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Monday, November 10, 2025
Run local LLMs like gpt-oss, Qwen3, Gemma3, DeepSeek and many more on your computer, privately and for free. LM Studio is the app I now use for running local LLMs.1 In LM Studio I mainly use gemma‑3‑12b, mostly for alt‑text generation, and the gpt‑oss‑20b model. Both run fine on my Mac equipped with 32 GB of RAM.
Screenshot Homepage LM Studio (2025-11-09) lmstudio.ai/
I switched from Ollama because LM Studio is much more versatile, and I don’t get their “sign‑up, log‑in, and run remote LLMs” options for a software that was designed for offline usage.
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Saturday, September 20, 2025
Modern file explorer for Obsidian
Full keyboard navigation. Dual-pane layout. Mobile optimized. Notebook Navigator is a truly great plugin for one of my favorite apps, Obsidian.
Screenshot Homepage Notebook Navigator (2025-09-20) notebooknavigator.com/
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Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Manage your macOS windows like a pro "Swift Shift lets you move/resize windows with your mouse without searching for tiny arrows or window titles. It's the fastest way to organize your workspace to your liking." - just press and hold (custom) modifier keys and move your windows around. Gone are the days looking for a tiny free spot to grab a title bar 🤩.
Screenshot Swift Shift Homepage (2025-06-03) www.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025
The ultimate toolbox for Photos on the Mac If you need to split, combine, merge or somehow manipulate your Apple Photos.app library, PowerPhotos is the way to go.
Screenshot PowerPhotos Homepage (08.05.2025) www.fatcatsoftware.com/powerphotos/
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Monday, May 12, 2025
Create highly customizable countdown timer overlays with ease using Countdown Timer Pro, a completely free macOS app. There are several other apps like Countdown Timer Pro available for macOS, but it is very well executed and free. What more could one wish for? Mac App Store Screenshot Countdown Timer Pro (08.05.2025) Mac App Store Countdown Timer Pro
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Friday, May 9, 2025
A wonderful player for your M4B/M4A/MP3 based audiobooks. In addition to an eBook Reader I was looking for a dedicated audiobook player. I think, I've found it. BookPlayer leaves nothing to be desired. If you want, you can view its source code on GitHub, or support the developer with a Pro subscription, which then enables features like iCloud Sync and standalone Playback on the Apple Watch. BTW I use the ancient looking, but still working Audiobook Builder to convert countless separate mp3 files to one combined M4B audiobook.
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Thursday, May 8, 2025
An independent reader for book lovers. I was looking for a third party alternative to Apple's Books.app - found it: Yomu EBook Reader. Single purchase if you want pro features, like iCloud sync, or just support its developer. Screenshot Yomu Homepage (07.05.2025) www.yomu-reader.com
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Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Quick look extension for folders. Nice, little utility app that lets you preview folders and ZIP files by pressing space bar on your Mac. From the same developer as Anybox and Pinning.
Screenshot Folder Preview Homepage (07.05.2025) anybox.ltd/folder-preview
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Thursday, April 10, 2025
A Surprisingly Useful macOS Shortcuts Launcher. "A macOS menu bar app that surfaces your relevant Shortcuts workflows when you need them. "Tag" workflows to an application, and when that app is in front, BarCuts will show its tagged workflows in a menu, ready for you to access." - nothing to add. One thing done right. Very useful, as Carlo's other apps. (I heavily rely on Actions For Obsidian for my Daily Notes in Obsidian.
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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Find and Remove Duplicate Files with Confidence I was looking for an app that can easily remove duplicates from my hard drives. There is a fair number of apps available, but lots of them look shady to me. Not this one. The best thing is that it is free to use and has a very friendly and responsive developer.
Screenshot Zero Duplicates Homepage (2025-04-09) zeroduplicates.com/
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Thursday, February 20, 2025
Rediscover the joy of reading your favorite writers and publications with Unread. Unread is a (not exactly cheap, subscription based) classic RSS client for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS with a strong focus on design and typography and a perfectly harmonised feature set. I am thrilled.
Unread Homepage Screenshot (2025-02-20) www.goldenhillsoftware.com
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Sunday, December 8, 2024
The unofficial companion app for Nintendo Switch SwitchBuddy is a companion app specifically for the Nintendo Switch. You can easily transfer captured screenshots to your iPhone, stay informed about new releases, get an overview of the latest news, follow sales, and, of course, track your own game collection along with a wishlist, etc. It may not be the most beautiful app, but it is very functional. I use it daily.
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Saturday, December 7, 2024
Festivitas brings the holiday spirit to your Mac with festive lights for the dock and menu bar 🎄 "Festivitas automatically adds festive lights to your menu bar and dock upon launch and you can tweak their appearance to match your preferences ✨" - nothing to add here. As written on my blog, it just makes me smile.
Festivitas Homepage Screenshot (07.12.2024) www.festivitas.app/
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Monday, December 2, 2024
Make Screenshot Stitching Easy with Picsew! Picsew is IMHO a truly underrated app whose potential is not immediately apparent. Among scrollshot stitching and other things, you can e.g. effortlessly add device frames to screenshots and pay less for its full version than you pay for other apps in a single month. Highly recommended.
Picsew App Store Screenshot (02.12.2024) apps.apple.com/us/app/picsew-scrollshot-collage
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