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AppZapper 3000
The uninstaller Apple forgot. The most fun uninstaller for macOS has been rebuilt for the 31st century. Drag in any app and instantly find all of its extra files. Then delete them with a real 3D zapper.
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Switching to Firefox
I’ve used many browsers in the past, but I’ve mostly kept coming back to Apple’s Safari. I can’t blame “lock-in” because Apple lets you easily export your data, and most browsers will import it automatically when you start them. It was more about muscle memory, a familiar Mac-like UI, and not having any real issues…
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CleanShot X
CleanShot X provides over 50 features making it the ultimate screen capturing tool. Capture your Mac’s screen like a pro.
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Compact macOS menubar icons
When Apple released macOS 11.0 “Big Sur” back in 2020, one of the changes they made was to increase the gap between icons on the menubar. During development the gap was enormous, but it was eventually toned down for release, based on the negative feedback during testing. People with a lot of menubar apps found…
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OrbStack
OrbStack by Orbital Labs is a drop-in replacement for Docker Desktop with superb features and performance.
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The Sum of its Parts
I recently started a new job, and one of the upsides is that my computer isn’t locked down into oblivion, so I can actually use a lot of the features that make the Apple ecosystem so great to begin with! Universal Clipboard now works properly, so setting up things like my HR profile was as…
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My favourite Mac: restoring an iMac G4
I was drawn to the Mac for many years before I finally got my own. This post talks a bit about how I got into the platform. I’d poked about on display models in computer stores, and was blown away by the way they looked, both hardware and software. In the PC world, Windows XP…
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The Future of Mac
Hot on the heels of their iPhone announcement, Apple has returned with a special event all about the future of the Mac. Back in June, Apple announced they were migrating the Mac away from Intel processors to their own custom silicon. Though their A-series chips have long provided iPhones with industry-leading performance, until yesterday’s event we weren’t sure how…
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