Evidence-first research
Turn product pages, reviews, and discussions into Mac app research you can verify before you buy.
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Show HN: Loop-find, trim, rotate and crop videos in the browser, no upload
I built this with Claude to trim, loop and patch a lot of short clips quickly. I'm new to video editing, and every tool people recommended needed an install and was built around editing one video at a time. So I made a basic browser version, free and no sign-up, and kept adding small things as I needed them: a loop finder (it searches the clip for the frame that best matches your in point), tilt, colour, patching, cropping, rotating, removing audio, and a batch export. Funnily enough there's no AI in the editor itself. I know that's the hype in video right now, but every test I did with AI editing or generation came out worse than just shooting more. So I shoot and edit a lot by hand, and use AI to build the tools that make that faster. Far from perfect, but it's fast. Everything runs in the browser with ffmpeg.wasm and files never leave your machine. Straight cuts are a stream copy, so they take seconds. There's an opt-in server option for re-encodes on slow machines or big files, which might fall over if too many of you try it at once. It's mostly Claude-built. I know that puts some people off. I still think it's useful: I couldn't find an easy, no-install browser version of this, though I'm sure other tools do similar things. The nice part for me is that I can keep adding things myself. If there's interest I might open source it, although honestly it's not hard to rebuild with Claude.
Sep 26, 2026
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Ask HN: Why doesn't Apple provide Xcode 27's markdown editor as a separate app?
Opening a .md file will load it into the WYSIWYG editor in Xcode. But why doesn't Apple provide a standalone markdown editor app much like it provides a standalone FileMerge app?
Sep 26, 2026
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Show HN: Reladraw – A diagram language where you decide where to place things
I love making diagrams to help understand, plan, etc. However, the options are (A) auto-placement languages like Mermaid or Graphviz (which don't let me decide how the diagram looks), or (B) software like Draw.io which are powerful but are very time consuming (and inefficient for agents to manipulate). I wanted to have the benefits of both, where you can define a diagram in a diagram language, but also retain a high degree of control over what the diagram looks like. I also wanted this to work well for humans and agents. On the Github link, there's a playground where you can try it out without installation. There's also instructions for a simple npm install and for installing a skill you can use with Claude or other agents.
Sep 26, 2026
r/macapps
Resonance - Local Music Player
# Presenting our 2000s-era inspired music player for the people who hate subscriptions and algorithms. We've seen a lot of people on Reddit / YouTube / TikTok and so on asking themselves: *what happened to software?* Why don't we get cool UIs anymore? Why is everything locked out behind a log in, why is everything harvesting your data, pushing ads at you, and quietly rewriting the algorithm everytime? We remember when software had a "soul", when your music player didn't spam you with the current song the algorithm wanted to push (no hate on Taylor Swift, but why do I keep getting her album recommended?), Apps that didn't track what you listened to to create a sellable profile, and simply played the files? That's it, it's the whole idea behind **Resonance**: a pure-local player with a skeuomorphic design. It's small, always-on-top, draggable, it's made to feel more like a piece of hardware sitting on your desktop than a window. The 2000s look is 100% on purpose. **What it does:** * **Plays your files:** wherever they live on disk, MP3, FLAC, M4A/AAC, ALAC, AIFF (macOS), WAV, OGG/Opus are all supported. * **Import:** Drag & drop or pick a folder / USB stick / external drive, even a mounted SMB share. * **Transportable:** You can put the app and the library on the same USB drive and run it off that. No install (if you want). * **Equalizer:** 10-band EQ + L/R balance * **Style presets (skins):** One ships with the app, the rest are made by users (you 🫵). Skins can be exported as
Sep 26, 2026
r/macapps
Charya: your Mac learns your routine and sets itself up before you sit down (class slides open, laptop muted, windows in place). No rules to write, learns entirely on your Mac. [Free]
Developer here! :D Charya is a native Swift menu-bar app that learns what you do on your Mac and gets it ready before you need it. **Problem:** Every time you sit down to do something, the first few minutes go to setup. Before a lecture you mute the laptop, open your notes, dig up this week's slides, open a calculator and drag the windows where you like them. Before a call you find the link and open your notes. None of it is hard, but it's the same setup every time, and that friction is exactly what turns "I'll start now" into "I'll start in 10 minutes." Apps that open a saved set of apps already exist (Workspaces, Shortcuts automations, Keyboard Maestro). You have to build every set by hand in all of them. Charya learns them. **How it works:** 1. **It watches.** For about a week, Charya notices what you open after you open your Mac, and in what context: the time, your calendar, your Wi-Fi, your displays, your AirPods, whether you're on battery. It reads your calendar, so it already knows when your classes and meetings are and only has to learn what you open for them. 2. **It asks once.** When it spots a pattern, it asks: "Set up for MA 265?" 3. **It takes over.** After you've said yes a few times, it sets up on its own every time that class comes around: apps, documents, web pages, window layout, volume, brightness and Focus. And you can always undo it. Say your 8am gets cancelled: press Undo (right there when it tells you it set up, or in the menu bar any time after) and ev
Sep 26, 2026
r/macapps
FileWorks: a free dual-pane file manager for macOS, from the developer of Start (Mac App Store since 2016)
Hi [r/macapps](/r/macapps/), I'm Gerald from Innovative Bytes. I've been selling Start, a launcher for macOS, on the Mac App Store for about 10 years. FileWorks is my new app. **Problem** Finder is fine for browsing, but it gets tedious when you move a lot of files between folders. There's no second panel, copy jobs don't queue, you can't create a new file from a template and there's no proper batch rename. FileWorks puts two folders side by side and lets you do all of that from the keyboard (F5 copy, F6 move). It still uses Quick Look, Finder tags, Finder comments and iCloud status, so it feels like a Mac app. A few things I use every day: * **Transfer queue** **with a conflict dialog**. When you move files, the originals are only removed after the copies have arrived * **New files from your own templates**: meeting notes with a fixed outline, a letter with your letterhead, a Numbers sheet with formulas, even a whole project folder with subfolders. Any file works as a template, and the templates folder can live in iCloud Drive so all your Macs share it * **Open archives like folders**, create them, and verify them * **Batch rename with a live preview**, selection by pattern, colour rules * **Custom tools**: shell or Python scripts and Shortcuts. File names are passed safely and never turned into commands * **Checksums**: find duplicates and verify downloads * **Single pane mode** if you only need one folder **Comparison** * ForkLift: very polished and strong on remote server
Sep 26, 2026
r/macapps
Any Mac app you bought just because it looks and feels so good?
Like, the app is useful, but it looks so nice that it makes you immediately want to buy it. Because recent days hear so many topics about design is dying.
Sep 26, 2026
r/macapps
Halo: MacOS Notch Utility
Hey r/MacApps! I’m Pranav, an independent developer from Mauritius, and I’ve been working on Halo, a customizable notch utility for macOS. [https://halo.redstoneinvente.com](https://halo.redstoneinvente.com/) # Problem The MacBook notch takes up a fairly significant part of the menu bar, but by default it doesn’t really do anything. Halo turns that space into something useful. It can hold media controls, calendars, timers, clipboard tools, launchers, system information, Live Activities, Pixel Pal, minimized app windows, and more. I also wanted Halo to work for two very different kinds of users. If you just want something polished without configuring a hundred things, there’s Simple Mode. If you’re the kind of person who wants to tweak layouts, surfaces, widgets, animations, sizing, backgrounds, notch behaviour and basically everything else, there’s Advanced Mode. # Comparison The closest alternatives are apps like NotchNook and DynamicLake. Where I wanted Halo to go further is customization and extensibility. Instead of giving you one fixed notch experience, Halo lets you build something much closer to your own setup. It also includes things like app and window bubbles around the notch, a visual workspace for layouts, and support for third-party app integrations. At the same time, Simple Mode means you don't have to touch any of that if you don't want to. # Pricing Halo Lifetime: $24.99 Halo Monthly: $2.99/mo Educational discounts also available You can see Halo and the full
Sep 26, 2026
r/macapps
Charya: your Mac learns your routine and sets itself up before you sit down (class slides open, laptop muted, windows in place). No rules to write, learns entirely on your Mac. [Free]
Developer here! :D Charya is a native Swift menu-bar app that learns what you do on your Mac and gets it ready before you need it. **Problem:** Every time you sit down to do something, the first few minutes go to setup. Before a lecture you mute the laptop, open your notes, dig up this week's slides, open a calculator and drag the windows where you like them. Before a call you find the link and open your notes. None of it is hard, but it's the same setup every time, and that friction is exactly what turns "I'll start now" into "I'll start in 10 minutes." Apps that open a saved set of apps already exist (Workspaces, Shortcuts automations, Keyboard Maestro). You have to build every set by hand in all of them. Charya learns them. **How it works:** 1. **It watches.** For about a week, Charya notices what you open after you open your Mac, and in what context: the time, your calendar, your Wi-Fi, your displays, your AirPods, whether you're on battery. It reads your calendar, so it already knows when your classes and meetings are and only has to learn what you open for them. 2. **It asks once.** When it spots a pattern, it asks: "Set up for MA 265?" 3. **It takes over.** After you've said yes a few times, it sets up on its own every time that class comes around: apps, documents, web pages, window layout, volume, brightness and Focus. And you can always undo it. Say your 8am gets cancelled: press Undo (right there when it tells you it set up, or in the menu bar any time after) and ev
Sep 26, 2026
r/macapps
FileWorks: a free dual-pane file manager for macOS, from the developer of Start (Mac App Store since 2016)
Hi [r/macapps](/r/macapps/), I'm Gerald from Innovative Bytes. I've been selling Start, a launcher for macOS, on the Mac App Store for about 10 years. FileWorks is my new app. **Problem** Finder is fine for browsing, but it gets tedious when you move a lot of files between folders. There's no second panel, copy jobs don't queue, you can't create a new file from a template and there's no proper batch rename. FileWorks puts two folders side by side and lets you do all of that from the keyboard (F5 copy, F6 move). It still uses Quick Look, Finder tags, Finder comments and iCloud status, so it feels like a Mac app. A few things I use every day: * **Transfer queue** **with a conflict dialog**. When you move files, the originals are only removed after the copies have arrived * **New files from your own templates**: meeting notes with a fixed outline, a letter with your letterhead, a Numbers sheet with formulas, even a whole project folder with subfolders. Any file works as a template, and the templates folder can live in iCloud Drive so all your Macs share it * **Open archives like folders**, create them, and verify them * **Batch rename with a live preview**, selection by pattern, colour rules * **Custom tools**: shell or Python scripts and Shortcuts. File names are passed safely and never turned into commands * **Checksums**: find duplicates and verify downloads * **Single pane mode** if you only need one folder **Comparison** * ForkLift: very polished and strong on remote server
Sep 26, 2026
r/macapps
Any Mac app you bought just because it looks and feels so good?
Like, the app is useful, but it looks so nice that it makes you immediately want to buy it. Because recent days hear so many topics about design is dying.
Sep 26, 2026
r/macapps
Halo: MacOS Notch Utility
Hey r/MacApps! I’m Pranav, an independent developer from Mauritius, and I’ve been working on Halo, a customizable notch utility for macOS. [https://halo.redstoneinvente.com](https://halo.redstoneinvente.com/) # Problem The MacBook notch takes up a fairly significant part of the menu bar, but by default it doesn’t really do anything. Halo turns that space into something useful. It can hold media controls, calendars, timers, clipboard tools, launchers, system information, Live Activities, Pixel Pal, minimized app windows, and more. I also wanted Halo to work for two very different kinds of users. If you just want something polished without configuring a hundred things, there’s Simple Mode. If you’re the kind of person who wants to tweak layouts, surfaces, widgets, animations, sizing, backgrounds, notch behaviour and basically everything else, there’s Advanced Mode. # Comparison The closest alternatives are apps like NotchNook and DynamicLake. Where I wanted Halo to go further is customization and extensibility. Instead of giving you one fixed notch experience, Halo lets you build something much closer to your own setup. It also includes things like app and window bubbles around the notch, a visual workspace for layouts, and support for third-party app integrations. At the same time, Simple Mode means you don't have to touch any of that if you don't want to. # Pricing Halo Lifetime: $24.99 Halo Monthly: $2.99/mo Educational discounts also available You can see Halo and the full
Sep 26, 2026
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Show HN: A Claude Code skill to analyze your chess games
Hello HN, It started as an experiment: can Claude play chess properly if it uses vision instead of PGN notation? Somehow it can. The next experiment was to see whether Claude + Stockfish could explain a game. Somehow it can too. A few sessions later, I had a system that takes my live audio notes (or text, for that matter) and a vague instruction like "analyze my last lichess game", and gives me a commented video of the game. The result is not perfect and it takes time to deliver (an hour or so), but for me it is a much more pleasant and memorable experience than clicking around Stockfish branches. It burns tokens, so make sure you have enough quota. From the session logs, the last analyzed game would have cost around $15 at API prices. The fact that it reflects on my own thinking during the game makes it interesting from a teaching point of view, so I thought it was worth sharing.
Sep 26, 2026
r/macapps
Waves: A native, open-source, desktop app for downloading music from your own TIDAL account: search-first, art-forward, and built for people who'd rather click than type.
https://i.redd.it/039rwk41ovrh1.gif Hi r/macapps! I'm the developer of [Waves](https://getwaves.dev), a free, open-source, native desktop app for saving music from your own TIDAL account for offline listening. It's search-first, art-forward, and built for people who'd rather click than type. Waves launched in July, and 31 releases have landed since. I held off on posting here until the repo passed 100 stars, per this sub's rules, and I'm proud to say today Waves sits at 138 stars. # The problem it solves TIDAL's own Mac app is great for streaming, but it has no offline mode at all. Offline listening only exists in TIDAL's phone and tablet apps. The open-source route has been around for years in Tidal-DL-NG, actively maintained now as [Tidaler](https://github.com/maya-doshi/tidaler). It's a great application, but I was never fond of the GUI, and the developer made it clear they personally didn't use the GUI, so the interface would never be a priority. I'm a sucker for a beautiful graphical interface and tend to avoid the command line, so I built Waves from the ground up, originally for myself. I wanted an app that was fun to use and enamoring to interact with, with the reliability of what already worked, only better. The rule from day one has been don't break what works, but never stop improving what can be. There's a longer version of [why it's built this way](https://getwaves.dev/deep-dive/#why) on the site. # Native on the Mac * A real, compiled Mac app: one window drawn wi
Sep 26, 2026
r/macapps
Install any Chrome extensions in Safari
**The problems:** * Publishing a Safari extension means paying $99 a year * Safari is missing a bunch of APIs that Chrome has * Hardly any free Safari extensions exist * And if you sideload your own under a free account, it stops working after 7 days **What the CLI does:** * It's the engine. Converts a Chrome extension into a Safari one * Fills in the Chrome APIs Safari doesn't support * Runs in the terminal **What the app adds:** * Everything the CLI does, with a GUI * Install and manage extensions straight from the Chrome Web Store inside Safari * Resigns your extensions every week so they never expire * Auto updates the ones you installed from the Web Store * supports Intel Macs **Comparison:** * Apple has a similar tool `safari-web-extension-converter` * Apple's version **doesn't** handle missing APIs * Apple's version **breaks** complex extensions **Pricing:** **App:** * The **app is free** for testing 2 extensions **without weekly resigning or Web Store updates.** * The paid version is $**19** with **unlimited extensions, resigning and Web Store updates.** * The app is **source available** * use code `7UYX020` **for -15%** **CLI:** * The CLI is free * The CLI is **source available** * The CLI is available at npm **Download Links:** * Download the App: [https://magicelklabs.com/viaduct](https://magicelklabs.com/viaduct) * Download the CLI: [https://github.com/magicelk235/Viaduct-CLI](https://github.com/magicelk235/Viaduct-CLI) **About Me:** * Linkedin: [https://www.linke
Sep 26, 2026
r/macapps
[OS] Markraft: a free floating Markdown notepad for Mac
Hey everyone, I’ve been working on **Markraft**, a free, open-source Markdown notepad for Mac. The idea is simple: a note that’s one shortcut away, wherever you’re working. Press **Option+N** to bring it up over your current app, write something down, and press it again to put it away. It stays on top, so you can keep a checklist or some reference notes beside what you’re doing. Raycast Notes inspired the floating window, and Typora inspired the live Markdown editing. Formatting shows as you type, with Markdown syntax revealed around your cursor when you need to edit it. Your notes are just .md **files in a folder you choose**. You can use an existing notes folder and open the same files in other editors. Changes made outside Markraft show up in the app too. When saving, it preserves untouched parts of the original file, including their formatting. https://reddit.com/link/1wqprys/video/6nwggw1ylvrh1/player A few things it supports: * **Tables edited cell by cell**, task lists, images, and highlighted code blocks. * \[\[wiki links\]\] **With completion**, callouts, and footnotes. * **⌘P to find a note**, ⌘K for actions, and / to insert a block. * **In-note search** with highlighted matches. * **Optional Vim mode**, with motions, text objects, visual selection, and search. **It’s completely free and open source under the MIT license.** No account, subscription, or telemetry. For syncing between Macs, you can put the notes folder in iCloud Drive or another sync service. [https:/
Sep 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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Features
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.
RESEARCH LIBRARY
Mac launcher shortlist
6 apps · 11 key factors
Screen recorder research
15 apps · 48 factors
Buy-once utilities
8 apps · Pricing evidence
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.
Start a ResearchAI research agents
TheMacApps for AI research agents
Connect agents to structured Mac app research so they can plan, investigate, expose evidence gaps, and keep every answer traceable.
$ research screen.studio vs screensage.pro
✓ Connected acme.example
$ Compare Screen Studio, ScreenSage Pro, and Tella for polished Mac product demos.
Evidence covers zoom, cursor polish, system audio, pricing, and release history. Missing facts stay explicit instead of becoming guesses.
▍
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.
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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?
Public product pages, reviews, comparisons, discussions, documentation, and other public HTTP/HTTPS pages can be analyzed as a research starting point.
How are facts verified?
TheMacApps separates what a page claims from verified facts. Research cells keep source links and evidence state so missing evidence is never silently turned into a negative answer.
Can I compare more than two apps?
Yes. A Research can contain a broad comparison set, while the table keeps the first app pinned and lets you scroll across the rest.
Can I add my own research fields?
Yes. You can add the questions that matter to your purchase instead of waiting for a global schema to anticipate every niche app category.
Do I need an account to analyze a URL?
You can analyze a public URL before creating a saved Research. An account is required when you want the research to become your persistent asset.
Can Research be private?
Research supports private, unlisted, and public visibility. Personal notes are not exposed to other viewers of a public Research.
Can I use someone else's Research?
Yes. Use this research creates your own Research while preserving lineage to the source, so you can change priorities without rewriting public facts.
Is TheMacApps only a directory?
No. The catalog is the identity layer for apps; the core product is evidence-backed Research that turns scattered web pages into reusable purchase knowledge.
Where does TheMacApps get its evidence?
Research can cite official product sites, App Store pages, documentation, support pages, release notes, GitHub, reviews, Reddit, YouTube, X, and other public web sources.
What happens when sources disagree?
Conflicting evidence stays visible as conflicting. TheMacApps does not silently pick one source and present it as settled fact.
Does missing evidence mean a feature is unsupported?
No. Missing evidence remains an open question until a source supports a yes or no answer.
Can Research change when an app changes?
Yes. Public facts can be refreshed as products, pricing, requirements, and features change, while your private notes and priorities remain separate.
Can I share a Research without making it fully public?
Yes. Unlisted Research can be shared by link without appearing as a normal public listing.
Can I keep personal notes inside a Research?
Yes. Personal notes and decision context belong to your Research layer and are kept separate from reusable public facts.
Can I start from a Reddit or X discussion?
Yes. Public discussions can be analyzed as starting evidence, then the important product claims can be verified against stronger sources.
Can AI agents use TheMacApps research?
Yes. The research model is designed so agents can plan, investigate, identify evidence gaps, and work with structured app facts instead of opaque summaries.
Does TheMacApps research non-Mac software?
The product is centered on Mac apps and Mac buying decisions. Cross-platform products can appear when their Mac version is relevant to the comparison.
Can makers correct outdated information?
The evidence model is designed for corrections to be backed by newer or stronger sources rather than overwriting facts without traceability.
How is it better than another app directory?
Read the real conversations that become Research inputs.
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Loop
Show HN: Loop-find, trim, rotate and crop videos in the browser, no upload
I built this with Claude to trim, loop and patch a lot of short clips quickly. I'm new to video editing, and every tool people recommended needed an install and was built around editing one video at a time. So I made a basic browser version, free and no sign-up, and kept adding small things as I needed them: a loop finder (it searches the clip for the frame that best matches your in point), tilt, colour, patching, cropping, rotating, removing audio, and a batch export. Funnily enough there's no AI in the editor itself. I know that's the hype in video right now, but every test I did with AI editing or generation came out worse than just shooting more. So I shoot and edit a lot by hand, and use AI to build the tools that make that faster. Far from perfect, but it's fast. Everything runs in the browser with ffmpeg.wasm and files never leave your machine. Straight cuts are a stream copy, so they take seconds. There's an opt-in server option for re-encodes on slow machines or big files, which might fall over if too many of you try it at once. It's mostly Claude-built. I know that puts some people off. I still think it's useful: I couldn't find an easy, no-install browser version of this, though I'm sure other tools do similar things. The nice part for me is that I can keep adding things myself. If there's interest I might open source it, although honestly it's not hard to rebuild with Claude.
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Sep 26, 2026
r/macapps
Swift
Resonance - Local Music Player
# Presenting our 2000s-era inspired music player for the people who hate subscriptions and algorithms. We've seen a lot of people on Reddit / YouTube / TikTok and so on asking themselves: *what happened to software?* Why don't we get cool UIs anymore? Why is everything locked out behind a log in, why is everything harvesting your data, pushing ads at you, and quietly rewriting the algorithm everytime? We remember when software had a "soul", when your music player didn't spam you with the current song the algorithm wanted to push (no hate on Taylor Swift, but why do I keep getting her album recommended?), Apps that didn't track what you listened to to create a sellable profile, and simply played the files? That's it, it's the whole idea behind **Resonance**: a pure-local player with a skeuomorphic design. It's small, always-on-top, draggable, it's made to feel more like a piece of hardware sitting on your desktop than a window. The 2000s look is 100% on purpose. **What it does:** * **Plays your files:** wherever they live on disk, MP3, FLAC, M4A/AAC, ALAC, AIFF (macOS), WAV, OGG/Opus are all supported. * **Import:** Drag & drop or pick a folder / USB stick / external drive, even a mounted SMB share. * **Transportable:** You can put the app and the library on the same USB drive and run it off that. No install (if you want). * **Equalizer:** 10-band EQ + L/R balance * **Style presets (skins):** One ships with the app, the rest are made by users (you 🫵). Skins can be exported as
Sep 26, 2026
r/macapps
Any Mac app you bought just because it looks and feels so good?
Like, the app is useful, but it looks so nice that it makes you immediately want to buy it. Because recent days hear so many topics about design is dying.
Sep 26, 2026
r/macapps
Day One
Waves: A native, open-source, desktop app for downloading music from your own TIDAL account: search-first, art-forward, and built for people who'd rather click than type.
https://i.redd.it/039rwk41ovrh1.gif Hi r/macapps! I'm the developer of [Waves](https://getwaves.dev), a free, open-source, native desktop app for saving music from your own TIDAL account for offline listening. It's search-first, art-forward, and built for people who'd rather click than type. Waves launched in July, and 31 releases have landed since. I held off on posting here until the repo passed 100 stars, per this sub's rules, and I'm proud to say today Waves sits at 138 stars. # The problem it solves TIDAL's own Mac app is great for streaming, but it has no offline mode at all. Offline listening only exists in TIDAL's phone and tablet apps. The open-source route has been around for years in Tidal-DL-NG, actively maintained now as [Tidaler](https://github.com/maya-doshi/tidaler). It's a great application, but I was never fond of the GUI, and the developer made it clear they personally didn't use the GUI, so the interface would never be a priority. I'm a sucker for a beautiful graphical interface and tend to avoid the command line, so I built Waves from the ground up, originally for myself. I wanted an app that was fun to use and enamoring to interact with, with the reliability of what already worked, only better. The rule from day one has been don't break what works, but never stop improving what can be. There's a longer version of [why it's built this way](https://getwaves.dev/deep-dive/#why) on the site. # Native on the Mac * A real, compiled Mac app: one window drawn wi
Sep 26, 2026
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Xcode
Ask HN: Why doesn't Apple provide Xcode 27's markdown editor as a separate app?
Opening a .md file will load it into the WYSIWYG editor in Xcode. But why doesn't Apple provide a standalone markdown editor app much like it provides a standalone FileMerge app?
Sep 26, 2026
r/macapps
Maestro
Charya: your Mac learns your routine and sets itself up before you sit down (class slides open, laptop muted, windows in place). No rules to write, learns entirely on your Mac. [Free]
Developer here! :D Charya is a native Swift menu-bar app that learns what you do on your Mac and gets it ready before you need it. **Problem:** Every time you sit down to do something, the first few minutes go to setup. Before a lecture you mute the laptop, open your notes, dig up this week's slides, open a calculator and drag the windows where you like them. Before a call you find the link and open your notes. None of it is hard, but it's the same setup every time, and that friction is exactly what turns "I'll start now" into "I'll start in 10 minutes." Apps that open a saved set of apps already exist (Workspaces, Shortcuts automations, Keyboard Maestro). You have to build every set by hand in all of them. Charya learns them. **How it works:** 1. **It watches.** For about a week, Charya notices what you open after you open your Mac, and in what context: the time, your calendar, your Wi-Fi, your displays, your AirPods, whether you're on battery. It reads your calendar, so it already knows when your classes and meetings are and only has to learn what you open for them. 2. **It asks once.** When it spots a pattern, it asks: "Set up for MA 265?" 3. **It takes over.** After you've said yes a few times, it sets up on its own every time that class comes around: apps, documents, web pages, window layout, volume, brightness and Focus. And you can always undo it. Say your 8am gets cancelled: press Undo (right there when it tells you it set up, or in the menu bar any time after) and ev
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r/macapps
NotchNook
Halo: MacOS Notch Utility
Hey r/MacApps! I’m Pranav, an independent developer from Mauritius, and I’ve been working on Halo, a customizable notch utility for macOS. [https://halo.redstoneinvente.com](https://halo.redstoneinvente.com/) # Problem The MacBook notch takes up a fairly significant part of the menu bar, but by default it doesn’t really do anything. Halo turns that space into something useful. It can hold media controls, calendars, timers, clipboard tools, launchers, system information, Live Activities, Pixel Pal, minimized app windows, and more. I also wanted Halo to work for two very different kinds of users. If you just want something polished without configuring a hundred things, there’s Simple Mode. If you’re the kind of person who wants to tweak layouts, surfaces, widgets, animations, sizing, backgrounds, notch behaviour and basically everything else, there’s Advanced Mode. # Comparison The closest alternatives are apps like NotchNook and DynamicLake. Where I wanted Halo to go further is customization and extensibility. Instead of giving you one fixed notch experience, Halo lets you build something much closer to your own setup. It also includes things like app and window bubbles around the notch, a visual workspace for layouts, and support for third-party app integrations. At the same time, Simple Mode means you don't have to touch any of that if you don't want to. # Pricing Halo Lifetime: $24.99 Halo Monthly: $2.99/mo Educational discounts also available You can see Halo and the full
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r/macapps
Install any Chrome extensions in Safari
**The problems:** * Publishing a Safari extension means paying $99 a year * Safari is missing a bunch of APIs that Chrome has * Hardly any free Safari extensions exist * And if you sideload your own under a free account, it stops working after 7 days **What the CLI does:** * It's the engine. Converts a Chrome extension into a Safari one * Fills in the Chrome APIs Safari doesn't support * Runs in the terminal **What the app adds:** * Everything the CLI does, with a GUI * Install and manage extensions straight from the Chrome Web Store inside Safari * Resigns your extensions every week so they never expire * Auto updates the ones you installed from the Web Store * supports Intel Macs **Comparison:** * Apple has a similar tool `safari-web-extension-converter` * Apple's version **doesn't** handle missing APIs * Apple's version **breaks** complex extensions **Pricing:** **App:** * The **app is free** for testing 2 extensions **without weekly resigning or Web Store updates.** * The paid version is $**19** with **unlimited extensions, resigning and Web Store updates.** * The app is **source available** * use code `7UYX020` **for -15%** **CLI:** * The CLI is free * The CLI is **source available** * The CLI is available at npm **Download Links:** * Download the App: [https://magicelklabs.com/viaduct](https://magicelklabs.com/viaduct) * Download the CLI: [https://github.com/magicelk235/Viaduct-CLI](https://github.com/magicelk235/Viaduct-CLI) **About Me:** * Linkedin: [https://www.linke
Sep 26, 2026
Hacker News
Claude
Show HN: Reladraw – A diagram language where you decide where to place things
I love making diagrams to help understand, plan, etc. However, the options are (A) auto-placement languages like Mermaid or Graphviz (which don't let me decide how the diagram looks), or (B) software like Draw.io which are powerful but are very time consuming (and inefficient for agents to manipulate). I wanted to have the benefits of both, where you can define a diagram in a diagram language, but also retain a high degree of control over what the diagram looks like. I also wanted this to work well for humans and agents. On the Github link, there's a playground where you can try it out without installation. There's also instructions for a simple npm install and for installing a skill you can use with Claude or other agents.
Sep 26, 2026
r/macapps
Transfer
FileWorks: a free dual-pane file manager for macOS, from the developer of Start (Mac App Store since 2016)
Hi [r/macapps](/r/macapps/), I'm Gerald from Innovative Bytes. I've been selling Start, a launcher for macOS, on the Mac App Store for about 10 years. FileWorks is my new app. **Problem** Finder is fine for browsing, but it gets tedious when you move a lot of files between folders. There's no second panel, copy jobs don't queue, you can't create a new file from a template and there's no proper batch rename. FileWorks puts two folders side by side and lets you do all of that from the keyboard (F5 copy, F6 move). It still uses Quick Look, Finder tags, Finder comments and iCloud status, so it feels like a Mac app. A few things I use every day: * **Transfer queue** **with a conflict dialog**. When you move files, the originals are only removed after the copies have arrived * **New files from your own templates**: meeting notes with a fixed outline, a letter with your letterhead, a Numbers sheet with formulas, even a whole project folder with subfolders. Any file works as a template, and the templates folder can live in iCloud Drive so all your Macs share it * **Open archives like folders**, create them, and verify them * **Batch rename with a live preview**, selection by pattern, colour rules * **Custom tools**: shell or Python scripts and Shortcuts. File names are passed safely and never turned into commands * **Checksums**: find duplicates and verify downloads * **Single pane mode** if you only need one folder **Comparison** * ForkLift: very polished and strong on remote server
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Hacker News
Claude
Show HN: A Claude Code skill to analyze your chess games
Hello HN, It started as an experiment: can Claude play chess properly if it uses vision instead of PGN notation? Somehow it can. The next experiment was to see whether Claude + Stockfish could explain a game. Somehow it can too. A few sessions later, I had a system that takes my live audio notes (or text, for that matter) and a vague instruction like "analyze my last lichess game", and gives me a commented video of the game. The result is not perfect and it takes time to deliver (an hour or so), but for me it is a much more pleasant and memorable experience than clicking around Stockfish branches. It burns tokens, so make sure you have enough quota. From the session logs, the last analyzed game would have cost around $15 at API prices. The fact that it reflects on my own thinking during the game makes it interesting from a teaching point of view, so I thought it was worth sharing.
Sep 26, 2026
r/macapps
Raycast
[OS] Markraft: a free floating Markdown notepad for Mac
Hey everyone, I’ve been working on **Markraft**, a free, open-source Markdown notepad for Mac. The idea is simple: a note that’s one shortcut away, wherever you’re working. Press **Option+N** to bring it up over your current app, write something down, and press it again to put it away. It stays on top, so you can keep a checklist or some reference notes beside what you’re doing. Raycast Notes inspired the floating window, and Typora inspired the live Markdown editing. Formatting shows as you type, with Markdown syntax revealed around your cursor when you need to edit it. Your notes are just .md **files in a folder you choose**. You can use an existing notes folder and open the same files in other editors. Changes made outside Markraft show up in the app too. When saving, it preserves untouched parts of the original file, including their formatting. https://reddit.com/link/1wqprys/video/6nwggw1ylvrh1/player A few things it supports: * **Tables edited cell by cell**, task lists, images, and highlighted code blocks. * \[\[wiki links\]\] **With completion**, callouts, and footnotes. * **⌘P to find a note**, ⌘K for actions, and / to insert a block. * **In-note search** with highlighted matches. * **Optional Vim mode**, with motions, text objects, visual selection, and search. **It’s completely free and open source under the MIT license.** No account, subscription, or telemetry. For syncing between Macs, you can put the notes folder in iCloud Drive or another sync service. [https:/
Sep 26, 2026
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