Three Creative and Original New Apps
Developers keep finding interesting ways to make our existing tech more useful. Sometimes that means refining how we interact with tools we already rely on....
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2026
Organizing a 660-App /Applications Folder with AppTela
I recently organized my /Applications folder; it contains more than 660 apps. The tool that finally made it manageable is AppTela, a layered, categorized launcher available for $4.99 on the...
I replaced Apple Music with Yate, Swinsian, Navidrome, and an iPod Classic. Surprisingly better.
My ten-year experiment with Apple Music is over. Over the past month I rebuilt my workflow for managing a large local music collection; roughly 36,000 tracks....
Radial 4 Works Best as an Automation Hub
I spent the afternoon experimenting with Radial 4, a rapidly evolving pie-menu app from independent developer Gustav Lubker of AppVerge. If you’re not familiar with pie...
BackiGo is a Dependable & Full Featured iCloud Backup Solution
If you rely on iCloud but don’t have a true backup of that data, BackiGo is one of the simplest ways to create one. BackiGo is...
DoubleMemory Doing Great After a Year
I’m always impressed when an out-of-the-box thinker builds an app unlike anything I’ve seen before. Iterating on proven concepts is fine, but after testing enough...
500 App Reviews Published!
I posted my 500th app review this week. If you keep typing long enough, this is what happens. It makes me super happy and I...
Automation Fans Are Going to Love PicMal for Conversions
Every Mac user eventually ends up with a pile of files that need converting. Screenshots that are too large for the web. HEIC photos from...
10 Tiny Mac Workflow Tweaks that Save Me Time Every Day
I spend a lot of time trying to remove small bits of friction from my Mac workflow. macOS is a great system, but out of...
Consul is Supremely Useful
I’ve become quite fond of Consul, a relatively new file conversion utility that’s both simple to use and easy to automate. The concept is almost absurdly...
If These Apps Are Missing My Mac Feels Broken
Some small utilities become so embedded in my workflow that they start to feel like part of macOS itself. When I sit down at someone...
Resurf – A Well-Designed (Almost) Everything Box
Resurf is a clever new app, currently in beta, with a lot of potential. This is one of those “I needed an app to do X,...
Octarine: Powerful, Sophisticated and Easy to Use
I’ve been hearing about Octarine for a while. It’s one of those apps that people whose opinions I respect talk about with a certain level of admiration....
Setting Up a New Mac the Easy Way
[M4 Mac Mini]When I bought my last new Mac two years ago, I set it up the way I had been setting up my personal...
Four Indie Mac Utilities That Quietly Improve Your Workflow
Independent developers continue to build some of the most thoughtful utilities on macOS. These are small, focused tools that solve real workflow problems instead of...
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Developer Spotlight: The Low-Tech Guys, Maker of Clop, Lunar, rcmd, Pipiri and Crank
It’s always such a pleasure to find out when one of my favorite developers has released a new app. That’s how I felt recently, when...
My Stream Deck Setup for macOS Automation
I get a lot of use out of my Elgato Stream Deck. It’s one of the best hardware purchases I’ve made in a long time. It...
Mac Menu Bar Chaos
Where We Are… And WhymacOS 26 (Tahoe) is now months into its lifespan. The UI chaos it caused for menu bar management apps has calmed...
ScreenFloat is a Different Kind of Screenshot App
I only recently realized that my use of screenshots falls into two very different categories. On one hand, I use screenshots to illustrate blog posts...
Why I'm Ditching Third-Party File Managers
I’ve long been in the habit of using third-party file managers on macOS. I used Pathfinder for years, then switched to Qspace Pro a couple of years...
