction Free Workspace focusedOS Prefs Indy developer Michael Tigas has a productivity boosting app, focusedOS that combines elements of other productivity enhancers into …
Jul 24, 2024: Things 3, Maybe the Pinnacle in App Design Things 3 I’ve tried a variety of task manager apps over the years: Omnifocus, 2Do, Evernote, Apple Reminders, Remember the Milk, ToodleDo, …
Jul 23, 2024: Qspace Customization The macOS finder is a decent enough file manager, but there is a considerable market for file managers with extra features. I’ve been …
Jul 22, 2024: TRANSNOMINO - Free File Renaming Utility with Pro Capabilities UX For years I used A Better Finder Rename from Public Space for renaming jobs of huge amounts of photos and other industrial sized tasks. It’s a …
Jul 21, 2024: DockDoor Adds Functionality to macOS Popup Windows In Windows, when you hover over an app on the taskbar, the operating system shows you the open windows for that app, a useful feature …
Jul 20, 2024: Later - Free and Open-Source and a Security Risk Save for later Later is a Mac menu bar app that saves and restores any workspace easily. You may want to save a workspace for several reasons: To …
Jul 19, 2024: Updater Apps MacUpdater I run several updaters regularly as part of my maintenance routine. It may seem redundant, but even my favorite updater doesn’t pick up …
Jul 18, 2024: Unite 5 and Coherence X 4 - Site Specific Browsers I make use of SSB (site specific browsers) for several websites: Gmail, YouTube and most frequently, Inoreader, the great RSS provider whose web site …
Jul 17, 2024: Little Tagger - Wait for An Update Little Tagger I have long relied on the Mac power user’s file management automation app Hazel by Noodlesoft to handle tag related tasks for me, but …
Jul 16, 2024: Cryptomator Free and Open Source Cloud Encryption Cryptomator Each of us gets to decide how to protect our privacy on the Internet, and no one’s opinion matters but our own. If you are looking for …
Jul 15, 2024: Lots of Choices for Text Expansion Text Expander Library When it comes to text expansion, the apps I use regularly provide me with a lot of choices. Native Expansion This isn't an …
Jul 14, 2024: Step 2 Offers Desktop Based 2FA Step 2 Interface Since Authy deprecated its desktop app and has also been recently hit by security breaches, you may be looking for a replacement …
Jul 13, 2024: Network Utility is Back! Network Utility From the very first edition of Mac OS X until Big Sur, Apple provided a tool called Network Utility, a GUI for common CLI tasks as …
Jul 12, 2024: Disk Drill Has Six Free Tools Free Disk Drill Utilities Disk Drill 5 by Cleverfiles is marketed as data recovery software to retrieve lost files from internal and external drive …
Jul 11, 2024: GoodLinks GoodLinks - Universal App GoodLinks is a dual-purpose app with a lot going for it. It’s both a bookmark manager and a read-it-later app. It’s a …
Jul 10, 2024: App Cleaner vs. Pear Cleaner Unlike Windows.macOS does not have a built in uninstall utility. Occasionally some complex apps might come with a built-in uninstaller, but for the …
Jul 9, 2024: An Unemotional Look at Clean My Mac X Clean My Mac Uninstaller I’d like to talk about a controversial app without a bunch of hot air and over excitement. If you are adamantly against …
Jul 8, 2024: Downie - Video Downloader Downie Interface If you want to download video from YouTube, there are a variety of ways. There is a Raycast Extension. There is the great free …
Jul 7, 2024: Clop - Copy Big, Paste Small, Send Fast Clop Scaling Clop is a Mac utility that runs in the background or in a floating GUI allowing you to resize images, videos and PDFs on the fly merely …
Jul 6, 2024: Day One Is Popular for a Reason Day One Interfaces The journaling app, Day One by Bloom Built Software, a subsidiary of Automattic, has been downloaded 15 million times and it has …
Jul 5, 2024: OnlySwitch - Free App for System Controls & More OnlySwitch Menu OnlySwitch is a free menu bar app that offers a quick on and off toggle for many Mac settings as well as a few mini applications …
Jul 4, 2024: Plus AI from MacPlus - A Convenient and Well Though Out App Plus AI Preferences Plus AI from MacPlus Software, an AI app that lives in the background, works on selected text and can be used it any app, is a …
Jul 3, 2024: Stats Is a Free Alternative to iStat Menus About This Mac vs Stats If you are the kind of Mac owner who likes to track what the various components on your computer are doing, iStat Menus …
Jul 2, 2024: Trickster - Manage Your Files Like a Pro Trickster Interface Trickster is one of those apps you have to use consistently in order to appreciate what it can do. It takes some thought to set …
Jul 1, 2024: Amphetamine - Ultimate Sleep Prevention for Your Mac Amphetamine Preventing your Mac from going to sleep is as easy as opening a terminal window and entering the caffeinate command. If you do that, …
Jun 30, 2024: TextSniper TextSniper Prefs With the existence of Live Text recognition as a built-in feature of macOS, folks may wonder if there is still functionality to be …
Jun 29, 2024: Making a Case for Microsoft Edge Edge Logo When I started a new job a couple of years ago doing end user IT support at a small, private university, I was assigned a Dell all-in-one …
Jun 28, 2024: Pie Menu Pie Menu Options for Arc Pie Menu by indy developer Marius Hauken has a unique take on access to useful application menu bar commands. When you …
Jun 27, 2024: Setapp is Worth It SetApp is a monthly subscription service that offers access to 240 different Mac apps starting at $9.99 a month. I currently have 40 different …
Jun 26, 2024: Sequel Entertainment Database Sequel Interface The media database space, for TV and movies is a tough space to compete in. With longtime favorites like Sofa Time, ReelGood, IMDB …
Jun 25, 2024: Unclutter - Clipboard Manager, File Shelf, Floating Notes - All in One Unclutter Interface The Mac utility Unclutter has been around for over a decade and is still going strong. Unclutter is three utilities built into …
Jun 24, 2024: Upscayl - A Free and Open-Source Image Enlarger Upscayl transformation If you have low resolution images that you’d like to enhance and enlarge, maybe in your Photos library from an older iPhone …
Jun 23, 2024: Spaces for macOS Spaces in the Menu Bar Spaces for Mac, a native Apple silicon app, is helpful for setting up your device in a custom manner depending on the task at …
Jun 22, 2024: Text Shot Mac Version I do love a good single purpose app. Like most sentient human beings in the 21st century, I need to express myself on social media every …
Jun 21, 2024: Angry IP Scanner Program Interface Have you ever had the suspicion that someone was connected to your Wi-Fi network? Do you ever need the IP address of another …
Jun 20, 2024: A Cool Thing Happened on Reddit There it is I cross post most of the app reviews I write here to r/macapps on Reddit. I just noticed tonight that the mods over there have listed …
Jun 20, 2024: SuperDuper! Disk Cloner SuperDuper! Main Interface I bought the disk cloning software, SuperDuper! in 2004 and have been receiving updates for the past 20 years without …
Jun 19, 2024: iA Writer iA Write Interface iA writer a markdown/plain text editor designed especially for writing and document creation. It isn’t a text editor in the …
Jun 18, 2024: My Blogging Workflow Like and Subscribe, LOL For the past six weeks I’ve averaged about 16-17 posts a week on three different blogs. I’ve also been sharing a photo every …
Jun 18, 2024: HistoryHound a Must Have Research Tool Compatible Browsers If you spend much time in a browser (and if you are reading this, I know that you do), the time invariably comes when you want …
Jun 17, 2024: The Many Apps of Sindre Sorhus Sindre Sorhus Whether you know who Sindre Sorhus is or not you still may be using one of his many popular and mostly free apps. Sindre is a …
Jun 16, 2024: PopClip - A Must Have Productivity App PopClip PopClip is a highly configurable app that lets your perform an amazing number of actions on any text you select on your display. I …
Jun 15, 2024: 29 New Apps Added at Mac Menu Bar QuickFindler Recently Added | MacMenuBar.com Keep it Shot - This menu bar app uses AI to evaluate and rename your screenshots, either in bulk or …
Jun 15, 2024: Better Touch Tool Favorites BTT Input Sources I’ve owned Better Touch Tool for years and only used it for a few things but since getting an iMac and a Magic Track Pad a few …
Jun 14, 2024: Keep It Shot Before A new program was just added to SetApp and I decided to take it for a spin. Keep It Shot is an app that uses AI in the form of OpenAI’s …
Jun 13, 2024: Daisy Disk, Best in Its Class Pros and Cons While trying out a new file manager today, I discovered that Google Drive had created two copies of itself on my hard drive, including …
Jun 12, 2024: Open Core Legacy Patcher OCLP GUI OpenCore Legacy Patcher is a free and open-source tool designed for individuals who want to run newer versions of macOS on older, …
Jun 11, 2024: MagicMenu from iBoysoft - Not Recommended MagicMenu I recently saw a recommendation for MagicMenu from iBoysoft on Reddit and decided to try out the app. According to my records, it’s the …
Jun 10, 2024: What Is Your ALT+TAB Solution on Your Mac? AltTab In Windows, when you press the ALT+TAB key combination, you are presented with all of the open windows on your machine, and you can cycle …
Jun 9, 2024: Applite - An App Store for Homebrew Applite Interface Applite is a free application manager using a graphical user interface for apps installed using the CLI Homebrew package manager. …
Jun 8, 2024: EtreCheckPro, System Report on Steroids EtreCheckPro EtreCheckPro is an app that displays important system configuration details and allows users to copy that information for analyzation …
Jun 7, 2024: Dropover, Best in Class Dropover Icon There is no shortage of shelf apps for the Mac. With popular apps like Yoink, Unclutter and Dropzone in the mix, Dropover Pro, a $5.99 …
Jun 6, 2024: Enhance Apple Shortcuts with These Apps When I leave work on the days my wife works from a home, I just press an icon on my phone that sends her a text to let her know I’m leaving and …
Jun 5, 2024: Seasons Streaming Companion Seasons Watch List For many, the desire to watch all of the latest shows on streaming channels is complicated by the expense of multiple …
Jun 4, 2024: A Privacy and Security Toolkit Lock it down In the modern age, it takes a real strategy to protect yourself from invasive mega-corporations who want to track you, bad actors on …
Jun 3, 2024: Things You Can Do with Obsidian Obsidian Logo Obsidian is a pretty well know app, especially among the more technically inclined crowd. At its core, Obsidian is a free note taking …
Jun 2, 2024: Apps That Do One Thing Well One thing that happens to some apps over time is bloating through feature creep. Customers demand constant updates to justify subscriptions or to …
Jun 1, 2024: Play: Save Videos, Watch Later Play main interface There are lots of places to find YouTube videos aside from the website itself. You see links on social media, in texts from …
May 31, 2024: Default Folder X an OG App For Mac Power Users Most long-term Mac users have at least heard of if not used Default Folder X (DFX). The program traces its roots all the way back to DefaultD …
May 30, 2024: BlockBlock and KnockKnock from Objective-See The Enemy Anyone who tells you that Macs don’t get viruses is misinformed, and you shouldn’t rely on that person for computing advice. Mac malware …
May 29, 2024: AnyList for Recipes, Shopping and More Grocery Store Mac users are blessed with several very good recipe collection apps, including AnyList, Paprika and Mela, all of which allow you to …
May 28, 2024: Five Homebrew Favorites Homebrew Logo For true App Addicts, even the ones who don’t spend a lot of time at the command line on their Mac, exploring the Homebrew universe …
May 27, 2024: File Finding Apps Finding Files Mac users have several choices when it comes to file finding apps ranging from the built in Spotlight utility up to professional grade …
May 26, 2024: Lingon X Finds All the Junk Lingon X Troubleshooting a misbehaving Mac can be tough at times when the problem is caused by a background process that keeps failing and being …
May 25, 2024: Why Haven't You Installed Keka Yet? Keka If you’re going to get into the software and file downloading game, you’re going to end up seeing some strange compressed files. Although macOS …
May 24, 2024: Just Press Record JPR logo According to my notes, I bought the audio recording and transcription app, Just Press Record nine years ago. It’s had a place on my Mac, …
May 23, 2024: Lockdown Privacy Desktop Lockdown Privacy Most knowledgeable Mac users run multiple layers of protection on their devices from custom DNS configurations, custom firewalls, …
May 22, 2024: MusicBox : Read-It-Later for Music Music Box We all have our ways of discovering new music, friends, blogs, magazines but what do you do when you hear about a new tune or album, and …
May 20, 2024: Bebop Quick Notes Bebop Screenshots Bebop Quick Notes is a simple to use and configure app that allows you to quickly capture information via the keyboard or share …
May 19, 2024: Two Recommendations for Syncing Utilities Free File Sync When it comes to file syncing utilities, people have wildly varying needs. They may have a USB drive with a set of files they need …
May 18, 2024: Velja Browser Picker by Sindre Sorhus Velja Icon Back in the olden days, lazy vendors of things like security cameras used to have websites and software that only ran on Internet …
May 17, 2024: Zavala - Free, Open-Source Outliner for Mac, iPhone, iPad Zavala Icon If you use an outliner to plan, sketch out ideas or help you write and you don’t need the bells and whistles required for heavy academic …
May 16, 2024: MarsEdit - Making Blogging Easier MarsEdit Icon As more and more people grow tired of corporate controlled social media they are turning back the clock to the early days of the web …
May 15, 2024: CleanShot X CleanShot X There are a lot of options for screenshot utilities on the Mac, from the built in ability to capture images that’s built in to the OS, …
May 14, 2024: Maestral, an Open-Source Dropbox Client Maestral Icon If you have a Dropbox account, even a basic free one, you’d be well served to install Maestral, an open-source Dropbox client for …
May 13, 2024: Dropzone 4 - A Little Pricey But Versatile My Dropzone Setup One of my favorite utilities, one I’ve used through several version is Dropzone 4 from Aptonic. It is a menubar app that performs …
May 12, 2024: Bean - A Free, Lightweight Word Processor Bean Logo For years, Bean, a free word processor for macOS has been my go-to when I needed to create a document with rich text, tables and images. …
May 11, 2024: FreeTube - Maybe the Most Underrated App My Freetube Subscriptions YouTube in undeniably a force in the modern world. My 77-year-old father watches it daily as does my four-year old …
May 10, 2024: MusicHarbor - The New Release Finder Music Harbor Interface If you are an Apple Music subscriber, you know it’s not the best at letting you know about upcoming new releases. If you are …
May 9, 2024: RapiDMG - Automating Downloads and Installs Save these steps On Macs, the default app for opening disk image files (DMG) is the native DiskImageMounter.app. You are not limited to using this …
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May 8, 2024: Blip - Free Cross Platform File Transfers Blip When you need to share a file with someone, or maybe get a file from you home computer to your work computer, you have a variety of options …
May 7, 2024: ProNotes Markdown Plugin for Apple Notes ProNotes If you have a lot of date saved in the default Apple Notes app and you aren’t interested in migrating to Obsidian, Notion, Joplin or …
May 6, 2024: Battle of the Clipboard Managers Raycast Icon It’s universally agreed upon, even by the most rabid of Mac Fanboys, that Apple has dropped the ball by never providing anything more …
May 5, 2024: BBEdit - It Doesn't Suck BBEdit Icon In the world of text editors for the Mac there are lot’s of choices. I come to the decision making process as a non-programmer who …
May 4, 2024: AlDente Pro - Charge Limiter AlDente Pro Icon The battery on my M2 MacBook pro routinely keeps me going more than 14 hours on a single charge. Because replacing batteries is …
May 3, 2024: My Favorite AI App is an Apple Shortcut ChatGPT + Shortcuts When I have a question I want to run by a LLM, my first stop isn’t my paid Raycast subscription with AI. It isn’t even the …
May 2, 2024: Chrome Remote Desktop - Free Remote Control CRD Logo I have a MacBook at home running macOS 14.4. It’s on my home network with Verizon as my ISP. I run Nord VPN 24/7. At a side job, I use a …
May 1, 2024: Alarm Clock Pro Alarm Clock Pro There are several companies that offer periodic deals on Mac software at huge discounts. I put up with emails from these companies …
Apr 30, 2024: ToyViewer - A Preview Replacment ToyViewer Icon Sometimes you don’t need or want the latest and greatest app. You’d rather have something tried and tested, something venerable or …
Apr 29, 2024: BetterMouse is Better BetterMouse Icon Since Logitech decided to add their unremovable AI junk to Logi Options+ you may be looking for a new driver. Turns out BetterMouse …
Apr 28, 2024: Backup Status - Check Up On Your Time Machine Backup Status If you don’t understand the need for computer backups, then you probably haven’t been using a computer very long. If you are using a …
Apr 27, 2024: MyApplications - An App for App Lovers My Applications Icon For the avid app collector there are a few tools available to help catalog and curate the assortment of programs that …
Apr 26, 2024: Pathfinder by Cocoatech Pathfinder Icon Path Finder, an alternative file browser by Cocoatech, has been around as long as Mac OS X. It introduced features later adopted by …
Apr 25, 2024: KeyClu a Free App for Aspiring Power Users KeyClu Most people realize that one of the secrets to becoming more productive on a Mac is the ability to control the computer and its applications …
Apr 24, 2024: Custom Shortcuts by Houdah Software Custom Shortcuts Custom Shortcuts by Houdah Software is a free application that allows you to assign your own keyboard shortcuts to any menu item in …
Apr 23, 2024: XMenu - Free Menu Bar App Launcher XMenu Back in the days of Classic Mac OS (pre OS X), the Apple menu offered a way to launch applications and access folders. The closest you can get …
Apr 22, 2024: Apparency - The App that Open Apps Apparency For technically inclined Mac aficionados, Apparency by Mothers Ruin Software is an app that also serves as a plugin for the macOS …
Apr 21, 2024: Opener - Opens the App You Want Opener Opener is so integrated into the way I use my phone that I forget it’s an app and not built into iOS. When you’re browsing the web in your …
Apr 20, 2024: Shortery - The Missing Mac Automator Shortery Shortcuts on the Mac is missing the built-in automation features offered in iOS but Shortery from UnitNo5 steps in admirably to fill the …
Apr 19, 2024: Better Display Better Display Logo Better Display is a menu bar app that lets you do things with your built in or connected displays you never thought possible. It …
Apr 18, 2024: Listy - A Private List Manager Listy icon It’s refreshing to download an app that has the capability of collecting personal data - but doesn’t. Listy, a private list manager is an …
Apr 17, 2024: Thoughts - Inspiration Manager Thoughts I’ve been collecting quotes for a long time. I first used the great Quotebook app from Lickability, but it was removed from the App Store …
Apr 16, 2024: Streaks: The Classic Habit Tracker Streaks Practically everyone has a need for a habit tracker. Streaks strikes just the right balance between ease of use and richness of features. An …
Apr 15, 2024: Yes, I Have 34 Startup Items Some of My Login Items I don’t have an app review tonight, just a link to a longer form piece on the 34 apps that launch every time I log in on my …
Apr 13, 2024: Scrap Paper Scrap Paper Scrap Paper is the ultimate scratch pad for macOS and iOS. On the Mac it lives in the menu bar and can be brought to the front with a …
Apr 11, 2024: Free Prints Free Prints If you’ve been on the Internet longer than about 15 minutes, you realize that there may, in fact, be people online who do not tell the …
Apr 10, 2024: Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots Ivory Before Elon Musk ruined Twitter, in part by eliminating third-party apps, I was a big fan of Tweetbot. After the Twitter-pocalypse, I stayed …
Apr 9, 2024: Clipboard Fusion - The Windows to iPhone Solution Clipboard Fusion If you are all in on the Apple ecosystem, you have plenty of choices for clipboard managers with iOS companions to simplify …
Apr 8, 2024: AppRaven - Apps Gone Free (and more) AppRaven If you enjoy investigating new apps, AppRaven acts as an interactive App Store for your browsing pleasure. Featuring full access to Apple’s …
Apr 7, 2024: Launcher Launcher Launcher is the king of widget apps. I use a launcher widget on my lock screen for ready access to my most used apps. I use multiple …
Apr 6, 2024: App of the Day: Due, A Hybrid Reminders Alarm Clock App Due.app Due is a hybrid of a reminders app and an alarm clock. You can set one time or persistent reminders for things like moving the trash to the …
Apr 5, 2024: Rond Life Mapper Rond Life Mapper This one is on my wish list. I haven’t downloaded it yet. I hate relying on Google location for tracking because, well, Google. A …