Radarr - Movie collection manager for Legal Usenet and BitTorrent users
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...
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2025
Resilio Sync - Secure, Private Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
The easiest way to share files between computers or with other users is through a commercial cloud service like iCloud, Dropbox or Google Drive. The...
Making App Wishlists
Because I like checking out new to me software and writing about it, I usually install something new just about every day. Reading r/MacApps and...
Putting Mac Apps to Work - Image Management Workflow for Writers
In blogging and in creating instructional documents at work, I go through plenty of screenshots, stock photography and open-source images from the web. In the...
SwitchResX - Granular Resolution Control
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...
Replacicon - Customize Your Mac
Mac users are notorious for being sticklers for aesthetics. Luckily, customizing the appearance of your device is made easier by various third-party utilities. One of...
Quotemarks - Quote Notebook
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...
2024
Mac Automation Roundup
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...
OpenVibe - Free Social Thread Aggregator
OpenVibe is a social media aggregator for some of the decentralized networks that use Activity Pub, Blockchain and the AT protocol. In this case, that...
Bartender - Still Best in Class
For years, Bartender was one of the most highly recommended utility apps in the Mac space. There were many highly complementary recommended reviews in the...
FileBrowser Pro - For File Intensive Network Connected Workflows
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...
Zero Duplicates Free Duplicate File Finder
Zero DuplicatesĀ is a free utility that finds and removes duplicate files based on some smart intelligence features. It finds identical files if the content, file...
Presentify - An App for the Future
When I started working in EdTech, instructors were still using transparency based overhead projectors. When interactive white boards arrived, incorporating connected computers for use instead...
Glympse Location Sharing - Free and Secure
Glympse Glympse is a helpful iOS app that allows you to temporarily, safely and securely share your location with anyone who can receive text messages,...
Orange Card - Get Info Easily for Free
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)...
Bridges Link Sharing
For anyone who collects and shares links regularly, Bridges Link Sharing is a great tool to increase productivity by making the process easier. If you...
Universal and Cross Platform Apps
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...
MacTracker - Can You Call Yourself a Fanboy If You Don't Have This Installed?
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...
Flyleaf - An Elegant Read It Later Solution
There are lots of read it later apps and services available for Mac users. Some, like Instapaper and Pocket require you to create an account...
Two Apps To Use if You Work in Markdown
I do almost all of my writing in Markdown, a lightweight and human-friendly markup language used for formatting plain text. Created in 2004, it uses...
