- Hiding menu bar icons never worked for me, so I merged them instead! feat. DuoBar [MAS]
Hi r/macapps! I'm the developer of DuoBar, and finally happy to share it with the community as I've been building it since September. This is not just an iPhone Duo inspired menu bar icon app for...
450 points239 comments5 d ago
- Parall - Run as many separate instances of a Mac app as you need, without making copies
Hi everyone, I'm Ighor July. I spent years writing scripts and experimenting with ways to run multiple instances of the same Mac app, each with its own data, without copying the app itself. That...
279 points121 comments6 d ago
- Apple could make iCloud space cleanup so much easier, but instead they prefer people waste their money. So I made an app to cut down on your space without spending hours sorting through photos and videos.
!img I'm Daniel, the solo dev behind Cloud Media Shrinker. I have a big gap in my resume from quitting my software eng job to travel the world for 2 years. I gathered up a ton of videos while...
135 points139 comments3 d ago
- [OS] We made Atlas, a hidden second desktop on your Mac where AI agents can click and type while you keep working (free, MIT)
!video Computer-use agents have one big problem: they take your Mac away from you. They open windows over your work, switch Spaces, go fullscreen, and you just sit there watching. So we built...
114 points63 comments6 d ago
- I got tired of Markdown preview panes, so I built a native Mac editor that formats as you type (and runs Obsidian themes)
Hey r/MacApps, (Sorry for the "I got tired of... so I built" title, it seems to get the most attention.) Quick note first: I posted this about a month ago, and the mods took it down after a few...
90 points56 comments4 d ago
- What 12+ years of iMessage history looks like. Mimoto is an app to explore your chat archive, entirely on your Mac.
Hi everyone, I'm Ben, the developer of Mimoto - been building this along with the WhatsApp focussed iOS version since 2020 as a bit of a passion project that scratches a personal data analysis...
90 points43 comments5 d ago
- Radial: make the new Macbook touchscreen useful without holding your arm up or aiming at tiny buttons
Problem: The touchscreen MacBook Pro is out, but macOS is still made for a mouse, so using it means holding your arm up and aiming at small buttons. Radial puts the shortcuts and app controls you...
71 points35 comments4 d ago
- Classycal for Mac is out (and it's on iPhone too)
Problem: A minimal, private calendar and Apple Reminders task manager for Mac and iPhone, where you type events the way you'd say them, without accounts, telemetry or AI bloat. Comparison: \- vs...
67 points118 comments2 d ago
- r/MacApps Moderation Update (Phase 4): Clearer Rules, PCP+Trust
Hey r/MacApps, Phase 3 improved the main feed, but three problems remain: Tons of comment karma farming, a lot of posts we have to remove and explain repeatedly, and 80% more app submissions with...
57 points133 comments5 d ago
- Mirrorr - full-disk backup, free for personal use
What it does Full-disk mirror to an external or second internal drive. Starts copying immediately (no indexing/survey phase), writes every file to a temp name first and renames it into place so a...
57 points37 comments6 d ago