ReTab 3.0 — I rebuilt my Safari tab switcher to feel like macOS Cmd+Tab
2 years ago I shipped ReTab — a Safari extension that flips between
your two most recent tabs with Cmd+E (customizable). The most common
request I got back: "make it behave like Cmd+Tab — tap to switch,
hold to cycle through history."
3.0 is that rebuild. One shortcut, two gestures:
\- Tap Cmd+E → instantly hop between your two most recent tabs.
\- Hold Cmd+E → a Cmd+Tab-style picker fades in over the page
showing your recent tabs and favicons. Tap E to walk the highlight
forward; hold Shift to walk it backwards; release the modifier to
switch.
https://reddit.com/link/1te363h/video/mil69q3b3c1h1/player
Works on Mac, iPad, and iPhone — one purchase covers all three.
Most Safari tab utilities are Mac-only; ReTab is the only Cmd+Tab-style
cycle picker I know of that runs across the full Apple lineup. Built
on Manifest V3 with a service-worker background, so it idles to zero
memory and zero battery until the moment you press the shortcut.
What's new in 3.0:
\- Customize the shortcut in Safari Settings → Extensions on Safari 26+
(no Karabiner needed).
\- Click the toolbar icon for the same instant hop, no keyboard required.
\- Closing a tab returns you to your most recently active tab, not
whatever neighbor Safari picks. Toggleable.
\- Keep track of up to 9 tabs history.
Privacy: Everything stays on your device. Safari shows the
boilerplate "can read webpages / see browsing history" warning at
install — script access only draws the picker on your current tab,
and tab access only reads titles and icons for the list. No analytics,
no remote calls, no tracking.
Pricing: $1.99 one-time, universal — one buy unlocks Mac, iPad,
and iPhone. Existing customers get 3.0 free as a normal App Store
update.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/retab-safari-tab-switcher/id6736950080
Built solo. Happy to chat about UX decisions, the MV3 service-worker
rewrite, edge cases (Safari's modifier-release detection is a fun
rabbit hole), or what y'all want next - 3.1 is being reviewed by App Store right now and already addressed users' suggestions (https://www.reddit.com/r/Safari/comments/1tbdwca/comment/olof6m7 & https://www.reddit.com/r/Safari/comments/1g6rzb4/comment/olu8pvl) to make arrow key & mouse selections work, as well as supporting multiple windows ;)
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2 years ago I shipped ReTab — a Safari extension that flips between
your two most recent tabs with Cmd+E (customizable). The most common
request I got back: "make it behave like Cmd+Tab — tap to switch,
hold to cycle through history."
3.0 is that rebuild. One shortcut, two gestures:
\- Tap Cmd+E → instantly hop between your two most recent tabs.
\- Hold Cmd+E → a Cmd+Tab-style picker fades in over the page
showing your recent tabs and favicons. Tap E to walk the highlight
forward; hold Shift to walk it backwards; release the modifier to
switch.
https://reddit.com/link/1te363h/video/mil69q3b3c1h1/player
Works on Mac, iPad, and iPhone — one purchase covers all three.
Most Safari tab utilities are Mac-only; ReTab is the only Cmd+Tab-style
cycle picker I know of that runs across the full Apple lineup. Built
on Manifest V3 with a service-worker background, so it idles to zero
memory and zero battery until the moment you press the shortcut.
What's new in 3.0:
\- Customize the shortcut in Safari Settings → Extensions on Safari 26+
(no Karabiner needed).
\- Click the toolbar icon for the same instant hop, no keyboard required.
\- Closing a tab returns you to your most recently active tab, not
whatever neighbor Safari picks. Toggleable.
\- Keep track of up to 9 tabs history.
Privacy: Everything stays on your device. Safari shows the
boilerplate "can read webpages / see browsing history" warning at
install — script access only draws the picker on your current tab,
and tab access only reads titles and icons for the list. No analytics,
no remote calls, no tracking.
Pricing: $1.99 one-time, universal — one buy unlocks Mac, iPad,
and iPhone. Existing customers get 3.0 free as a normal App Store
update.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/retab-safari-tab-switcher/id6736950080
Built solo. Happy to chat about UX decisions, the MV3 service-worker
rewrite, edge cases (Safari's modifier-release detection is a fun
rabbit hole), or what y'all want next - 3.1 is being reviewed by App Store right now and already addressed users' suggestions (https://www.reddit.com/r/Safari/comments/1tbdwca/comment/olof6m7 & https://www.reddit.com/r/Safari/comments/1g6rzb4/comment/olu8pvl) to make arrow key & mouse selections work, as well as supporting multiple windows ;)
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Sidebar Calendar, 1 Year and 70 Updates Later
Hey r/MacApps, my name is Gabe and I'm the developer of Sidebar Calendar: an app I made to help myself stay on schedule. But this post isn't for promotion (I mean if you are interested please check it out!!). This post is mainly for my fellow app devs.
I've been working on Sidebar Calendar since May of 2025. I've pushed 70 updates to the App Store so that's roughly 1.3 per week for a year straight. I want to write (rant?) a bit about my experience.
I know this is an unfathomably dead horse at this point, but LLMs have been a paradigm shift for app dev. On one hand it empowers people to create the app they've always wanted without needing the perquisite programming skills. But that's also the very thing that can stink about it.
If you downloaded an app back in 2020 it was probably created by someone genuinely interested in development. They learned a programming language to create it, they spent hours focusing on the finer details, there was just a uniqueness to their creation (a warmth maybe?). There were definitely a fair share of stinkers back then too, but for the most part if someone put in the effort to publish an app it was worth taking a look at.
But we are now living in a different world. Most apps stink now.
I woke up one day and found that my app Sidebar Calendar was slop-cloned. I'm not going to go into the details of who the developer is or what the app name is, because I'm not interested in calling them out like that publicly. Needless to say, they found my app and used an LLM to clone it. It's blatant. It's perhaps the most unapologetic instance of plagiarism that I have ever seen.
Looking at the screenshots of their app, it makes me think a lot about the future of app development. It's a cheap clone and reeks of LLM generated slop. But it exists! It's on the App Store! And LLMs are only getting better...
I don't know. Not sure where we go from here. Wishing you all the best,
Gabe
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Hey r/MacApps, my name is Gabe and I'm the developer of Sidebar Calendar: an app I made to help myself stay on schedule. But this post isn't for promotion (I mean if you are interested please check it out!!). This post is mainly for my fellow app devs.
I've been working on Sidebar Calendar since May of 2025. I've pushed 70 updates to the App Store so that's roughly 1.3 per week for a year straight. I want to write (rant?) a bit about my experience.
I know this is an unfathomably dead horse at this point, but LLMs have been a paradigm shift for app dev. On one hand it empowers people to create the app they've always wanted without needing the perquisite programming skills. But that's also the very thing that can stink about it.
If you downloaded an app back in 2020 it was probably created by someone genuinely interested in development. They learned a programming language to create it, they spent hours focusing on the finer details, there was just a uniqueness to their creation (a warmth maybe?). There were definitely a fair share of stinkers back then too, but for the most part if someone put in the effort to publish an app it was worth taking a look at.
But we are now living in a different world. Most apps stink now.
I woke up one day and found that my app Sidebar Calendar was slop-cloned. I'm not going to go into the details of who the developer is or what the app name is, because I'm not interested in calling them out like that publicly. Needless to say, they found my app and used an LLM to clone it. It's blatant. It's perhaps the most unapologetic instance of plagiarism that I have ever seen.
Looking at the screenshots of their app, it makes me think a lot about the future of app development. It's a cheap clone and reeks of LLM generated slop. But it exists! It's on the App Store! And LLMs are only getting better...
I don't know. Not sure where we go from here. Wishing you all the best,
Gabe
https://redd.it/1te7q2d
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Upgrading the Mac version of Sapling, our 3D scanning/photogrammetry app
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[OS] AndroidFileSync: Free macOS app to transfer files between your Mac and Android wirelessly/USB — open source, no cloud
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Logi Options mouse replacement update
After Logi Options Offline version stopped updating, I ended up trying Steermouse. I tried to go without a replacement for a long time but some things are just helpful - like Mission Control with the thumb button. This sub was helpful - there's fake or duplicate steer mouse websites so after perusing here I knew to use plentycom's website.
Dev is still responsive even though it's an older app. I ended up purchasing after using the whole trial period. Why this app is useful for me: I can set up per app settings. Right click might do something different in each app. You can also set up mouse combos - like pressing two buttons at the same time to do something else. From what I understand, there's still no mouse button + drag. Reverse natural scroll is simple but helpful (probs not unique to this app!). I'm not a coder or whiz but I'm on the computer a lot at work and home, and have some quality of life settings that I like.
I think the best part is when I entered my license to activate the app, there was a celebratory jingle haha. I haven't seen/heard something like that in a very long time.
Anyways, there's a ton of other options. I think most people like bettermouse, and that has a slick interface, but I had a single, minor but sour interaction with the dev and I didn't really feel like supporting them financially. Really slick app and very useful.
Shout out to the mods who do a good job even with the onslaught of AI focused apps on this subreddit. There's also this resource and maybe it would benefit to have a mouse app comparison sheet too https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1j56vvb/mac\_app\_comparisons\_2025\_update/ but if you're on a desktop its behind the 'Community guide link' so its kind of hidden.
Over the years, I got a lot of use out of that comparison sheet. Notenik, CleanshotX, Moom, etc.
https://redd.it/1terq70
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After Logi Options Offline version stopped updating, I ended up trying Steermouse. I tried to go without a replacement for a long time but some things are just helpful - like Mission Control with the thumb button. This sub was helpful - there's fake or duplicate steer mouse websites so after perusing here I knew to use plentycom's website.
Dev is still responsive even though it's an older app. I ended up purchasing after using the whole trial period. Why this app is useful for me: I can set up per app settings. Right click might do something different in each app. You can also set up mouse combos - like pressing two buttons at the same time to do something else. From what I understand, there's still no mouse button + drag. Reverse natural scroll is simple but helpful (probs not unique to this app!). I'm not a coder or whiz but I'm on the computer a lot at work and home, and have some quality of life settings that I like.
I think the best part is when I entered my license to activate the app, there was a celebratory jingle haha. I haven't seen/heard something like that in a very long time.
Anyways, there's a ton of other options. I think most people like bettermouse, and that has a slick interface, but I had a single, minor but sour interaction with the dev and I didn't really feel like supporting them financially. Really slick app and very useful.
Shout out to the mods who do a good job even with the onslaught of AI focused apps on this subreddit. There's also this resource and maybe it would benefit to have a mouse app comparison sheet too https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1j56vvb/mac\_app\_comparisons\_2025\_update/ but if you're on a desktop its behind the 'Community guide link' so its kind of hidden.
Over the years, I got a lot of use out of that comparison sheet. Notenik, CleanshotX, Moom, etc.
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AirSpace V2. Tired of Desktop 1? Track and rename your spaces in the menu bar. Now with HUDs, per-space colors, fullscreen support, and more. Written with 0 AI.
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