Developer Spotlight - WidgetWorx
I spend a lot of time watching the free-software sites, and for a couple of years now one name keeps earning a click: WidgetWorx. There...
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2026
The Best eBook Readers: Readest vs. Bookshelves
TL;DR: Apple Books is a storefront that happens to read ebooks. If you own your library, the real choice is between two apps. Readest is...
Variations on a Theme: Five Recent Cmd+Tab Interpretations
Apple's Cmd+Tab has real blind spots. It works on apps, not windows. It doesn't know about Spaces. It has no search, fuzzy or otherwise. Several...
Mira Makes YouTube Usable
Markdown --- title: Mira Makes YouTube Usable description: Mira is a standalone YouTube player that has all the built in features you try to capture...
RegexPilot: Regular Expressions for Regular People (and no AI hallucinations)
RegexPilot by developer Kristof Polleunis, is an app designed to protect you and your work from the hallucinations and miscalculations AI can inject into the...
ProcessSpy After a Year
Activity Monitor is one of those apps you open when something is wrong and then quietly resent. It tells you a process called java is eating a...
SmoothCSV: Finally, a CSV Editor That Doesn't Guess
If you've ever had to search for "how to make Excel quit removing leading zeroes," I have an app for you. SmoothCSV won't turn some...
SupaSidebar Boosts Privacy and Productivity
Most technically oriented people who value privacy do so because privacy is, and should be, a human right, not because they have something to hide....
Cache Out - A Privacy Focused Free Tool For Multiple Browsers
Cache Out, a free new single-purpose utility from veteran Mac developer Jim Mitchell, fits right into an app category that is severely underrepresented - utilities...
Just Wondering Around Github, Looking for a Software Fix
The mark of a good Internet citizen is whether they star the GitHub repositories they like and whether they upvote helpful posts on Reddit. As...
Why I Replaced Jettison with Ejectify after 15 Years
In trying to be open-minded, I recently agreed to try Ejectify, an app that performs a task for which I already had a solution: to automatically...
10 Ways to Get More Out of Apple Shortcuts
I like using Apple Shortcuts when it fits my workflow, but advanced features can be confusing. I manage simple loops and variables, but it’s slow...
Marked 3 Is the Markdown Companion a Lot of Mac Writers Have Been Waiting For
Brett Terpstra has released Marked 3, and this is not just a routine update. It’s one of those releases that makes you stop and think about...
Airspace: A Polished Fix for a macOS Friction Point
Airspace, an app I downloaded today, has a lot going for it. It removes a classic Apple friction point by letting you name your virtual...
DockDoor Pro - The Dock Apple Wouldn't Build
When the free app DockDoor was released in 2024, it was the first time I had seen a developer add window previews to the Mac...
Bartender Enters a New Era with Top Shelf
For the past few weeks, I’ve been beta testing a new release of Bartender; an app with an interesting, and at times slightly controversial, history....
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New Droppy Release is a Full Featured Utility Suite
An update to Droppy by developer Jordy Spruit dropped this weekend. What started as a free notch app has evolved into a paid, but still inexpensive, suite...
Liqoria: The Mac Dock Player That Should've Been Built In
The promise: A universal music controller that lives in your Dock and unifies Apple Music, Spotify, browsers, and more with animated artwork, real waveforms, and...
Corel Painter Is Still Alive and Still Ridiculously Good
Corel’s Spot on Memory LaneI hadn’t thought about Corel graphics apps in a long time until I saw their flagship app on sale recently. I...
Substage - A Natural Language Command Line Tool for Finder
Substage is a command bar that attaches beneath your Finder window. Select files, type what you want in plain English, and Substage generates a Terminal...
I Got a Sneak Peek at the Spring Sale at BundleHunt
For bargain hunters, BundleHunt makes the holidays happen four times a year. Many well-known and popular apps have appeared there over the years at prices...
Find any File for $2: New BundleHunt Sneak Peek
The spring sale for Bundle Hunt doesn't officially open until tomorrow, but I have some inside info on what's coming this time around for the...
Tolaria: a files-first Markdown app for Mac designed for Git workflows and AI agents
Tolaria is a free, open-source desktop app for macOS and Linux built by Luca Rossi, the author of the Refactoring newsletter. Rossi created Tolaria to...
Dockside Turns Drag-And-Drop Into a Real Workflow
Most Mac users already rely on drag-and-drop constantly, but macOS never really gave us a good place to stage things temporarily. Finder windows work, but...
Seeking Feedback from Mac Power Users
I’m looking for feedback on a few apps. I’m looking for the answers to the following questions: 1. Did this app solve a problem you...
