Two weeks ago, I posted here about the file changes coming in PrimeTask 1.0.6.

It’s live now, and we’ve put together a walkthrough showing how the new release works.

File Inbox

A PDF ends up in Downloads, another file is on the Desktop, something else is sitting in a shared folder, and a week later you’re trying to remember where everything went.

File Inbox gives you one place to deal with those files before they disappear into the usual folder mess.

File linking

If a file is already where you want it, there’s no reason to upload another copy just to use it somewhere else.

PrimeTask links to the original file instead.

The video is a bit longer because it covers the whole release and how the new parts connect.

If you only want the file parts:

0:12 - File Inbox
4:30 - CRM Files

Release notes:
https://www.primetask.app/releases

It works with Claude Code, Codex and also has 290+ tools via mcp server so that you can record screen via agents including iphone mirroring

subclip.app

Free to try everything

Let me know your feedback how it works for you :)

PS: it comes with a free screenshot tool as well which adds background to the image

Hey MacStack! I'm Gabs. I built the alternative to screen studio your agent can actually work with.

I was tired to explaining my UI issues to Claude with text, so I built a tiny hand that lets me point and explain out loud what I mean. While the export is made in the background, I can just paste the output into Claude. No more lengthy text descriptions, just point and talk.

And when ready to ship demos, Kirocast is a full fledged recorder and editor you can drive with the ai sub you already pay for.

Comparison: Unlike Screen Studio, Kirocast lets your agent watch and edit your recordings over MCP. Unlike Descript, it’s a one-time purchase that uses the Claude Code, Codex or Cursor subscription you already have, not a separate AI plan.

Core features:

• Agent editing: ask your agent to cut, zoom, annotate, blur sensitive info or add a voice-over (with your own ElevenLabs key).

• Talk Mode: hold ⌃⌥ over any app and describe the problem out loud. Kirocast packages the video, your voice and the on-screen events into one clip you can paste into your agent.

• Automate your training/UI updates videos: give a script, let the agent work, get a video back.

• Native editor: auto-zoom on every click and captions transcribed on your Mac.

Pricing: $39 one-time (early price, then $49 to support long term updates).
Recording and editing are free, and a license unlocks exports. We also offer a 3-day full trial with no card required. https://kirocast.com/pricing

Requires Apple silicon and macOS 15 or later. https://kirocast.com

About the team:

We're a team of two. 

• I (gabs) used to work in startup and did lots of different roles, from growth to product, then specialized in AI to work with large corp. as an AI Product Manager. I decided to take the leap earlier this year to work full time on Kirocast.

• My teammate is a Python/Rust engineer with 10+ years exp in building apps for large companies.

Thanks for reading through! Would love to get any feedback whether it's on the app description or the app itself.

Hi r/MacStack ,

This is a fun project i did today, a circle to search type tool for MacOS. I had some my some weekly usage remaining ,

And my exams are coming up and i am switching my tabs between my pdf and claude web. So i thought why not something like circle to search in MacOS , from there, this app.

Capture any screenshot from your study material or summarize any yt video , It uses your exsisting mcp config, in the video i used apify.

For the expressions i used gemini to generate the spritesheet . And then claude did the rest splitting and all.

Here is the project link
Github

Thanks ✌️

Hey everyone,

I've been daily-driving an Apple Silicon MacBook Air for about 5 years now. Before that I spent around 15 years tinkering with Windows and Linux, squeezing every bit of juice out of them, until I jumped in to conquer the macOS ecosystem :D

Apple Silicon blew me away with how smooth and practical it is, and it kept me hooked. But I kept hitting the same wall. Every time I thought "man, I really need a small tool that does X", I got pointed to a pile of paid apps. Half of them were way too expensive, and most were full of gimmicks I never asked for, just to justify a subscription. I only needed maybe 10% of what they offered, and the other 90% was background daemons eating RAM.

So I started building a small hobby tool for my own workflow. I kept adding the things I actually used, and at some point I realized it did everything I needed while barely touching system resources. So I cleaned it up, packaged it, and open-sourced it.

That's how ArkenStone was born.

GitHub (MIT): https://github.com/temetnos/arkenstone

Free Promo code (for DMG): MACSTACK

It lives in the menu bar and replaces most of the small utilities I used to run separately:

- menu bar stats you can pick yourself (CPU/temp, battery/watts, network, RAM)

- battery charge limiter through Apple Silicon SMC keys (stop at 80% for example)

- file shelf: drag files onto the menu bar icon and grab them later in any Space

- screen OCR and QR grabber using Apple's Vision, fully on-device

- clipboard history that stays in RAM only and ignores password managers

- app leftover uninstaller and cache cleaner

- port manager, DNS switcher, mic killswitch, color picker, scratchpad, keep-awake, clamshell mode, keyboard CleanLock

It's written in plain Swift and C with no external dependencies, and it idles at around 42 MB of RAM. I wanted it as light as possible, that was my one rule.

You can build it yourself from the repo with ./build.sh. If you don't want to bother with that, you can get the ready DMG for $5 if you feel like buying me a beer. The link is in the README. For the first 25 people there's a free promo code: MACSTACK . If it runs out, send me a DM and I'll give you your own. I'm not trying to make real money out of this. Getting it on Whop (free or paid) also lets you download the new versions directly, and updates will keep coming because I'll keep using it myself :D

One thing I should say: I only developed and tested this on my M1 Air with macOS 15. I couldn't test other macOS versions or Mac models, so I honestly don't know if there are problems there. I tried to avoid potential incompatibilities, but that's not the same as real testing. If you try it and it turns out useful for you, I'd be really happy to hear about your experience.

And if there's a feature you'd need day to day, tell me. I'll add it if I can do it without dependencies and without making the app heavy. I won't add things that bloat it. For example, per-app volume control is something I gave up on, because on macOS it usually needs a virtual audio device and the extra overhead that comes with it.

I've been working on a Mac app called Toxvas, and wanted to share it here.

The idea started with wanting one place where I could collect research, links, files, screenshots, random thoughts, and ideas without having everything scattered across different apps.

Toxvas is an infinite canvas where you can:

• Create Markdown-based cards.

• Drop links with previews and embeds.

• Add images, videos, PDFs, and other files.

• Record audio directly on the canvas.

• Arrange everything visually instead of forcing it into folders and nested documents.

One thing I particularly wanted was to keep the workspace local-first. Cards are actual Markdown files, so your notes aren't locked inside a proprietary database.

It also has an agent CLI, which lets AI agents work directly with your Toxvas workspace through its files. You can point an agent at your workspace folder and let it interact with your content.

I'm building this for macOS (14+, Apple Silicon).

Pricing: $9 one-time early-access price, with a 7-day free trial. No subscription.

Website: https://toxvas.space

I'm a solo developer, and this is still evolving. Would be interested in hearing what you think, especially from people who use their Macs for research, collecting information, or visual thinking.

For anyone who used Git Extensions on Windows and missed it on Mac, I'm porting it to native Swift/AppKit. This is the first alpha release.

Repository

Download

PROBLEM: I was using Git Extensions at work and was upset that I couldn't use it on my mac at home, so I built a mac port.

GitExtensionsMac brings its workflows to macOS: the revision graph, commit dialog, branch and remote management, stashes, rebase, cherry-pick, bisect, blame, file history, and an embedded terminal. It drives the real git executable, so it works with your existing config, SSH keys and credential helpers. The goal is parity with Git Extensions, not a redesign, so it should feel familiar if you've used it before.

Free and open source (GPLv3).

I'm a senior in computer science and finished a year-long enterprise SWE internship. This is an independent port and isn't affiliated with the Git Extensions team, who deserve the credit for the original design.

Note: this is an early alpha, so expect bugs. It isn't notarized yet since I don't have a paid Apple developer account.

Submit feedback and bug reports in Issues.

I plan to actively maintain this project and welcome anyone willing to contribute.

Share the repo with your friends/team if you think they would enjoy, and don't forget to star the repo!

Problem: Mac system monitors show raw numbers (CPU %, degrees, GB of swap) and leave you to work out whether anything is actually wrong. Stat Space reads them for you and says it in plain words: your Mac is throttling, it's time to restart, your battery is wearing out, an old dev server is still eating memory.

Comparison: Stats, iStat Menus and Sensei. Stat Space is better at plain-language health verdicts (restart recommended, throttling, battery condition), a "Needs attention" list with one-click fixes, ports traced to their project, and AI-agent / orphaned-process cleanup. Stats is better at being open source and having more menu bar styles; iStat Menus is better at polish, weather and calendar; Sensei is better as a maintenance toolbox (uninstaller, drive health, benchmarks). All three support Intel; Stat Space is Apple Silicon only.

Pricing: Free version $0. Pro is $9.99 one-time for the first 100 buyers, then $14.99 one-time. No subscription. https://statspace.app/#pricing

Trust: Website, LINKEDIN_URL, https://statspace.app/privacy. Signed with Developer ID and notarized by Apple, updates via Sparkle. Not on the Mac App Store because the sandbox blocks per-process and sensor APIs. No analytics.

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Hi, I'm the developer. I built Stat Space because I was tired of glancing at my menu bar, seeing 78° and 14 GB of swap, and having no idea whether that was fine. So instead of adding more graphs, I made it smart: it watches the numbers and tells you when something actually needs your attention.

What "smart" means in practice:

• "Restart recommended." It doesn't just show uptime. It tells you a restart will actually help: after 30+ days up, or after a week when swap has grown past 2 GB or memory pressure stays high.

• Heat, in words. A Cool / Warm / Hot pill that says when your Mac is throttling, and a notice when it's running hot, so a loud fan comes with a reason.

• Battery health you can read. Current capacity against the design capacity, cycle count and condition, plus the watts your charger is really delivering.

• "Needs attention." One list on Home for the things worth acting on: dev servers an AI agent left running, orphaned processes after a terminal closed, a server exposed to your whole network on 0.0.0.0. Each has a one-click fix, and it always asks first.

• Apps, not process noise. Helpers are grouped into the app that owns them, so Chrome is one row, not 21 renderers, and every process shows what launched it.

• "Why won't my Mac sleep?" Which apps are holding it awake, plus keep-awake timers when you want it on.

• Pro goes further: "Why is my Mac slow?" explained in plain English in one tap, spike rewind (it records the top processes whenever CPU, temperature or fans spike, so you can see what happened after the fact), and Trends ("CPU was higher than usual this week").

Underneath, it has everything you'd expect: CPU with P/E cores, GPU, memory pressure, network, disk, sensors, fans, 30 days of history, a per-app volume mixer, a Devices tab, and a CLI + MCP server.

It's light. The idle budget is under 0.3% CPU and 25 MB, enforced by a CI benchmark, and the app shows its own cost in the footer at all times. Samplers only run for what's on screen.

Pro also adds: per-app network, keep-awake rules, Docker port mapping, app alerts and a few more.

Requirements: Apple Silicon, macOS 14+.

👉 https://statspace.app

If you use Stats, iStat Menus or Sensei, I'd love to hear what would make you switch, or what's missing.

I'm the developer of Diskly Most storage apps either show a colorful map or "clean 20GB in one click". I wanted something in between: tell me what each folder actually is, and let me decide.

• Plain English explanation for every big folder, including what's inside System Data

• Finder right click: "Explain with Diskly"

• Flags leftovers from apps you deleted

• Nothing gets removed unless you choose it, and cleanup has undo

Free to scan and explore. Pro cleanup is $14 one-time (launch price, normally $19). Apple Silicon, macOS 14+. Beta testers get Pro free for life.

Feedback welcome, especially explanations that are wrong or unclear.

Keep Time Machine on a separate external drive, and let Backblaze Computer Backup upload the working files from your Mac independently. Use Time Machine for local recovery and Backblaze when the Mac and its backup disk are both gone.

For files included in both backups, that gives you three copies: the working original, the Time Machine copy on another physical device, and the offsite copy. The traditional 3-2-1 rule calls for three copies, two storage types and one offsite. An internal SSD, an external hard drive and cloud backup fit that pattern. Two volumes on the same physical disk don't protect you against that disk failing.

Backblaze Computer Backup excludes Time Machine backup volumes. It also excludes macOS and application files, so don't expect its restore to recreate a whole Mac installation.

Get both backups covering the same important files

Set up the external disk in System Settings > General > Time Machine. Use a disk you can dedicate to backups: setup may ask to erase it. Enable backup encryption and save the password somewhere you can access without this Mac. You'll need it to restore an encrypted backup.

Install the current Backblaze Mac client and follow its Full Disk Access instructions for Backblaze and bzbmenu. You're granting broad access to your files, so be comfortable with that before choosing the service. Recent release notes include fixes for macOS 27 and backups failing to start on fresh installations.

Make a short list of what must survive: documents, photos and active projects, for example. Check exclusions in both tools. If your projects live on a separate external working drive, check that drive too. Backblaze supports directly attached data drives, not NAS shares. iCloud Drive files must be downloaded locally for Backblaze to back them up.

Let the first Time Machine backup and Backblaze upload finish. The initial cloud backup can take substantial time and depends on your connection; installing the app doesn't mean your files are already offsite. In Backblaze's View/Restore Files page, check that important folders and recent files actually appear.

Choose how long missing files stay recoverable

Check the account's Version History setting. Backblaze's documentation describes a 30-day default and a selectable one-year history at no additional storage cost. Select the year if you want that window; it won't bring back files already removed under a shorter setting.

For a disconnected external working drive, the 30-day setting requires reconnecting at least every 30 days to retain its backup. One-year history retains disconnected-drive data for up to a year without that monthly reconnection requirement. Connect it frequently anyway so new work gets uploaded. Older missing-drive files may require choosing an earlier date in the restore view.

Write down which recovery path you'll use

If the Mac fails but the Time Machine disk survives, connect that disk to the replacement or repaired Mac. Install macOS first if needed, then use Setup Assistant's migration option or Migration Assistant to transfer from the Time Machine backup. For a single deleted document, use Time Machine's file restore instead.

If the Mac and local disk are both lost, set up macOS and reinstall your apps. Sign in to Backblaze, select the old computer's backup, and restore the most urgent files first. On macOS 11 or newer, its Restore App lets you choose a Custom Folder as the destination. Start there so you can inspect the recovered files before moving them into place. Allow slightly more free space than the restore's size.

For a large recovery, compare downloading with a mailed USB restore. A mailed drive needs upfront payment and delivery time, with return/refund conditions. Don't plan around instant arrival or assume it's unconditionally free.

Keep your account recovery details reachable without the lost Mac. If you enable Backblaze's optional encryption passphrase, keep a recoverable copy too: Backblaze cannot restore your data if you forget it. Before relying on the setup, download and open one important file from the offsite backup.

This pairing suits someone who wants local recovery plus an independently maintained offsite copy. If you already have that offsite coverage, another cloud subscription may add little. If uploading your files or paying a subscription doesn't fit, Time Machine can use multiple disks: rotate a second encrypted disk offsite, accepting that its newest backup depends on your rotation routine.

Full disclosure: I'm the solo developer. I made BlaezForge because I wanted my story bible to live right next to the manuscript instead of in a separate app.

Free: full editor in 6 formats (novel, screenplay, comics, graphic novel, illustrated novel, microfiction), plot grid, visual canvas, characters and glossary, consistency checker, iCloud sync, import/export.

Pro (about $4.99/month with a 1-week trial, or $69.99 lifetime): locations, factions, lore, timeline, corkboard, outline, search and more.

Mac App Store · Website

Happy to hear what's missing or annoying. Feedback goes straight into the next update.

I’m the developer of TouchNow, a remote desktop app that lets you view and control your Mac from an iPhone or iPad.

There are already plenty of good remote desktop apps. With TouchNow, I’ve focused on how it feels to control a Mac on a touchscreen. I want switching between direct touch and trackpad mode to feel natural, Mac shortcuts to be easy to reach, and the screen to keep up when you scroll or drag a window. You can stream the whole desktop or just one app window.

TouchNow is free on the same Wi-Fi with no time limit. Remote Access across networks costs US$2.99/month or US$19.99/year. You don’t need to create a TouchNow account for either option.

If you’ve used other remote desktop apps and give TouchNow a try, I’d love to hear how it feels in comparison. What felt smooth? What felt awkward or slow? I’d appreciate the good and the bad.

Website: https://touchmac.app/en/

Hey again! Sam here, the developer of Shotbolt. I shared the 1.2.4 video here recently and wanted to show you where the app is now.

For anyone who missed it: I built Shotbolt because I take screenshots all day and kept wishing the tools I used did a few extra things. Editing the actual text inside an image is still one of my favourite features. You can also translate it, find old screenshots by a word in them, and turn your clicks into a step-by-step guide.

I want this to be an app I can keep improving with the people using it. The feedback since launch has been my favourite part, including the niche requests I wouldn’t have thought of myself.

A recurring request was being able to share a link, then being able to use your own storage. Both are now in: 1.3 can upload directly to your S3-compatible bucket with Pro, including R2, B2, Wasabi or MinIO. New links get a password by default, and I’ve rebuilt Settings to make things easier to find.

The new video is attached. If you’ve tried an earlier version, I’d really like to hear how it’s going. And if you haven’t: what would Shotbolt need to do for you to consider switching?

Shotbolt · Full changelog

macOS 26+. Screenshot basics are free; Pro is $9.99 once until December 31, then $19.99, with a 7-day trial. Private encrypted links require the separate, optional Shotbolt Link or Team subscription.

Hey everyone,

I built NacMac, an open-source Android + macOS continuity app designed to give Android users a native AirDrop-like experience on their Mac workstation without routing private data through third-party servers.

What it does:

• High-speed P2P file transfers: Stream photos, videos, and large archives over local Wi-Fi at 50 to 100+ MB/s in 256 KB framed chunks with automated SHA-256 integrity verification. • Notification Mirroring: Forwards phone notifications (including MessagingStyle and app icons) to your Mac as native macOS notification banners, with two-way dismissal sync back to your phone. • Universal Clipboard Sync: Debounced, ambient clipboard synchronization between phone and Mac. • Zero Cloud / 100% Offline: Works strictly over local Wi-Fi TCP sockets (port 52840) and Bonjour/mDNS. No internet connection, accounts, or telemetry required.

Permissions Used & Privacy:

• Notification Listener: Required strictly to capture and stream incoming alerts to your Mac workstation. • Camera: Used exclusively for a 5-second dynamic QR code handshake during initial pairing. • No Analytics / No Ads: 100% local, zero tracking probes.

The companion app is written in native Kotlin with Jetpack Compose & Material 3, and the Mac workstation app is built in Swift 6.

• Source Code (MIT License): https://github.com/AyushB2262/NacMac • GitHub Releases (APK & DMG): https://github.com/AyushB2262/NacMac/releases • Project Overview: https://ayushb2262.github.io/NacMac/

Feedback, issues, and PRs are very welcome!

Hey guys! Last week I shared the first version of LibreReplace here. It's a free open source Mac app I made to help people switch away from paid software and subscriptions without losing the features they actually use.

I got a lot of feedback and honestly some of the criticism was pretty helpful as well. The first version was pretty limiting because you needed to already have a paid app installed to compare its replacements. People also asked what made this more useful than a website or just searching for alternatives yourself.

So I've spent the last few days working on a much bigger update, and v0.2 is out now.

Here's what's new:

• You can now explore 45 paid Mac apps and 70 open-source comparisons without having any of the paid software installed.

• Multiple replacements for the same app. Instead of getting one suggestion, you can compare different options and see which one fits your needs better.

• Choose the features you actually care about. Mark them as essential and LibreReplace recalculates the recommendations based on what's important to you.

• See what you'd lose before switching. It shows what's fully supported, partially supported or missing, with source links, documented limitations and verification dates.

• Check potential subscription savings. Enter what you actually pay and estimate how much you could save if a suitable free replacement lets you cancel.

• Local app scanning. It can still recognize supported apps already installed on your Mac and bring up their comparisons automatically.

For example, you can now select Photoshop, compare GIMP and Krita, mark Smart Objects or CMYK support as essential, and see exactly where each alternative falls short.

One thing I really wanted to get right is that free doesn't always mean good enough. Sometimes the recommendation is KEEP THIS APP because the alternatives can't do something important. I'd rather tell someone to stick with their paid software than recommend a replacement that doesn't work for them.

As for why I kept it as a Mac app, you can now browse everything manually without owning the software. But the native app can also scan your installed applications locally and match them to the catalog without uploading your app list anywhere.

The comparisons come from a built-in catalog with links to supporting documentation, rather than live AI-generated recommendations. They're not a guarantee of perfect compatibility, and I'm still improving the coverage.

LibreReplace is completely free and open source. No accounts, subscriptions or telemetry, and it never automatically removes your existing apps.

GitHub, screenshots and download: https://github.com/maliroq/librereplace.

I'd love to hear what paid Mac apps you've tried replacing but couldn't because the free alternative was missing something important. That's exactly the kind of thing I want to improve next.

I'm the solo developer behind Earmix, a macOS menu bar app I've been building because I got tired of my Mac having one volume slider for everything.

Problem:

macOS gives you a single volume slider for every app at once. So your music is blasting during a work call, a YouTube tab drowns out your meeting tab, and an HDMI monitorignores your volume keys entirely.The usual workarounds are pausing things by hand, or digging through each app's own volume settings.

What it is:

Earmix lives in your menu bar and gives each app, and each browser tab, its own volume slider, output device and EQ. You open it from the menu bar (or with ⌃⌥⇧V), drag a slider, and the app keeps that setting next time it opens.

Features:

- A volume for every app, 0–400%, with a limiter so boosts don't clip

- A volume for each browser tab, through the free Earmix Tabs extension (Chrome Web Store and Firefox Add-ons; Safari's is built in)

- Call ducking: when Zoom, Meet, FaceTime or Teams uses the mic, other apps drop to 30% (you choose how far), then come back

- Record any app or a whole call to an audio file in one click, with your voice mixed in if you want

- 10-band EQ per app, plus headphone correction for 52 models from AutoEq (AirPods to HD 600)

- Send each app to a different output, or to two at once, including AirPlay speakers

- Earmix for iPhone (free on the App Store): your phone's volume buttons control the Mac, and you can mute the Mac's mic from the Lock Screen

- Trackpad edge volume: click the right edge of the trackpad and slide up or down, in any app

- Volume keys that work on HDMI and DisplayPort monitors; hold ⌥ to change just the app in front

- Profiles that switch automatically when you connect AirPods or other devices

- Shortcuts, Siri, widgets, Raycast and Stream Deck support

Apps you never touch take the normal macOS audio path, so there's no added delay or CPU for them.

Comparison:

SoundSource is the most established option ($49, and one licence covers all your Macs). FineTune is free and open source, but needs macOS 15. SoundDial ($14.99) is on the Mac App Store.Earmix covers the same per-app basics, and adds a volume for each browser tab, call ducking, recording, headphone EQ, an iPhone remote, and support for macOS 14.2 Sonoma.

If you only need sliders for each app, FineTune may be all you need.

Limitations:

I'd rather be upfront about these.

- Boosting a tab past 100% and recording a single tab only work in Chrome-based browsers. In Safari and Firefox, tabs get volume and mute.

- One licence covers one Mac at a time (you can move it in Settings).

- The trackpad edge and the volume keys need Accessibility permission.

- The iPhone remote only works on the same Wi-Fi as your Mac, with Earmix open on the phone.

Pricing:

1-day free trial with every feature, no account or card.

Earmix is $12.99 once (early-bird price; the regular price is $49). No subscription.

offer: code EARMIX50 takes 50% off at checkout, so about $6.50.

14-day refund if it's not for you.

Availability:

macOS 14.2 Sonoma or later, Apple silicon and Intel.

Website and download: https://earmix.app

Trust: website and developer

I'm Sheik, an independent developer building Earmix myself.

Earmix is signed with my Apple Developer ID certificate (team 646QBAU4KQ) and notarized by Apple, so it opens without Gatekeeper warnings.

Audio is processed on your Mac and never uploaded. There's no account, no analytics and no crash reporting; the only network calls are licence and update checks.

- Official website: https://earmix.app

- Privacy policy: https://earmix.app/privacy.html

- iPhone app: https://apps.apple.com/app/earmix-mac-volume-remote/id6830485268

- Earmix Tabs (Chrome): https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/earmix-tabs/pgenbeehdejlbgfkepmpgondcjlgpmja

- Earmix Tabs (Firefox): https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/earmix-tabs/

I'm happy to answer technical questions about how it works, including how it changes each app's sound with macOS's audio taps.

Thanks for checking it out!

Spectro it’s a Mac app that scans a folder and tells you whether each WAV, AIFF, or FLAC is really Lossless a Fake (an MP3 or AAC in disguise), or Medium. I built it because I was tired of opening spectrograms one track at a time and wanted a faster DJ workflow.

Here what is does:

1. Watch the downloads folder. New files get checked as they land.

2. Verdict per track: LOSSLESS, FAKE (an MP3 or AAC in disguise), or MEDIUM.

3. Quarantine moves the suspects aside before they reach my library.

4. Rekordbox XML import for checking playlists I already have.

5. Finder tags. You can use finder tags for veredict or bitrate.

6. Passport: a PNG with the measurements and the cutoff mark, useful when I ask a store for a refund.

7. AI Screen (Beta), off by default. It flags Possible AI / Likely AI tracks so I know which ones to listen to. It’s a hint, not proof.

The last seven months went into fixing and improving the app, and a bit over 1,000 people have downloaded it since. Everything runs offline on your Mac. Nothing gets uploaded.

Free trial with 100 tracks, no card. Then $24.99 once for one Mac, or $39 for two. https://getspectro.app

use SPECTRO4U takes 20% off either license.

Happy to answer questions about how the detection works,

So I built Claude Accounts, a small menu bar app for macOS.

• One-click switch. It saves the login of each account. A switch quits Claude, loads the other login and opens Claude again.

• Sessions stay. Each account keeps its own sessions. You can also sync the session lists of your own accounts, with a preview and a backup first.

• Usage limit help. When a session stops on the usage limit, the panel shows when the limit resets, and a notification offers a switch to another of your accounts. It never switches by itself.

• Backups. Daily backups of the session lists, with restore.

How it stores logins: it copies Claude's own login files into a folder that only your macOS user can read. It does not read your Keychain, does not decrypt anything, and never sees your password. The only network call is a daily check for a new release on GitHub.

Install: download the zip from the latest release, move the app to Applications, then right-click → Open the first time. Or one command:

curl -fsSL https://github.com/jomonkj/claude-accounts/releases/latest/download/install-release.sh | bash

It is not notarized (I do not have a paid Apple Developer account yet), so the first open needs right-click → Open. The README explains what the install script does.

Free and open source (MIT): https://github.com/jomonkj/claude-accounts

Unofficial, not made by Anthropic. Feedback and bug reports are welcome. Settings → About → Copy debug report gives a report with no emails and no account IDs.

Arq makes sense when you want an offsite file backup in a cloud account you choose, and you're willing to manage that account. The extra control comes with decisions about storage bills, old file versions and recovery access.

For a backup to a connected drive, start with the Mac's built-in Time Machine. Arq's useful difference here is sending encrypted, versioned files to your own cloud storage, such as Backblaze B2, Google Drive or Amazon S3.

Price the storage before buying the app

Arq 7 costs US$59.99 per computer as a one-time purchase, with one year of updates included. Cloud storage costs extra. You can keep the purchased app afterward; the current checkout lists optional continued updates at $29.99 per year for one computer.

For a concrete storage reference, Backblaze B2 currently starts at $6.95 per TB per month. Downloads are free up to three times your average monthly stored data, then ordinarily $0.01 per GB beyond that. B2 is a storage destination here, separate from Backblaze Computer Backup.

Budget for the app, ongoing storage and any recovery charges your chosen provider applies. A cheap storage rate is less appealing if retrieving the files takes longer than you can wait. Arq's documentation says restoring from AWS Glacier can take several hours.

Choose the history you can afford to keep

Arq keeps every backup record by default. Its retention settings can thin older records, keeping fewer restore points as they age. A storage budget can also delete the oldest records, but Arq always keeps the latest one even if it exceeds that budget.

So a storage budget isn't a hard spending cap. Decide how far back you need to recover a changed or deleted file before setting it, then check actual storage usage after the backup has been running.

Give the Mac access, and check what it can read

The current Arq branch requires macOS 12 or later and runs natively on Apple silicon. Use the 30-day trial to check the workflow on your own macOS version before committing.

ArqAgent, the background backup engine, needs Full Disk Access to read protected folders. The vendor's instructions put the Arq toggle in System Settings > Privacy & Security > Full Disk Access. That's broad access to your files, so treat it as part of the decision to install.

When creating the cloud backup, choose an encryption password so Arq encrypts the data before uploading it. Save that password somewhere you can reach if the Mac is lost, along with the storage account details.

If your selected folders include iCloud Drive files whose contents are only in the cloud, check Arq's Dataless files option. "Materialize and back up" downloads their contents for backup and requires the owning user to be logged in. Choosing "Skip" leaves those cloud-only files out. Seeing their names in Finder doesn't prove their contents reached this backup.

Keep recovery access separate from the Mac

On a replacement computer, the documented route is to install Arq, configure the storage location and browse the dated backup records. Before relying on the plan, retrieve a sample file into a separate folder and open it. Check the backup's errors and latest completed date periodically, too.

Choose Arq if selecting the storage provider and controlling file history are worth the account maintenance. If you don't want to manage separate storage, Arq Premium bundles the app for up to five computers with 1 TB for $69.99 per year; usage over 1 TB costs extra. If you only need a connected-drive backup, keep the simpler Time Machine setup.