Syncthing - Free and Open-Source Cross Platform File Sharing
I first heard about the free and open-source file syncing app, Syncthing, when I started using Obsidian and may people were suggesting it as the...
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2025
Can You Help Me Find the Photos App I Need?
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 recommendations. Specifically,...
Keyboard Centered Apps for Power Users
A global keyboard shortcut is a combination of keys you can press while in any application on your Mac to execute an action belonging to...
rclone - An Easy to Use and Powerful CLI
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...
Cool Tools for Mastodon
When it comes to the new breed of social media, I prefer the federated and independent nature of Mastodon over everything else. I want nothing...
Browser Extensions Are a Secret Weapon
This is a special edition of AppAddict. Tonight, I'm covering one of the best sources of computing functionality that often goes overlooked in the hunt...
KeyKeeper Checks All the Boxes for Tracking Software Licenses
I've been working on getting all my software licensing information into KeyKeeper, an app by the same team that operates Bundlehunt. I've been buying Mac...
iNet Network Scanner
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...
UTM for Virtualization
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 dedicated machine...
Koofr - European Based Cloud Storage Provider with a Generous Free Tier
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...
Zotero as a Free PDF Library Manager
I recently crowd-sourced ideas for a better way to catalog, annotate and search my collected PDFs, mainly software and hardware user manuals with a few...
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...
Setapp Goodness and Tips
Setapp is an app subscription service ($9.99 a month) owned by the Ukrainian company Macpaw. It has approximately 1 million subscribers, which is a good...
Apps for Photo Archiving Workflow
I'm in the process of removing my data from most of the big US based tech companies in favor or smaller, more privacy focused companies....
Fmail2 for Fastmail
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...
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Sensei - Do You Need It?
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...
SiteSucker for Mac - Affordable and Powerful
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...
CharmBar - Easy Dock Customization
Like many Mac users, I enjoy customizing the look of my operating system. I particularly like the look of older, vintage icons from Mac history,...
New File Finding App, Cling, Is Not Everything
I recently saw a new Mac file finding app, Cling, announced on Macupdate and Thriftmac. The description of the app said that it brings fuzzy...
In Search of the Perfect Quotes App
I have collected quotes for years, using various apps, Obsidian Notes, spreadsheets and Google Docs. I am still in search of the elusive perfect, feature...
