Network Utility is Back!
From the very first edition of Mac OS X until Big Sur, Apple provided a tool called Network Utility, a GUI for common CLI tasks...
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2024
Disk Drill Has Six Free Tools
Disk Drill 5 by Cleverfiles is marketed as data recovery software to retrieve lost files from internal and external drive media as well as iPhone,...
GoodLinks
GoodLinks is a dual-purpose app with a lot going for it. It's both a bookmark manager and a read-it-later app. It's a one-time $9.99 purchase...
App Cleaner vs. Pear Cleaner
Unlike Windows.macOS does not have a built in uninstall utility. Occasionally some complex apps might come with a built-in uninstaller, but for the most part,...
An Unemotional Look at Clean My Mac X
I'd like to talk about a controversial app without a bunch of hot air and over excitement. If you are adamantly against subscription-based software, never...
Downie - Video Downloader
If you want to download video from YouTube, there are a variety of ways. There is a Raycast Extension. There is the great free YouTube...
Clop - Copy Big, Paste Small, Send Fast
Clop is a Mac utility that runs in the background or in a floating GUI allowing you to resize images, videos and PDFs on the...
Day One Is Popular for a Reason
The journaling app, Day One by Bloom Built Software, a subsidiary of Automattic, has been downloaded 15 million times and it has 200,000 five-star reviews....
OnlySwitch - Free App for System Controls & More
OnlySwitch is a free menu bar app that offers a quick on and off toggle for many Mac settings as well as a few mini...
Plus AI from MacPlus - A Convenient and Well Though Out App
Plus AI from MacPlus Software, an AI app that lives in the background, works on selected text and can be used it any app, is...
Stats Is a Free Alternative to iStat Menus
If you are the kind of Mac owner who likes to track what the various components on your computer are doing, iStat Menus from bjango...
Trickster - Manage Your Files Like a Pro
Trickster is one of those apps you have to use consistently in order to appreciate what it can do. It takes some thought to set...
Amphetamine - Ultimate Sleep Prevention for Your Mac
Preventing your Mac from going to sleep is as easy as opening a terminal window and entering the caffeinate command. If you do that, your...
TextSniper
With the existence of Live Text recognition as a built-in feature of macOS, folks may wonder if there is still functionality to be gained through...
Making a Case for Microsoft Edge
When I started a new job a couple of years ago doing end user IT support at a small, private university, I was assigned a...
Pie Menu
Pie Menu by indy developer Marius Hauken has a unique take on access to useful application menu bar commands. When you invoke Pie Menu with...
Setapp is Worth It
SetApp is a monthly subscription service that offers access to 240 different Mac apps starting at $9.99 a month. I currently have 40 different applications...
Sequel Entertainment Database
The media database space, for TV and movies is a tough space to compete in. With longtime favorites like Sofa Time, ReelGood, IMDB and JustWatch...
Unclutter - Clipboard Manager, File Shelf, Floating Notes - All in One
The Mac utility Unclutter has been around for over a decade and is still going strong. Unclutter is three utilities built into one app: a...
Upscayl - A Free and Open-Source Image Enlarger
If you have low resolution images that you'd like to enhance and enlarge, maybe in your Photos library from an older iPhone or older digital...
