One of the cornerstone features coming to macOS Ventura this fall is Stage Manager, which lets you create sets of multiple apps, decluttering your desktop without a lot of fiddling. In my limited use so far, I’m optimistic about Stage Manager’s future as a way to manage apps, but it’s not for everyone, which is

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Apple is no longer giving major updates to Macs pre-2017.

At this morning’s WWDC keynote presentation, SVP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi took the stage to announce the latest update to Apple’s desktop operating system: macOS Ventura. Ventura introduces a host of improvements, with many going hand-in-hand with their iOS and iPadOS 16 counterparts. A new windowing mode is perhaps the most intriguing addition, but

Why Remotion is a native macOS app (not Electron)

Bike is a brand new Mac-only outlining app from Hog Bay Software that executes the fundamentals of outlining flawlessly. The outline creation and editing workflows are polished, and the keyboard-focused navigation makes moving around a large outline effortless. The app’s feature set is limited by design. That focus is part of what makes Bike such

Apple today updated its iWork suite of apps, introducing new features for Pages, Numbers, and Keynote on both iOS devices and Mac. These are major...

Is your iCloud running low on storage after macOS upgrade? Learn How to stop iCloud from syncing your desktop folders and documents quickly!

An Audio Hijack 4 automation switches blocks on and off and starts a session. Rogue Amoeba’s Audio Hijack 4 is here, and while it’s got a bunch of interesting new features, my favorite …

In xcode on OSX app, I can change the app icon in the dock by using this code: let image = NSImage.init(named: NSImage.Name(rawValue: "AltAppIcon")) NSApp.applicationIconImage = image But when I ...

Mail and Airmail both offer methods of copying individual message URLs so you can easily create references in action items, notes, and more.

A while back, I wrote about how handy it was to redirect a man page into Preview. This allows you to keep the man page open, search it, and generally have a better user experience than struggling w…

Two decades ago, an idea called "xMac" was born.

One of my earliest MacStories reviews was of OutlineEdit 1.0, a Mac-only outlining app that caught my eye with its attention to the kind of details that are a must for creating carefully structured outlines quickly. Version 3.0 recently landed on the Mac App Store and at its core, OutlineEdit is just as capable as

Craig Hockenberry is back to weigh in on Apple Silicon, why he's an Apple Watch Power User, and life as a Mac developer.

After decades without a redesign, System Preferences on macOS gets a bold & beautiful new look.

Over a year after Google acquired Neverware

A few years ago, I wrote about the now-dead Dashboard, which was was in macOS for a long, long time: While not as flashy or important as Tiger’s keystone feature, Spotlight, Dashboard still enjoyed a big push from Jobs on stage. A user could tap a keyboard shortcut or visit a hot corner and Dashboard...

Anything beyond simple media consumption or limited writing (like a text or an MPU post) are just too tedious, with too many “pokes at the screen” (as Jobs would say). Text selection Getting the Select | Select all | … thing to pop up, or not to pop up. Saving files. Using Share to, then Print then pinch/spread to create a PDF. It’s just tedious. It’s better with a keyboard and mouse connected, but then it’s a laptop. I have a laptop for laptopping. Maybe it’s just me.

I got sick of seeing the same obvious Mac app recommendations. Here are 11 free apps you should download ASAP that I've curated from 10 years of using macOS.

Apple ships a wide range of applications across its family of operating systems. However, over the years, they have received uneven amounts of support and attention from the company.

The Mac used to let users add and change startup sounds. You can recreate that capability using Automator, and bring a bit of fun back to your Mac.

A collection of hidden Mac gems that deserve your attention.You have probably heard of many of these apps, but some are absolute hidden gems that deserve more attention than they get. So take a look through the list, and I guarantee at least one of these apps you’ll

About three years ago, I wrote a piece on how to get system fonts in CSS. The San Francisco fonts had just been released and getting them onto a web page wasn’t obvious or easy. A recent tweet reminded me that I needed to update this information. In my original post, I proposed the idea […]