Wins Has Window Management and More
I've never found a use for most window management tools. I work on a laptop at home and run most apps maximized. At work I...
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2024
Badgeify - Notifications in Your Menu Bar
In today's connected environment notifications can be vital or they can be an unwelcome hinderance. It's different for each individual. Personally, I don't get so...
Try PDF Gear, It's Good, It's Free
When it comes to PDF software, people have very different needs. Some casual users may want nothing more than the ability to make a few...
Activity Watch - Free No Effort Time Tracker
Activity Watch is a free no effort time tracker that can keep track of how long you use every app on you Mac while running...
Topgrade - Upgrade All the Things
One of the more useful Homebrew apps I've found is topgrade-rs, the currently maintained fork of topgrade, an updater for Homebrew, the Mac App Store,...
Haste - A Web Search Utility
Haste, by Plastic Software, is a keyboard centric search utility that can access a wide variety of websites without you having to manually switch to...
MacTube - An Ad-Free YouTube Player and More
Mac Tube is an ad-free YouTube player currently also supporting AppleTV, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Max, Disney+, Peacock, Tubi and CrunchyRoll as well as Vimeo,...
Keyboard Cowboy - Free and Open-Source Automation Software
If you'd like to take a crack at setting up some Mac automations without spending the money that Keyboard Maestro ($36) or Better Touch Tool...
ClipGrab, a free alternative to Downie
I am partial to Downie when it comes to downloading video from the Internet, but I recently discovered a good free alternative for those looking...
Air Battery - A Free App to Monitor Battery Levels
My search for a good multi-device battery monitoring app ended today when I discovered Air Battery. In just a few minutes I had a widget...
A Curated Collection of Free Apps
Free Apps• Apparency - The Apps That Opens Apps • ToyViewer - A Preview Replacment • Chrome Remote Desktop - Free Remote Control • BBEdit...
Widget Wall
For the first time in years, I've started using my Mac's desktop as a place to check for information and interact with my computer. For...
Screen Memory
I recently purchased the single purpose utility, Screen Memory on sale from Bundle Hunt for $6. On the developer's website it goes for $27 and...
What's In Your Menu Bar
What is in your menu bar? At Macworld 2014, Mac Developer Brett Terpstra turned heads when he revealed what he had running in his menu...
My 10 Favorite Cross-Platform Apps
Here are my favorite apps that have both a macOS and an iOS/iPadOS version. Drafts I use Drafts for a great number of tasks. I...
Battle of the Bookmark Managers
Aside from browsers, I have several apps on my hard drive for collecting and organizing bookmarks: • Goodlinks (also has read it later features) •...
Avoid Mackup If Running Sonoma or Later
A couple of weeks ago I saw a post on r/MacApps for a utility that purported to back up your preferences for a large number...
Rambox - A Browser for Apps
I took advantage of an offer at AppSumo this week to get a lifetime license to Rambox Pro for $5 (discontinued). It's normally $5.83 a...
11 Plugins for QuickLook
One of my favorite features of macOS is QuickLook, activated by pressing the spacebar when you have a file highlighted in the Finder, it enables...
A Few GUI Tools for the Homebrew Curious
If you'd like to explore some of what's available in macOS through Homebrew, the command line package manager but you are a little intimidated by...
