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I made GifJot to turn part of my Mac screen into a GIF I can paste (public beta)
Hi everyone! I made GifJot. I made it because I kept needing to show a small bug or workflow, and a screenshot wasn’t always enough. GifJot lets you select part of your Mac screen, record it as a GIF or capture it as a PNG, and then paste the result into another app. This public beta is free... -
MacPacker - Open Source Archive Manager for macOS
Hi everyone, I wanted to introduce MacPacker, an open-source archive manager for macOS that I've been building since 2023. It originally started as a small archive preview tool for tar.lz4 files with support for nested archives because that was exactly what I needed at the time. Three years... -
Tutti for macOS — multi-output volume, per-app routing, and device delay
Hi everyone, I’m Barry, the independent developer of Tutti, a native macOS menu bar app for managing multiple audio outputs. I started building it because I regularly use a display and a Bluetooth speaker with my Mac. Audio MIDI Setup can create a Multi-Output Device, but normal volume control...- Barrybarrywu
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- airpods audio core audio macos multi-output
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- Forum: Mac Apps
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macOS O Link(), Where Art Thou? – A SwiftUI Story
Hey : ) I have a brief SwiftUI story to share about an issue that drove me up the walls and to the brink of questioning my choices in life. You can read it here . Enjoy ; )- m.gansrigler
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- macos swiftui
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- Forum: Apple Programming
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PowerClick – A Finder Productivity Tool for creating, renaming, moving, and opening files in a better way | Dailiy users, Power Users, Developers
Hi everyone, I’m Ata, the developer of PowerClick, a macOS Finder extension that started from one very small but annoying missing workflow: creating a new file directly from the right-click menu in Finder. Coming from Windows, I always found it strange that macOS does not have a simple... -
Anybody to explain how random wallpaper works on macOS
I remember a couple years or less than 2 years ago, I was randomizing my wallpaper and the same wallpaper was always showing on each virtual desktop. However I recently tried to do the same thing but nothing, each time it is a different wallpaper from the folder in each desktop. I do not know... -
AudioRouterNow – free, open-source audio router for macOS (no kext, menu bar)
Hi everyone, I built AudioRouterNow, a free and open-source macOS app that lets you route audio to multiple outputs simultaneously — headphones + speakers, two audio interfaces, whatever combination you need — all from the menu bar. - The problem it solves: macOS natively only lets you play to...- MauricioMorkun
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- audio coreaudio free macos open source routing
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- Forum: Mac Apps
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MP 1,1-5,1 Mac pro 4,1/5,1 issues
Hi, i am new to this forum so if i did anything wrong correct me please. So i got a Mac pro 4,1 flashed to 5,1 and its been running mac os monterey with martin lo's opencore since i got it a year ago and its been running very smoothly with a rx 580 and 32gb ecc ddr3 ram and 1 xeon x5690 but...- FirewireFreak400
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- macos macpro 2009 macpro 2010 macpro4.1 macpro5.1 opencore
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- Forum: Mac Pro
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Funny: "macOS High Catalina"
I was recently looking at the website for qustodio parental controls and I learned that it is compatible all the way back to macOS High Catalina! 😭 Just thought I'd share. Mods, feel free to move this if I put it in the wrong spot -
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macOS no longer boots after shrinking a partition
On a late-2012 Mini, an APFS container held both Mojave and, via OCLP, Ventura. Linux was installed on a separate partition (Zorin). At startup, I was able to boot all three systems using the OCLP boot manager. Then I had the (bad) idea to shrink the APFS container to make room for another... -
GG is plain and simple a fixed-Tahoe = a properly working OS.
Hey, there. Probably raining on wet grounds here, but Golden Gate beta1 is so damn stable and fast. Even as first beta it feels like a proper version of MacOS Tahoe. Especially because all the Liquid Glass issues are very subtle under GG. It still feels like Tahoe's interface everywhere...- rebelo
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- beta 1 golden gate macos macos 27
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- Forum: macOS Golden Gate (27)
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Yoink for Mac deepens Photos integration for quick access to RAW, Live Photo video and burst image files
Hello 👋 ℹ️ Yoink is your Mac's shelf for anything you can drag and drop, freeing your mouse for more important things, like navigating to the destination of your files. Today, I released Yoink for Mac v3.7.5, which will come in handy for anyone handling assets in the Photos app. ➡️ Exporting...- m.gansrigler
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- apple photos burst photo drag and drop live photos mac macos photos raw
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- Forum: Mac Apps
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StayHere – a small app to keep macOS Spaces focused
Hi everyone, I’d like to drop a post about a problem I managed to solve recently. I switched to macOS not that long ago. I started using Spaces heavily. And one thing began to annoy me very quickly. I wanted Spaces to work like separate rooms. One for programming. One for communication. One... -
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Why did iPhone Mirroring suddenly appear in Europe after macOS 26.5.1?
Hey everyone, I’m in Europe and I’m a bit confused. As far as I knew, iPhone Mirroring was never available here because of EU restrictions, and I’ve never had access to it before. Yesterday I updated my Mac to macOS 26.5.1, and suddenly this appeared on my system. The weird part is that it...- ukr-ix
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- iphone macos mirroring
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- Forum: macOS Tahoe (26)
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Vox Dictum — on-device transcription with speaker labels and AI summaries (macOS)
Hi all — I'm the developer of Vox Dictum, just released on the Mac App Store. I build under Cobalt InFX (cobaltinfx.com). I kept running into the same problem: I record a lot of meetings and interviews, and every cloud transcription service meant uploading confidential conversations to someone... -
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Side Calendar — a slide-out calendar that lives at the edge of your screen
Side Calendar 2.1.0 — a calendar that lives at the edge of your screen Most calendar apps on the Mac fall into two shapes: a full window that takes over your screen, or a tiny menu-bar dropdown that's too small to actually plan in. Side Calendar is built around a third shape — a slide-out side...- shaun07776
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- calendar indie macos new release productivity
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- Forum: Mac Apps
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I made LockLines, a Mac app for designing lock screen messages that actually fit
I made a macOS app called LockLines. It is a small utility for designing formatted lock screen messages that fit the real macOS lock screen message area. I have been using macOS lock screen messages for a long time. I like that a locked Mac can still show useful information before login, such... -
iCloud Drive destructive bug: Stripped Resource Forks (0 byte legacy fonts) and DELETED raw photos (.xmp files left orphaned)
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- bug data loss fonts icloud drive macos raw files
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- Forum: macOS Ventura (13)
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How to end trace recording in Xcode Instruments?
Hello and thanks in advance: I am recording a trace in Xcode Instruments, due to hardware issues with my iPhone 17 Pro Max. I forgot to change the “record until” from its default if 12 hours, and I want to end the trace recording now. There is no stop button in the UI, nor is there a stop...- SaturnsLament
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- debugging macos xcode
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- Forum: macOS Tahoe (26)
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Foldwise — macOS file sorting/automation app
Hi all, I’ve been working on a small macOS app called Foldwise and thought I’d share it here: Foldwise.pro It’s a file sorting/automation tool that helps organize folders with rules based on file name, type, size, date, and even PDF text content. It also has real-time monitoring, scheduled...
