MountMate, the App You Didn't Know You Needed, Gets Updates

[MountMate](https://preview.redd.it/gxug4mrvlohg1.png?width=338&format=png&auto=webp&s=52fb1de6989e19ad5a1e771859c9c6904a1aa83e)

One of the things I treasure most about being part of the community that includes independent Mac developers is the opportunity to make feature requests. I never cease to be amazed when an app I use and love gets updated to include an idea I suggested. Yesterday, for the second time, the developer of [MountMate ](https://homielab.com/page/mountmate)([Homie Lab](https://homielab.com/)) responded to a feature request within hours. Back in June, he added Intel compatibility, and yesterday he added hotkey support so that MountMate can now be used in automation workflows like [Keyboard Maestro](https://appaddict.app/post/keyboard-maestro-the-app-that-makes-everything-better-tips-for-the-for-the-automation-curious), [BetterTouchTool,](https://appaddict.app/post/better-touch-tool-favorite) and [Apple Shortcuts.](https://appaddict.app/post/enhance-apple-shortcuts-with-these-apps)

Additional new features include:

* **Dynamic Menu Bar Icon**: The menu bar icon now changes to indicate app state:
* Shows a clock badge while mounting/unmounting drives
* Shows a warning badge if an error occurs
* Returns to normal when operations complete
* **Better Mount/Unmount Icons**: Changed mount/unmount button icons from arrows to plus/minus for clearer meaning.

MountMate is a menu bar app that offers levels of control over external drives through a GUI that simply aren't included in macOS without resorting to shell commands. It includes a switch that prevents the automated mounting of connected USB drives at login, which is useful if you prefer to connect drives manually. You can selectively include or exclude specific drives from this rule, a handy option if you use a USB drive for Time Machine.

I used to plug in external drives and just leave them mounted, but over time I found that doing so could cause slowdowns and occasional problems, particularly with Finder extensions. These days I prefer to keep drives unmounted unless I have a specific reason to use them.

With MountMate, if you have drives that contain multiple partitions, you can selectively mount only the ones you need instead of mounting everything. Now that hotkeys are available, it's simple to create a shortcut that mounts a drive, launches an application, and then unmounts the drive after the file operation is complete. You could simplify things even further by scheduling the drive to mount at a specific time of day, running the file operations you need, and then scheduling the drive to unmount a couple of hours later. During the time it's mounted, you can use whatever apps you like to read from or write to it.

I use [Sync Folders Pro, FreeFileSync,](https://appaddict.app/post/two-recommendations-for-syncing-utilities) [Smart Backup,](https://appaddict.app/post/smartbackup-free-fast-and-foolproof) and other similar apps to copy files automatically when certain conditions occur on my Mac.

Although MountMate is primarily designed for external USB drives, it also includes the ability to mount network drives at login if you routinely connect to other computers on your network. Best of all, MountMate is donationware.

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Rocket Typist app suddenly stopped working on all of the devices. !!!

Anyone else facing the same issue? All of my Mac, iPad, iPhone, everything has stopped working for the Rocket Typist app. In the moment I try to open the app, nothing happens. It doesn't even load. It's not even allowing me to go to the app to export all of my snippets. I have more than 500 snippets and I am panicking because I'm not able to open the app to take an export! Anyone else having the same issue? I've already tried emailing to the developer but no response so far.

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You guys helped me build this app, Screensorts is finally live! and I have a huge thank you for this sub 🥹

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List of 10 Mac Apps that Do One Thing Well

This post includes a list of macOS utilities, which do one single thing very well, they don’t try to do everything, they aren’t all in one apps. Below, I included both the list and breakdowns of some additions I made, so it will be easier to find apps, that match exactly what you’re looking for.

1. Scratchpad(paid, $8) - quick notes

2. IINA(free, open source) POPULAR - media player, that has more features than QuickTime

3. Photosort(paid, $5) - finds/sorts photos, which take the most space

4. Dory(paid, $12) NEW - switching apps effortlessly

5. Speediness(free) - check Wi-Fi speed quickly

6. Downie(paid, $20) POPULAR - download YouTube videos

7. Superwhisper(freemium) - very high-quality audio trannoscription

8. Rocket(freemium) - better emoji picker

9. Consul(paid, $14) NEW - convert files by simply retyping the file extension

10. Command X(paid, $5) POPULAR - cutting files with Command + X shortcut

Signs breakdown

POPULAR - means that it is a well known utility

NEW - it was recently released, possible launch discounts

Pricing breakdown

Paid + price - lifetime price for an app

Freemium - has a generous free version, but also offers a pro version

Free - either fully open source(code is opened to everybody) or just free of charge

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Mac apps that actually stayed installed for me in 2026
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[OS] Itsytv – the missing Apple TV remote app for macOS
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More engaging Screen Sharing made simple. Should i release this?

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Made a simple OCR tool for Mac(LudyLens) - giving away 100 free licenses

https://reddit.com/link/1qx1q1r/video/pb2uu4b5irhg1/player



Hey everyone,

I've been working on a small utility called LudyLens(Formerlly called TextGlance). It's basically a screen text grabber - hit a keyboard shortcut, drag a box around any text on your screen, and it copies it to your clipboard and show up in pin-able window. That's it.

I built it because I got tired of retyping text from images, PDFs that won't let you select text, or random screenshots. The OCR runs locally on your Mac using Apple's Vision framework, so nothing leaves your machine (i know there is some tools already, but i'm indie dev, making tools make me happy) .

Some things it does:

\- Global hotkey to capture any region

\- Supports 20 languages including CJK

\- Keeps a history of your captures

\- QR code / barcode reader

\- OCR from your phone

It requires macOS 15+ and runs on both Intel and Apple Silicon.



You can grab it at **ludy.app/ludylens**

I have 100 free lifetime licenses to give away. Just DM me if you want one.

If you find it useful, an upvote would help get the word out. And I'd genuinely appreciate any feedback - still actively working on this and want to make it better.






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[OS] Introducing Glimpse - Yet another WisprFlow / SuperWhisper alternative

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Automate Your Homebrew Backups and Easily Reinstall your Mac Apps

A Section of my Homebrew Brewfile

The number of Mac apps you can install through the free package manager Homebrew keeps growing by the day. Tools like Cork, Taphouse, and Updatest can even convert apps you originally installed through other methods into versions that Homebrew can manage and update for you. Homebrew also includes a built-in backup feature that creates what it calls a Brewfile--basically a plain-text noscript listing everything Homebrew has installed on your system. That file can later be used to reinstall your entire app catalog in one shot, which is incredibly useful if you're setting up a new Mac or rebuilding your current one from scratch. If you're the kind of user who regularly tweaks your setup, experiments with new apps, and keeps everything updated, then your Brewfile needs regular backups to stay relevant. Otherwise, it quickly turns into an outdated snapshot of a system you no longer have. The noscript below automates that process. It generates a fresh Brewfile on demand, places it inside a date-stamped folder, and saves it wherever you want--ideally somewhere that syncs to the cloud or another machine. You can run it manually, schedule it with cron, or trigger it through a Keyboard Maestro macro at a set time each day. In short, it turns "I should really back up my Homebrew setup more often" into something that just happens automatically. Important note: This noscript assumes you're running an Apple Silicon Mac. If you're on an Intel machine, you'll need to adjust the Homebrew path, since it lives in a different location on those systems.

/usr/bin/osanoscript <<'APPLESCRIPT'
tell application "Terminal"
activate
do noscript "/bin/zsh -lc 'export PATH=\"/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH\"; \
set -e; \
# Ensure Homebrew + Bundle are available
if ! command -v brew >/dev/null; then echo \"Homebrew not found in PATH\"; exit 1; fi; \
brew bundle --help >/dev/null 2>&1 || brew tap homebrew/bundle; \
# Create dated folder inside an archive location
STAMP_DATE=$(date +%F); \
STAMP_TIME=$(date +%H-%M-%S); \
DEST=\"<PATH TO ARCHIVE LOCATION HERE>$STAMP_DATE\"; \
kdir -p \"$DEST\"; \
# Filename: Brewfile-YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS
OUTFILE=\"$DEST/Brewfile-${STAMP_DATE}_${STAMP_TIME}\"; \
# Dump Brewfile there
brew bundle dump --file=\"$OUTFILE\" --force; \
echo; echo \"Brewfile saved to: $OUTFILE\"; \
# Reveal it in Finder
open -R \"$OUTFILE\"; \
echo; echo \"✅ Done.\"; \
# Keep the Terminal session open
exec $SHELL'"
end tell
APPLESCRIPT

How to use this If you've never automated a Brewfile backup before, here's the simple, practical way to put this to work: Save the noscript somewhere logical. Drop it in a folder you already use for utilities or personal noscripts--something like \~/Scripts or \~/bin. Decide where you want backups to live. The best location is a folder that automatically syncs--iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Koofr, etc. That way you always have off-machine copies. Run it once manually. Open Terminal, execute the noscript, and confirm that it creates a dated folder containing a Brewfile exactly where you expect. Automate it. Keyboard Maestro: Create a simple macro with a "Time of Day" trigger that runs the noscript every night. cron/launchd: Schedule it to run daily or weekly if you prefer a pure system-level approach. Test a restore someday. Run the noscript manually The real value of a Brewfile is being able to reinstall everything with a single command. On a fresh Mac, you can just run: brew bundle --file=YourSavedBrewfile

This whole process takes about ten minutes to set up and pays for itself the first time you migrate to a new Mac or need to rebuild your system. If you live in Homebrew--and a lot of us do--having automated, versioned Brewfile backups is one of those small, boring habits that quietly saves

a huge amount of time.

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Local LLM that runs on Apple MLX AND has web search capabilities?

I'm wanting a local LLM that runs on Apple MLX with web search functionality built-in. Ideally runs on iOS too.

https://redd.it/1qx33w2
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