Lingon X Finds All the Junk
Troubleshooting a misbehaving Mac can be tough at times when the problem is caused by a background process that keeps failing and being restarted by...
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Mac Apps
2024
Two Recommendations for Syncing Utilities
When it comes to file syncing utilities, people have wildly varying needs. They may have a USB drive with a set of files they need...
Velja Browser Picker by Sindre Sorhus
Back in the olden days, lazy vendors of things like security cameras used to have websites and software that only ran on Internet Explorer because...
MarsEdit - Making Blogging Easier
As more and more people grow tired of corporate controlled social media they are turning back the clock to the early days of the web...
CleanShot X
There are a lot of options for screenshot utilities on the Mac, from the built in ability to capture images that's built in to the...
Maestral, an Open-Source Dropbox Client
If you have a Dropbox account, even a basic free one, you'd be well served to install Maestral, an open-source Dropbox client for macOS. It...
Dropzone 4 - A Little Pricey But Versatile
One of my favorite utilities, one I've used through several version is Dropzone 4 from Aptonic. It is a menubar app that performs a variety...
Bean - A Free, Lightweight Word Processor
For years, Bean, a free word processor for macOS has been my go-to when I needed to create a document with rich text, tables and...
FreeTube - Maybe the Most Under Rated App
(updated 2026-05-11) YouTube is undeniably a force in the modern world. My 77-year-old father watches it daily as does my four-year old granddaughter. If you...
RapiDMG - Automating Downloads and Installs
On Macs, the default app for opening disk image files (DMG) is the native DiskImageMounter.app. You are not limited to using this app, however, you...
ProNotes Markdown Plugin for Apple Notes
If you have a lot of date saved in the default Apple Notes app and you aren't interested in migrating to Obsidian, Notion, Joplin or...
Battle of the Clipboard Managers
It's universally agreed upon, even by the most rabid of Mac Fanboys, that Apple has dropped the ball by never providing anything more than basic...
BBEdit - It Doesn't Suck
In the world of text editors for the Mac there are lot's of choices. I come to the decision making process as a non-programmer who...
AlDente Pro - Charge Limiter
The battery on my M2 MacBook pro routinely keeps me going more than 14 hours on a single charge. Because replacing batteries is environmentally disruptive...
Chrome Remote Desktop - Free Remote Control
I have a MacBook at home running macOS 14.4. It's on my home network with Verizon as my ISP. I run Nord VPN 24/7. At...
Alarm Clock Pro
There are several companies that offer periodic deals on Mac software at huge discounts. I put up with emails from these companies just so that...
ToyViewer Is Still the Fastest Way to Do a Hundred Small Image Tasks on a Mac
There is a category of Mac software that barely exists anymore. Small apps. Fast apps. Utilities built to solve practical problems without trying to become...
BetterMouse is Better
Since Logitech decided to add their unremovable AI junk to Logi Options+ you may be looking for a new driver. Turns out BetterMouse can turn...
Backup Status - Check Up On Your Time Machine
If you don't understand the need for computer backups, then you probably haven't been using a computer very long. If you are using a Mac,...
MyApplications - An App for App Lovers
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...
