Mountain Duck problems

- Whenever I do something like adding a share, the Mountain Duck (MD) icon becomes unresponsive. Meaning, that if I want to do something else with MD I need to restart it.

- How can I get rid of "Mountain Duck" in the name? In the sidebar of the Finder window, I see "Mountain Duck - x". I want to see the nickname only, not "Mountain Duck".

First point is very annoying, but I don't have to deal with it after adding shares. The second one I really hope someone has an answer for.

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PhotoSweeper - Powerful, Adaptable, Affordable One-Time Purchase

[PhotoSweeper](https://preview.redd.it/09fa4oodgk6g1.png?width=1074&format=png&auto=webp&s=1f9ba2a79df53d082becfb6f82b4c1e6251f6663)

In 2025, the world takes more photos in a single day than it used to take in a decade. For most Mac users with an iPhone, this means an ever-increasing Photos library. If you also own a DSLR or use Adobe Lightroom or Capture One and use RAW in your editing process, you can end up with copies all over the place, especially if you make multiple backups. When you eventually get around to bringing order to the chaos, choosing a good duplicate finder is a must.

Some popular choices include:

* [Power Photos](https://appaddict.app/post/powerphotos-supercharges-and-complements-what-apple-provides) \- $39.95 for a full suite of tools
* [Czkawka](https://appaddict.app/post/five-new-to-me-apps-for-a-new-week) \- free
* [Digikam](https://appaddict.app/post/digikam-is-replacing-apple-photos-google-photos-and-amazon-photos-for-me) \- free
* [DiskDrill](https://appaddict.app/post/disk-drill-has-six-free-tools) \- freemium
* [dupeGuru](https://appaddict.app/post/disk-drill-has-six-free-tools) \- free
* [Zero Duplicates](https://zeroduplicates.com) \- $19.99 lifetime purchase
* [Gemini](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gemini-2-the-duplicate-finder/id1090488118?mt=12) \- $19.99 a year or Setapp

The app I keep coming back to is [PhotoSweeper by Overmacs](https://overmacs.com/?p=photosweeper), an app that's been under continuous development since 2011. Version 5 was released in the summer of 2025 and new features were added as recently as November. It's a $15 one-time purchase with free updates. A free trial is available, but the actual deletion of files is limited.

# Features I Like

* **Can find exact duplicates, similar photos, and photos in a user-definable series**
* **Automatic marking based on up to 30 criteria** \- size, date, format, dimensions, album, etc.
* Safe deletion - In Apple Photos, duplicates are moved to a special folder. In Lightroom, they are marked as rejected. In Capture One, they go in the app's trash, and if you scan folders in your Mac's file system, the duplicates go to the system trash.
* **Works anywhere** \- On your hard drive, external drives, network drives, Lightroom, Capture One, Apple Photos
* **Preview mode** \- Makes it easy to review files before removal. Good keyboard support.
* **Fast and reliable** \- I bought my DSLR in 2014, and I took about 20K photos that year. PhotoSweeper didn't hesitate, choke, or hang up when scanning that entire folder.
* **Supports multiple formats** \- It can read all the usual photo types plus HEIC, DNG, and RAW

# Caveats

* **Not a full photo management app** \- doesn't have tagging, face recognition, or metadata management beyond deduplication
* **Results depend on threshold settings** \- There are a lot of configurable options, and the way that you set them controls the results you get. The learning curve isn't super steep, but it is there.
* **Previous versions were a bit clunky** \- Version 5 solved this for me, and it feels like a native app to me, but some people have a super-strict definition of that, so YMMV.

# Recommendation

If you need a straightforward tool to streamline a large Mac photo library and are open to adjusting settings instead of relying solely on AI, PhotoSweeper gets the job done well. It doesn't aim to be a complete photo management suite like Luminar or Lightroom, focusing instead on its specific niche.

https://redd.it/1pjvzpx
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Spending hours a day infront of our screens leads has us not drinking enough, having bad posture and speeds up longterm vision issues. I built a small free app that ensures you're staying healthy while being productive!!

https://redd.it/1pjybnj
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Qspace layout change to 2 panes
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Pulse - Pomodoro and Task Management app (100% OFF CODE)

https://redd.it/1pk1flm
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TextMine 2.0 is out: Extract emails, dates, URLs, and more, instantly and privately, with new features, 70% discount and promo codes

Hey everyone,

I just released **TextMine 2.0** for macOS and iOS. If you have not seen it before, TextMine is a small tool that extracts structured data from text, files, folders, or archives, all processed locally on your device. It is meant for anyone who works with text and needs clean data fast.

**What TextMine does:**

* Extract emails, phone numbers, URLs, dates, addresses, keywords and more
* Works with text, JSON, HTML, CSV, Word, PDF, EPUB and other formats
* Drag and drop files or folders
* Export to text, JSON, CSV, XLSX, DOCX and others
* Fully offline, no AI, no tracking

**What is new in version 2.0:**

* PDF and EPUB support
* Drag and drop for files and folders
* Support for ZIP and other archives
* Extract multiple data types in a single scan
* Interface improvements and a smoother workflow

**App Store link:**

* [macOS and iOS](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/textmine-text-to-data/id6754284922)

**Launch offer:**

The lifetime license is **70% off** for a short time to celebrate the update.

I am giving out **10 coupon codes** for the lifetime unlock. To keep it fair, I will send them only to people who download the app, try it for a bit and share any feedback, even small things like what was confusing or what could be improved (including the app store listing). If you want to take part, upvote and comment.

If you have suggestions or run into issues, I would really appreciate hearing about it.

https://redd.it/1pk0y3s
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Shadow now automatically captures your meeting screen + fully customizable Skills with Webhook!

Hi all!

It's almost year end! I've been working on Shadow for about 2 years now.

Looking back, the r/macapps community has been super supportive from the beginning. I really couldn't have come this far without you all. I appreciate each and every one of you.

So... I brought some gifts for you today! 🎁

Last time, Shadow learned to understand what's on your screen, not just capture it. (In case you missed it, here's the post: Shadow now understands what you "see" in meetings!)


Starting today, Shadow goes even further:



🧙 Smarter Screenshots

Shadow now auto-detects and captures your meeting screen by default. No setup, no manual selection.

Want more control? You can still manually pick a window or screen.

https://reddit.com/link/1pk1vm3/video/81q1bd62pl6g1/player




🛠️ Skills meet Webhook

Skills are now fully customizable.

Write your own prompts for any post-meeting task. And you can export results as .md or send them anywhere via webhook (Zapier, n8n, whatever you use).

https://reddit.com/link/1pk1vm3/video/8ktfnhv4pl6g1/player

Your meetings, your prompts, your workflow.




💬 Ask About What You Saw

When you ask questions, Shadow now automatically pulls in relevant screenshots. Not just what was said, but what was shown.

https://reddit.com/link/1pk1vm3/video/0i9g5cl6pl6g1/player



As always, stability and performance improvements too. Thanks to everyone who reported issues 🙏



I'd love for you to try the new version and share your feedback. Your thoughts and ideas always mean a lot.


Thanks again all!

And if you are new to this, you can try Shadow at https://shadow.do for free.

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Hexo - color palette manager
https://apple.co/4nYLaYF

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Supercharge - New Feature

I use setapp so it hasn't rolled out yet, but there's a new feature in change log:

"Automatically quit or hide inactive apps after a configurable timeout. (macOS 26 only)"

Anyone had the chance to try this?

https://redd.it/1pkd6dp
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Building with the latest local multimodal AI models on ANE across MacOS and iOS

I'm excited to share with macOS app devs in the community, our NexaSDK for macOS and iOS — the first and only runtime that runs the latest SOTA multimodal models fully on Apple Neural Engine, CPU and GPU across Macbooks and iPhones.

# Why it's useful:

* Models with ANE support
* Embedding: EmbedNeural (Multimodal Embedding)
* LLM: Granite-Micro (IBM), Ministral3-3B (Mistral), Gemma3 (Google), Qwen3-0.6B / 4B (Qwen)
* CV: PaddleOCR (Baidu)
* ASR: Parakeet v3 (NVIDIA)
* Simple setup: 3 lines of code to get started
* 9× energy efficiency compared to CPU and GPU
* Easy integration with simple Swift API usage.
* Enjoy no cloud API cost, offline access and full privacy

# Try it out:

GitHub: [https://github.com/NexaAI/nexasdk-mobile-iOS-framework/tree/main](https://github.com/NexaAI/nexasdk-mobile-iOS-framework/tree/main)

Docs: [https://docs.nexa.ai/nexa-sdk-ios/overview](https://docs.nexa.ai/nexa-sdk-ios/overview)

We’d love your feedback — and tell us which model you want on ANE next. We iterate fast.

https://reddit.com/link/1pkgq7s/video/uahj9sospo6g1/player



https://redd.it/1pkgq7s
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Built a no spoiler book recap assistant

https://redd.it/1pkivyh
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View your USB Charger’s Wattage & Power Profiles
https://redd.it/1pkkk1o
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[$0.99 → FREE] [48 hours] Minesweeper – Classic puzzle, calm and distraction-free on iPhone, iPad & Mac

https://redd.it/1pkloaw
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