Evidence-first research
Turn product pages, reviews, and discussions into Mac app research you can verify before you buy.
r/macapps
Remotr (native macOS RDP server) is back with a big update — thanks for the feedback last time [Updated v0.7.03]
Hey everyone! Remotr is back with a solid round of updates. Thank you for the response to the original post — I was genuinely surprised by how many people tried it out, and honestly moved by how much detailed feedback and bug reports came in. That feedback directly shaped what I worked on next. Since then it's been heads-down work, and I just shipped a big batch of improvements: * RemoteFX quality & streaming optimizations — smoother, sharper video * Multi-monitor improvements — even with a single-display Mac, multi-monitor clients are now properly supported * Camera support — use your iPhone/Android front or back camera, or your client desktop's webcam, as a remote camera source * Easier printer switching — quickly pick from printer drivers already installed on the client * Audio & microphone enhancements RustDesk or JumpDesktop tend to be the default picks people mention, but if you're looking for a Mac-native option, Remotr connects straight through Windows' built-in RDP client with zero extra software on their end — might be worth considering as another option. Still plenty on the roadmap, so updates will keep coming. 🔗 [https://remotr.app](https://remotr.app?ref=reddit) 🔗 [Product Hunt](https://www.producthunt.com/products/remotr-native-macos-rdp-server?launch=remotr) 🔗 [X](https://x.com/_bckim_) 🔗 [Email](mailto:bckim.official@gmail.com)
Aug 27, 2026
Hacker News
Hacker News
Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $13B
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nvidia-agrees-buy-op... (paywalled) https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/24/hugging-face-reportedly-in...
Aug 27, 2026
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Tried Omarchy for a few hours on my MacBook and ended up buying a mini PC… This is sick! 1. Keyboard shortcuts for everything. macOS and Windows have shortcuts for many features too, but Omarchy’s shortcuts feel great, and the UX is solid.
SUPER+ENTER opens a terminal, SUPER+SHIFT+X opens Twitter, and SUPER+CTRL+RETURN opens Herdr. Lord… and these are all defaults. 2. A solid window manager. Open windows don’t stack on top of one another like they do on other operating systems. Instead, Omarchy lays them out beautifully in a grid. Web apps open in borderless windows, making websites like Twitter feel like native apps. You can also use shortcuts to zoom and move windows around while the layout is handled automatically, no manual resizing or positioning needed. 3. Agentic integration. Set your default agent, then press SUPER+~ to open a dropdown AI chatbot. You also get a beautifully designed usage indicator in the top-right corner. The OS ships with its own skill, so you can ask your agent to do almost anything for you. I used Codex to fix the time because I didn’t know how to set the timezone, as well as the Codex plan meters. Omarchy even shows a notification asking whether you want to diagnose a crashed process, with the details attached, even when it’s your own program, so you can figure out how to fix the bug! 4. Really polished design, and it runs incredibly smoothly. It’s easy to swap out the default agent, browser, terminal, and editor. The best part is that it’s opini
Aug 26, 2026
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Hacker News
I keep getting flagged for AI, but I suck at writing. How can I solve this?
So I write posts in my own language, but admittedly I suck at writing, and I kind of hate my writing voice in general. So then I go to Claude and I just ask it to clean it up. I'm not asking it to rewrite. I'm asking it to fix my spelling, add a comma, do the things that high school English should have taught me but spellcheck ruined me with. I also, more than anything, now use voice-to-text to shout out to Wispr Flow when writing. Sometimes that free thought makes it worse because now I just get to ramble and someone listens to me. All I'm trying to do is clean it up and make it easy to digest on the end, but I keep getting flagged for any thoughts, ideas, suggestions, or just for rail on me for sucking. Also, I'm going to see what happens with this post because literally just talking into my computer and going to see if I'm flagged again. No AI was even considered in writing this.
Aug 26, 2026
r/macapps
[OS] CoreEQ, a system-wide equalizer that doesn't install an audio driver
**Problem:** macOS still has no built-in equalizer, and I wanted one EQ for everything coming out of the speakers: music, YouTube, calls, games. Every option I tried wanted to install a virtual audio driver first, so I wrote my own a month ago for my own machine. I'm posting it here because I figure other people have the same itch, and I'd be glad if it's useful to someone else. **Comparison:** eqMac (free) and SoundSource ($47) both work by routing your audio through a virtual driver they install into the system. CoreEQ uses Apple's Core Audio process-tap API instead, so nothing lands in /Library/Audio, there's no reboot, and quitting the app puts your sound back on its normal path immediately. The rest of it: * 11-band graphic EQ, plus up to 16 parametric bands with your own frequency, gain and Q * Live response curve you can drag directly, with a spectrum analyzer drawn behind it * 22 built-in presets plus your own, and an auto preamp so comparing two presets isn't just a loudness test * Settings follow the output device, so your headphone curve comes back when you plug in headphones * Bass/mid/treble from the menu bar without opening a window **Pricing:** Free and open source (Apache 2.0). [https://github.com/AndreyPudov/core-eq](https://github.com/AndreyPudov/core-eq) brew tap andreypudov/core-eq brew trust andreypudov/core-eq brew install --cask core-eq xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/CoreEQ.app Needs macOS 14.2 or later. It isn't notarized yet, so the firs
Aug 26, 2026
r/macapps
DriveVault for Mac - basically Ctrl+F for all your unplugged hard drives [Summer Update v1.2.6]
***TLDR: DriveVault creates an offline version of your external hard drives, so you don't need to plug in drives to find files anymore. We've made some big updates recently + giving away some free starter access to the Reddit community - message me for promo code.*** Summer has been a huge few months for DriveVault - a tonne of user requested features shipped, plus a good clear-out of post-launch bugs. v1.2.6 is out now and it's the biggest one yet. Details at the bottom. **Problem** \- If you have multiple external hard drives then finding the file or project you're looking for can mean plugging lots of drives in to find it - a waste of time. DriveVault is a macOS app that creates a visual offline mirror of your drives, so you can search every file in your drive library without plugging anything in. Scan a drive once and it stays searchable offline, forever. **Comparison** \- There are old cataloging apps out there like NeoFinder or DiskCatalogMaker, but they feel dated, you need to read an instruction manual to even complete basic tasks in them and visually just aren't that nice to work in anymore. I wanted to build something native to macOS that feels powerful and created for visual / creative people. DriveVault works completely offline, no cloud, no subscriptions. **Pricing and availability** Download on the Mac App Store here: [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/drivevault-offline-catalog/id6751731655?mt=12](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/drivevault-offline-catalog/id675173165
Aug 26, 2026
r/macapps
CapMeter: a menu bar app that predicts when you'll hit your Claude limit
Hi, I'm the developer of CapMeter, an independent app that is not affiliated with Anthropic. **Problem** Claude tells you how much of your session is left, but not when it will run out, and those are two different questions. 60% left can be the rest of your afternoon or the next twenty minutes, depending on what you are running. I kept getting cut off mid-task because I could see the percentage and still had no idea whether I would make it to the end. CapMeter watches how fast you are burning through your session and turns that into a time: "limit in \~1h 17m". It sits in your menu bar and shows: * A color-coded ring for the current session, green through orange to red * Session, weekly and per-model limits, each counting down to its own reset * Daily-peak history with 7, 14, 30 and 90 day chart ranges, weekly comparison, CSV and JSON export * Multiple Claude accounts, switchable without opening a browser You sign in to Claude inside the app, on Claude's own sign-in page, and it keeps the session token from that. It does not touch your browser and runs in its own isolated cookie container. No API key, no account with me, no backend, no analytics. The token is encrypted in the macOS Keychain and it never reads your conversations. **Comparison** Claude Usage Tracker, the open source one on GitHub, is the closest thing to a default here, and most of the free trackers on the App Store work the same way: they show the percentage you have used, and they show it accurately. That was
Aug 26, 2026
r/macapps
Floodtide - update all your mac apps from one place (mac updater alternative)
I’ve been building a Mac app updater called Floodtide, mostly because I wanted a replacement for MacUpdater. It’s currently on **0.6.10 beta**, and I’m at the point where I really need more people using it on Macs that aren’t mine. So I’m giving out **free lifetime codes** to people here who are happy to test it and tell me what breaks. The basic idea is pretty simple: it scans your Applications folder, shows you what’s out of date, and lets you update everything from one place. It checks sources like Sparkle and Homebrew live rather than relying on me maintaining a massive database of version numbers. Right now it has pretty large coverage, and there’s a coverage checker on the site so you can see whether your own apps are supported before even downloading it. If Floodtide *can’t* reliably check something, it tells you. I didn't want an app it knows nothing about to just look like it's up to date. Those apps go into a Check Failed section and you can see which sources were tried. A few other things that might be useful: * **macOS 13+** * **Apple notarized and signed** * update checks are done against the relevant sources from your Mac, and there's **no account required** * checks and updates run in parallel, so it’s pretty quick even with a lot of apps installed * backups are made before replacing an app, so you can undo an update * **589 unit tests** * another **138 checks** covering real downloads/installs and things like tampered updates that Floodtide should refuse * **1
Aug 26, 2026
r/macapps
[OS] CoreEQ, a system-wide equalizer that doesn't install an audio driver
**Problem:** macOS still has no built-in equalizer, and I wanted one EQ for everything coming out of the speakers: music, YouTube, calls, games. Every option I tried wanted to install a virtual audio driver first, so I wrote my own a month ago for my own machine. I'm posting it here because I figure other people have the same itch, and I'd be glad if it's useful to someone else. **Comparison:** eqMac (free) and SoundSource ($47) both work by routing your audio through a virtual driver they install into the system. CoreEQ uses Apple's Core Audio process-tap API instead, so nothing lands in /Library/Audio, there's no reboot, and quitting the app puts your sound back on its normal path immediately. The rest of it: * 11-band graphic EQ, plus up to 16 parametric bands with your own frequency, gain and Q * Live response curve you can drag directly, with a spectrum analyzer drawn behind it * 22 built-in presets plus your own, and an auto preamp so comparing two presets isn't just a loudness test * Settings follow the output device, so your headphone curve comes back when you plug in headphones * Bass/mid/treble from the menu bar without opening a window **Pricing:** Free and open source (Apache 2.0). [https://github.com/AndreyPudov/core-eq](https://github.com/AndreyPudov/core-eq) brew tap andreypudov/core-eq brew trust andreypudov/core-eq brew install --cask core-eq xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/CoreEQ.app Needs macOS 14.2 or later. It isn't notarized yet, so the firs
Aug 26, 2026
r/macapps
DriveVault for Mac - basically Ctrl+F for all your unplugged hard drives [Summer Update v1.2.6]
***TLDR: DriveVault creates an offline version of your external hard drives, so you don't need to plug in drives to find files anymore. We've made some big updates recently + giving away some free starter access to the Reddit community - message me for promo code.*** Summer has been a huge few months for DriveVault - a tonne of user requested features shipped, plus a good clear-out of post-launch bugs. v1.2.6 is out now and it's the biggest one yet. Details at the bottom. **Problem** \- If you have multiple external hard drives then finding the file or project you're looking for can mean plugging lots of drives in to find it - a waste of time. DriveVault is a macOS app that creates a visual offline mirror of your drives, so you can search every file in your drive library without plugging anything in. Scan a drive once and it stays searchable offline, forever. **Comparison** \- There are old cataloging apps out there like NeoFinder or DiskCatalogMaker, but they feel dated, you need to read an instruction manual to even complete basic tasks in them and visually just aren't that nice to work in anymore. I wanted to build something native to macOS that feels powerful and created for visual / creative people. DriveVault works completely offline, no cloud, no subscriptions. **Pricing and availability** Download on the Mac App Store here: [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/drivevault-offline-catalog/id6751731655?mt=12](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/drivevault-offline-catalog/id675173165
Aug 26, 2026
r/macapps
CapMeter: a menu bar app that predicts when you'll hit your Claude limit
Hi, I'm the developer of CapMeter, an independent app that is not affiliated with Anthropic. **Problem** Claude tells you how much of your session is left, but not when it will run out, and those are two different questions. 60% left can be the rest of your afternoon or the next twenty minutes, depending on what you are running. I kept getting cut off mid-task because I could see the percentage and still had no idea whether I would make it to the end. CapMeter watches how fast you are burning through your session and turns that into a time: "limit in \~1h 17m". It sits in your menu bar and shows: * A color-coded ring for the current session, green through orange to red * Session, weekly and per-model limits, each counting down to its own reset * Daily-peak history with 7, 14, 30 and 90 day chart ranges, weekly comparison, CSV and JSON export * Multiple Claude accounts, switchable without opening a browser You sign in to Claude inside the app, on Claude's own sign-in page, and it keeps the session token from that. It does not touch your browser and runs in its own isolated cookie container. No API key, no account with me, no backend, no analytics. The token is encrypted in the macOS Keychain and it never reads your conversations. **Comparison** Claude Usage Tracker, the open source one on GitHub, is the closest thing to a default here, and most of the free trackers on the App Store work the same way: they show the percentage you have used, and they show it accurately. That was
Aug 26, 2026
r/macapps
Floodtide - update all your mac apps from one place (mac updater alternative)
I’ve been building a Mac app updater called Floodtide, mostly because I wanted a replacement for MacUpdater. It’s currently on **0.6.10 beta**, and I’m at the point where I really need more people using it on Macs that aren’t mine. So I’m giving out **free lifetime codes** to people here who are happy to test it and tell me what breaks. The basic idea is pretty simple: it scans your Applications folder, shows you what’s out of date, and lets you update everything from one place. It checks sources like Sparkle and Homebrew live rather than relying on me maintaining a massive database of version numbers. Right now it has pretty large coverage, and there’s a coverage checker on the site so you can see whether your own apps are supported before even downloading it. If Floodtide *can’t* reliably check something, it tells you. I didn't want an app it knows nothing about to just look like it's up to date. Those apps go into a Check Failed section and you can see which sources were tried. A few other things that might be useful: * **macOS 13+** * **Apple notarized and signed** * update checks are done against the relevant sources from your Mac, and there's **no account required** * checks and updates run in parallel, so it’s pretty quick even with a lot of apps installed * backups are made before replacing an app, so you can undo an update * **589 unit tests** * another **138 checks** covering real downloads/installs and things like tampered updates that Floodtide should refuse * **1
Aug 26, 2026
r/macapps
Panelet 1.0 - keep the same few windows together as one workspace, and swap them by dragging
Hi everyone, I am Luke, the developer of Panelet. I posted here about version 0.2.2 six weeks ago. Today I released 1.0. **Problem and why I made it** I use Mac for most of my work, and I usually have some fixed groups of apps. For coding it is editor, browser and terminal. For AI work I keep Claude and ChatGPT side by side. Every time I change task, these windows get mixed with all other windows and I need to arrange them again. Window managers can restore positions, but after restoring they are still separate windows. If I move something, hide an app or switch task, the group is easy to lose again. One time it is not a big problem. Many times every day it becomes annoying. So I made Panelet. You choose 2, 3 or 4 windows and Panelet keeps them as one workspace. You can resize them from the divider, move the whole group, hide it and show it again, or send it to another display. All apps are still normal native Mac windows. Panelet does not embed windows, read app content or record the screen. It uses Accessibility permission for moving, resizing, showing and hiding windows. **Why this one is 1.0** There are two main changes, and both of them change what a workspace is. **The same app can now be in one workspace more than once.** Before this, one app could only take one pane, so a workspace was a group of different apps. Now you can add Safari two times and get two Safari windows side by side, with different tabs and different history. Or four Chrome windows. Each pane keeps i
Aug 26, 2026
r/macapps
ArtDeck: Collect and study visual references. Now with a Free trial and Perspective tool!
I'm Alexandre, the solo developer of ArtDeck. I released it earlier this month, and the feedback I heard most was that people wanted to try it first. So ArtDeck 1.1 is now a free download with a full 7-Day Trial! Existing buyers kept Lifetime Access and the price is the same as before. # Problem My references were scattered between PureRef files, Notion for my repo of links, and Photoshop to study them. ArtDeck keeps images, videos, GIFs, PDFs, links, and notes together on an infinite board. The native Mac app supports drag and drop, an always-on-top window, optional iCloud sync, and exports to images, PDF, or an `.artdeck` archive. # Comparison PureRef remains the better choice if you want the leanest desktop reference window. ArtDeck has a gallery and is also for studying references: Notan and value bands, palette extraction, measurement, onion skinning, and now Perspective. In 1.1, you can place vanishing points and horizons over images, videos, and GIFs. Freeform remains better for live collaboration. # Pricing The full 7-Day Trial is free and does not renew. Lifetime Access is $5.99 USD (US) once, supports Family Sharing, and covers Mac, iPhone, and iPad. No subscription. [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/artdeck/id6764851724) [Website](https://getartdeck.com/) (I also share themes for the app and downloadable boards with useful links per-theme, I'm going to keep adding to them) I'm promoting my own app, and feedback on the Mac version (or any version) is welcome!
Aug 26, 2026
r/macapps
Eno PDF - AI that shows its work - Now in the App Store!
Hi, I'm the founder of [Eno PDF](http://enopdf.com/) and I am excited to announce that, after a year of development, we were accepted to the [Mac App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/eno-pdf/id6786029301?mt=12) yesterday! Eno PDF is purely for research and analysis. It doesn't have any editing functionality. I built it to scratch my own itch. As a lawyer, I found that when I tried to use the AI tools on the market to ask legal questions, I was never quite sure if I could trust the answer. Eno is designed to answer questions by showing you literal renderings of your documents, so you spend less time reading AI slop and more time reading your actual source material. Competitors fall into a few categories: \- General AI: Claude / Chat GPT \- PDF Readers: Adobe Acrobat / various "AI chat with your PDF" apps \- Document Repository AI: Notebook LM / Acrobat Spaces \- Legal Industry Specific: Harvey / Legora Each of these products have features that take one or more documents and answer questions with AI but their outputs are invariably long paragraphs of AI written text with little grounding in your source documents. At best, they will have "citations" which vaguely point to some page of your document. I'd rather read my documents first-hand to get answers! There are some other common limitations of tools on the market: \- PDF readers with integrated AI chats can usually only reason across a single document at a time. Eno PDF can open folders with hundreds of PDFs and search ac
Aug 26, 2026
Hacker News
Hacker News
Ask HN: Are you still using AI code autocomplete?
With all the recent progress in coding assistants, I've been wondering whether AI-powered autocomplete is still an important part of developers' workflows. I personally never got into the habit of using it very heavily. By the time I started having access to decent AI autocomplete tools, things like Cline and Augment were already around, so I ended up relying more on assistants instead. That made me curious about how other people use it today. Do you still use Cursor Tab, Copilot, or something similar? If you also use coding assistants, do you find yourself using AI autocomplete less, or do the two complement each other?
Aug 26, 2026
How it works?
Turn a link into a decision in 3 steps
https://screen.studio/
read public page
identify apps + claims
keep source attached
1. Paste a link
Start with a product page, review, comparison, or public discussion.
2. Choose what matters
Keep the apps and buyer factors that actually affect your decision.
3. Create reusable Research
Save the result, add priorities, share it, or use someone else's work as your starting point.
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Research that reduces uncertainty, not just tabs
Source-backed research
Every published answer stays attached to the source that supports it, so you can verify before you buy.
Comparison that fits the decision
Compare the apps you choose across category-specific factors, not a generic checklist that fits nothing.
Research you can reuse
Save a comparison as Research, add your own priorities, share it, or use someone else's work as a starting point.
Public facts, private thinking
Public facts remain evidence-backed while your notes, priorities, and decisions stay yours until you publish them.
Private notes
Stay separate from public facts.
Evidence model · live
Research that stays traceable
Missing evidence remains an open question. Conflicts stay visible.
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Connect agents to structured Mac app research so they can plan, investigate, expose evidence gaps, and keep every answer traceable.
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Compare Screen Studio, ScreenSage Pro, and Tella for polished Mac product demos.
Focus on zoom, cursor polish, editing, system audio, export, pricing, and local workflow.
Planner
Turn 48 buyer factors into a focused research plan
Reader
Open official product, docs, pricing, support, and release pages
Extractor
Attach facts to evidence instead of answering from memory
Critic
Re-search missing or conflicting fields until the stop rule fires
Works with the sources you already use
PRODUCT SOURCES
COMMUNITY SOURCES
TheMacApps exists because a directory tells you what exists, but a purchase decision needs evidence: what matters for this category, what each app actually supports, what changed, and which source proves it.
Public facts stay separate from your personal Research, so better sources can improve shared knowledge without overwriting anyone's notes or decisions.
Research the decision, not the marketing page.
- Keep evidence visible.
- Keep missing facts as open questions.
- Reuse good Research instead of restarting from zero.
That is the product.
Panelet 1.0 - keep the same few windows together as one workspace, and swap them by dragging
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Research access that matches how you work
Start free. Save, reuse, and publish Research when it becomes part of your workflow.
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FAQ
What kinds of links can I research?
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Can I add my own research fields?
Do I need an account to analyze a URL?
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Where does TheMacApps get its evidence?
What happens when sources disagree?
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Can Research change when an app changes?
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RustDesk
Remotr (native macOS RDP server) is back with a big update — thanks for the feedback last time [Updated v0.7.03]
Hey everyone! Remotr is back with a solid round of updates. Thank you for the response to the original post — I was genuinely surprised by how many people tried it out, and honestly moved by how much detailed feedback and bug reports came in. That feedback directly shaped what I worked on next. Since then it's been heads-down work, and I just shipped a big batch of improvements: * RemoteFX quality & streaming optimizations — smoother, sharper video * Multi-monitor improvements — even with a single-display Mac, multi-monitor clients are now properly supported * Camera support — use your iPhone/Android front or back camera, or your client desktop's webcam, as a remote camera source * Easier printer switching — quickly pick from printer drivers already installed on the client * Audio & microphone enhancements RustDesk or JumpDesktop tend to be the default picks people mention, but if you're looking for a Mac-native option, Remotr connects straight through Windows' built-in RDP client with zero extra software on their end — might be worth considering as another option. Still plenty on the roadmap, so updates will keep coming. 🔗 [https://remotr.app](https://remotr.app?ref=reddit) 🔗 [Product Hunt](https://www.producthunt.com/products/remotr-native-macos-rdp-server?launch=remotr) 🔗 [X](https://x.com/_bckim_) 🔗 [Email](mailto:bckim.official@gmail.com)
Aug 27, 2026
Hacker News
Wispr Flow
I keep getting flagged for AI, but I suck at writing. How can I solve this?
So I write posts in my own language, but admittedly I suck at writing, and I kind of hate my writing voice in general. So then I go to Claude and I just ask it to clean it up. I'm not asking it to rewrite. I'm asking it to fix my spelling, add a comma, do the things that high school English should have taught me but spellcheck ruined me with. I also, more than anything, now use voice-to-text to shout out to Wispr Flow when writing. Sometimes that free thought makes it worse because now I just get to ramble and someone listens to me. All I'm trying to do is clean it up and make it easy to digest on the end, but I keep getting flagged for any thoughts, ideas, suggestions, or just for rail on me for sucking. Also, I'm going to see what happens with this post because literally just talking into my computer and going to see if I'm flagged again. No AI was even considered in writing this.
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Aug 26, 2026
r/macapps
Orange
CapMeter: a menu bar app that predicts when you'll hit your Claude limit
Hi, I'm the developer of CapMeter, an independent app that is not affiliated with Anthropic. **Problem** Claude tells you how much of your session is left, but not when it will run out, and those are two different questions. 60% left can be the rest of your afternoon or the next twenty minutes, depending on what you are running. I kept getting cut off mid-task because I could see the percentage and still had no idea whether I would make it to the end. CapMeter watches how fast you are burning through your session and turns that into a time: "limit in \~1h 17m". It sits in your menu bar and shows: * A color-coded ring for the current session, green through orange to red * Session, weekly and per-model limits, each counting down to its own reset * Daily-peak history with 7, 14, 30 and 90 day chart ranges, weekly comparison, CSV and JSON export * Multiple Claude accounts, switchable without opening a browser You sign in to Claude inside the app, on Claude's own sign-in page, and it keeps the session token from that. It does not touch your browser and runs in its own isolated cookie container. No API key, no account with me, no backend, no analytics. The token is encrypted in the macOS Keychain and it never reads your conversations. **Comparison** Claude Usage Tracker, the open source one on GitHub, is the closest thing to a default here, and most of the free trackers on the App Store work the same way: they show the percentage you have used, and they show it accurately. That was
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Aug 26, 2026
r/macapps
Notion
ArtDeck: Collect and study visual references. Now with a Free trial and Perspective tool!
I'm Alexandre, the solo developer of ArtDeck. I released it earlier this month, and the feedback I heard most was that people wanted to try it first. So ArtDeck 1.1 is now a free download with a full 7-Day Trial! Existing buyers kept Lifetime Access and the price is the same as before. # Problem My references were scattered between PureRef files, Notion for my repo of links, and Photoshop to study them. ArtDeck keeps images, videos, GIFs, PDFs, links, and notes together on an infinite board. The native Mac app supports drag and drop, an always-on-top window, optional iCloud sync, and exports to images, PDF, or an `.artdeck` archive. # Comparison PureRef remains the better choice if you want the leanest desktop reference window. ArtDeck has a gallery and is also for studying references: Notan and value bands, palette extraction, measurement, onion skinning, and now Perspective. In 1.1, you can place vanishing points and horizons over images, videos, and GIFs. Freeform remains better for live collaboration. # Pricing The full 7-Day Trial is free and does not renew. Lifetime Access is $5.99 USD (US) once, supports Family Sharing, and covers Mac, iPhone, and iPad. No subscription. [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/artdeck/id6764851724) [Website](https://getartdeck.com/) (I also share themes for the app and downloadable boards with useful links per-theme, I'm going to keep adding to them) I'm promoting my own app, and feedback on the Mac version (or any version) is welcome!
Aug 26, 2026
Hacker News
Hacker News
Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $13B
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nvidia-agrees-buy-op... (paywalled) https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/24/hugging-face-reportedly-in...
Aug 27, 2026
r/macapps
eqMac
[OS] CoreEQ, a system-wide equalizer that doesn't install an audio driver
**Problem:** macOS still has no built-in equalizer, and I wanted one EQ for everything coming out of the speakers: music, YouTube, calls, games. Every option I tried wanted to install a virtual audio driver first, so I wrote my own a month ago for my own machine. I'm posting it here because I figure other people have the same itch, and I'd be glad if it's useful to someone else. **Comparison:** eqMac (free) and SoundSource ($47) both work by routing your audio through a virtual driver they install into the system. CoreEQ uses Apple's Core Audio process-tap API instead, so nothing lands in /Library/Audio, there's no reboot, and quitting the app puts your sound back on its normal path immediately. The rest of it: * 11-band graphic EQ, plus up to 16 parametric bands with your own frequency, gain and Q * Live response curve you can drag directly, with a spectrum analyzer drawn behind it * 22 built-in presets plus your own, and an auto preamp so comparing two presets isn't just a loudness test * Settings follow the output device, so your headphone curve comes back when you plug in headphones * Bass/mid/treble from the menu bar without opening a window **Pricing:** Free and open source (Apache 2.0). [https://github.com/AndreyPudov/core-eq](https://github.com/AndreyPudov/core-eq) brew tap andreypudov/core-eq brew trust andreypudov/core-eq brew install --cask core-eq xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/CoreEQ.app Needs macOS 14.2 or later. It isn't notarized yet, so the firs
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Aug 26, 2026
r/macapps
Floodtide - update all your mac apps from one place (mac updater alternative)
I’ve been building a Mac app updater called Floodtide, mostly because I wanted a replacement for MacUpdater. It’s currently on **0.6.10 beta**, and I’m at the point where I really need more people using it on Macs that aren’t mine. So I’m giving out **free lifetime codes** to people here who are happy to test it and tell me what breaks. The basic idea is pretty simple: it scans your Applications folder, shows you what’s out of date, and lets you update everything from one place. It checks sources like Sparkle and Homebrew live rather than relying on me maintaining a massive database of version numbers. Right now it has pretty large coverage, and there’s a coverage checker on the site so you can see whether your own apps are supported before even downloading it. If Floodtide *can’t* reliably check something, it tells you. I didn't want an app it knows nothing about to just look like it's up to date. Those apps go into a Check Failed section and you can see which sources were tried. A few other things that might be useful: * **macOS 13+** * **Apple notarized and signed** * update checks are done against the relevant sources from your Mac, and there's **no account required** * checks and updates run in parallel, so it’s pretty quick even with a lot of apps installed * backups are made before replacing an app, so you can undo an update * **589 unit tests** * another **138 checks** covering real downloads/installs and things like tampered updates that Floodtide should refuse * **1
Aug 26, 2026
r/macapps
Claude
Eno PDF - AI that shows its work - Now in the App Store!
Hi, I'm the founder of [Eno PDF](http://enopdf.com/) and I am excited to announce that, after a year of development, we were accepted to the [Mac App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/eno-pdf/id6786029301?mt=12) yesterday! Eno PDF is purely for research and analysis. It doesn't have any editing functionality. I built it to scratch my own itch. As a lawyer, I found that when I tried to use the AI tools on the market to ask legal questions, I was never quite sure if I could trust the answer. Eno is designed to answer questions by showing you literal renderings of your documents, so you spend less time reading AI slop and more time reading your actual source material. Competitors fall into a few categories: \- General AI: Claude / Chat GPT \- PDF Readers: Adobe Acrobat / various "AI chat with your PDF" apps \- Document Repository AI: Notebook LM / Acrobat Spaces \- Legal Industry Specific: Harvey / Legora Each of these products have features that take one or more documents and answer questions with AI but their outputs are invariably long paragraphs of AI written text with little grounding in your source documents. At best, they will have "citations" which vaguely point to some page of your document. I'd rather read my documents first-hand to get answers! There are some other common limitations of tools on the market: \- PDF readers with integrated AI chats can usually only reason across a single document at a time. Eno PDF can open folders with hundreds of PDFs and search ac
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Tried Omarchy for a few hours on my MacBook and ended up buying a mini PC… This is sick! 1. Keyboard shortcuts for everything. macOS and Windows have shortcuts for many features too, but Omarchy’s shortcuts feel great, and the UX is solid.
SUPER+ENTER opens a terminal, SUPER+SHIFT+X opens Twitter, and SUPER+CTRL+RETURN opens Herdr. Lord… and these are all defaults. 2. A solid window manager. Open windows don’t stack on top of one another like they do on other operating systems. Instead, Omarchy lays them out beautifully in a grid. Web apps open in borderless windows, making websites like Twitter feel like native apps. You can also use shortcuts to zoom and move windows around while the layout is handled automatically, no manual resizing or positioning needed. 3. Agentic integration. Set your default agent, then press SUPER+~ to open a dropdown AI chatbot. You also get a beautifully designed usage indicator in the top-right corner. The OS ships with its own skill, so you can ask your agent to do almost anything for you. I used Codex to fix the time because I didn’t know how to set the timezone, as well as the Codex plan meters. Omarchy even shows a notification asking whether you want to diagnose a crashed process, with the details attached, even when it’s your own program, so you can figure out how to fix the bug! 4. Really polished design, and it runs incredibly smoothly. It’s easy to swap out the default agent, browser, terminal, and editor. The best part is that it’s opini
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Aug 26, 2026
r/macapps
NeoFinder
DriveVault for Mac - basically Ctrl+F for all your unplugged hard drives [Summer Update v1.2.6]
***TLDR: DriveVault creates an offline version of your external hard drives, so you don't need to plug in drives to find files anymore. We've made some big updates recently + giving away some free starter access to the Reddit community - message me for promo code.*** Summer has been a huge few months for DriveVault - a tonne of user requested features shipped, plus a good clear-out of post-launch bugs. v1.2.6 is out now and it's the biggest one yet. Details at the bottom. **Problem** \- If you have multiple external hard drives then finding the file or project you're looking for can mean plugging lots of drives in to find it - a waste of time. DriveVault is a macOS app that creates a visual offline mirror of your drives, so you can search every file in your drive library without plugging anything in. Scan a drive once and it stays searchable offline, forever. **Comparison** \- There are old cataloging apps out there like NeoFinder or DiskCatalogMaker, but they feel dated, you need to read an instruction manual to even complete basic tasks in them and visually just aren't that nice to work in anymore. I wanted to build something native to macOS that feels powerful and created for visual / creative people. DriveVault works completely offline, no cloud, no subscriptions. **Pricing and availability** Download on the Mac App Store here: [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/drivevault-offline-catalog/id6751731655?mt=12](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/drivevault-offline-catalog/id675173165
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Aug 26, 2026
r/macapps
Claude
Panelet 1.0 - keep the same few windows together as one workspace, and swap them by dragging
Hi everyone, I am Luke, the developer of Panelet. I posted here about version 0.2.2 six weeks ago. Today I released 1.0. **Problem and why I made it** I use Mac for most of my work, and I usually have some fixed groups of apps. For coding it is editor, browser and terminal. For AI work I keep Claude and ChatGPT side by side. Every time I change task, these windows get mixed with all other windows and I need to arrange them again. Window managers can restore positions, but after restoring they are still separate windows. If I move something, hide an app or switch task, the group is easy to lose again. One time it is not a big problem. Many times every day it becomes annoying. So I made Panelet. You choose 2, 3 or 4 windows and Panelet keeps them as one workspace. You can resize them from the divider, move the whole group, hide it and show it again, or send it to another display. All apps are still normal native Mac windows. Panelet does not embed windows, read app content or record the screen. It uses Accessibility permission for moving, resizing, showing and hiding windows. **Why this one is 1.0** There are two main changes, and both of them change what a workspace is. **The same app can now be in one workspace more than once.** Before this, one app could only take one pane, so a workspace was a group of different apps. Now you can add Safari two times and get two Safari windows side by side, with different tabs and different history. Or four Chrome windows. Each pane keeps i
Aug 26, 2026
Hacker News
Hacker News
Ask HN: Are you still using AI code autocomplete?
With all the recent progress in coding assistants, I've been wondering whether AI-powered autocomplete is still an important part of developers' workflows. I personally never got into the habit of using it very heavily. By the time I started having access to decent AI autocomplete tools, things like Cline and Augment were already around, so I ended up relying more on assistants instead. That made me curious about how other people use it today. Do you still use Cursor Tab, Copilot, or something similar? If you also use coding assistants, do you find yourself using AI autocomplete less, or do the two complement each other?
Aug 26, 2026
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