A Good Dictation App with a Terrible Name
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Writing Apps: Fluent vs. Rewrite Bar
I’m currently covering apps on sale at BundleHunt. Many of these are new to me, and steep discounts are a good excuse to try tools...
BundleHunt's First Sale of 2026 Is Live - Lifetime Licenses Only
The first BundleHunt sale of 2026 kicked off today. This round is focused entirely on lifetime licenses - no one-year subscriptions or short-term trials disguised...
Turning AppAdddict into a Fully Searchable Archive with Integrity, Raindrop, and EagleFiler
As an App Addict, I enjoy testing new tools and watching indie developers invent clever ways to get things done. But collecting apps isn't the...
Extra Bar Gets Extra Features
Since I installed Extra Bar on New Year's Eve, I have been systematically going through my automation apps, like Raycast Keyboard Maestro, Better Touch Tool,...
Automounter Feels Like it Should Be a Part of macOS
I recently discovered an interesting utility called Automounter over at the always-useful Mac Menu Bar website. As the name suggests, Automounter connects you to network...
Stop Making CRON Jobs!
Cron Was Made for Always-On Unix ServersEarly in my career, I used to get annoyed when the old hands would wave away every automation problem...
Raindrop.io Gets a Significant New Feature
I've used the bookmark service Raindrop.io (and its apps for macOS and iOS as well as the Safari extension) the last three years, and it's...
One Year Into Switching to an EU Cloud Storage Provider
It's a given that we all need a safe place to store or back up our digital lives--somewhere our data will survive if a laptop...
Automate Your Homebrew Backups and Easily Reinstall your Mac Apps
The number of Mac apps you can install through the free package manager Homebrew keeps growing by the day. Tools like Cork, Taphouse, and Updatest can...
MountMate, the App You Didn't Know You Needed, Gets Updates
One of the things I treasure most about being part of the community that includes independent Mac developers is the opportunity to make feature requests....
The Prompt I Use to Generate an Obsidian Friendly Log With Backlinks, Tags and Tasks
Every night, shortly before 12:00 AM, an automation I set up on my Mac opens the ChatGPT app and send this prompt: Generate my Obsidian...
Keyboard Maestro, The App That Makes Everything Better - Tips for the Automation Curious
When Keyboard Maestro went on sale during the Black Friday season last year, I was surprised by the number of people who purchased the app...
SnapsofApps Has New, Powerful Features
Ryan Dekker, the developer of SnapsOfApps, a robust and full-featured window management app, just released an update that adds a bevy of new features aimed...
Clawdbot Can Do It
One month after I published this, a reader wrote to say - "I get that Clawdbot is a fascinating agentic AI, but there’s been lots...
Four New Free and Affordable Apps I Like from Indi Devs
SmartTrackerSmartTracker is a universal app that syncs across all platforms via iCloud. Using the URL from a vendor's page (Newegg, Amazon, Micro Center, etc.), the...
Spaces and Desktops and My Mental Health
I spent most of my computer using life on a Macbook and only recently started using a dual display setup. I didn’t start this process...
The File-Sharing Tools I Trust—and Why
When it comes to sharing data from a Mac, there are plenty of scenarios and plenty of methods. Identifying the right tool for the job...
Tailscale: The Best Free App Most Mac Power Users Aren’t Using
Someone asked me to name the best free app available to Mac users in 2026. I didn’t hesitate before choosing Tailscale. Tailscale is a VPN,...
Droppy - Lot's of Updates and New Features
I've tried a variety of notch apps, and I haven't been truly happy with any of them. I'm not sure whether the novelty of the...
