[DEV] I'm giving away 50% off promo codes for Click2Minimize! Just looking for some honest feedback.

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PXL Cam Creative Virtual Camera

https://reddit.com/link/1rgk69o/video/fckrtauoy3mg1/player

Problem:
Solving boring meetings by showing gifs and memes when everyone's mic and camera is off, makes an easy way to respond

Compare:

OBS - not a replacement for OBS, but (hopefully) lower learning curve - for people who just want to show a thumbs up gif in their meeting, or add an infinitely animating background

Pricing:

Free, no in app purchase / subnoscription https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pxl-cam/id6505083993?mt=12

Changelog:

see the app store link, it's been on the store since 2024

AI Disclaimer: Human Validated [Until recently was no AI, but then used claude for a feature\]

Creates a virtual webcam, so works in any meeting software - google meets, zoom, slack, signal and anything that lets you select a camera.

Load in images, gifs, find them super quick using fuzzy search, and share them as a virtual camera in any meeting app. Find your own images from the web, or itch.io etc..

You can also add your webcam, and cutout your background. And when you add PXL Cam itself as a camera input it creates feedback..

Has some scale / transform settings, and you can create infinitely animating backgrounds using the tiling button and pressing the arrow button in the offset controls to set it to "animated" mode.. (trying to make a better UI...)

Fuzzy search example.. Have image named: cute_pixel_sweets

you can type any of: "cute" or "pixel" or "sweets", and it will show up in the search list.. So very quick for finding the right gif at the right time.

The main roadmap right now is:

* make the UI more streamlined and easier to understand
* add onboarding
* be able to save layers into groups (if you make a setup you really like, will not be saved next time you open the app..)
* add gif playback controls (be able to scrub through the different frames of a gif, or set loop points)
* native text field (currently only English text input is supported)
* More key commands (ideally you could do everything with the mouse)
* custom key commands (currently you can not change key commands)
* adding more controls for the second display window
* being able to share content from other screens
* renaming files in the app, and adding file metadata (i.e, have an image of donkey cong smiling and giving thumbs up, but noscript is donkey_cong, so adding 'thunbs up' or 'nintendo' tags so they show up in search when you search.
* Be able to change the image of the brachiosaurus (background image of the camera extension when it's off... It is a pain to update the camera extension....)

Oh and in the video, the image seems flipped in the google meet, but what other people see in the meeting is not flipped..

**lowpoly n64 style Mark ZuckerBORG not included**
Using keycastr for showing key presses in the demo video

https://redd.it/1rgk69o
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Lumen — capture → organise → prioritise [todos, notes, meetings, ideas]

https://redd.it/1rgukw2
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I built a free, fully offline speech-to-text app for macOS – AiTranscribe OS

Problem: Most speech-to-text tools for Mac either require an internet connection, charge a subnoscription, or both — meaning your audio is always leaving your device.

Compare: Unlike SuperWhisper ($10/mo) or Whisper Trannoscription ($10 one-time but closed source), AiTranscribe is completely free, fully open source, and runs 100% offline. It also supports NVIDIA Parakeet alongside Whisper — a model most competitors haven't adopted yet — giving noticeably better accuracy for English at similar speeds.

Pricing: Free, forever. No tiers.
🔗 https://github.com/Ljove02/AIT-AiTranscribe-MacOS/releases/tag/v0.1.0

AI Disclaimer: Vibe Coded

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First major open source project – feedback, bug reports, and contributions very welcome. A ⭐ on GitHub helps a lot for visibility!

⚠️ App isn't notarized (student, $99/yr Apple cert), first launch needs a right-click open or one terminal command — full instructions in the README.

https://redd.it/1rhde62
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[OS] PasteClip — a minimal Paste-like clipboard manager (free)

https://redd.it/1rhm61c
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Screen recording apps. What are you actually using?

I am looking for recommendations on screen recording tools. Preferably one time payment app.

I know about Cleanshot X and the built in QuickTime recording, but both feel pretty limited and I want something a bit more purpose built. (ScreenStudio is expensive)

What I am looking for:

1. Easy to start

2. Webcam preview/overlay no the recording. Change background of webcam recording too

3. Pause feature

4. Zoom in on the mouse cursor or other places while recording, automatically or manually

5. Show key presses on screen

6. Lightweight effects like click highlights and cursor emphasis

7. Ideally an inbuilt editor for quick trims, callouts, and basic cleanup

What are you using and suggest for this use case?

https://redd.it/1rhrcg8
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OS appi18n – Lightweight CLI tool to convert between .xcstrings ↔ .lproj for better i18n collaboration & AI translation

I created a small CLI tool called appi18n to solve the pain points of using String Catalogs (.xcstrings) in team + AI translation workflows.

Why?

- Single .xcstrings file → frequent git conflicts
- Hard to split translation work among people
- Too large for feeding entire file to AI models (token limits, interruptions)

What it does

- Bidirectional conversion: .xcstrings ⇄ well-structured .lproj folders
- Much friendlier for Git collaboration and batch AI translation
- Still lets you enjoy Xcode's auto-extraction + visual translation status
- Also includes preview HTML generation, status check, clean-up, etc.

Repo & Homebrew install:
👉 https://github.com/jaywcjlove/appi18n

brew install jaywcjlove/tap/appi18n

The following shows example commands for adding internationalization files of a new app to the current repository's maintenance, including operations like importing files and adding new languages.

# 1️⃣ Extract .xcstrings localization file
$ appi18n extract ~/git/IconedApp/Iconed
# 2️⃣ Convert .xcstrings to .lproj for maintenance
$ appi18n to-lproj
# 3️⃣ Add French (fr) language to Iconed app
$ appi18n langs iconed fr
# 4️⃣ Update all .lproj content back to .xcstrings
$ appi18n to-xcstrings
# 5️⃣ Also update when language matches base language
$ appi18n to-xcstrings --no-skip-default-value
# ✅ 💯 Replace .xcstrings files in Xcode with the updated ones

This is a preview of my app localizations generated using appi18n:
👉 https://wangchujiang.com/app-i18n/index.html

Happy to hear feedback, especially from other indie macOS/iOS devs who maintain multiple apps or use AI for localization.


https://redd.it/1rhrgyk
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AraMultiVideoPlayer A video player that allows infinite playback of multiple videos simultaneously.

https://reddit.com/link/1rhrckh/video/7f79a1tfzdmg1/player

Hi everyone,

A few years ago, I made a mobile app called MultiVideoPlayer for iOS and Android that lets you play multiple videos at the same time.

Recently, I released a macOS version and added some key features like multi AB repeat and layout save/load.

The app itself does not include any videos. You can load your own video files and arrange them however you like.

Key features:

Infinite loop playback
AB repeat (including multiple AB sections)
Save and load custom layouts
Videos are muted by default when loaded
Play/pause all videos at once
Control videos individually

The macOS app includes a free tier with limited points.
If you need more, you can unlock them via in-app purchase.
I initially planned to support the free version with ads, but I haven’t found a suitable macOS ad solution yet.

If my app is useful to you, I’d love to hear your feedback or suggestions for improvement.

Mac Free : https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aramultivideoplayer/id6752670863?l=ko&mt=12
Mac Paid : https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aramultivideoplayerpro/id6752816898?l=ko&mt=12
Website(for mobile) : https://dalnim.github.io/multivideoplayer/

https://redd.it/1rhrckh
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Prevent Mail.app from displaying images in the body of an email

Can we prevent Mail.app from automatically displaying email images?

This opens the door to easy attacks. Most email clients offer this option; why doesn't Apple integrate it?

EDIT: I'm talking here about email attachments, which are not blocked by the option "Block all remote content"

https://redd.it/1rht7ta
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[OS] Pixley Reader - Read the markdown files your AI tools generate - Free

https://redd.it/1rhwmmz
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LaunchMe - Launchpad replacement for macOS 26. Big post about huge next update that will bring many new features to LaunchMe.

https://redd.it/1rhyk1u
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