Best screen recording software for Pure Speed
Which app has the absolute least leg or system resources used when recording? I find that Screen Studio has been the overall best, but I'm always looking to see if anything is better speed. I don't need anything flashy, but something that can record and send to developers to help them.
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Which app has the absolute least leg or system resources used when recording? I find that Screen Studio has been the overall best, but I'm always looking to see if anything is better speed. I don't need anything flashy, but something that can record and send to developers to help them.
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BetterAudio: I built a free menu bar audio manager for macOS (per-app volume, EQ, smart routing, AI dictation, iPhone remote)
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Mactify: a native Spotify Connect client for Macs!
Hey everyone! Some of you might remember this post from a year ago that I made about Mactify (it's the #1 result when you Google "mac spotify connect client" which is crazy to me). For those of you that missed it, I made Mactify as a clean Spotify Connect client. I love to listen to music on my iPhone (love Headphone Accomodations, everything sounds much more full) but I hated that there wasn't an easy way to control playback from my Mac. I don't like to take out my phone when I'm working because if I do it's easier to get distracted. Previously, I used the standard Spotify app, but this was slow, bulky, eats up RAM, and sometimes stopped in the background.
Mactify aims to fix all of this! It's a clean, fast, and lightweight app built in SwiftUI. It supports macOS' Now Playing API (hello, media keys!), volume control (when Spotify itself does. For example, my iPhone doesn't), play/pause, rewind, forward. It also gives you access to seeking, repeat, shuffle, and even adding to playlists, liking songs, and seeing your queue!
It took me a while to get things published (I graduated, got busy that summer, and got busy when I moved into college. But during spring break, I finally submitted to App Store and got approved! After fixing up some bugs yesterday (Spotify changed their API access over the last year that I missed) I'm finally confident to show it to you all!
Unlike the Spotify app (the main other way to control playback) we only use around 50-60 mb of RAM, keeping things super lightweight! It's also a lot faster for things like play/pause when using media keys, as Spotify often gets backgrounded.
I wanted to keep this a lot cheaper than other apps, so Mactify is just $2.99! It's on the App Store today if you're interested.
Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mactify/id6761345149?mt=12
Please comment with any questions!
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Hey everyone! Some of you might remember this post from a year ago that I made about Mactify (it's the #1 result when you Google "mac spotify connect client" which is crazy to me). For those of you that missed it, I made Mactify as a clean Spotify Connect client. I love to listen to music on my iPhone (love Headphone Accomodations, everything sounds much more full) but I hated that there wasn't an easy way to control playback from my Mac. I don't like to take out my phone when I'm working because if I do it's easier to get distracted. Previously, I used the standard Spotify app, but this was slow, bulky, eats up RAM, and sometimes stopped in the background.
Mactify aims to fix all of this! It's a clean, fast, and lightweight app built in SwiftUI. It supports macOS' Now Playing API (hello, media keys!), volume control (when Spotify itself does. For example, my iPhone doesn't), play/pause, rewind, forward. It also gives you access to seeking, repeat, shuffle, and even adding to playlists, liking songs, and seeing your queue!
It took me a while to get things published (I graduated, got busy that summer, and got busy when I moved into college. But during spring break, I finally submitted to App Store and got approved! After fixing up some bugs yesterday (Spotify changed their API access over the last year that I missed) I'm finally confident to show it to you all!
Unlike the Spotify app (the main other way to control playback) we only use around 50-60 mb of RAM, keeping things super lightweight! It's also a lot faster for things like play/pause when using media keys, as Spotify often gets backgrounded.
I wanted to keep this a lot cheaper than other apps, so Mactify is just $2.99! It's on the App Store today if you're interested.
Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mactify/id6761345149?mt=12
Please comment with any questions!
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macOS Utilities for Identifying Apps Hijacking Global Keyboard Shortcuts?
Is there a macOS utility app specifically designed to identify which app or background process is "stealing" or hijacking global keyboard shortcuts?
I came across ShortcutDetective, which is designed for this purpose, but it appears to be abandoned software.
Are there any alternatives?
Thanks!
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Is there a macOS utility app specifically designed to identify which app or background process is "stealing" or hijacking global keyboard shortcuts?
I came across ShortcutDetective, which is designed for this purpose, but it appears to be abandoned software.
Are there any alternatives?
Thanks!
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TinyStart - A tiny launcher for macOS; fast and focused on the essentials
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TinyStart, a Tiny Launcher and Emoji Picker for Your Mac
TinyStart, a tiny launcher for your Mac. Launch apps, insert Emoji, open Links and Folders, and more.
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Built a local Mac app feature for turning scripts into finished multi-speaker audio
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OS Wisp — a tiny macOS scratchpad that opens with ⌥Space and gets out of the way
Problem
Every notes app I've used makes you pick where a note goes before you can start writing. For fleeting thoughts, that friction kills the thought.
You get a thought. A phone number. A half-formed idea. A list to remember for the next ten minutes. Native notes app can be mess sometimes. TextEdit opens a new window every time. Stickies sit on your screen forever. By the time you find somewhere to type, the thought is gone.
>Wisp opens in the time it takes to press one key.
Comparison
\- vs Notes, Bear, Obsidian — those are libraries. Wisp is one page - one markdown file.
\- vs TextEdit — TextEdit opens a document. Wisp opens with a shortcut.
\- vs Stickies — Stickies are always in the way. Wisp shows up only when you call it.
>One file. Plain markdown on disk. ⌥Space to open. Esc to hide. That's it.
Price
\- Free. Always.
\- No sign-up. No account. No tracking. No ads. No paid tier later.
\- Open source under the MIT license — read every line if you want to.
Github: https://github.com/sulemaanhamza/wisp
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Problem
Every notes app I've used makes you pick where a note goes before you can start writing. For fleeting thoughts, that friction kills the thought.
You get a thought. A phone number. A half-formed idea. A list to remember for the next ten minutes. Native notes app can be mess sometimes. TextEdit opens a new window every time. Stickies sit on your screen forever. By the time you find somewhere to type, the thought is gone.
>Wisp opens in the time it takes to press one key.
Comparison
\- vs Notes, Bear, Obsidian — those are libraries. Wisp is one page - one markdown file.
\- vs TextEdit — TextEdit opens a document. Wisp opens with a shortcut.
\- vs Stickies — Stickies are always in the way. Wisp shows up only when you call it.
>One file. Plain markdown on disk. ⌥Space to open. Esc to hide. That's it.
Price
\- Free. Always.
\- No sign-up. No account. No tracking. No ads. No paid tier later.
\- Open source under the MIT license — read every line if you want to.
Github: https://github.com/sulemaanhamza/wisp
Wisp
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GitHub
GitHub - sulemaanhamza/wisp: A dead-simple macOS scratchpad. Lives in your menu bar, opens with one keypress, gets out of the way.
A dead-simple macOS scratchpad. Lives in your menu bar, opens with one keypress, gets out of the way. - sulemaanhamza/wisp
All my paid apps are free for macOS 15 and earlier
https://sindresorhus.com/apps/older-versions#macos-15
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Sxitch - the tree based app switcher
https://reddit.com/link/1t2hxr6/video/4q0sp84phwyg1/player
Imagine pressing CMD Tab, and whoops, one extra click and now you're (probably) cycling through the entire Stack...
This was me a while back. CMD Tab when I had too many apps open just straight up failed to be a quick switching alternative.
Using the mouse was faster most of the time.
What if, rather than using just the tab key, we used the first letter of the app?
Want to open discord, press D and discord is focussed. What if theres a clash? You have discord and davinci resolve open? just press D, then sxitch will show you all the apps you would want to switch, and the key you have to press, the second letter of the apps (i and a for davinci resolve) for example. (Watch the demo on the website)
In case you're wondering, it is similar to leader key / Tuna in terms of navigation. But its purpose is completely different. Tuna is a wonderful app, but it doesn't offer the same purpose and speed for app switching. Its a launcher, not a switcher.
Sxitch is available for a one time purchase.
One pricing plan: All versions - 15 USD, lifetime.
The app is currently available in Beta (Just lacks a few advanced features), so you can get a 5 USD discount just by purchasing it before 7 May 2026.
Get sxitch from https://sxitch.app
As for trust, I'm also the creator of Rustcast: https://rustcast.app and I also have a personal portfolio website if you would like to check it out: https://umangsurana.com The app is also signed and notarized (AKA by a verified developer) so that you guys have minimal work to setup the app.
Beta release features:
\- Tree based navigations with various resolvers (AKA how to resolve clashes)
\- 0 logging / stats
\- Low memory usage and blazingly fast (It doesn't use electron / tauri, its an app built in rust using the iced GUI framework)
\- Access to the sxitch community discord server
\- Various clash resolvers (App name, qwerty, numbers, alphabets)
Stable release features (features that are available in beta + the following):
\- Shell commands
\- More themes than just dark and light mode
\- Overrides (add shortcuts to directly open up specific apps)
\- Onboarding process
\- Support within 24 hours (in the discord server)
\- Blacklist specific apps from showing up.
\- Keyboard shortcuts to directly switch between apps (and also launch them)
For the devs interested in my app, if you have your own paid app, I'm open to doing a lifetime license swap
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https://reddit.com/link/1t2hxr6/video/4q0sp84phwyg1/player
Imagine pressing CMD Tab, and whoops, one extra click and now you're (probably) cycling through the entire Stack...
This was me a while back. CMD Tab when I had too many apps open just straight up failed to be a quick switching alternative.
Using the mouse was faster most of the time.
What if, rather than using just the tab key, we used the first letter of the app?
Want to open discord, press D and discord is focussed. What if theres a clash? You have discord and davinci resolve open? just press D, then sxitch will show you all the apps you would want to switch, and the key you have to press, the second letter of the apps (i and a for davinci resolve) for example. (Watch the demo on the website)
In case you're wondering, it is similar to leader key / Tuna in terms of navigation. But its purpose is completely different. Tuna is a wonderful app, but it doesn't offer the same purpose and speed for app switching. Its a launcher, not a switcher.
Sxitch is available for a one time purchase.
One pricing plan: All versions - 15 USD, lifetime.
The app is currently available in Beta (Just lacks a few advanced features), so you can get a 5 USD discount just by purchasing it before 7 May 2026.
Get sxitch from https://sxitch.app
As for trust, I'm also the creator of Rustcast: https://rustcast.app and I also have a personal portfolio website if you would like to check it out: https://umangsurana.com The app is also signed and notarized (AKA by a verified developer) so that you guys have minimal work to setup the app.
Beta release features:
\- Tree based navigations with various resolvers (AKA how to resolve clashes)
\- 0 logging / stats
\- Low memory usage and blazingly fast (It doesn't use electron / tauri, its an app built in rust using the iced GUI framework)
\- Access to the sxitch community discord server
\- Various clash resolvers (App name, qwerty, numbers, alphabets)
Stable release features (features that are available in beta + the following):
\- Shell commands
\- More themes than just dark and light mode
\- Overrides (add shortcuts to directly open up specific apps)
\- Onboarding process
\- Support within 24 hours (in the discord server)
\- Blacklist specific apps from showing up.
\- Keyboard shortcuts to directly switch between apps (and also launch them)
For the devs interested in my app, if you have your own paid app, I'm open to doing a lifetime license swap
https://redd.it/1t2hxr6
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