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[App] Promta — MacOS + iOS app to instantly reuse AI prompts anywhere (Free Tier / iCloud Sync)
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Searching for an App which was posted here (App to mute audio when tilting the screen)
So just wanted to ask for an App I thought I saw here.
It was one you can use to mute music, etc when you close the lid of a macbook slightly. Thought I saw it here but did not find the post about it. Was it removed or am I misremembering the subreddit? Don't find it in the thread of the banned/warned users/apps. I think it had something like tild or tilt in the name but the search doesn't help me.
And if it was removed then I atleast know that I don't need to search for it or install it.
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So just wanted to ask for an App I thought I saw here.
It was one you can use to mute music, etc when you close the lid of a macbook slightly. Thought I saw it here but did not find the post about it. Was it removed or am I misremembering the subreddit? Don't find it in the thread of the banned/warned users/apps. I think it had something like tild or tilt in the name but the search doesn't help me.
And if it was removed then I atleast know that I don't need to search for it or install it.
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Marked 3 Is the Markdown Companion a Lot of Mac Writers Have Been Waiting For
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Brett Terpstra has released Marked 3, and this is not just a routine update. It’s one of those releases that makes you stop and think about where a tool actually fits in your workflow. If you write in Markdown on a Mac, there’s a very good chance Marked has been the missing piece all along.
For years, I lived in Microsoft Word for anything that wasn’t email. That was the EdTech world: Word was the standard, `.doc` and `.docx` were the expected formats, and no one wanted to hear about alternatives. Never mind the huge app footprint, the licensing mess, the cost, or the absurdity of the entire Office suite when all you really needed was a word processor.
And whenever someone in tech tried to suggest something leaner — OpenOffice, Google Docs, anything that didn’t come with Microsoft baggage — the pushback was immediate and emotional. In 2015, we were literally one day away from canceling our Microsoft contract when the superintendent made a late-afternoon phone call to my boss with a $100K purchase order to renew. That was the kind of environment it was.
So yes, I value the freedom to choose my own tools now.
Plain text has become the backbone of the way I work. Obsidian handles notes and longer writing. Drafts is where quick capture happens. Blogging tools and publishing platforms fill in the rest. Markdown wasn’t hard to learn, and once it clicks, it’s hard to go back. But Markdown has one weakness: the writing experience is only as good as the tools around it.
That’s where Marked comes in.
# Marked Defined
Marked is not an editor. That’s the first thing to understand. It works alongside your editor, taking Markdown and rendering it live so you can actually see what your writing looks like without breaking your flow.
It also works with HTML and OPML files, which makes it more flexible than a lot of people realize. And beyond rendering, Marked can convert documents to PDF, HTML, DOCX, and RTF. It also brings prose analysis, syntax checking, and integration with all sorts of writing and outlining apps.
# Who It’s For
The short answer: anybody who writes.
If you’re a coder or a technical writer, you get a lot of useful extras:
Syntax highlighting for code blocks
MathJax and KaTeX support
Mermaid diagrams
MultiMarkdown, YAML, and Pandoc metadata support
CriticMarkup
That’s useful, sure, but it’s not really why I care about it.
For the kind of writing I do, the most valuable features are the ones that help me clean up my prose before I hit publish:
Spelling and grammar checking
Sentence simplification tips
Word count, sentence count, and sentence complexity
Reading time
Grade-level scoring
That’s the real value. Write where you’re comfortable, then let Marked tell you what the page actually looks like.
# The Little Things That Make It Better
Marked has a bunch of features that sound minor until you actually start using them regularly. Flexible search. Automatic table of contents generation. Bookmarking. A visual document overview. Collapsible sections. Keyboard access almost everywhere.
It’s also a very nice Markdown reader, even when you’re not editing. Auto-scroll is there. So is distraction-free mode. And if you want to read faster, there’s even an RSVP-style overlay with adjustable WPM.
If you work with outlines or mind maps, Marked supports embeds from popular apps and can even turn an outline into a mind map directly. That’s a niche feature, but a genuinely useful one if your brain works that way.
There are also browser extensions for sending page URLs or selected content straight into Marked 3, which is a nice touch if you spend any time collecting notes from the web.
# Integrations Matter
Marked works the way good Mac software should: it gets out of the way and plays well with the tools you already use.
That means it fits alongside Scrivener, Word,
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Brett Terpstra has released Marked 3, and this is not just a routine update. It’s one of those releases that makes you stop and think about where a tool actually fits in your workflow. If you write in Markdown on a Mac, there’s a very good chance Marked has been the missing piece all along.
For years, I lived in Microsoft Word for anything that wasn’t email. That was the EdTech world: Word was the standard, `.doc` and `.docx` were the expected formats, and no one wanted to hear about alternatives. Never mind the huge app footprint, the licensing mess, the cost, or the absurdity of the entire Office suite when all you really needed was a word processor.
And whenever someone in tech tried to suggest something leaner — OpenOffice, Google Docs, anything that didn’t come with Microsoft baggage — the pushback was immediate and emotional. In 2015, we were literally one day away from canceling our Microsoft contract when the superintendent made a late-afternoon phone call to my boss with a $100K purchase order to renew. That was the kind of environment it was.
So yes, I value the freedom to choose my own tools now.
Plain text has become the backbone of the way I work. Obsidian handles notes and longer writing. Drafts is where quick capture happens. Blogging tools and publishing platforms fill in the rest. Markdown wasn’t hard to learn, and once it clicks, it’s hard to go back. But Markdown has one weakness: the writing experience is only as good as the tools around it.
That’s where Marked comes in.
# Marked Defined
Marked is not an editor. That’s the first thing to understand. It works alongside your editor, taking Markdown and rendering it live so you can actually see what your writing looks like without breaking your flow.
It also works with HTML and OPML files, which makes it more flexible than a lot of people realize. And beyond rendering, Marked can convert documents to PDF, HTML, DOCX, and RTF. It also brings prose analysis, syntax checking, and integration with all sorts of writing and outlining apps.
# Who It’s For
The short answer: anybody who writes.
If you’re a coder or a technical writer, you get a lot of useful extras:
Syntax highlighting for code blocks
MathJax and KaTeX support
Mermaid diagrams
MultiMarkdown, YAML, and Pandoc metadata support
CriticMarkup
That’s useful, sure, but it’s not really why I care about it.
For the kind of writing I do, the most valuable features are the ones that help me clean up my prose before I hit publish:
Spelling and grammar checking
Sentence simplification tips
Word count, sentence count, and sentence complexity
Reading time
Grade-level scoring
That’s the real value. Write where you’re comfortable, then let Marked tell you what the page actually looks like.
# The Little Things That Make It Better
Marked has a bunch of features that sound minor until you actually start using them regularly. Flexible search. Automatic table of contents generation. Bookmarking. A visual document overview. Collapsible sections. Keyboard access almost everywhere.
It’s also a very nice Markdown reader, even when you’re not editing. Auto-scroll is there. So is distraction-free mode. And if you want to read faster, there’s even an RSVP-style overlay with adjustable WPM.
If you work with outlines or mind maps, Marked supports embeds from popular apps and can even turn an outline into a mind map directly. That’s a niche feature, but a genuinely useful one if your brain works that way.
There are also browser extensions for sending page URLs or selected content straight into Marked 3, which is a nice touch if you spend any time collecting notes from the web.
# Integrations Matter
Marked works the way good Mac software should: it gets out of the way and plays well with the tools you already use.
That means it fits alongside Scrivener, Word,
MarsEdit, Bear, Ulysses, Obsidian, and other writing apps. In v3, Scrivener rendering with live preview is new, and Bear and Obsidian callouts are now fully supported.
And for the automation crowd, there’s CLI support and AppleScript. That alone makes it much more interesting than a typical “pretty preview” app.
# Final Thoughts
If you have a Setapp subscription, Marked 3 is already there. Otherwise, you can download it directly for a free trial or pick it up from the Mac App Store.
The lifetime price is $69.99, which is a little steep, though not outrageous for a serious utility you’ll keep using. The subscription option is $2.99 per month, which is much easier to justify.
Marked 3 is the kind of Mac app that quietly improves everything around it. It doesn’t try to replace your editor. It makes your writing workflow better by giving you a clearer view of what you’ve actually written, and that’s a pretty compelling trick.
And in classic Brett Terpstra fashion, it’s built by someone who clearly understands the people using it.
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And for the automation crowd, there’s CLI support and AppleScript. That alone makes it much more interesting than a typical “pretty preview” app.
# Final Thoughts
If you have a Setapp subscription, Marked 3 is already there. Otherwise, you can download it directly for a free trial or pick it up from the Mac App Store.
The lifetime price is $69.99, which is a little steep, though not outrageous for a serious utility you’ll keep using. The subscription option is $2.99 per month, which is much easier to justify.
Marked 3 is the kind of Mac app that quietly improves everything around it. It doesn’t try to replace your editor. It makes your writing workflow better by giving you a clearer view of what you’ve actually written, and that’s a pretty compelling trick.
And in classic Brett Terpstra fashion, it’s built by someone who clearly understands the people using it.
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Proxly 1.7.0 - Link History, mailto routing, JS Transformation updates, rule exclusion patterns and more - $5.99
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Paid Wring: 12 offline developer tools in the macOS menu bar
Hi r/MacApps, I’m Ashwani, the maker of Wring.
Problem:
I kept opening browser tools for small developer tasks like decoding JWTs, formatting JSON, testing regex, generating hashes, converting timestamps, comparing text, and managing .env values.
That felt annoying for two reasons:
1. It broke my flow while working in my editor or terminal.
2. Some of that data can be sensitive, and I did not want to paste tokens, JSON, secrets, or .env values into random web tools.
So I built Wring, a native macOS menu bar app with 12 offline developer tools.
It includes:
JWT Inspector, JSON Formatter, Regex Tester, Hash Generator, Encoder / Decoder, Text Diff, Timestamp Converter, Cron Parser, Color Converter, UUID Generator, .env Manager, and Load Monitor.
Comparison:
The closest alternatives are apps like DevUtils and DevToys.
Wring is different because it is focused on being a small menu bar utility drawer rather than a larger toolbox window. It is built around quick access, local processing, and privacy.
There is no account, no app analytics, no telemetry, no cloud sync, and no app network access. .env values are stored in the macOS Keychain.
Pricing:
Wring is a one-time purchase on the Mac App Store.
Price: $4.99 USD, with local App Store pricing depending on country.
App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wring-developer-tools/id6767224580
Website:
https://getwring.app
I’d love feedback from Mac developers here, especially around what tools or workflows would make this more useful day to day.
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Hi r/MacApps, I’m Ashwani, the maker of Wring.
Problem:
I kept opening browser tools for small developer tasks like decoding JWTs, formatting JSON, testing regex, generating hashes, converting timestamps, comparing text, and managing .env values.
That felt annoying for two reasons:
1. It broke my flow while working in my editor or terminal.
2. Some of that data can be sensitive, and I did not want to paste tokens, JSON, secrets, or .env values into random web tools.
So I built Wring, a native macOS menu bar app with 12 offline developer tools.
It includes:
JWT Inspector, JSON Formatter, Regex Tester, Hash Generator, Encoder / Decoder, Text Diff, Timestamp Converter, Cron Parser, Color Converter, UUID Generator, .env Manager, and Load Monitor.
Comparison:
The closest alternatives are apps like DevUtils and DevToys.
Wring is different because it is focused on being a small menu bar utility drawer rather than a larger toolbox window. It is built around quick access, local processing, and privacy.
There is no account, no app analytics, no telemetry, no cloud sync, and no app network access. .env values are stored in the macOS Keychain.
Pricing:
Wring is a one-time purchase on the Mac App Store.
Price: $4.99 USD, with local App Store pricing depending on country.
App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wring-developer-tools/id6767224580
Website:
https://getwring.app
I’d love feedback from Mac developers here, especially around what tools or workflows would make this more useful day to day.
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Etcher
Balena Etcher doesn’t work for creating ChromeOS Flex or Windows ISOs anymore. It appears to still work with mac ISOs. Is it time to move to something else and what do you suggest? 
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Balena Etcher doesn’t work for creating ChromeOS Flex or Windows ISOs anymore. It appears to still work with mac ISOs. Is it time to move to something else and what do you suggest? 
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I made a Caption Generator that makes your Videos look like Viral Clips
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Quicklook viewers for GIS and data files
Hello, I started recently developing mac apps, I have shared here before about FinderPeek, a quicklook viewer for code and config files.
Now, I added 2 new viewers/apps for viewing GIS files, and data files like parquet, and sqlite.
Each one of them handles its files and make sure to give a good enough peek for a quick preview without having to fire up heavy software to just read a file or peek into the contents.
GIS Quick Viewer
Handles giving a quick look into the gis info/routes, and loads a tile from openstreetmap for visualization, along side the metadata on the sidebar.
App store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gis-quick-viewer/id6762661962?mt=12
Price: $5.99
Supported types: geojson, kml, kmz, gpx, gpkg, shp (Limited support)
App size: 4mb
Quick DataInsights
Handles a quick peek into the tabular data, renders jupyter notebooks, and gives a summary of the schema and diagram for sqlite files, with an option to copy create commands.
App store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/quick-data-insights/id6764301485?mt=12
Price: $4.99
Supported types: parquet, db, sqlite, ipynb
App size: 10mb
For both I am constantly adding new types to support.
I have also created a bundle with all 3 apps for $12.99.
Thanks for feedback and suggestions!
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Hello, I started recently developing mac apps, I have shared here before about FinderPeek, a quicklook viewer for code and config files.
Now, I added 2 new viewers/apps for viewing GIS files, and data files like parquet, and sqlite.
Each one of them handles its files and make sure to give a good enough peek for a quick preview without having to fire up heavy software to just read a file or peek into the contents.
GIS Quick Viewer
Handles giving a quick look into the gis info/routes, and loads a tile from openstreetmap for visualization, along side the metadata on the sidebar.
App store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gis-quick-viewer/id6762661962?mt=12
Price: $5.99
Supported types: geojson, kml, kmz, gpx, gpkg, shp (Limited support)
App size: 4mb
Quick DataInsights
Handles a quick peek into the tabular data, renders jupyter notebooks, and gives a summary of the schema and diagram for sqlite files, with an option to copy create commands.
App store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/quick-data-insights/id6764301485?mt=12
Price: $4.99
Supported types: parquet, db, sqlite, ipynb
App size: 10mb
For both I am constantly adding new types to support.
I have also created a bundle with all 3 apps for $12.99.
Thanks for feedback and suggestions!
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Heads up - AltTab is introducing a Pro version
See AltTab is introducing a Pro version — and staying open source · lwouis/alt-tab-macos · Discussion #5533
V11.0.0 has now introduced this
>Summary: AltTab remains free and open source for core window switching. A new AltTab Pro ($9.99, one-time purchase) will unlock advanced features for power users. The source code remains on GitHub for anyone to use, tweak, etc. Contributors, translators, and donors receive free Pro licenses.
I might support him if I find the pro features compelling. I've been using it for a long time
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See AltTab is introducing a Pro version — and staying open source · lwouis/alt-tab-macos · Discussion #5533
V11.0.0 has now introduced this
>Summary: AltTab remains free and open source for core window switching. A new AltTab Pro ($9.99, one-time purchase) will unlock advanced features for power users. The source code remains on GitHub for anyone to use, tweak, etc. Contributors, translators, and donors receive free Pro licenses.
I might support him if I find the pro features compelling. I've been using it for a long time
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AltTab is introducing a Pro version — and staying open source · lwouis alt-tab-macos · Discussion #5533
Summary: AltTab remains free and open source for core window switching. A new AltTab Pro ($9.99, one-time purchase) will unlock advanced features for power users. The source code remains on GitHub ...
StorageRadar update: review-first Mac cleanup now has exact duplicate review
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ShiftPlus 2.0 - my solo macOS workspace switcher now has a Raycast extension (still lifetime, no subscription)
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I built a CSV editor for Mac that opens 1M rows in 3 seconds, with SQL queries built in
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[Free] slapss - a free, native Mac alternative to In Your Face. Full-screen meeting alerts, no tracking.
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