Do you have an "exit strategy" for your apps?

I take a look at my apps and I always try to plan an "exit strategy," in case I need to abandon an app for whatever reason.

My computer journey starts back in 1984 and goes like this:

Atari 800XL → Macintosh Plus → Some generic PC I built myself running Windows 95/98 → PowerMac G4 → HP Desktop running Ubuntu Linux → Mac mini → ThinkPad laptop running Arch Linux → 16" MacBook Pro.

Now clearly I don't need the data I generated on my Mac Plus back in 1986 any more. But at the time I made each hop, there was data I needed to get over to the new platform. Some things were easy such as MS Office files. Some things were hard, such as Quicken data, Print Shop files.

So, now that I am older and wiser, I pick apps with an exit strategy in mind. If I can't get an app to export data in a way that another app can read it, unless I don't have a choice.

As someone who used Linux as my full-time OS for a very long time I remember a constant barrage of posts from people saying they'd love to use Linux full-time, but they need a replacement app for XXX that can read all the files they created in that app. And I'm trying to not put myself in that situation. I don't want to be trapped.

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1001 Recording App Review

Hey guys I just wanted to leave a review for this screen recording app I've been using lately. I’ve been using 1001 Record for about two months now, mostly for personal projects and tutoring. I’m a high school student, and I record my online lessons and videos of me explaining math concepts to myself so I can rewatch them later and understand things better.

Out of all the recording apps I've used, I like this one the most. I've used OBS and Quiktime before, but neither of them captured desktop audio without a 3rd party set up. 1001 Record is very self-intuitive, records desktop audio without any third party setup (like OBS), and the UI feels really clean. I also love the additional options like being able to schedule recordings, capture a single window, highlight keystrokes. They also recently added an auto-zoom feature that I haven't tried out yet. I haven't had any major issues with it yet. I barely post on Reddit but I after looking I barely found any reviews on this app so I felt like it had to be shared.


I attached a screenshot of the UI as a well as a recording.

https://reddit.com/link/1opa50j/video/qn6u2nf1ahzf1/player

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TilePix - TileSet and TileMap Creation App for iPad and Mac [£4.99, One Time Payment, 6/11/25] V1.3 Major improvements!

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MediaMate vs Alcove

I am looking for a nice dynamic island for mac. The two I found are MediaMate and Alcove. Which one do you recommend ? Is there a third alternative I should look at ?

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Imprint — a Mac-native, privacy-first watermarking app (visible + invisible) for creators
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Voiden: The API client that doesn't want your email address

Somewhere along the way, API tooling has lost the plot.
With a few good exceptions, API clients have become bloated SaaS platforms.
Voiden is the opposite.

What Voiden doesn't do:

Ask for an account
Send telemetry
Paywall basic features
Store your data in "the cloud"
Require an internet connection for localhost

What it does:

Define, test, and document APIs in Markdown files (executable .void format)
Version and collaborate with Git
Extend with plugins (Faker for test data, OAuth, custom auth)
Built-in terminal (with multiple tabs)
Link blocks across documents instead of neverending copy-paste hops (eg. define auth or query params once, reference everywhere with auto-sync)
Import Postman collections and OpenAPI specs
Use keyboard shortcuts, native menus, and command palette (Cmd+Shift+P) instead of infinite loop of tab and click actions
Override \`.env\` fields in a tiered structure
Override JSON fields without repeating entire objects.
Response previews for PDFs, images, videos, audio, etc
...

Well, it does a bunch of cool stuff.
But among the coolest ones is it's super light.

P.S. The v1.0 beta release is out there, and it's counting days until the stable release, plus some more weeks to open the source code (yes, while we're still in 2025).

P.P.S. What would you need there to make it even beter?

Voiden in action

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LFF - Largest Files Finder, Free for One Week
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Ping Uptime Monitor - Power, Configurable, Cheap

[Ping Uptime Monitor](https://preview.redd.it/amrmme3znmzf1.jpg?width=340&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1e5a86bbecd19be4ea9ece6bad55200bcba9f67f)

**Ping Uptime Monitor** by Neat Software is a lightweight menubar app that monitors the availability and response time of any entity with an IP address: websites, APIs, servers, routers, devices and workstations. When problems are detected, it alerts you. It has a limited free tier and a pro upgrade to unlock the full feature set(one-time purchase, not subnoscription). You may be thinking that you don't ned a tool to do your pinging, since that's a command line tool that's among the first that many of us ever learned, but bear with me, because Ping Uptime Monitor can de some useful stuff.

*Features*

* **Heads up display** via a color coded icon in the menu bar, allowing you to quickly assess the status of your website or API without keeping a browser tab open
* **Local notifications** when the status of a monitored address fails or exceeds a user-defined metric so that you are the first to know if an asset goes offline before its users can start complaining
* **Supports HTTP and ICMP** pinging so you can monitor your home router (ICMP) and a public website you want to track (HTTP)
* **Supports IP4 and IP6**
* **Reports**on slow response times, not just a binary up/down. You can determine at what speed you want to be notified so that you can mitigate anything running slow or dropping packets
* **User defined ping intervals** so that you don't flood some poor endpoint. You can set different intervals for different targets and the more important a device is, the more frequently you can check it
* **Excellent logging capability**that can be piped or streamed out. Although you don't get a different log for every device, it is quite easy to filter the log so you can see exactly what you want to see
* **Automation**\- Webhook capable so that it can use email, Slack or SMS to notify you when there are problems and you are AFK. It is also has AppleScript support
* **Display customization** so that you can select just want you want to see: icons, status colors, response times, etc.
* **Privacy focused** \- nothing is routed through third-part devices. All communication is between your Mac and the endpoints you monitor.
* \*\*CSV Imports \*\*- got a spreadsheet with all the wireless access point IP addresses in your building? Import that sucker!

# What's in the Newest Version (September 2025)

* Support for macOS26 Tahoe
* Auto-restores paid pro upgrades when moved to a new machine
* Auto-restart after 1 million pings to relieve any memory pressure and improve stability

# This app is not for you if...

* You need advanced or per-device logging
* You want to create different groups of addresses to reflect different sites
* You need enterprise level features such as deep analytics, long-term trend reports and other features common in more expensive monitoring suites.
* You need an audible alarm (although this is a much requested feature)

# Other Tools

This is a useful tool for small workplaces, home lab and power users. It compares to the FOSS app, [nping](https://nmap.org/book/nping-man.html). For broader use cases, check out [Uptime Kuma](https://uptime.kuma.pet). An online tool that you might useful is [Uptimerobot](https://uptimerobot.com/)

# Availability

You can get the free and paid version ($14.99) of Ping Uptime Monitor from [Neat Software](https://ping.neat.software/). It's currently on sale for $3 for [Black Friday - here](https://bundlehunt.com/2025blackfridaybundle).

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I've developed a photo browser app that's currently in its launch phase and available for free. I need everyone to try it out and provide feedback.

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One of the websites says: “You have a VPN on. Please turn it off.” But I don’t have any VPN installed.

>On my MacBook Air M2 one of the websites says: “You have a VPN on. Please turn it off.” But I don’t have any VPN installed.
I only have Private Relay on.
Also my location services not working at all... But all settings is correct...
What is going on ?

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Relational File Management

Do you know of a file structuring app or finder alternatives that let you either nest documents (without folders) or let you relate documents to one another?

I ask because I often have, let’s say, document B, which is a response to document A. Then I’ll have document C, which is a response to B, and so on. I’m an attorney and file management options are horrid for showing relationships between files. Tags don’t work well for this (not for me, anyway), file names or numbering don’t seem to work well to show those relationships, and folders don’t work well because having several layers of subfolders for just one document gets sloppy real fast.

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