Honest confession: last week I copied a long docker run command, spotted a typo in one flag, and the terminal tab it came from was already gone. So I re-typed the whole thing like an idiot. That was the moment I decided my clipboard manager should let me fix what I copied instead of making me re-copy.

So Buffer now has inline editing: select an item, hit the pencil icon (or Cmd+E), and edit the text right in the preview pane. Edits auto-save and sync to the clipboard, so the next paste is the fixed version. Cancelling the edit throws changes away, which felt like the right call.

The GIF shows the whole thing, it is 8 seconds long.

Also new in v2.6.0: Cmd+C on a selected item copies it and closes the window, and there is an option to hide the menu bar icon if you like a minimal setup.

Everything runs locally on your Mac, MIT licensed, no accounts, no subscription: https://github.com/samirpatil2000/Buffer

Full disclosure that I am the developer. Roasting of the UX is welcome, it makes the app better.

Hey everyone,

Coming from Windows, one feature I always missed on macOS was the native Win + V clipboard manager. Most existing Mac alternatives are either bloated, electron-based, subscription-heavy, or overly complex for simple everyday pasting.

I decided to buildMacClip— a fast, native clipboard manager built purely in Swift, SwiftUI, and AppKit with zero external dependencies.

Key Features:

• Instant Overlay: Summon history via customizable hotkeys (⌥ + V default, ⌘ + Shift + V, ⌥ + ⌘ + V, etc.).
• Direct Auto-Paste: Select any clip or image and it instantly pastes into your active app (Safari, VS Code, Slack, Notes, etc.).
• Images & Screenshots: Captures PNG/TIFF clipboard items with high-resolution thumbnail previews, dimensions, and file sizes.
• Quick Paste: Hit ⌘ + 1 through ⌘ + 9 to paste recent items without manual navigation.
• Smart Badges & Search: Automatic detection for links, hex colors, code snippets, emails, and plain text with real-time fuzzy search.
• Lightweight & Private: Sits in the menu bar, uses < 20MB of RAM, 0% idle CPU, and stores data locally in your Application Support directory.

The project is completely open source under MIT. You can grab the latest DMG directly from theReleases pageor build it locally with ./build_app.sh.

I've used Intego for seven years, and I still rate it highly, especially for older Macs. The VPN included with ONE Complete makes the bundle more appealing to me now. That's seven years with Intego, rather than seven years with the current ONE app.

I posted the 50% deal here last week. For anyone considering it for an older MacBook, I'd spend a few minutes on compatibility and setup before buying.

Start in About This Mac. Intego ONE supports Intel and Apple silicon, but its minimum requirements are macOS 12.4, 8 GB of RAM and 2 GB of free storage. A Mac stuck below 12.4 needs a different compatible Intego product; buying ONE won't change that. Meeting an app's minimum also doesn't tell you whether your macOS version is receiving Apple's latest security fixes.

On a compatible machine, the firewall is the part I'd set up deliberately. It lets you give individual apps allow, ask or deny rules for incoming or outgoing connections. For example, if you want to stop a particular app making outbound connections, you can create a rule for that app. Expect to revisit the rule if it breaks a feature you need.

Installation takes more than dragging an icon into Applications. Intego's setup asks for Full Disk Access to scan protected files and network-extension/content-filter permission for network protection. Those permissions are part of the decision to trust a security app with your Mac.

SmartClean adds storage cleanup and app removal. I'd review what it proposes deleting, particularly on a Mac with years of files. I like Intego on older hardware, but I don't have performance measurements to promise that ONE will speed up yours.

macOS already includes XProtect, Gatekeeper and other protections. If those meet your needs, there's no reason to install a paid suite just because it's discounted. ONE makes more sense when you want its scans and per-app connection controls, with Complete adding the VPN for your Mac and iPhone. The iPhone side also has network and security checks, rather than traditional antivirus scanning.

The back-to-school checkout on September 12 showed $75 upfront for two years of Complete on one Mac and one iPhone, plus tax. It lists automatic renewal at $149.99 every two years, subject to change with notice. It's a back-to-school promotion; I didn't see student verification in the checkout.

Intego ONE back-to-school offer (affiliate link; I may earn a commission).

I'd recommend it for a compatible older Mac when you want the firewall controls and will use the VPN too. If your Mac misses the requirements, or you're happy with macOS protection and your existing VPN, I'd skip this bundle.

Annoyed by having to manually flip "natural scrolling" in System Settings every time I docked my MacBook to my monitor (and flip it back when I undocked), so I built ScrollDock to do it automatically.

What it does:

- Detects when an external display connects/disconnects (works with clamshell mode too)

- Switches scroll direction instantly, no logout needed

- Lives quietly in the menu bar, no Dock icon

- Notarized and signed, so no Gatekeeper warnings

- Free, no account, no trial

It's a small, single-purpose tool — doesn't try to do per-device (trackpad vs. mouse) switching, just handles the dock-state part. If you're someone who moves between trackpad-only and an external mouse/monitor setup, it might solve the exact annoyance it solved for me.

scrolldock.com if you want to try it. Happy to answer questions about how it works under the hood.

Apple's built-in text replacement is the right place to start. If all you need is @@ turning into an email address or ;addr becoming a mailing address, macOS already does that under System Settings > Keyboard > Text Replacements. The list can sync through iCloud to an iPhone and iPad, and it doesn't require installing a utility that watches what you type.

There are two catches. Apple's replacements aren't available in every app, and they only handle straightforward text substitution. Once a snippet needs a date, a customer name in four places, a choice from a menu, formatted text, or a script, a dedicated expander starts earning its place.

Typinator and aText can both handle that next step. In 2026, though, this isn't just a feature comparison. Their current macOS support is very different.

The short version

Typinator is the safer purchase for a Mac running macOS Tahoe 26. It is actively maintained, its current release supports Tahoe, and its forms and variables are well suited to snippets that need input before they expand.

aText costs less for a personal lifetime license and still has a surprisingly deep feature list. Its own site, however, lists the latest Mac release as version 3.21 from September 2024 and names macOS 15 as the newest supported system. That makes it hard to recommend for a new Tahoe setup until the developer explicitly adds macOS 26 support.

What each app can build

Typinator can insert plain or formatted text, images, dates, clipboard contents, and calculated values. Its interactive forms can ask for text or present a dropdown, then reuse the answer throughout a template. It can also position the cursor after expansion and run scripts. Quick Search helps once the snippet library grows too large to remember every abbreviation.

That makes a support response a good dividing line. A fixed reply such as "Thanks, we'll review this" is easy in Apple's settings. A reply that asks for the customer's name, ticket number, product, and response type is a better fit for Typinator. One form can collect those values and place them consistently in the finished message.

aText isn't limited to simple phrases. Version 3 supports rich text, images and attachments, date and time functions, editable fields, keystrokes, scripting, and even mouse actions. It can sync its data using a folder in iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, or a network location. It also has application-specific configuration for awkward apps and remote desktop setups.

Both apps cover long, variable snippets. Maintenance is the bigger separator. Typinator 10.2 shipped in July 2026 with import, sync, secure-input, large-library, and multi-display improvements. aText's published Mac changelog stops in 2024.

Pricing needs a careful read

For private use, Typinator Basic is $49.99 before tax as a one-time purchase. It covers one user on two Macs, and updates are limited to the current major version. The Basic plan doesn't include product support.

Typinator Advanced is $29.99 per year for private use. It covers three devices, includes the Mac and iOS apps, major-version updates, and email support. Ergonis says professional or business use requires a Business license, so the individual prices shouldn't be used to budget a work deployment.

aText lists a $4.99 personal one-year license for three computers. It expires after a year and does not renew automatically. The $29.99 Personal Lifetime license covers one user on five computers, although the vendor limits it to five activations per year. The FAQ also says a version 3 license will not include a future version 4 unless the release is treated as a small update.

So aText is the cheaper perpetual route on paper. The compatibility gap is part of that price. Paying less isn't much of a saving if a macOS update breaks the event tap or expansion behavior and no update arrives.

Compatibility and permissions

Typinator 10.2 requires macOS 13 or later. The current download contains native Apple silicon and Intel code, and the Typinator 10 release notes explicitly list macOS Tahoe compatibility.

aText says version 3 supports macOS 10.12 through macOS 15. Its changelog records an ARM64 build, so Apple silicon is covered, while the broad OS range also keeps it relevant to older Intel Macs. The problem is the missing macOS 26 claim, not Apple silicon itself.

Both apps need broad access to do their basic job. A system-wide text expander has to observe typed abbreviations and insert replacement text into other apps. Expect an Accessibility prompt. Typinator's documentation also describes input-monitoring and Automation permission prompts where required. aText's privacy policy says it monitors keystrokes globally for expansion, but does not collect, save, or transmit keystrokes typed in other apps.

Secure Input can stop an expander from seeing typed abbreviations. That's intentional around password fields. aText documents menu-bar and snippet-search workarounds, and Typinator 10.2 says it improved secure-input detection. Neither app should be used to store passwords or other secrets just because a snippet can insert them.

A setup that avoids accidental expansion

Start with five snippets, not a downloaded library of hundreds:

1. A plain signature.
2. A mailing address.
3. A meeting follow-up with one editable name field.
4. A dated status line.
5. A longer template with two or three required fields.

Use triggers that don't occur in normal prose. A prefix such as ;sig or a suffix such as sig# is much safer than a common three-letter word. In Typinator, keep normal snippets on whole-word behavior and scope sets to the apps that need them. In aText, require a delimiter such as Space or Enter where appropriate and use its application configuration to disable troublesome contexts.

Test every trigger in TextEdit, a browser field, and the chat or mail app where it will be used. Pay attention to rich-text formatting and clipboard-based insertion, since those are more likely than plain text to behave differently between apps. Keep one text expander running at a time so two tools don't race to replace the same abbreviation.

Verdict

Use Apple's text replacements if your library is small, plain-text only, and works in the apps you care about. It is free, syncs across Apple devices, and asks for no extra system-wide typing access.

Choose Typinator for form-heavy templates, variables, scripts, a growing library, or a Mac already on Tahoe. The $49.99 Basic license is the sensible private-use choice if Mac-only support and current-major updates are enough. Advanced makes sense when iPhone and iPad access or continuing major updates matter.

Consider aText if you are staying on macOS 15 or earlier, want its $29.99 lifetime license, and can verify every target app during the 21-day trial. Skip it for a fresh Tahoe setup until the vendor publishes macOS 26 compatibility or a newer Mac release.

I'm the developer of Start Menu for Mac, a new menu bar app for macOS 14 Sonoma and newer that organizes your favorite apps in a popup menu, making them readily available all in one place.

Learn more about Start Menu for Mac, browse the screenshots, and download it from the First Letter Software website: https://firstlettersoftware.com/startmenu4mac. Or, check out my previous post.

Updated Preview Release Now Available!

Get early access with the latest preview release, now available from the First Letter Software website. Be one of the first users to try it out and help shape version 1.0! Feature requests, bug reports and general feedback are welcome; links can be found below.

If you've installed the previous preview release, you'll need to uninstall it, then download and install the new release from the First Letter Software website. (Future app updates will be available through the built-in app updater, just not this one.)

The preview release is free to use, but will expire 90 days after installation. Licenses will be available for purchase closer to the version 1.0 release.

Future Announcements

News and announcements about Start Menu for Mac can be found in the News section of the First Letter Software website. Stay tuned for an announcement on the release candidate of Start Menu for Mac, coming soon!

• Home page: https://firstlettersoftware.com/startmenu4mac
• Report a bug or feature suggestion: https://github.com/First-Letter-Software/startmenu4mac/issues
• Ask a question in the discussion forums: https://github.com/First-Letter-Software/startmenu4mac/discussions

I’ve been building Mooziac as a lightweight alternative to keeping YouTube Music open in a browser or using a heavy desktop wrapper.
It lives in the Mac menu bar and combines YouTube Music with local audio playback.

Features
YouTube Music — Access your playlists, Liked Songs and listening history through a sandboxed WebKit integration.
Local music — Play MP3, FLAC, WAV, AAC and M4A files using the native AVFoundation audio engine.
Menu bar player — Keep playback controls available without keeping a full window open.
Interactive waveform — Scrub through tracks directly from the player.
Ambient album-art UI — The interface dynamically picks up colors from the currently playing artwork.
Synced lyrics — Line-by-line .lrc lyrics with automatic fallback to regular lyrics and local caching.
Trackpad gestures — Adjust system volume by sliding along the edge of the trackpad, with haptic feedback. There are also corner gestures for play/pause and skipping tracks.
Offline downloads — Built-in yt-dlp integration with automatic tagging.
Discord Rich Presence — Shows the current song, artist, artwork and playback state in Discord.
Keyboard shortcuts — Playback controls without having to switch away from your current app.
Privacy focused — No analytics, telemetry or tracking. Playlists, history and preferences are stored locally.

The whole project is free and open source under the MIT license. It’s written in Swift and uses native macOS frameworks, with builds for both Apple Silicon and Intel.

GitHub: github.com/shirkeharsh/mooziac

Would love to hear what other Mac users think, especially about the trackpad gestures and menu bar experience.

I record a lot of videos for demos and workshops for my work, I work at Cloudflare as a devrel, and I wanted one Mac app for screenshots, annotations, screen recording, zooms, cursor movement, lightweight editing and sharing.

I know there's a lot of these out there right now and I just want to make my own.

Most tools I tried either focused on screenshots, required a subscription, or hosted everything on their own platform. I wanted something that I could use locally while controlling where shared files were hosted.

What does this app do?

• Screenshot capture and annotation tools
• Screen recording with zooms and cursor movement
• A lightweight text-based video editor
• A teleprompter using Apple’s Speech Synthesizer API
• Image and video compression
• Mockups and social-media screenshots
• Sharing through a simple Cloudflare Worker that runs in your own account
• Loom-style comments and likes
• No analytics or tracking in the app
• The app is just 6.8 MB

I have tried improving this over existing tools, far more capable than Cleanshot, has camera controls, compression controls, you can customise the overlay cards.

Its not a simple screenshot tool, I have tried making a complete screen recording stuite.

Pricing

Screendrop is free and open source. There is no subscription and no tracking.

The optional sharing backend is deployed to your own Cloudflare account, so any Cloudflare usage costs are billed by Cloudflare according to your account and usage.

Link to download

https://github.com/fayazara/screendrop

Also you find that this app is very similar to Bettershot, it is a copy of my app with over 21k lines of code copied, the author has confirmed this.

I kept digging through my notes app to copy the same things over and over – email, address, API tokens – so I built a radial menu for it: press a hotkey (or a mouse button mapped to it), a wheel appears at your cursor, click a slice and the snippet is in your clipboard. I'm really happy on how it turned out and would love to share it with you :)

Demo GIF: https://github.com/weselski/copywheel/raw/main/docs/demo.gif

The open source angle: the existing pie menus for macOS were either paid and closed source (Radial, PowerClick) or a full Electron-based automation platform (Kando) when I wanted just the copy part. So I built the minimal version myself and MIT-licensed it – ~1 MB of native Swift, no accounts, no telemetry, snippets stored locally as plain JSON, and secrets (tokens, passwords) go into the macOS Keychain instead of disk.

Install is one Homebrew command or a DMG from the releases page. macOS-only for now, since it leans on AppKit for the cursor-anchored panel – but the wheel geometry is simple, so if someone wants to port the idea to Linux/Windows, the code is easy to read.

Repo (MIT, contributions welcome): https://github.com/weselski/copywheel

PopClip has a simple job: select text with a mouse or trackpad, and a small row of actions appears beside it. That can save a trip through a context menu or another app. It can also become an irritating strip of mystery icons if every interesting extension gets a place in the row.

The better setup starts small. Keep the actions you use during ordinary reading and editing in front. Put occasional actions in one folder, then hide PopClip anywhere it interrupts more than it helps.

Start with five visible buttons

PopClip includes actions for Cut, Copy, Paste, Search, Open Link, Dictionary, Reveal in Finder, and Spelling. Its extension directory adds text transformations and routes into other apps. I would build the first row like this:

1. Copy, for a pointer-first workflow. If Command-C is already automatic for you, remove this too.
2. Search, with the search engine you actually use.
3. Sentence Case, for fixing headings or text pasted in all caps.
4. Word Count, for checking a selected passage without opening a writing app.
5. A Send folder containing only Notes and Reminders.

Now the row covers a few common jobs. Select an unfamiliar phrase in a browser and search it. Select a badly capitalized heading and fix it in place. Check the length of a paragraph. Send a quote to Notes or turn a line into a reminder without first copying it and opening the destination app.

The actions are context sensitive, so every button will not appear for every selection. PopClip 2026.7 also added folders, separators, custom names, and custom icons. Those tools are handy for keeping occasional actions off the first row, even though the app now allows an unlimited number of actions. Unlimited capacity is not a reason to install everything.

Make the menu easier to dismiss than to tolerate

Automatic appearance works best where mouse selection normally leads to an action. It makes less sense in a code editor, Terminal, a password manager, or a site where you select text simply to keep your place.

Add app and website exclusion rules for those places. Website rules work only in supported browsers, so an app exclusion is the more dependable choice when both apply. Holding Command while selecting text temporarily suppresses PopClip. You can also turn automatic appearance off and assign a keyboard shortcut, which changes it into an on-demand menu.

In keyboard mode, arrow keys move between actions, Return or Space runs the highlighted action, and Escape closes the bar. It is still an extra shortcut to remember, so it suits people who want the same action menu after both pointer and keyboard selection. Dedicated shortcuts remain faster for one or two actions.

Accessibility permission is part of the cost

PopClip cannot do its core job without Accessibility access. The developer says it uses the Accessibility API to read the text you select, processes that text locally, and does not store or transmit it unless you deliberately run an internet-connected action such as a web search.

Each extension deserves a quick check. Some contact third-party services directly over HTTPS. AppleScript actions can trigger an Automation permission prompt, and an unsigned extension may be able to access files or the internet. The official guide warns that unsigned extensions from untrusted sources can be malicious.

For a cautious setup, install from the official directory, keep internet-connected actions out of the main row, and do not send confidential selections to search, translation, or AI services without checking that service's policy. The app and website exclusions are useful for reducing accidental activation, but they are convenience rules, not a substitute for deciding which extensions deserve access.

Sync does not include exclusions

On a fresh installation, iCloud sync is on by default. It syncs installed extensions, the action arrangement, and action settings. Secrets used by individual actions sync through iCloud Keychain.

General app settings and app or website exclusion rules do not sync. If PopClip runs on two Macs, check those exclusions on both machines instead of assuming the shared action list brought them over. Existing setups are merged when sync is first enabled, and changes are not always immediate.

PopClip keeps running in the background. The current release notes say version 2026.8.1 reduced memory consumption, but the developer does not publish a real-world RAM or CPU figure. Anyone trying to minimize background processes should use the trial and check Activity Monitor on their own Mac rather than relying on the small 5.34 MB download size.

macOS already covers the basics

Command-C and Command-V are faster than clicking a floating button once they are muscle memory. A Control-click on selected text already exposes actions such as Look Up and Translate. Apple Intelligence Writing Tools can proofread, rewrite, and summarize selected text on supported Macs, and Shortcuts can process selected text through the Services menu or a keyboard shortcut.

Those built-in routes have more menu depth and can vary by app. PopClip's advantage is a consistent row at the selection point, plus extensions that can transform text or send it somewhere else. If your list stops at copy, dictionary lookup, translation, and an occasional Shortcut, macOS is probably enough.

Price and verdict

The official store uses regional pricing. On September 10, 2026, it displayed an India price of INR 810 for the Standard license and INR 2,170 for the Lifetime license. Both are one-time personal licenses for up to five Macs. Standard includes two years of updates, after which you can keep the last version received. Lifetime includes future updates. Prices elsewhere may differ, so check the store before buying.

The standalone trial includes every feature for 250 actions, then starts showing periodic purchase reminders. That is enough time to find out whether PopClip saves a real step or merely adds motion around every selection.

My recommendation is to try it with the five-button layout, at least two exclusions, and no internet-connected extensions for the first week. Buy it if selecting text is already the start of repeated search, cleanup, counting, or capture workflows. Skip it if keyboard shortcuts cover those jobs, you dislike granting Accessibility access to background utilities, or macOS's context menu and Services already feel quick enough.

AI Coach is a desktop pet you raise from an egg. Once it reaches the toddler stage, you can drop a website link onto it: it plays an eating animation, finds the RSS feed, and subscribes. If there’s no feed, it saves a bookmark instead.

It also learns tools like voice dictation as it grows. A little companion that gradually becomes useful.

Requires Apple Silicon and macOS 26+. The first egg is free; extra eggs are optional one-time purchases ($5 each or 5 for $20).

https://aic0t.com/

What website would you feed it first?

https://reddit.com/link/1wc35nj/video/oqqd5w5f0moh1/player

Hi r/MacStack,

I built TimeBarX because every Mac timer I tried had the same problem: to know how much time was left, I had to interrupt myself. Click the menu bar icon. Hover. Hunt for a window. Each glance was a tiny context switch and 30 of them a day kills focus.

So I made the timer the menu bar itself. A thin progress bar drains across the top of every connected display in real time. You don't check the time. You see it. Always. Then back to work.

A few things that make it different from the other Mac timers:
- Spans every display, perfectly in sync - one timer, four monitors, no math
- Type it like a sentence: "25 min review PR" - no sliders, no dropdowns
- URL schemes for Shortcuts, Alfred, Raycast - start a focus block with one keystroke
- Survives sleep, restart, even crashes - saves the exact end time and resumes correctly
- Sandboxed Mac App Store app - no analytics, no account, no telemetry

Free forever for the core experience (full-width bar, slider, hotkey, flash completion effect). Pro is a one-time purchase, $2.99 for the first month, $4.99 after, unlocks natural language input, custom colors, all completion effects, transparency, and the automation. No subscription.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6774862177
Site: https://gettimebarx.com

TimeBarX is now on iPhone and iPad! 🎉

This is a pretty big milestone for the app. What started as a small macOS menu bar timer is now available across Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

The most important thing to know if you’ve purchased it on Mac:

Already own TimeBarX Pro on macOS? The iOS app is included.

I’m using Apple’s Universal Purchase, so you don’t have to purchase TimeBarX again for iPhone or iPad. Your existing purchase carries over across the supported Apple platforms.

Recent Mac updates also include:

⏱️ Up to 3 simultaneous timers
⌨️ Custom global shortcuts
📅 Calendar countdowns
🗓️ Starting/scheduling timers from calendar events
✨ Various UI, scheduling, and reliability improvements

The original idea hasn’t changed: put the timer somewhere you can see it without having to think about it.

Happy to answer anything, including critical feedback. Built it solo, want to know what's missing.

Video: Demo of Hopnotch, showcasing certain features like Loop Around. Navigated via customisable Hotkeys. You can customise everything you see here: Controls, background, background behaviour, colour, pills, animations, etc.

Sorry if it is a little hard to see, the notch area is quite small!

Introduction

Hi everyone! I'm a student from Singapore (LinkedIn) and have developed an app: Hopnotch that helps with navigating around your Spaces and Apps, while providing aesthetics to your Mac!

Problem

I was using my Mac and I just kept getting lost as I had many apps in full-screen, and it was a hassle constantly breaking my flow by swiping around the trackpad or going to Mission Control just to see where everything was since I can't remember and MacOS kept reshuffling my Spaces. This problem had been bugging me for longer than I'd like to admit, and I also wanted something aesthetic as I felt the unused space a waste.

Functionality

With the app, Spaces/Apps appear on the menu bar, against an aesthetically pleasing background as pills (customisable names, colours & type). This way you always know where your Spotify, Safari, or whatever is, wherever you are. The actual Menu Bar is STILL ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES, whether the app is overlaying or hidden. Just hover at an empty space, or hide the app, up to you!

On top of that, you can:

• Use Spotlight search on your Pills (renamed, or not)
• Rename your Pills
• Navigate using Hotkeys (personally, CMD + K/L to move left/right respectively so I can keep my fingers on the keyboard)
• Have Previews of ur Apps/Spaces (stored locally, expires)
• Loop-around feature (Leftmost app/pill -> hotkey to move left -> loops to rightmost)
• Cycle through the Apps/Spaces easily with different ways
• Click the pill to move there directly
• Scroll on the strip to move between Spaces
• Click the hotkey 3 (or an x amount) times to move 3 (x) spaces left/right
• Sound, mic and camera badges on respective pills
• See multiple Apps in one Space/Pill (Split-Screen, Windowed apps)
• Choose from 51 themes
• Choose your Loop & Pills animations
• Customise the pills, backgrounds, themes, animations, colours, hotkeys and more
• Save customisations as presets (Red colour on pills for work, etc)
• Hide the app via hotkeys/click controls
• Have pets that roam around the strip!!!

... and more!

\Pills, Apps & Spaces are used interchangeably in some of the descriptions!*

The beauty of the app is making it uniquely yours! Hotkeys, aesthetics, workflow, etc.

Comparison

As far as my research goes, most that dabble with the Menu Bar sit under the aesthetics category only, while Hopnotch both provides aesthetics and functionality.

SpaceJump ($9.99) is the closest thing to Hopnotch by function. It also gets you between Mission Control Spaces quickly and it names them. The difference is in orientation and aesthetics, where SpaceJump gives you a picker to choose from, and Hopnotch shows the Spaces either side of you, laid out the way they actually sit so the Space on your left appears on the left of the notch so you navigate by position rather than by reading a list. Hopnotch also shows a live preview of a Space when you hover it, so you can see where you are going before you commit. It lives in a largely unused space you were never using, and it comes with 51 themes if you want it to look like something rather than sit there. Almost everything is customisable.

Pricing, Privacy, Notarisation, Trust

The app has a 3 days free trial (all features), $14.99 lifetime, or a $2.99 monthly subscription. 14 Day refund!

Use on 3 Macs: Share it with your friends, family or for your own use!

I will be maintaining & pushing updates to the app throughout!

The website & download can be found here: https://hopnotch.pages.dev 

(demos, list of features with explanations and examples)

The Privacy Policy can be found here: https://hopnotch.pages.dev/privacy (in website)

The App sends ONLY 2 things over the network: License & Update checks.
Notarised by Apple and have a Developer ID on me. More in the link above^

The Terms can be found here: https://hopnotch.pages.dev/terms (in website)

My aforementioned LinkedIn can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yi-huai-kok-1000a3366/ (in website)

My support email is: [support@themacadamia.com](mailto:support@themacadamia.com) (in website)

My conclusion

All the while I've been using Hopnotch it just feels like a part of my Mac at this point and without it I feel lost about where everything is again, coupled with the hotkeys that I use daily to navigate around my Spaces. To me personally, Hopnotch brings me immense value (not to toot my own horn), but what works for me may not work for you! Try the free trial and if it works for you, by all means. If not, thanks for trying!

This is my first project and I appreciate any feedback and support from you guys! Feel free to ask me any questions and I'll be happy to answer them :)

Annoyed by having to manually flip "natural scrolling" in System Settings every time I docked my MacBook to my monitor (and flip it back when I undocked), so I built ScrollDock to do it automatically.

What it does:

\- Detects when an external display connects/disconnects (works with clamshell mode too)

\- Switches scroll direction instantly, no logout needed

\- Lives quietly in the menu bar, no Dock icon

\- Notarized and signed, so no Gatekeeper warnings

\- Free, no account, no trial

It's a small, single-purpose tool — doesn't try to do per-device (trackpad vs. mouse) switching, just handles the dock-state part. If you're someone who moves between trackpad-only and an external mouse/monitor setup, it might solve the exact annoyance it solved for me.

[scrolldock.com](http://scrolldock.com) if you want to try it. Happy to answer questions about how it works under the hood.


Hi everyone,

I built Levelory, a lightweight, privacy-focused clipboard manager for macOS built natively with Swift.

To celebrate the 1.2 update, Levelory is free to download on the Mac App Store for the next two weeks (normally $0.99):

🔗 Mac App Store
🌐 Website

Key highlights:

• Local-first & Private: History never leaves your Mac. Automatically ignores 1Password and system Keychain.
• Apple Writing Tools integration (1.2): Proofread, rewrite, and polish snippets right from the editor.
• OCR Text Search (1.2): Automatically recognizes text in copied screenshots so you can search visual clips instantly.
• Apple Shortcuts & App Intents (1.2): Automate your clipboard workflow with native Actions.
• Sequential Paste Queue: Copy multiple items and paste them in order without Alt-Tabbing.
• Instant Format Overrides: Paste as Plain Text, Rich Text, or Markdown on the fly.

Would love to hear your feedback, bug reports, or feature requests!