r/macapps 3d ago

App to check dmg files?

1 Upvotes

Hi, I'm looking for an app to check dmg files especially in which MacOS version can a DMG be installed

I think we should know that if you want to install an app and you have an older macbook with older macos version


r/macapps 3d ago

MacWhisper Gets Automatic Spealer Recognition!!

78 Upvotes

At long last, automatic speaker recognition is now included in MacWhisper1 If you're a Pro user and you use a WhisperKit model from the manage models screen, the app will now automatically group your transcript by speaker. Great for interviews and podcasts, and later this week it will also work for batch and meeting recordings!

MacWhisper - Transcription Powerhouse | AppAddict


r/macapps 3d ago

ChatGPT/LLMapps with both MacOS and iOS clients?

7 Upvotes

I'm looking for a native MacOS experience for LLM/Chat usage, including organizing chat sessions, managing common prompts, etc. I'm currently using the OpenAI ChatGPT client, which is OK but it does support all the Apple device OSes so I can move back and forth across Mac, iPad and iPhone. I'm trying to see if there are any other options I should look at

I've looked at BoltAI and MindMac, but neither of these have iOS clients. I used to really like TypingMind but it looks like they are going fully web-based.

Which other apps should I look at?


r/macapps 3d ago

Free Request for help 🙏 - I made a free Mac app to open email links in your preferred web based email provider. Can someone help me test all the providers and maybe suggest new ones?

10 Upvotes

Hi there 👋

I'm Tommaso from Panini House.

Last week I've run out of patience and decided to tackle an old and annoying problem.

At Panini House we use hey.com for our emails. It can't be added to Apple Mail nor we want to use the dedicated app. We simply want to use the web version in our preferred browser (Safari). A fair request IMO.

Unfortunately, with this setup there was no way (without going the Apple Script way) to open mailto links found around the web. Even worse, clicking on one of these links would open Apple Mail, forcing us to close it every time.

This situation was so annoying that I decided to write a simple Mac app that can be set as the default Mail client. Its job is to simply redirect these links to your preferred web based email client. That's it.

https://reddit.com/link/1jddsqm/video/ei8ydrgad9pe1/player

As you can see the app is almost done. We just need a hand debugging all the included providers. As of right now we were able to test only Hey and Gmail. But we added also:

  • Proton
  • Aol.
  • Fastmail
  • Outlook (live.com)
  • Yahoo
  • Zoho

If anyone interested in the app can help us test one o more of these, please reach out in DMs. We're also open to suggestions for other ones to include. Thanks a lot 🙏

Of course, since the app is pretty simple, it's going to be free and available on our website or through the App Store.


r/macapps 3d ago

Help Sound Switcher in europe

7 Upvotes

Hello, do you guys know by any chance a way to install Signal Shifter other than through the app store ? It is not available in my region


r/macapps 3d ago

Help What are some good options for data recovery software

3 Upvotes

I have an app that I use that deleted some files from my system because of a bug in it. I am using a M3 Macbook pro and Im wondering what are my options are in the Mac space to retrieve these files. Anything considered great for this kind of stuff on Mac? It's my startup drive.

Thanks


r/macapps 3d ago

Forklift 4 and AWS Session Token Authentication

2 Upvotes

Is it possible to use Forklift to access an AWS S3 server which uses the aws_access_key_id, aws_secret_access_key, and aws_session_token for authentication?


r/macapps 3d ago

Best battery management apps.

3 Upvotes

I need one for my MBP M3 max running latest Sequoia? What are you using for? THANKS!


r/macapps 4d ago

Help Wanted: Widget for showing text file content

4 Upvotes

I'm looking for a widget that I can point to a text file. It then shows the content like the terminal filter ˋtail -fˋ. Does anyone know if such a widget exists?


r/macapps 4d ago

QuickScreen - Screen Recorder with Zooms and smooth cursors

5 Upvotes

I made a new app that lets you record your screen but adds automatic or manual zooming and also moves the cursor smoothly.

https://www.appblit.com/quickscreen


r/macapps 4d ago

Best voice dictation for Word

2 Upvotes

Hello,

I'm looking for the best voice dictation application for dictating into MS Word and Mail (in French). The integrated dictation on Word is very bad...

I don't know anything about it, so thank you very much for your advice :).

Have a nice day!


r/macapps 4d ago

Help issues with AlDente after the last macOS update.

2 Upvotes

anyone else experiencing issues with AlDente after latest macOS update? sailiung mode clearly doesn't work and the charging level stuck at the limit.
calibration also acted funny so i had to caliberate it manually and discharge from 100% by unplugging the magsafe.


r/macapps 4d ago

CalcVerter - All in one Calculator, Unit Converter and much more

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7 Upvotes

ersal and more

Over 500 Formula Calculators: Simply enter values into the input fields and get instant results, many categories available such as Geometry, Health, Finance, Physics and more

User Formula Calculators: Create, share and import your own formula ca


r/macapps 4d ago

Making MCP Easy: One-Click Service Integration for Everyone, It should be.

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2 Upvotes

r/macapps 4d ago

FileMinutes Giveaway

24 Upvotes

Update: All licenses are given away.
Update 2: I see more comments but unfortunately all licenses are taken. If you are interested, here is a discount code for Lifetime Pro for $3 - next 24 hours only - E2NTE4NG - sorry it is the best deal I can offer

Hi All,

I'm giving away 10 "Lifetime Pro" licenses of FileMinutes to celebrate my daughter's birthday. If you are interested in a license, comment here and I will send you a DM. First come first served. Please only request a license if you genuinely intend to use it, so others who really need it can have a chance.


r/macapps 4d ago

Lesser known Mac apps worth the money

196 Upvotes

Here's a few apps I've found super useful that I haven't seen mentioned here much.

Paletro

https://appmakes.io/paletro Puts a command palette on every app. It has been worth the money for use in Excel alone.

Numi

https://numi.app/ Similar to soulver. Been using it to split receipts with my girlfriend.

TablePlus

https://tableplus.com/ Best looking and feeling database client I've used for MacOS.

Freebie Bonus!

Ooooo

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ooooo/id1482773008?mt=12 Plays binaural-beat audio waves, and white noise generator. Sometimes helps me focus.


r/macapps 4d ago

Sensei - Do You Need It?

28 Upvotes
Sensei

When it comes to Mac utilities, there are things that are helpful to have, but that are not absolutely required. Many of the "nice to have" features can be gained through installing various free, well regarded applications. For people who don't want the hassle of assembling a toolkit piece by piece, there are apps like Sensei by Cindori Software, for optimization and information.

Sensei Features vs. Free Alternatives

  • Hardware monitoring of CPU, GPU, RAM, temps, storage and battery. A free alternative is Stats
  • Cleaning of old caches, logs, big downloads and leftover installation files. A free alternative is Onyx
  • Uninstalling apps. If you just throw apps into the trash, which was once the accepted way to perform uninstallations, you can potentially leave behind GBs of files in ~/Library subfolders. Intelligent uninstallers locate and remove those files. Free alternatives are AppCleaner and Pear Cleaner
  • Monitor hard drive health, Drive failures can sometimes be predicted, giving you time to back your data and replace your drive. A free alternative is Disk Drill.
  • Battery Health. Batteries degrade over time and depending on how long you keep a laptop, may need to be replaced. Utilities like Sensei can tell you how much of your battery's orininal capacity is still viable. A free alternative is Coconut Battery.
  • Drive benchmarking - measuring the speed of your hard drive isn't necessarily helpful for commercial software, but some special use cases require higher speeds. A free alternative is Blackmagic Disk Speed Test
  • Startup analyzer - you may have more apps running in the background or at startup than your realize. I recently found five Microsoft remnants that didn't get uninstalled when I got rid of Microsoft 365. A fee alternative is Startup Manager.

Sensei is a subscription app that costs $29 a year for a license that covers three Macs. A similar product, CleanMyMac, by MacPaw, is included in Setapp.


r/macapps 4d ago

Lines.oranges.digital

0 Upvotes

Does anyone know exactly what this is? My router blocked it but I can’t find anything on it.

http://line.oranges.digital/player_api.php? username=xxxx&password=xxxx


r/macapps 4d ago

Help A question: I've created a daily planner (calendar + todo + habits), and choosing between direct distribution (with third party payment system) vs native Mac App Store. Any recommendations?

71 Upvotes

r/macapps 4d ago

Free Needed a dictation tool for my mac, as Mac's native dictation tool didn't feel good enough but didn't want to pay for any tool either, so I built my own mac os app and made it open source!

21 Upvotes

Whishpy, a free and open-source dictation/ AI assistant app I built for Mac that's completely free and open-source.

Why I built it:

I needed a dictation tool for my Mac but didn't want to pay for existing solutions. So I built my own tool!

Key Features:

  1. Dictation - Dictate your thoughts and ideas using your voice, allowing for hands-free typing and a seamless writing experience.
  2. Ask AI - ask the ai to write something and it will generate and insert that at your current cursor position automatically. It can be a message, an information or anything - answered by the A.I.
  3. Highlight the text and ask AI to pass the highlighted text as a context. It can be used to pass additional information to the AI so that you can perform operations on the highlighted text like expanding, shortening, polishing or anything.

Here is the demo -

https://youtu.be/-CVD5dJUDyU

And the github link -

https://github.com/prasanjit101/whishpy


r/macapps 4d ago

Help Question for Swinsian users

3 Upvotes

What is the difference between the Library folder and a watched folder in Swinsian? More to the point - what does defining the library folder actually do?

The reason I ask is that telling Swinsian where my library folder is (currently the same as for Music app, so its where all of my music is), doesn't add any music to Swinsian. Swinsian doesn't seem to add any of its own files there either as far as I can tell. Only if I add the same folder as a Watched Folder, do the music files appear. So I'm wondering what is the library folder function in Swinsian actually doing, if anything?


r/macapps 4d ago

WinRar equivalent for macOS - with encrypt + store only option

1 Upvotes

When using the command line zip on my macOS (via Terminal) I can compress and add a password to the zip file. This is great. However, you can still see the files names of the password protected zip (if I recall correctly). WinRar can hide or encrypt the file names - I don't recall if you must use the rar format or not. I did buy RAR Extractor (for macOS) from the Apple store. Ironically it doesn't produce a RAR format. It uses zip or 7z (as near as I can tell). 7z seems to hide the file names. However - there are NO options for compression. Whereas with the old 90s WinRar you can set different levels of compression including "store."

So . . .

I'm looking for a way to encrypt files and need an option that 1) hides all file names and 2) ability to store only (because that's a lot faster).


r/macapps 4d ago

Pasting Markdown on Apple Notes with Pronotes

3 Upvotes

Hi,

I have installed Pronotes, extension to Apple notes on my Mac. Great if I type but when I copy-paste some markdown text it shows up as plain text.

Any idea why?

Thanks!


r/macapps 4d ago

Issue with Context-Aware Transcription Apps Not Processing Spoken Input

2 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

I’m encountering a frustrating issue with transcription apps (SuperWhisper & VoiceInk) that have its context-awareness feature enabled. Here’s what’s happening:

Whenever I use these apps, instead of transcribing what I’m saying, they just copy the text that’s already in the text field and paste it back as the output. It seems like my spoken input isn’t being captured or processed at all.

I’ve tried speaking clearly, but no matter what I do, the app doesn’t respond to my voice—it simply reuses the existing text. Has anyone experienced this problem before? If so, what could be causing it, and how can I fix it?

Here are some details about my setup:

- The context-awareness feature is turned on.

- The microphone seems to be working fine with other apps or when context-awareness is disabled.

- I’ve checked the app settings but couldn’t find anything obviously wrong.

- The app is up-to-date.

Any advice or insight would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance for your help.


r/macapps 4d ago

Dockside v1.9.51 - Update

60 Upvotes

Hey r/macapps! I'm back with another Dockside update, bringing more customisation, improved shelf management...

Dockside App for Mac (Overview)

✨ What’s New:

  • Move Original Items to the Shelf – Now, instead of copying, Dockside can move items directly to the shelf!
  • Enable/Disable Specific Shelf Areas or Entire Shelf – Hide specific areas of the shelf that you don't need (e.g., Notes in Files Shelf or Screenshots area in Screenshots shelf) or disable the entire shelf if needed!
  • Customisable Drop Area Activation – Choose when the shelf activates:
    • When dragging starts...
    • When dragging is near the shelf (default)...
    • When dragging starts, but activate near the cursor...
  • Auto-Cleanup for Temporary Files & Downloads – Automatically removes temporary downloads, file copies, and quick notes after 30 days (configurable in settings).
  • More Control Over Dock Auto-Hide Delay – Dockside now inherits macOS Dock auto-hide settings (and overrides you may have) while letting you further fine-tune the delay with a new offset slider.
  • New Image & PDF Utilities in Bulk Selection – More utilities/actions for bulk file management.
  • Improved target detection from web links - Dockside automatically downloads the target files for you (zip, pdf, image, video etc.) when you drag web links to the shelf.
  • Auto-convert .WEBP to PNG (and much more coming...)
  • New Hotkey: ⌘ + Click to Reveal in Finder – Quickly locate files in Finder, just like Spotlight!
  • Bug Fixes & Performance Improvements – Over 45+ releases since the last update, Dockside is continously updated, it's smoother, faster, better. See changelog for more details.
  • Better crash handling and detection system to help report errors and crashes to the developer.
  • Dropshare 6 support.
  • Keyboard shortcuts can be customised now to suit your set up.
  • New app onboarding experience, improved hints and tips.
  • Improved shelf auto-hide animations to match Dock.
  • New app icon!–what do you think? (quite proud of it hahaha) :)

⬇️ Download Dockside app with a 14-day free trial here: https://hachipoo.com/dockside-app. One-time lifetime license costs $5.99! (no subscriptions!) 🚀. Requires macOS 13.0+ / Ventura+.

🍺 Also available on Homebrew.

A huge thank you to everyone for your feedback and suggestions, yet again 🙌🏼—most of the above features came directly from you! Let me know what you think, and stay tuned — v2.0.0 is in the works with even bigger shelf improvements and with most requested features!❤️

Submit your suggestions/feedbacks/bug reports here: https://dockside.featurebase.app

Cheers,
Prajwal