12 Must Have Mac Apps 2025 [ThisIsE]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sykUaXn7xI0

https://redd.it/1p9r9c4
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Does anyone know how uPDF compares to PDF xpert?

uPDF isn't in the comparison spreadsheet. With it's current price being the same as one year of PDF Expert, I', thinking it might be worth making the switch.

Has anyone compared the two?

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Dock Door is better than Wins; Free vs Paid

For window switching and ⌘ Tab enhancement, dock door is way better than wins

In wins, to move to another window of same app, I have to use arrow key but in DD, can shift directly from ⌘ tab to A to move a row above and also switch apps again via tab

but do note, both enable with same feature, use more system resource, wins is little less as it is less customizable

Dock Door

Wins has more!?

1. Edge Snap- now built in mac

2. Floating Window- not want it, its window style dragging window to top, and give some predefine layout option

3. Aero Shake

4. Mission control Pro- close button in mission control

5. Flick Dock

6. Window management- Raycast is better

https://redd.it/1p9y0hi
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This holiday, make it snow on your Mac! Or rain? Or fog? With my FREE app, Mossum!

Thank you for the support my app has been getting!!

I just pushed an update to Mossum that adds a convenient new menu bar control panel and the ability to set static views. So now you can make it snow on your desktop all the time, not just when it's actually snowing outside! The update also includes numerous bug fixes and additional features. Happy Thanksgiving!

https://reddit.com/link/1pa0040/video/nisiu8fsh94g1/player

https://redd.it/1pa0040
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Limited-Number Lifetime Giveaways Are Predatory & Do More Damage Than Good

Limited Time Giveaway: "For the next 72 hours you can get my app for free."

Limited-Number Giveaway: "The first 50 people who do ____ get my app for free."

The latter of these two options is extremely predatory and makes me never want to touch an app the developer makes.

The intention behind it is to give away as few lifetime licenses as possible, while driving their app up the charts in downloads with people in a rush to try and be one of the few who will get it. But usually in a few minutes they are all gone, but you know what's left? The post that is gaining more and more upvotes, the downloads from people hoping they will be able to get the lifetime license. A highly upvoted post with a highly downloaded app, that is designed to create more subscribers they can milk. Don't even get me started on how often codes are just redeemed by bots that scrape subs for giveaways like this.

It's your app, you can do what you want, but you would win a lot more hearts if you gave it away from a reasonable period of time instead of the predatory alternative.

You will drive your app up the charts more. You will endear yourself to a lot more satisfied customers. I know you will be giving away more license in the end, but there is no way in 72hours you will give away even a fraction of a single percent of the pool of potential customers out there.

I'm sure I will be downvoted for saying this, but I'm really tired of seeing developers doing this and knowing it's just a strategy to get free advertising while rug-pulling the vast majority of people who see the post.

https://redd.it/1pa2k12
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LaunchOS 60% Off Black Friday + 5% Additional Off with code (Launchpad replacement)

I just want to make a post about this Launchpad replacement. It is without a doubt the most polished one I have seen. It truly is an improvement on the original Launchpad and even has an import setting to get your previous Launchpad layout. You can hide apps and it supports Hot Corners which is a must. And it looks REALLY nice and has Liquid Glass effect too.

You can get it for 60% off right now for Black Friday and with the code EARLYBIRDBLACKFRIDAY you can get an additional 5% off.

I am not the developer. I am just a customer who really likes this app and sees a great deal right now.

Website of the app: https://launchosapp.com

https://redd.it/1pa6jwe
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Devonthink 4 VS Paperless

What justifies using Devonthink over Paperless? Does it have any important features that Paperless doesn't?

https://redd.it/1p9ydda
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Need a good app for reading and notes/highlights

I am looking for an app that has as much of my reading sources AND my reading history in one place as possible.

I tried Readwise and Reader. I didn't love the method of using Readwise in general, and I hated that Readwise and Reader are separate universes. Reader can keep track of new highlights I make but not import old ones. Lame.


I want to:

READ: articles, PDFs, maybe some ebooks (but most of that happens on my kindle), emails would be nice, and other documents.

REVIEW: Kindle highlights, web highlights, annotations, and other notes on books/articles/etc that I read


Are there any solutions here? I'd pay a reasonable monthly subnoscription for this, but I'm not going to pay a monthly sub for an app to read one thing, another app to read other things, an app to sync all those different data streams, and another app to then review my notes and highlights, etc. That's insanity.

https://redd.it/1pa46jk
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HiFidelity — A native macOS offline music player (SwiftUI, BASS, TagLib)[Open Source]

https://redd.it/1pab046
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I promised to make FluidVoice, the best free open source local dictation app. I’m back with a huge update: Command Mode, Rewrite, and History and more! (Still 100% Free & Open Source). NEVER Pay for Voice to text apps.
https://redd.it/1paekae
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DedupX - 50% off for hitting 110+ users

A few weeks ago, I launched DedupX here \- a duplicate file finder I built for quickly identifying identical and similar files on a Mac. The response was incredible, and I just hit 110+ paying users!

As a thank you to this community, I'm running a Black Friday sale: 50% off both tiers through December 5, 11:59 PM UTC.

Discount Codes:

`DEDUPXLIFETIME50` \- 50% off on Lifetime license (normally $16.99)
DEDUPXSUBSCRIPTION50 \- 50% off on Annual subnoscription (normally $5.99/yr, valid only for first year)

Quick refresher on what DedupX does:

Finds exact duplicates using incremental hashing - super fast
Perceptual image matching (finds similar photos even if resized/cropped)
Native Finder integration (right-click > "Scan for Duplicates")
Configurable similarity thresholds

What's new since launch:

App is now fully notarized (Apple finally approved my developer enrollment)
Various bug fixes and performance improvements

Free trial still available: 10 scans over 7 days, no payment info required.

Project page: https://maheepk.net/projects/dedupx/

Feel free to ask any questions. Thanks again to everyone who bought and used this app. This started as a weekend project and you all made it into something real. 🙏

https://redd.it/1paarc2
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🎉 I just released a new macOS app!
https://redd.it/1pai6ti
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RegEx in Hazel 6?

Between me, ChatGPT, shortcuts and apple noscript I’ve got a rule that renames an image file with the word printed on it. Because OCR isn’t perfect, it picks up some nonsense. I haven’t been able to get rid of all of it, but I thought I could at least have a regex get rid of random letters.

Chat GPT gave me this [A-Z\](?=\\.[A-Za-z0-9\]+$)

But it’s not matching e.g. “Attitude M” doesn’t change. This isn’t the first time I’ve had trouble with Regex in 6, so I was wondering if there’s something I’m missing, or if that regex just isn’t working.

https://redd.it/1palprd
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Al Dante is in its lowest price..
https://redd.it/1panqel
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Simplicity Essentials
https://redd.it/1panpod
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