New macOS security app from the MacPaw team — Moonlock

Hey everyone,

Our team at MacPaw has just released a new macOS security app called Moonlock.

It’s focused on keeping Macs safe from modern threats — using native macOS technologies like Endpoint Security and Network Extensions. The goal was to make something lightweight, easy to understand, and helpful even for users who aren’t deep into cybersecurity.

If you’re already using CleanMyMac, Moonlock goes a bit deeper — it adds real-time threat blocking, quarantining, scheduled scans, and system visibility.

We’d love to hear what you think about this approach to Mac security and if there are any tools or features you’d expect from an app like this.

More details are on our site: https://moonlock.com

https://redd.it/1ojhbwo
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If you want to use different Dock presets and have the Alfred Powerpack, but don’t want to purchase another app, try this Alfred workflow.

I recently came across a couple of new Dock apps on this subreddit, and it suddenly reminded me of an Alfred workflow I had discovered a few weeks ago, “Dock Switcher.” https://alfred.app/workflows/chrisgrieser/dock-switcher/

This workflow allows you to save your current Dock settings and load your presets. The presets I currently use are “Normal Day,” “Study,” and “Family.”

You can even load your presets using hotkeys. Simply create a Hotkey trigger, set your hotkey, choose Argument as Text, and enter the name of your preset in the text field. Then link the Hotkey node to “load.” (You will know what it means when you open the workflow in Alfred Preferences.)

I hope this can be helpful to some of you.

https://redd.it/1ojjbwi
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Vallum is amazing !

I was torn between Little Snitch and Lulu. On one hand, a fully featured, complex and expensive software (Little Snitch) that ultimately pack way too many unnecessary features for my usage. On the other hand, Lulu, not really user friendly and quite tedious when you need a bit more than the basic functionality. But the absolute deal breaker is Netiquette, the network monitor of Lulu. You are basically blind compared to alternatives as it doesn't support and UI could be better but it's open source so I'm not gonna be too picky about it. But yeah, I was using Lulu out of desperation, and today I decided to look for an alternatives and discovered Few alternatives :

- TinyShield (Discounted from 40$ to 19.5$)
- Vallum (15$) unlimited free trial
- Scudo (10$)
- Radio Silence (7$)
- Trip Mode 3 (?)

and a few others but a bit out of scope. I'm not gonna make a full review of every software but decided to go for Vallum and this is EXACTLY what I needed. TinyShield is interesting but very new, less featured than Vallum and basically more expensive so it's a no brainer for me.

I make this posts because I don't feel like Vallum get the recognition it deserves and it's a shame because it's got to be the perfect replacement for Little Snitch !

https://redd.it/1ojnol9
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Capture System audio only played by all apps on mac

Does anybody know a code example of how to capture system audio on mac? I struggled to make a working code. Using chatgpt or claude does not help.

Bonus if you can do it in Rust. Otherwise, swift code is fine.

https://redd.it/1ojr9fq
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Get Later App

This is a cool program. Although it hasn't been updated in a few years. Is there something that does this that's still under developerment?

https://getlater.app/


https://redd.it/1ojrui1
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Looking for alternatives to CleanMyMac (budget not issue)

Alrighty, I'm in the process of removing Moonlock and CleanMyMac from my Mac and working on getting my refunds back (even with a visa dispute if that's what it'll take).


I'm looking most importantly for apps with as clean UI as CMM that can manage the following:

\- Uninstall and Update Apps

\- and Checking and managing Disk Space

For the App management side of things, both Appcleaner and Pearcleaner which I admit Pearcleaner is my favourite so I guess I answered my own question there (combined with FindAllFiles if there's any remnants of files left after uninstalling).

For updating apps, I used to rely on MacUpdater but support for that is ending early next year, so I tried Latest however it's very hit n miss when it came to support for which app sources (CMM tended to update any app even from AppStore which was a bonus).

As for Disk Space management, I did try Daisy Disk but the image generated was super confusing sadly, and OmniDisk was quite well, it worked..


Either way I'm keen for suggestions for apps you use.

Thank you! :)

https://redd.it/1ojtgm2
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Need an indexer/search app which can also index NAS and Cloud Services like OneDrive

So, the finder is nice and all but my problem is that I need an app which can also search (or index) files on a NAS (Synology and TrueNAS) and also OneDrive. Heck finder won't even find some .afpub files I stored in iCloud. Which is really strange


I added the NAS via Samba into finder (also Forklift) but it won't find every time a file. Same with OneDrive although if I recall I would need for this to have the files locally (which I want to avoid as those are alone 92GB).


Now I read about FAF, NeoFinder, etc. But anyone have a recommendation? Even if is is simply an indexer so that I can search atleast for the name of the file. Oh and it doesn't need to be free if it could help me in this situation.

https://redd.it/1ojvgv6
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I've released Mocolamma, an unofficial Ollama management app!

https://redd.it/1ojumoe
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Premium apps that you only pay once and enjoy the benefits

Looking for apps that aren't subnoscription that you use everyday and are helpful. No criteria just helpful apps that make your life easier and more.

https://redd.it/1ok194g
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Affinity is making their big announcement at 1:00 PM EDT today.

Foe those that don't know Affinity makes 3 apps, Designer, Photo and Publisher. These are competitors to InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. Their big advanatage is that they are a one-time purchase, and don't require an ongoing subnoscription.

At the beginning of the month, Canva (the new owners of Affinity) stopped selling new licenses for Affinity products, and teased a big announcement they're calling "Creative Freedom" on the 30th.

There's been a lot of speculation about what's going to happen. With the date, being the 30th, speculation is that this will be an announcement for a version 3.0. But the thing troubling everyone is if the new version will be a one-time purchase/upgrade, or if the new parent company, Canva, is going to move the suite to a subnoscription model.

I really hope another great one-time purchase option doesn't go away for the Mac community this afternoon.

https://redd.it/1ok2p3a
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Affinity went free

So the announcement dropped and everyone's relieved it's not another Adobe-style subnoscription nightmare. But from now on it's free to use.

https://www.affinity.studio/get-affinity

\-- Edit:

From the FAQs of their announcement

Is Affinity really free?
Yes, Affinity really is free. That doesn’t mean you’re getting a watered-down version of the app though. You can use every tool in the Pixel, Vector, and Layout studios, plus all of the customization and export features, as much as you want, with no restrictions or payment needed. The app will also receive free updates with new features and improvements added. If you’re on a Canva premium plan (Pro, Business, Enterprise, Education), you’ll also be able to unlock Canva’s powerful AI tools within Affinity via the Canva AI Studio.

Are AI features available?
Yes. With a Canva premium plan you can unlock Canva AI features in Affinity.

Can I access AI tools without a Canva Pro or other premium plan?
No, these are only available to those with Canva premium accounts.

https://redd.it/1ok5n3j
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New Affinity Announcement
https://youtu.be/UP_TBaKODlw

https://redd.it/1ok61zz
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Choosing the Right AI Dictation App
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKU9CABtnOw

https://redd.it/1ok56lk
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Any Mac app that allows for looping the mouse across multiple monitors?

So I have 2 monitors on my laptop (2017 MacBook Air) I’d like for the mouse to loop across screens like in Pac-Man. If my cursor goes to the bottom of one monitor I want it to pop up on the top of the other monitor. Same with right to left. The default behavior doesn’t warp the cursor when it hits an edge of the monitor setup on all four sides

https://redd.it/1ok7nyf
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Don't delete Affinity Photo Just Yet. Affinity Canva isn't totally free...

https://redd.it/1okb7w0
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