Apps That Do One Thing Well
One thing that happens to some apps over time is bloating through feature creep. Customers demand constant updates to justify subscriptions or to satisfy some...
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2024
Play: Save Videos, Watch Later
There are lots of places to find YouTube videos aside from the website itself. You see links on social media, in texts from friends in...
Default Folder X an OG App For Mac Power Users
Most long-term Mac users have at least heard of if not used Default Folder X (DFX). The program traces its roots all the way back...
BlockBlock and KnockKnock from Objective-See
Anyone who tells you that Macs don't get viruses is misinformed, and you shouldn't rely on that person for computing advice. Mac malware exists. Having...
AnyList for Recipes, Shopping and More
Mac users are blessed with several very good recipe collection apps, including AnyList, Paprika and Mela, all of which allow you to clip recipes you...
Five Homebrew Favorites
For true App Addicts, even the ones who don't spend a lot of time at the command line on their Mac, exploring the Homebrew universe...
File Finding Apps
Mac users have several choices when it comes to file finding apps ranging from the built in Spotlight utility up to professional grade tools like...
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...
Why Haven't You Installed Keka Yet?
If you're going to get into the software and file downloading game, you're going to end up seeing some strange compressed files. Although macOS had...
Just Press Record
According to my notes, I bought the audio recording and transcription app, Just Press Record nine years ago. It's had a place on my Mac,...
Lockdown Privacy Desktop
Most knowledgeable Mac users run multiple layers of protection on their devices from custom DNS configurations, custom firewalls, VPNs and ad blocking software in their...
MusicBox : Read-It-Later for Music
We all have our ways of discovering new music, friends, blogs, magazines - but what do you do when you hear about a new tune...
Omnivore, a Free Open-Source Read It Later App
When you're reading on the web and you're short of time and want to save an article to read later or you want to save...
Bebop Quick Notes
Bebop Quick Notes is a simple to use and configure app that allows you to quickly capture information via the keyboard or share sheet. You...
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...
Zavala - Free, Open-Source Outliner for Mac, iPhone, iPad
If you use an outliner to plan, sketch out ideas or help you write and you don't need the bells and whistles required for heavy...
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 Underrated App
YouTube in undeniably a force in the modern world. My 77-year-old father watches it daily as does my four-year old granddaughter. If you watch YouTube...
MusicHarbor - The New Release Finder
If you are an Apple Music subscriber, you know it's not the best at letting you know about upcoming new releases. If you are really...
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...
