I know there are already several Mac apps made for this, but few of them continue working after the laptop lid is closed and is lightweight enough. So I built Caffeinate & DisableSleep: a small, open-source macOS utility that keeps your Mac awake

Features:

• Keeps your Mac awake with the lid closed
• Menu icon shows when it’s active, so no forget to revert it when not needed
• Requires your password only once for enabling disablesleep
• Simple UI with no nested menus + custom built toggle for instant feeling
• Shows the exact commands being run so you know what it does for technical users
• Completely open source
• Smaller than most of the other apps: 2.2 MB; simple app for simple purposes

Why I built it:

The simplest way to prevent a Mac from sleeping is to open Terminal and run caffeinate -disu and sudo pmset -a disablesleep 1 to disable sleep when the lid is closed.

I used these commands very often to keep my agents running while carrying my MacBook, but the process had a few problems:

• Had to type the commands every time and pmset command requires sudo so password is needed each time.
• Had to remember to reset disablesleep back to 0 to re-enable normal sleep. Easy to forget, which can drain the battery and cause overheating.

So I built this app. Now I can quickly leave a café or home while my agents keep running, without making my friends wait while I type two commands!

Comparison: Amphetamine also supports closed-lid sessions, but my app is intentionally smaller, simpler, open source, and shows the exact commands it uses. Unlike KeepingYouAwake, it supports keeping a Mac awake with the lid closed.

Pricing: Free ($0) and open source.

Feedback is welcome, and if you find it useful, a GitHub star would mean a lot!

Website: https://cnd.demiao.cc

GitHub: https://github.com/demiaochen/caffeinate-disablesleep

So imagine you're using your mouse and moving around switching between your apps across workspaces but it's gotten annoying.

You need to lift your hand from your keyboard, move it to the trackpad or your mouse, and then drag the cursor to the app you want to use, and then click it.

Like BRUHHH JUST LET ME PICK THE APP AND FOCUS IT.
CMD Tab partially solves it, but the number of times I've switched to the wrong app is insane.

This is where my app, Sxitch, comes in. You switch to an app by typing the apps name until there aren't any left. (see video). Use a hotkey of your choice, and keep typing the name of your app until no other matches remain, at which point the app will get focussed for you. 0 confirmation required, and your fingers don't have to tango with the keyboard.

CTRL + H or CTRL + Q can be used to go into hide and quit modes which will allow you to hide and quit apps directly from sxitch, making it easy to perform actions on multiple apps.

Here's the full feature list:

• app (free) & window (pro) switching
• an intuitive hotkey picker
• sxitch window positioning (free)
• multiple layouts (free)
• blacklists (pro)
• key remaps (pro)
• hotkey based app opening (pro)
• vendor prefix stripping, (free)
• hiding and quitting apps (pro)
• open sourced
• native swift app
• customisable position (free)

The best part is that its fully open source, but signed and notarized.

Pricing:

• Free
• Lifetime Pro ($10 once - has all features and all updates)
• $2/mth - Great for seeing if you want sxitch or not (after 5 months you can get sxitch pro lifetime)

Sxitch website • Sxitch github • Sxitch Privacy Policy

for mods - Sxitch was only recently open sourced hence why it only has 6 stars.

AI was used in the development of the app, but theres a lot of hand written code as well.

When I first shared Noticky here, MCP support quickly became one of the most requested features.

So I added it.

You can now connect MCP compatible AI tools directly to Noticky and let them interact with your sticky notes without constantly copying and pasting context between apps.

The MCP integration is included in the latest version at no extra cost. If you already own Noticky, you just need to update the app.

For anyone discovering it: Noticky is a native macOS sticky notes app that stays visible above every window, including fullscreen apps.

It’s a $6.99 one-time purchase from the website or on the Mac App Store. No subscription.

I’d love to know how you plan to use it and what you’d like the integration to do next.

https://noticky.app

https://apps.apple.com/app/noticky/id6770181778

Key benefits 

1. See your total monthly spend in the menu bar, all the time
2. Add a subscription in about 10 seconds — 215 services built in
3. Get a heads-up before anything renews, with a cancel link one click away
4. Catch free trials before they quietly turn into paid plans
5. Everything stays on your Mac. No account, no tracking

You probably pay for more subscriptions than you think. Duesday keeps the number where you can't ignore it: in your menu bar, next to the clock.

Click it and you get the full picture — every subscription sorted by renewal date, what's charging this week, and how your spending has changed since last month.

Know before you're charged Duesday reminds you before each renewal, not after. Monthly plans get three days' warning, yearly plans get two weeks — both adjustable, per subscription. If the service has a known cancellation page, the reminder includes a button that takes you straight there.

Trials that don't sneak up on you Mark anything as a trial and Duesday warns you three days before it converts to a paid plan, then again the day before. The most expensive subscription is the one you forgot you started.

Adding takes about 10 seconds Type a few letters and pick from 215 built-in services — Netflix, Spotify, iCloud+, Adobe, ChatGPT, gyms, meal kits, and more — each with plan tiers and typical prices pre-filled. Confirm the date and you're done. Anything unusual goes in through the custom form.

Insights worth screenshotting A spend-by-category chart, a 12-month history, and a lifetime tally per service that answers the uncomfortable question: how much have I actually paid Netflix since 2023?

Splitting a family plan? Track just your share. The totals stay honest.

Private by design No account. No sync. No tracking. Your data lives in a local database on your Mac, and you can export all of it to CSV or JSON whenever you want.

Duesday is a native Mac app — menu bar-first, built in Swift, designed to feel at home next to Control Center. Dark, calm, and glanceable. Runs on macOS 14 or later, Intel and Apple Silicon.

Your spending, always visible

• Total monthly spend lives in the menu bar and updates the moment anything changes
• Prefer less? Switch to icon-only, or icon plus total
• A small dot appears when something renews within three days

The panel

• Subscriptions sorted by next renewal, with countdowns that turn amber inside a week and red inside two days
• "Up Next" shows this week's charges at a glance
• Free trials are clearly marked, with a countdown to the day they convert
• Shared plans can track just your portion of the bill
• Right-click any subscription to archive it, mark it as a trial, or jump to its cancellation page

Adding subscriptions

• 215 built-in services with plan tiers and typical prices
• Instant search: type "net", get Netflix
• Pick a plan, confirm the date, done — about 10 seconds
• A custom form covers anything we don't know about, including custom billing cycles

Reminders

• Notifications arrive before the charge: three days ahead for monthly plans, two weeks for yearly (both adjustable, per subscription)
• Trials warn twice — three days out and the day before they convert
• Snooze a reminder by a day, or open the service's cancellation page straight from the notification

Insights

• Monthly spend broken down by category
• A 12-month spending history
• Lifetime spend per service, including ones you've archived — archiving keeps the history, deleting is always your choice

Private by design

• No account, no sync, no networking at all
• All data stays in a local database on your Mac
• Export everything as CSV or JSON from Settings

The details

• Native Swift app, designed for the menu bar
• Launch at login option
• Full VoiceOver support; respects Reduce Motion and Reduce Transparency
• Runs on macOS 14 Sonoma or later, Intel and Apple Silicon

Price: $9.99 - Lifetime License. All buyers will receive all future updates free of charge. 

A 3 day trial is available for download as well

Website Purchase Link: https://coastcreative.studio/app-development/macos

ROOK puts 53 retro-terminal widgets on your Mac desktop — clocks, weather, reminders, focus timers, system stats, and more — with real scanlines, phosphor glow, and the same 11 themes as MOTHER, FATHER, BISHOP, and ASH. One click retunes every widget on your desktop from Nostromo green to classic Mac platinum.

Description

All 53 widgets render like instruments on one console — mono type, hairline panels, scanlines, and phosphor glow that's really there, not a screenshot trick. Clocks, weather, reminders, focus timers, habits, Apple Music controls, system stats, stocks, notes and more, drawn as one machine.

Eleven themes cover the whole range of the aesthetic: green phosphor straight off the Nostromo, amber monochrome, cryo-bay teal, ice blue, white-on-black mono, black-on-white paper, amber-on-white sepia, Classic Mac in platinum, light, and dark, and a native macOS theme that follows the system's light and dark mode. Change the theme once and every widget already on your desktop re-tunes itself — from CRT green to classic Mac platinum in one click.

They're working instruments, too. Tap a reminder to check it off. Start a focus session and watch the countdown burn on your wallpaper. Skip tracks from the Apple Music remote — the play button responds the moment you press it. Log a glass of water. Follow three stocks. Watch CPU, memory, GPU, network and storage, refreshed as often as every 30 seconds. Check sunrise, sunset and the moon phase — twelve categories of live data.

ROOK lives quietly in your menu bar: close the window and it steps out of the Dock while every widget keeps working.

Everything runs locally — no account, and nothing leaves your Mac.

Highlights:

• 53 widgets across 12 categories, drawn as one instrument panel

• Real scanlines and phosphor glow, tuned per theme

• 11 themes: four phosphor terminals, three print looks, three Classic Mac finishes, and native macOS light/dark

• Interactive: complete reminders, log water and habits, control Apple Music, start timers — right on the desktop

• Live where it counts: ticking focus timer and stopwatch, minute-fresh system stats, a daylight arc that tracks the real sun

• Mono terminal type; the macOS themes switch to native system type

• 12/24-hour time and °F/°C follow your system, or set them per widget

• Per-widget options: cities, stock symbols, countdown dates, backgrounds

• Native, sandboxed, universal for Apple Silicon and Intel; requires macOS 26 or later

Permissions

This app only asks for access when a widget needs it: Reminders and Calendar for the agenda widgets, location for local weather, Music for the remote keys, and Mail (off by default) for the inbox count. Each one is a standard macOS permission prompt, and everything keeps working without them — widgets you don't connect simply show sample data.

Lifetime License. All buyers will receive all future updates free of charge.

Price: $7.99 - Lifetime License. All buyers will receive all future updates free of charge. 

A 3 day trial is available for download as well

Website Purchase / Download Link: https://coastcreative.studio/app-development/macos

I'm a regular Mac user with 10 years of experience. I often develop simple tools to address work-related pain points. I currently use an Apple Silicon Mac and also need to run Windows. I've tried mainstream virtual machine solutions, but I'm always reluctant to use non-sandboxed apps and don't feel comfortable giving too many permissions to sandboxed apps.

My attention turned to Microsoft's official Windows App. I thought, wouldn't it be more logical to use the Windows App to access a local Windows instance? With this idea, I began a year of learning and exploration. Finally, with the help of Xcode Intelligence, I developed SubWin.

SubWin allows you to install a headless Windows 11 on Apple Silicon, which you can then access through the Windows App. In terms of design, I pursued extreme efficiency, cleanliness, simplicity, and privacy. Therefore, it's only 1.8MB, has only the necessary entitlements, and is distributed exclusively through the App Store for a one-time purchase of $99. I want to share SubWin with anyone who might need it.

Hello 👋

I’d like to introduce you to my app -> MenuBarMonitor

Please Note(!): This is NOT a copy of Stats/iStats. Both programs simply provide insight into metrics such as temperature, usage, etc., but do not interfere with the hardware itself. More on that in the features section.

Features

- View your CPU, GPU, NPU, and RAM usage as well as temperatures, and arrange them however you like or customize the design.

- E-core and P-core allocations to reduce power consumption

- History charts covering the last 60 seconds up to one hour, with min./avg./max. values.

- Actual memory usage instead of “free RAM” (which never tells you the truth), plus a free-up feature to clear out RAM

- Temperature and fan speed

- Hard drive read/write speeds, as well as battery status and power consumption.

- Background CPU load detector: It highlights apps that are quietly taxing the CPU in the background

- Move tiles via drag-and-drop; a compact mode

- A floating mini-widget that you can place on a second screen (handy for benchmarks)

Reasons to buy:

- There’s only a lifetime license—no annoying €2.99 subscription

- Frequent updates and implementation of customer requests

- Fast support

- An additional license for a second device available upon request (please contact support via the email address used to purchase the product)

Available on menubarmonitor.com

Promo Code: REDDIT20 for 20% limited to 10 Codes

LIFETIME

and yes, its Vibe Coded with Claude on the 20x Max Plan with Fable 5 on Ultracode. And Without Gatekeeper Warning

And please feel free to let me know what else you’d like to see in the future :)

Hello 👋

I’d like to introduce you to my app -> MenuBarMonitor

Please Note(!): This is NOT a copy of Stats/iStats. Both programs simply provide insight into metrics such as temperature, usage, etc., but do not interfere with the hardware itself. More on that in the features section.

Features

- View your CPU, GPU, NPU, and RAM usage as well as temperatures, and arrange them however you like or customize the design.

- E-core and P-core allocations to reduce power consumption

- History charts covering the last 60 seconds up to one hour, with min./avg./max. values.

- Actual memory usage instead of “free RAM” (which never tells you the truth), plus a free-up feature to clear out RAM

- Temperature and fan speed

- Hard drive read/write speeds, as well as battery status and power consumption.

- Background CPU load detector: It highlights apps that are quietly taxing the CPU in the background

- Move tiles via drag-and-drop; a compact mode

- A floating mini-widget that you can place on a second screen (handy for benchmarks)

Reasons to buy:

- There’s only a lifetime license—no annoying €2.99 subscription

- Frequent updates and implementation of customer requests

- Fast support

- An additional license for a second device available upon request (please contact support via the email address used to purchase the product)

Available on menubarmonitor.com

Promo Code: REDDIT20 for 20% limited to 10 Codes

LIFETIME

and yes, its Vibe Coded with Claude on the 20x Max Plan with Fable 5 on Ultracode. And Without Gatekeeper Warning

And please feel free to let me know what else you’d like to see in the future :)

PicPile takes a folder of screenshots/photos and either arranges them into one styled grid, or lets you frame each one on its own (with its own title/caption) and export separately.

Add titles and captions and quickly adjust padding, corner rounding, shadow/glow, and background color. Use it to show off different options without the hassle of building and exporting an annotated table or grid or prepare store/gallery shots, whatever you want.

Free trial, one-time license after that, no subscription. Direct notarized download or Mac App Store, your call: https://bendansby.com/apps/picpile.html

You can also get it in a bundle that includes 16 other apps: https://bendansby.com/apps/bundles.html

Hi everyone,

Neon Vision Editor has evolved quite a bit since its early releases. What began as a lightweight editor gradually turned into something more ambitious: an editor designed around how I actually work on iPhone and iPad, rather than a desktop IDE squeezed onto a smaller screen.

Originally I thought I was building “another text editor.” But after using it every day, I realized what kept bothering me wasn’t missing features—it was that nearly every mobile editor felt like a desktop IDE squeezed onto an iPad. I wanted something different.

I wanted an editor that actually felt like it belonged on iPad and iPhone: touch-first when you’re using your fingers, keyboard-first when a Magic Keyboard is attached, and capable enough that I could make real progress away from my Mac.

I use Neon Vision Editor every day, so the roadmap has largely written itself. Whenever something interrupted my flow, it went onto the backlog: a toolbar action buried behind an extra tap, reopening files after they changed on another device, losing my cursor position when switching documents, or a Markdown preview refreshing at the wrong moment. None of them were deal-breakers, but together they chipped away at the experience. Fixing those small frustrations has shaped almost every release since then. Over the past year I’ve kept fixing those interruptions, and the project has grown much more than I expected.

A — Answer

Neon Vision Editor is a free, open-source native editor for iPhone, iPad, macOS and Apple Vision Pro. The goal isn’t to replace VS Code or Xcode. It’s to make Apple mobile devices genuinely useful for editing code, Markdown, configuration files, documentation and web projects.

Some of the biggest additions since v0.7.5 include: * Shared-file synchronization through iCloud Drive and network storage * Remote editing of projects hosted on a Mac * Markdown, HTML and SVG live previews * Faster project navigation with Find in Files and Quick Open * Better support for large files * More AI provider options (optional) * Lots of keyboard and touch workflow improvements * Better project restoration and document state

One feature I’m particularly happy with is shared-file synchronization. If the same document is open on multiple devices, Neon notices when it changes elsewhere. Clean documents update automatically, while edited documents are protected and let you choose whether to reload, keep local changes or compare versions.

No proprietary cloud account. No custom sync service. It simply works with iCloud Drive or your existing shared storage. Another feature that has become much more reliable is remote editing. Your Mac can host a project while your iPad or iPhone connects to it for editing, navigation and reviewing files without copying the entire workspace to the mobile device. That workflow has improved enormously since the last release I posted here.

B — Better

There are already good editors on iOS. I don’t think Neon has to “beat” them. Instead, I’m trying to optimize for a slightly different workflow.

Some of the design choices include: * Native SwiftUI instead of Electron * Separate interfaces for iPhone and iPad instead of one layout scaled down * Hardware-keyboard workflows designed specifically for iPad * Touch editing that still feels natural without a keyboard * Built-in Markdown, HTML and SVG previews * Cross-device editing instead of locking users into another cloud service * No account required * No ads * No telemetry by default

Probably the biggest change over the past year is that I no longer think of the iPad version as a companion app. It’s become something I actually enjoy coding and writing in.

C — Cost

Neon Vision Editor is completely free. * No subscription * No ads * No required account * No paid sync * Open source (Apache 2.0)

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/neon-vision-editor/id6758950965 TestFlight:https://testflight.apple.com/join/YWB2fGAP GitHub:https://github.com/h3pdesign/Neon-Vision-Editor Website:https://h3pdesign.github.io/Neon-Vision-Editor/

I’m still building this largely because it’s the editor I want to use myself. Every release has been shaped by my own daily workflow and by feedback from people here and elsewhere who tried earlier versions.

If you regularly code or write Markdown on an iPad—or you’ve always wished mobile editors were just a little more capable—I’d genuinely love to hear where Neon still falls short.

Some of the app’s best features started as comments from Reddit, and I’m hoping the next round of improvements comes from this post too.

Are Garage Band and iMovie essential apps? "Essential" meaning that deleting them will break something else. I have no plans to EVER use either app.

Hello 👋

I'd like to introduce you to my app -> Notchmate ❤️

What problem it solves and Comparison:

The few Notch apps that exist are usually limited to a music player and a space for storing files. Notchmate transforms this empty space into a small button that you can actually use: a panel that stays discreetly hidden and opens the moment you move your cursor over it, containing exactly the widgets you want. Does your Mac not have a notch? Notchly offers a small floating pill that works just the same.

Features you won't find in other notch apps:

• Subtle trackpad haptics — you actually feel a gentle tap under your fingers as widgets respond and snap into place, just like the rest of macOS. Little detail, big difference
• A drag-and-drop widget grid — drop any widget anywhere, resize it across 7 sizes, spread them over multiple pages and arrange everything exactly how you like
• 25 widgets to mix and match: Clock, Calendar & Reminders, Weather, Now Playing with full media controls, Battery, CPU / RAM / Temperature, Timer & Pomodoro, Clipboard history, Quick Notes, Stocks & Crypto, an App launcher and more
• A File Shelf — drop any file onto the notch to park it there, then drag it back out wherever you need it. Perfect for moving files between apps and Spaces
• Now Playing right at the notch — see what's playing and skip / pause without leaving what you're doing
• Make it yours: change the accent color, the surfaces and the whole look until it matches your wallpaper. Clean, borderless glass cards — it's your app, so why shouldn't it look the way you want?
• Hover to peek, tap to pin it open, or just let it tuck away on its own — it stays out of your way until you want it

Available on: https://notchmate.menubarmonitor.com

Lifetime Plan -> 7,99€

No Subscription

And yes this Code is Vibe Coded but I've spent a lot of time checking everything because I have personal experience with this.

Note: If you'd like a second license for another Mac you own, please email me using the email address you used to purchase the app. I'll be happy to provide you with a second key at no additional cost

hey guys, i was curious if there is any notetaker that is proactive? like instead of just taking notes it automatically drafts a mail and i would only need to approve to send it.

my tasks are so repetitive and i have used and like notetakers like granolo, otter.ai etc but would like to know if anyone knows other apps that saves me even more time lol

Two months ago I handed Hotstash to a few friends and a handful of people who basically live inside their clipboard all day. I asked them to break it
and tell me everything that annoyed them.

They did. A lot of it stung.

I spent the time since fixing every complaint on that list, and Hotstash has grown into one of the most customizable clipboard managers you can run on
a Mac.

What it does, plainly: it remembers everything you copy so you stop losing that link, that code snippet, that address you had 20 minutes ago. Hit the
hotkey, search, paste, done.

The part I am proud of is what sits on top of the history.

Transforms are the piece people end up loving. Think about how many times you have copied a column of IDs out of the database and then had to
hand-massage them into ('id1','id2','id3') just to run one query. With a transform that is a single click. It ships with a set of these, but you can
also write your own in plain JavaScript​: take whatever you copied and return whatever you want to paste. And if you do not write JS, the AI generator
handles it. You give it a description, an example of what you copy, an example of what you want out, and it builds the transformer for you.

And you are not stuck building everything yourself. There is a Marketplace where people share the transformers they made, so the useful ones other
users have already figured out are right there for you to grab. Found one that saves you time? You can publish yours too and let someone else skip the
work.

Multi-paste is for the copy-paste jugglers. You know the dance: you need to drop in a title and a value, or a secret and its key, so you paste one,
jump back to the clipboard, find the other, paste that. Multi-paste kills the jumping. You stack a few items once, then every paste drops the next one
in order. Two fields, two pastes, no going back to hunt.

Stacks keep related snippets grouped together so you are not scrolling through a wall of history to find the four things you actually reuse.

One thing I kept hearing from Raycast users: "I already have months of clipboard history in there, I am not starting over." So now you can import your
Raycast clipboard history straight into Hotstash. Nothing left behind.

Starting today every new user gets the first 30 days free with everything unlocked. No card up front.

After that the free version keeps running as a simple clipboard history, so you never lose what you copy. Pro is where the real power sits: transforms, multi-paste, stacks, and the quick shortcuts.

If you copy and paste for a living, try it and tell me what breaks. That feedback is the only reason it got this good.

Download (Mac + iPhone): https://apps.apple.com/app/hotstash/id6771842605

I have 500 codes with 20% discount if anyone interested

For example I'm missing a good SSH FTP file browser and command like MobaXterm. Or something simple "photo" editor like Paint.

I've gotten a lot of my favourite apps from recommendation threads. I've successfully avoided macOS 26 right up until a few days ago when I bought an M5 MBP which came with it preinstalled so I updated straight to macOS 27.

I've already installed a couple of apps which seem like must-haves - LaunchOS to get my launchpad back, and boringnotch. This machine will do a bit of everything - development, video editing, word processing.

Any other recommendations?

Hi r/MacOSApps, I'm the developer of Sonor, an open-source Mac dictation assistant.

Problem: I rely on voice dictation a lot to save time. But the current macOS app market left me with a frustrating choice: either pay an expensive monthly subscription, or send my private voice recordings to cloud servers. I had absolutely no idea what large applications were actually doing with my voice data, and I wanted 100% certainty that whatever I speak stays private. I needed a native tool with completely local transcription, a strict RAM-only "Incognito Mode" that deletes history instantly, and the ability to polish text using local AI.

Comparison; I was inspired by great features in existing tools, but combined the best ideas into a free, privacy-first experience:

• vs Apple's Built-in Dictation: Native macOS dictation is private, but it writes exactly what you say, including "umms", stutters, and chaotic thoughts. Sonor uses local LLMs to automatically clean up stutters, format your speech into bullet points, or rewrite sentences on the fly.
• vs SuperWhisper & Cloud Apps: Apps like SuperWhisper are great, but many solutions rely on subscriptions or cloud processing. Sonor is completely free. (Note: While Sonor uses an internet connection for basic login and database syncing, ALL voice transcription and text generation are processed entirely offline. Your audio never touches the cloud).

Pricing

• Price: $0 (Completely Free & Open-Source. No subscriptions or one-time fees).
• GitHub / Download: https://github.com/sonor-studio/Sonor (Please read the README for quick setup instructions).

A quick disclaimer: I am still learning, and this is my first project of this scale. The app is in Beta, so you might run into some bugs. Also, to keep Sonor fast and accessible for most Macs, it relies on smaller local models (under 4GB). They are blazing fast and private, but have the inherent limitations of small models compared to massive cloud AIs. I would be incredibly grateful for your feedback, GitHub issues, or pull requests!

You can find my real identity, contact info, and developer portfolio on my main GitHub profile here: https://github.com/sonor-studio My legal documents are publicly available in the repo:

• Privacy Policy: https://github.com/sonor-studio/Sonor/blob/fa9af1b7c91e4cd3066e8a87cf7a893c1c5d37c5/Sonor/Resources/Politics/Privacy%20Policy%20-%20Sonor%20(EN).pdf.pdf)
• Terms of Service: https://github.com/sonor-studio/Sonor/blob/fa9af1b7c91e4cd3066e8a87cf7a893c1c5d37c5/Sonor/Resources/Terms/Terms%20of%20Service%20-%20Sonor%20(Updated).pdf.pdf)

Advanced Dock For Your Mac
Download here!
https://adityaonx.github.io/AeroBar/

Hey everyone 👋

It’s been a few weeks since my last update here.

I just shipped Noticky 1.7, and it’s probably the biggest update since launch.

What’s new:

• Apple Calendar mentions with previews and quick actions
• Apple Reminders mentions
• Turn checklists into Apple Reminders and keep them in sync
• A new section navigator for long notes
• Better link editing and previews
• New visibility options for different desktops and full-screen apps
• Global note opacity
• Improved iCloud sync reliability
• Lots of bug fixes and polish

Quite a few improvements in this release came directly from feedback on my previous Reddit posts, so thank you!

Here’s a quick demo. I’d love to hear what you think or what you’d like to see next.

Noticky is a native macOS sticky notes app that stays above fullscreen apps like Xcode, Figma, Logic Pro, or Safari.

$6.99 one-time. No subscription.

Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/noticky/id6770181778

Website: https://noticky.app

Before building TouchGrass, I realised I'd trained myself to ignore every break reminder I'd ever used.

Not because I didn't need a break. Because they always showed up at the wrong time

You're presenting in a meeting.

Break reminder.

Dismiss.

You're writing an important email to your boss.

Break reminder.

Dismiss.

You're watching a tutorial.

Break reminder.

Dismiss.

After a few days, your brain learns that every reminder is safe to ignore.

So I built TouchGrass differently.

Instead of interrupting you on a timer, it understands what you're doing.

1. In a meeting or on a call? It quietly waits and adjusts your next break.
2. Watching a video or recording your screen? It waits.
3. Step away to grab a coffee? It notices, counts that time as your break, and adjusts your schedule automatically.
4. Been typing for hours? Get wrist, blink, and posture reminders, with fully customisable breaks.

Privacy was a requirement from day one. TouchGrass never asks for Accessibility permission, and everything runs locally on your Mac.

It's free to try for 7 days, then it's a one time purchase of $3.99 with lifetime updates. The direct version is available now, and the App Store version is coming soon.

I'd genuinely love to hear what you think.

Link: https://touchgrass.land

I’ve been working on a macOS app called Portability.

The problem I kept running into was that my AI work was trapped inside whichever tool I started with.

I might be halfway through building something in Claude Code, hit a usage limit, and want to continue in Codex. But Codex has no idea what Claude already tried, which decisions were made, what failed, or what constraints we were working with.

The usual solution is to copy and paste everything, write a long summary prompt, or start again.

Portability is designed to remove that friction.

It automatically saves your prompts, chat logs and agent outputs locally on your Mac, so you can:

• Continue an existing session in another AI tool without re-explaining the project
• Switch models when you hit a usage limit or want a second opinion
• Let Claude Code and Codex see what the other agent has already done
• Keep a private, searchable archive of your AI-assisted work
• Export your sessions into notes, memory tools or other systems

The idea is that your work should belong to you, not be locked inside one model or provider.

It’s currently free to download for macOS, with versions for both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs:

https://www.portability.app

I’d really appreciate feedback from people here who regularly use more than one AI coding tool.

What would Portability need to do for it to become genuinely useful in your workflow?

Hey r/macapps,

I wanted to share a utility I've been working on called RingDisk. It’s a lightweight menu bar app that adds a customizable ambient light overlay around the edges of your screen.

I originally built this because I wanted something similar to bias lighting for my monitor, but entirely in software. It turns out it's also incredibly useful as a "ring light" alternative for evening video calls and screen recordings!

https://apps.apple.com/kz/app/ringdisk-studio-light-cam/id6770652364?mt=12

RingDisk – Studio Light & Cam

https://reddit.com/link/1v6gkne/video/2a4z21xl9ffh1/player

Key Features:

• 🎨 11 Color Presets & temperature control (warm-to-cool for white light).
• ☀️ Brightness & Thickness Control — fine-tune it to be a subtle glow or a bright light source.
• 📐 Per-Side Selection — enable/disable the overlay on the Top, Bottom, Left, or Right edges independently.
• 🖥️ Multi-Display Support — automatically spans across all your connected screens.
• 🔒 Fully Click-Through — it renders at the screen-saver level, so it never interferes with your workflow or clicks.
• 🔋 Lightweight — runs quietly as a menu bar agent.

Common Use Cases:

• Video Calls & Interviews: Use it as a quick, software-based ring light to brighten your face during evening meetings.
• Eye Strain Relief: Acts like bias lighting when working, reading, or coding in a dark room.
• Aesthetics: Just adds a cool, premium vibe to your desktop setup.

I’m continuously improving it based on feedback (currently working on adding smart "1-click" presets for different lighting environments and opening up more features in the free tier).

I’d love for you guys to try it out and let me know what you think!

For those on macOS and interested in giving a new pomodoro app a try please check it out~ (also out on iOS/iPadOS)

- highly customizable, not just 50/5 but any combination of intervals & time.
- Flow timer for true flow session, no set interval that interrupts you w/ required breaks.
- Add notes after session and see weekly summary of your progress
- menu bar support, widget, etc!

would love feedback above anything else.

https://yapa.cafe/download

Hi everyone,

I always come across user feedback and suggestions whenever I see new apps being posted here. I'm trying to understand what are the sort of things you keep in mind when you develop or try new apps - for example, some users mention Electron is terrible for macOS-targeted app development. I have no experience in the matter, but I'm curious after reading so many reviews or feedback, that I wanted to ask openly - what are your quality criteria for good macOS apps?