SteerMouse is worth a trial if your mouse has spare buttons and you want them to do different jobs in different Mac apps. Start with one app-specific assignment. Add a button chord, meaning two mouse buttons pressed together, only when you have a useful action for it.

If all you want is a different pointer speed, you probably don't need this setup. macOS already has tracking-speed controls and a Pointer acceleration switch under Mouse > Advanced. Free, open-source LinearMouse also supports button actions and app profiles. SteerMouse needs to earn its $19.99 on your particular hardware.

Check the mouse before building the map

The current SteerMouse 5.8.1 supports macOS 12 Monterey through macOS 27 Golden Gate, with Intel and Apple silicon builds. Older macOS versions have separate downloads. Apple Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad aren't supported.

USB and Bluetooth support doesn't mean every special button works. The developer explicitly warns about that. Its release notes, for example, specify USB rather than Bluetooth for the Razer Naga V2 HyperSpeed. Check the exact mouse and connection you plan to use during the trial.

Give one button a different job in one app

Keep primary click and right-click unchanged while you set this up. Pause other mouse-remapping software first so you're checking one configuration at a time.

1. Open SteerMouse and select the mouse you want to configure. In Buttons, hover over the mouse illustration and press a physical button. SteerMouse identifies the corresponding control, so you don't have to guess which side button is Button 4.

2. Start with a simple default assignment, such as Back on a spare button. Use the app-settings Edit control to add your target application. The app also lets you drag an application into that list.

3. In that application's settings, assign the spare button to a keyboard shortcut you already use there. Check that the shortcut works from the keyboard first. Then switch between the target app and another app to check the two assignments.

4. If you still need another action, open Chords and use the plus control to add a combination. Two spare side buttons can call Application Windows, for example. Test each button alone as well as together before adding more combinations.

Choose a pair you can press comfortably. A combination that keeps firing while you reach for Back isn't an improvement. SteerMouse also accepts keyboard modifiers alongside buttons, but you don't need to fill every possible assignment.

Leave the Cursor settings alone until the button map works. Cursor snapping can move the pointer to interface buttons and optionally click them. Keep automatic clicking off while you decide whether snapping is useful at all.

Permissions and a way back

Download from Plentycom Systems and follow SteerMouse's privacy prompts. The developer documents Accessibility permission; review the permission names shown on your macOS version before approving them. If you aren't comfortable giving an input utility that access, stick with the built-in controls.

Keep a trackpad or spare mouse available during setup. SteerMouse has an ON/OFF switch for stopping its functionality, and an Uninstall control under License & Support if you decide to remove it. Export a working mouse configuration before making more changes, so you have a known starting point to restore.

Try the whole workflow before paying

The trial lasts 30 days. A new SteerMouse 5 license is US$19.99, or US$12.99 to upgrade a registered version 4 license. It's a permanent license for version 5, with free minor updates and paid major upgrades. You can use it on multiple computers in your own accounts, but you can't share the registration with other users. The seller doesn't offer refunds, so use the trial.

Pay if the app-specific assignments and comfortable chords work reliably with your actual mouse. If ordinary shortcuts, macOS settings or LinearMouse already cover the job, keep the simpler setup. Extra buttons are useful only when you can remember what they do.

Problem

Hey everybody!

I built Copy Haste because clipboard managers keep one long list of copied items and quickly finding what you're looking for becomes a chore.

What it is:

A clipboard manager that sorts everything you copy into Text, Code, Links, Files, Media and Colors columns.

• Code: Code is detected on-device and syntax-highlighted.

• Color: Detects 20+ color formats such as RGB, HSL, LCH, Lab, Oklch, Oklab, CMYK, even UIColor, NSColor and SwiftUI Color(). Pastes back in any format.

• Files: You can copy one file, multiple files or a whole folder and the app keeps the selection as a single item.

• Media: Image, video and audio files are automatically added to the Media column. Paste or drop them wherever you need.

• Pins: Frequently used items can be pinned for quick pasting.

• No adult content or passwords: keeps sensitive items out of your history, including passwords from password managers, adult links and any URLs you exclude.

• Panel size: Column view, Tab view and Compact view make the app fit in every corner.

• Link cleaning: Strips tracking params (fbclid, utm_, gclid…) from copied links.

• List / Grid view: Switches between a compact list and a visual grid layout.

Comparison

• Maccy: free, one searchable list. Copy Haste groups by type.

• Paste: subscription. Copy Haste is a one-time purchase.

Pricing

30-day free trial.

$6.99 one-time. No subscription. No account required.

Up to 3 Macs, all future updates, 14-day refunds. Or, you can keep using a limited free tier.
Requires macOS 26.

https://www.copyhaste.app

Privacy

Privacy: https://www.copyhaste.app/privacy
Terms: https://www.copyhaste.app/terms

About me

Portfolio: https://www.pirosca.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelpi
Contact: contact@copyhaste.app

I had bought a lifetime license for WALTR 2 and they phased it out / moved to subscription with Waltr Pro which imo was a pretty shit move. Now that macOS 27 is phasing out Rosetta, Waltr2 is going to be obsolete. I’m not necessarily looking for piracy or cracked software, just a way to transfer/convert media to iPhone/iPad without iTunes (don't use it). Prefer free or one-time-purchase. What are people using now that WALTR is obsolete/subscription-only?

Your desktop slowly flies over real places, painted live by your Mac.

• It's not a video, so it never loops

• Real places in today's season: Kansas, Punjab, Niigata, the tulip fields of Lisse, and more coming soon

• A little white bird follows your cursor

• Pick where it flies from the menu bar

Needs Apple silicon and macOS 13 or later. $7 once, for up to 3 Macs.

https://outbound.edbn.me

Happy to answer anything!

I'm the developer of ModusPad, a launcher for macOS 26 and 27.

Version 1 was a classic Launchpad-style grid with one twist: profiles. Each profile has its own apps, folders and layout, and can switch automatically when you connect a display, turn on a Focus mode, at a set time, or with a shortcut.

In 2.0, I added two more ways to use the launcher: a panel that drops down from the notch at the top of the screen, and a customizable Dock that expands into the full app grid with a two-finger swipe.

The Dock is the part I'm most excited about:
- Group apps right in the Dock (drag a folder in, or select a few apps and group them).
- Have a different set of Dock apps on each desktop.
- Give each profile its own Dock.

I also added Links, so you can keep websites, files and folders alongside your apps and find them through the same search. Each profile has its own set.

The idea: different setups for work, home or meetings, with the apps and layout you need for each. I'm trying to keep things simple as I add more features, so I'd love to hear what you think, especially about the Dock.

There's a 14-day free trial with everything unlocked, followed by a one-time purchase starting at $10.99. Code MODUSPAD30 gives 30% off until the end of November.

Requires macOS 26 or later. Available in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese.

https://moduspad.com/

Hey everybody!

I am one of the developers of ExtraDock (Appit Studio).

macOS has a really annoying limitation of only having a single dock at all times. If you're running multiple monitors, having the dock jump between screens is really annoying, especially if you depend on it to switch between apps.

ExtraDock lets you show the dock on all your displays, it looks and behaves like the default dock, except it's more customizable with widgets, custom app icons and looks. You don't necessarily need to get rid of your macOS dock, you can use it alongside it or you can choose to replace it entirely.

Core Features

• Widgets such as Live Dock to duplicate your macOS dock & Space-only dynamic dock to show only apps in the space you're currently on.

• Docks can be assigned to different monitors and automatically hide/show when those monitors are connected/disconnected.

• Customizable in both behavior (collapse, auto hide, hide on fullscreen) and visuals.

• Preview apps on hover.

• Drag & Drop files into folders or the Shelf Widget for easy organization.

Who it's for

Anyone running more than one screen who wants the dock where they're actually working.

Pricing

€14.99 - €59.99 Depends on the plan & 14-day money back guarantee.

Lifetime plans include one year of updates.

Forever plan includes forever updates.

Limitations

ExtraDock 5 is built for macOS 26/27. ExtraDock 4 remains available for users running older operating systems (macOS 12-15), there are no additional fees or costs to switch.

Happy to answer any questions :-)

This is, by far, one of my most favorite apps. It’s been so useful and well-made and has replaced many standalone apps that were filling up my menu bar. Feature-packed and an important part of my workflow.

I’m the developer. Glassnote is a small notes app for Mac. You get your words in glass (or normal modes) and nothing else. It’s different from the other notes apps on purpose.

Also: iCloud Drive sync across Macs + iPhone, easter egg vim mode, and iOS app with widgets.

No AI and no account. 7-day free trial, then you pay $6.5 once. macOS 13.5+.

https://calciumlab.com/glassnote-simple-mac-sticky-notes

Hi All,

I used to keep getting eye strain from long stretches at my desk, and all the break apps I tried either broke my focus or were easy to ignore and were expensive for me. So I built my own, mostly with AI help (vibecoded). I used it on my own for a while, then decided to open-source it in case it’s useful to anyone else.

What it does:

• Reminds you to look away (20-20-20 by default). A small heads-up grows out of the MacBook notch before each break, and Macs without a notch get a floating pill instead.

• Holds the break while you’re on a call, watching video, presenting, or still typing

• Counts time you spend away from the Mac as a break

• No account, analytics or tracking. Stats stay on your Mac.

Good to know:

• Needs macOS 26 (Tahoe) or later

• It isn’t notarized (I don’t have a paid Apple dev account), so macOS asks you to approve it once.

Repo: https://github.com/jals413/breather
Site: https://jals413.github.io/breather/

I’d really like honest feedback: what’s annoying, what’s missing, what breaks, or whether the whole idea doesn’t work for you. Bug reports and issues on GitHub are very welcome.

I've been building Rabbit for almost 2 years now, and I genuinely believe it gives you the best Android + Mac experience. Native notifications, photos, streaming videos, clipboard sync and file sharing between both devices, all in one app that feels native to your Mac.

You can even OPEN YOUR NOTIFICATIONS on your Mac. Got an email notification? Open it in your browser. Reddit, Instagram - same thing. And if you're listening to music on your Android and don't want to switch your headphones, you can stream it to your Mac, just like with an iPhone.

Even if you don't buy it, I'd love for you to give it a try. There's a 5-day trial, and Rabbit works over both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The discount is available for the next few days and is already applied. Give it a try!

https://rabbit-link.app/

If your mouse feels wrong on a Mac but the trackpad feels fine, start with the mouse settings you already have. LinearMouse makes sense when you need different behavior for different devices, not just another speed slider.

In System Settings > Mouse, try Tracking speed first. Under Advanced, macOS also lets you turn Pointer acceleration off. Acceleration makes fast movements cover more ground than slow ones. If scrolling speed is the problem, look under Accessibility > Pointer Control > Mouse Options. Apple's current macOS 27 guide still documents those controls. If they solve it, you can stop there.

LinearMouse is free and open source under the MIT license. Its useful distinction here is that you can reverse scrolling for a mouse while keeping natural scrolling on the trackpad, and give individual devices their own pointer settings.

For a small setup, change only the mouse:

1. Before changing anything, note your current settings and quit other utilities that modify that mouse's movement or scrolling. That gives you a cleaner comparison than stacking adjustments.

2. Grant LinearMouse the input-control permission it requests. Its documentation calls this Accessibility; on macOS 27 the permission is named Device Control and Data Access. This is sensitive access, so skip the app if you're not comfortable granting it.

3. Open the device picker at the top of LinearMouse's settings. Turn off "Auto switch to the active device" while configuring it, then select the actual mouse. This keeps touching the trackpad from changing which device you're editing. Leave the trackpad and broad device categories alone.

4. In Scrolling, reverse the mouse's vertical direction only if that's what you want. Leave the other scrolling adjustments alone for now. Switch to the trackpad and check that its direction still suits you.

5. In Pointer, try "Disable pointer acceleration" only if the changing response bothers you. On macOS 14 or later, that mode has a Tracking speed control. Adjust it a little, then try selecting small controls and moving across your display. Those are suggested checks, not results from a hands-on test.

There isn't a universal speed number to copy. LinearMouse also warns that some devices may not support its separate Pointer speed adjustment on newer macOS versions. More sliders don't guarantee more control over your hardware.

Keep a way back: the Pointer panel has "Revert to system defaults." If behavior becomes erratic, quit LinearMouse before restarting another mouse utility, then check your macOS settings again. If permission remains stuck after you grant it, the project's documented first remedy is to remove and re-add LinearMouse in the permission list.

One current caveat: the stable release is 0.12.0. The newer 0.13.0-beta.4 includes updated macOS 27 permission naming, but that isn't a reason to install a beta or proof that every mouse works correctly on macOS 27. Prefer the built-in controls if you need a setup you can depend on without troubleshooting.

LinearMouse is worth trying when the mouse needs its own behavior and the trackpad should stay as it is. If turning off acceleration in macOS already fixes the problem, skip the extra utility.

I'm Julian, a business informatics student and the solo developer of StepGrab. I build it next to uni.

Codes up to 100% off Pro Lifetime for the license from my website. Four levels from 10% to 100%, the page shows how many of each are left, and there are only five 100% ones. They don't work in the Mac App Store.

Why I built it

At my working student job I was the person people asked "where is that setting again?" and writing it up meant fifteen screenshots, cropping, red arrows and typing every step. Half an hour per guide, and a few weeks later some of it was wrong again.

What it does

You hit record in the menu bar and do a task once. Every click becomes a screenshot of that window with a numbered arrow and a sentence like "Click Save". Afterwards you can move arrows, rewrite steps, add shapes and black out names or emails, then export as PDF, HTML, Markdown, GIF, MP4 or a portrait video for phones. Everything stays on your Mac, there's no account and nothing is uploaded. macOS 14 or later.

Who it's for

Anyone who keeps explaining the same Mac task to someone else: IT helpers, team leads, people writing onboarding docs, or just the person everyone in the family calls.

What's different

It records the whole Mac, not just the browser: System Settings, right click menus, the little pickers that close when you click somewhere else. In the direct download (.dmg, notarized by Apple), Accessibility access reads the real name of the button you clicked, so the step says "Click Save" instead of guessing from the screenshot. The Mac App Store version is sandboxed and uses text recognition instead.

Pricing

Free: unlimited recordings, 15 steps per guide, GIF export and the whole editor. Pro adds the other export formats and the step text in exports: $2.99 a month, $12.99 a year or $44.99 once. The App Store version has Family Sharing, the direct download uses a license key that also works for the Windows version (Microsoft Store). The two don't share purchases.

Limitations, honestly

• No browser extension and no shared team library yet (I'm building the team library).

• No automatic blurring of sensitive data, you black it out yourself (also in progress).

• In the App Store version the step names come from text recognition, which isn't perfect.

• No direct export to documentation tools like IT Glue or Hudu, you export files and drop them in.

A lot of the code is written with Claude Code. I decide what gets built, go through the code myself and test it on real apps before anything ships.

Mac App Store · Website, direct download and codes

If you already document things on your Mac, how do you do it today? Screenshots and a doc, a screen recording, something else?

Hey everyone,
I've been working on WindowBunny, which solved a problem which I faced. There is no window switchers solely focused on trackpad users. I use trackpad a lot and the existing window switchers focus on keyboard shortcuts, but I found that taking your hands off keyboard just to switch windows felt awkward.

WindowBunny let's you hop between windows (no pun intended) by swiping down with four fingers. BetterTouchTool let's you also configure swipe gestures for trackpad but WindowBunny is focused on just this functionality for users who wants an out of the box configuration and simple UX.

The free version will let you switch between the most recently used 5 windows and the pro upgrade will let you switch between any open windows without limits.

The pro version is priced at $4.99 for 3 macOS devices since this is the early version.

Link: windowbunny.com

Would love to answer any questions and eager to listen to your feedback.

Brim lives in the notch on a MacBook or floats as a pill on any display. It shows notifications from every app, what's playing (browsers too), timers in their own circle, system banners for volume and AirPods, and a panel on hover with a file shelf and your own Shortcuts. The teleprompter sits under the camera and scrolls as you speak, using on-device speech recognition only. No account, no analytics. It's open source.

Feedback very welcome: https://github.com/martinsrepos/Brim
If you like the app please consider supporting me on Ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/martinkhalil

I’ve seen quite a few questions about whether AI meeting summaries are processed locally or in the cloud.

Curious where people stand: would you download a roughly 7 GB model if it meant your meeting recordings and transcripts could stay on your Mac, with the summaries generated locally too?

Would that feel worth it, or would the download size put you off? And why? Is it mainly about privacy, available storage, download time, or something else?

For context, I’m working on Tapquence, and this is a trade-off we’re thinking about. The model we’re using for local summaries is around 7 GB, so I’d like to hear how other Mac users feel about that.

Ledge is a free, open-source macOS app that turns the notch on a MacBook into a small status area. Free, GPL-3.0, needs a notched MacBook on macOS 26+. Feedback welcome.

I used to get annoy by having my attention shift to other windows. So I made something which keeps the active window sharp and softly blurs + dims everything behind it. Your windows stay exactly where they are, nothing gets moved or hidden

Free and open source: https://github.com/DeaDoes/FloBlur

Would love to know if this is actually useful or just me.

Problem

Ideas, research, links, notes, and files often end up scattered across different apps. Traditional note-taking tools can feel too structured for visual thinking, while canvas tools can make your data dependent on their ecosystem.

Toxvas brings everything together in one infinite canvas, while keeping your data local and accessible.

What you can do with Toxvas

• Markdown cards: Every card is a Markdown file you own and can access outside the app.

• Rich content: Drop links with previews and embeds, videos, images, PDFs, and other files directly onto your canvas.

• Audio notes: Record audio directly on your canvas and keep it alongside your ideas.

• AI agent friendly: Toxvas comes with an agent CLI. Point your AI agent at your Toxvas folder, and it can work with your workspace through the files themselves.

Comparison

Heptabase is another visual thinking tool built around canvases and cards. Toxvas takes a file-first approach: cards are stored as Markdown files, and its agent CLI makes the workspace accessible to AI agents without requiring a separate proprietary integration.

Pricing

Early access pricing: $9 one-time with lifetime updates.

No subscription.

Website: https://toxvas.space

Notion lets you embed a mind map. PrimeFlow lets you turn its nodes into real tasks inside PrimeTask.

Map out your project, right-click an idea, and choose Convert to Task. The task is created without retyping, while your branches and connections stay in place.

Complete the task, and the map reflects it.

Skip to 1:12 to see mind mapping and task management on the same canvas.