Some Useful Single Purpose Apps
Complex, multi-purpose apps with a zillion functions can be fun to learn, even if you never quite feel like you've mastered them. Every time I...
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2026
A Mostly Free and Open Source App Collection for Image Workflows
Rather than trying to consolidate all the image tools I use into one giant app with hundreds of features, I prefer to use smaller, specialized...
2025
ExtraBar is the App of My Dreams
ExtraBar is a new app from the developers at AppItStudio. That's the same team behind ExtraDock and DockFlow, two useful additions to my toolbox in...
If You're Itching to Spend that Christmas Cash on Some Software, Here's the Second Megalist and some Free Advice
Paid Mac Apps – Power User IndexIf you got some cash or gift cards for Christmas and want to try out some new software, you...
Getting the Most from Ebooks, A Mostly Free Workflow
One of my passions over the past few months has been growing and curating my collection of ebooks. I've loved reading longer than I've loved...
A Mega-Collection of Free Apps I've Installed and Tested
If you're running short on cash after Christmas, but you still want to try out some new software, you can try a few of these...
The My Applications App Might Be the Best 99 Cents I Ever Spent
For the avid app collector there are a few tools available to help catalog and curate the assortment of programs that accumulate over time. You...
Getting a New Mac for Christmas? A Few Apps to Help Migrate Your Setup
Macs and Mac applications offer so many customizations that it's impossible to remember them all. Quite frankly, it can be easy to forget what's native...
Question for Developers About Updates
Why do some apps not cooperate with updater apps that use Sparkle or Homebrew? Does it cost extra money, or is it more difficult to...
Revisiting Options for Text Expansion
I've recently been on a mission to reassess some of the software I use to ensure I'm employing it in instances where it can accomplish...
How to Use Topgrade Silently and Automatically for Multiple Update Protocols (Free)
In a recent thread on the effectiveness of available macOS app updaters, several people lamented that the FOSS command line tool Topgrade requires too much...
Digital Photo Frame App Makes Old Hardware Useful Again
I love it when I find an app that solves a problem I didn't know I had. I am always reluctant to get rid of...
Some Cool Things You Can Do If You have The Right App
Automatically Open Archive Today When you Click on Any Link to a Paywalled Article.Most experienced users know that you can copy the URL from a...
Drafts Wins App of the Year at Mac Stories
Drafts, an app by Agile Tortoise (AKA Greg Pierce), remarkably won App of the Year for 2025 at Mac Stories, a full thirteen years after...
Affordable Alternatives to Hazel
Hazel is an automation utility that uses rules to automatically perform file operations on user-defined folder contents. It uses a variety of metadata to move,...
Parachute Backup - Specially Designed for iCloud and Photos
The difference between a backup service and a syncing service is subtle but important. iCloud keeps the same version of your documents and photos in...
An Apple Disaster You Can Avoid
I've been on a small crusade for the past year to persuade people who have gone all in on the Apple ecosystem to diversify the...
How to Get The Most from Raycast
As I enter my third year using Raycast, I'm still impressed with the sheer volume of use cases into which it fits. I’ve been using...
PhotoSweeper - Powerful, Adaptable, Affordable One-Time Purchase
In 2025, the world takes more photos in a single day than it used to take in a decade. For most Mac users with an...
My Take on Bloom, a Mac File Manager
I've always used a file manager as the center of the way I interact with my computer, much more so than a launcher, dock, or...
