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...
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Mac Apps
2026
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...
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...
Image Workflow with Cleanshot X, Clop, Clotski, NameQuick and Hazel
Apps gain new capabilities through updates. Our preferences change, task requirements shift, and workflows evolve right along with them. It pays to periodically reevaluate the...
Smart Ways to Pay Less for Mac Software
You don't need wads of disposable income to enjoy new software on a regular basis, and you don't have to rely exclusively on freeware to...
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...
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
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...
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...
