[OS] Remarc - your feedback layer for AI collaboration: comment on anything on your screen & instantly send to your coding agents

https://redd.it/1voc2oc
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[OS] Calyx: a free, open-source macOS terminal for supervising multiple coding agents

https://redd.it/1vordc2
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Filtre browser extension by Jeffrey of Noir

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I love the Noir extension, how it 'just works' and is regularly updated.

I was so pleased to see that Jeffrey has a new extension out, Filtre, that filtres out links on websites based on keywords.

This has really allowed me to browse the web with less distractions.

I haven't seen much talk of it online, is anyone here using it?

I find the price model pretty steep, it's only subscription after a seven day free trial. It's £1 for a month, £8 a year or £25 for a lifetime.

To be completely honest, I don't know yet wether its worth it for me. I'll keep evaluating during my trial, but I really loved Noir for its fair one time payment method.

Just interested in the communities thoughts!

https://redd.it/1vopha2
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[OS] Neon Vision Editor — a free native editor for Markdown, code, projects, and large files

https://redd.it/1vox2u9
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[OS] BetterCmdTab 26.7; a Cmd+Tab replacement with window previews, tab drill-in, no paid tier
https://redd.it/1voyhlr
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DEAL 60+% Off DeltaSnap Lifetime License - APFS Snapshot Manager and Version Control for macOS

To celebrate Independence Day 🇮🇳 [1\] I am running a special holiday sale on DeltaSnap, a powerful macOS APFS snapshot manager and filesystem version control tool launched last month.

Use coupon code VANDEMATARAM today and tomorrow to get DeltaSnap lifetime license, for 60+% discount for only $19 (instead of $49).

https://scaleninja.com/deltasnap/

[1\] Independence Day is celebrated on August 15 in India to mark its freedom from British rule in 1947. Many countries celebrate their own national independence days representing freedom from colonial rule, we will try to run such deals to celebrate such important occasions.

https://redd.it/1vp546n
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Lore: A Free App for YouTubeVideo Downloading, also Builds YouTube Playlists Without Signing In
https://redd.it/1vp7frj
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Tacque – Free mechanical keyboard sounds for Mac
https://redd.it/1vp99a6
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App Suggestions for a Global Hotkey to Launch a Quick-Ask AI Window

Hey! Recently, I've been finding myself needing to ask quick questions to AI, for example, what's the keyboard shortcut to print, or what's the terminal command to delete a tmux session, etc. I've been using [Kerlig](https://www.kerlig.com/), but it's not designed for a series questions that go more than a few responses long, since your history isn't visible while chatting. I was wondering if anyone here has some suggestions.

I have been looking at [Fluent](https://fluentmac.app/), [Alter](https://alterhq.com/), [BoltAI](https://boltai.com/), [Raycast](https://www.raycast.com/core-features/ai), [RewriteBar](https://rewritebar.com/), [Enconvo](https://www.enconvo.com/), and [Intellibar](https://intellibar.app/). I don't have enough time to test all of them, so I'd love to hear your experiences with any of them, or if you've had better luck with something else, let me know.

**A few features that I need:**

* Custom global shortcut assignment
* After I press the shortcut I should be able to immediately type
* Be able to view the entire conversation
* BYOK or at least multi-model/company support (bonus if it allows for OpenRouter/OpenAI-compatible API)
* Be able to copy or insert response
* Automatically add selected text to context
* Has the ability to quickly run a prompt on this text
* BONUS:
* allow for file attachment
* MCP support
* the ability to edit a past message or at least fork the conversation at an earlier point

**TL;DR: Need a quick-question AI tool with visible chat history. Any suggestions?**

https://redd.it/1vp7xuz
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After 20 years of "Is it the Network?", I built Breakdown to answer if it's your Wi-Fi, ISP, or the app.

https://redd.it/1vpcmgh
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New C2M release - Click close or cancel buttons without hovering on them

https://redd.it/1vp6bab
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Just removed Logi Options in favor of Better Touch Tool

I've got a somewhat long history with LogiOptions. Had it installed now for 5-ish years. I tried LogiOptions+ (plus) at one point and it was a disaster. I was "lucky" to be able to find my download for regular LO and get it reinstalled.

Today I wanted to assign a second function to a mouse side button and I hoped I could do that with LO. Press side button for function 1. Press a modifier key (command) and click side button for function 2. That's not a feature in LO.

So I tried Better Touch Tool instead. After uninstalling LO, it took me about 5 minutes to figure out the basics and get those two things assigned. Holy shit. They both work! Then I got my other couple of buttons assigned and they all worked.

That's when I noticed the scrolling was WAY off. Fixing that took more like 15 or 20 minutes, but I got that figured out too. Now it behaves very much like LO did, but I think scrolling is smoother. I can't be totally sure, but it seems really liquid and buttery now.

I've been wondering when an OS update would make LO just not work at all on my machines. Now maybe that's not a worry for me.

I haven't purchased BTT just yet. It's been less than a day. But at this rate, it's looking like an easy buy for me.

https://redd.it/1vpe0o2
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Dolfer—The last file manager you'll ever need

TLDR; Dolfer is an offline file management utility with powerful workflows and zero overwhelm.

# Problem

Your file manager is very good at showing you the chaos. It is spectacularly bad at doing anything about it.

Downloads becomes a digital landfill where `final_report_v2_FINAL_USE_THIS.pdf` lies next to `Screenshot 2026-08-16 at 14.32.11.png`, a meme from 2019, three half-finished ZIP files, and an installer you definitely needed once. Your Desktop looks like a conspiracy board. Your Screenshots folder is an archaeological dig.

So you promise yourself: “I’ll clean it up this weekend.”

You never do.

You try other tools. One is Mac-only. One looks like a spreadsheet had a baby with a command line. One wants a monthly subscription for the privilege of moving your own files. One will happily reorganize everything with zero preview and no undo, which is less “automation” and more “a very fast way to lose a tax return.”

And the file managers? They just keep giving you more ways to *look at* the mess. Tabs, panes, tags, dark mode. Beautiful, organized views of your own disorder.

Dolfer exists because “I’ll organize it later” is the most common lie we tell our computers and because the alternative shouldn’t be writing fragile scripts, paying rent for tidiness, or surrendering to the chaos.

You don’t need another window into the mess. You need something that actually files.

# Competitors

Dolfer isn’t really “just another file organizer.” It’s closer to a local, visual workflow engine for files with regex, templating in move/copy/rename/delete, event triggers, and live rule explanations. You type in a rule, you get a localized version of what happens (24 locales btw).

Most competitors stop at “when a file appears, move it.” Dolfer starts there and keeps going. You can move then rename the moved file, convert it into JPG, if it was an image, or uncompress it if it was a zip. Workflows.

**Hazel (macOS)**
Still the gold standard for Mac-only file automation. Polished, reliable, and $42 for a single user. Dolfer matches the core promise, visual rules, previews, undo, but adds cross-platform support, event detection beyond file changes (screenshot taken, disk connected, internet disconnected), and a price tag that doesn’t feel like a premium upgrade. Dolfer is multilingual, cross-platform (Linux/Windows/Mac)

**File Juggler (Windows)**
Does the basics. Has conditions. Also looks like it was designed during the Windows XP era and hasn’t emotionally recovered. It lacks Dolfer’s live English translation of rules, modern builder, and cross-platform reach. Functional, yes. Inspiring? Not so much.

There are many competitors in this field, most of them are one platform, others do the basic file moving, which is understandable, but why stop there?

# Pricing

Dolfer doesn't believe your tidiness should be rented.

* **$10**: one license (1 device)
* **$16**: two licenses (2 devices)
* **$25**: three licenses (3 devices)

You need an internet connection once, while claiming the license. Think of it as signing for a package. After that, Dolfer goes back to being a hermit: fully offline, files never leaving your machine.

And there's a free trial, so you can watch Dolfer tame your Downloads folder before committing. If it doesn't give you a small thrill when `final_report_v2_FINAL_USE_THIS.pdf` finally lands in the right place, you've lost nothing (and there's an undo feature).

[https://dolfer.app](https://dolfer.app)

# Disclaimer

Privacy Policy: [https://dolfer.app/privacy](https://dolfer.app/privacy)

Terms: [https://dolfer.app/terms](https://dolfer.app/terms)

Author: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/leondaz](https://www.linkedin.com/in/leondaz)

https://redd.it/1vpiev4
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Five Free Apps

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Each one of these can replace a paid app

wBlock \- a next-generation ad/content blocker for Safari: 750,000 rule capacity across 5 Safari content-blocking extensions (150k each), \~40MB idle RAM by running Safari's native content-blocking API out-of-process, Protocol Buffers + LZ4 filter storage, HTTP conditional-request updates, and iCloud sync of filter selections/custom lists/userscripts/whitelist. It bundles an Element Zapper, "Tube Cleaner & Player Cleaner" userscripts that restore native Picture-in-Picture/background playback on media sites, a full Greasemonkey-API userscript engine, UserCSS support, custom AdGuard-syntax filter-list import, per-site controls, a blocked-request logger, and regional filters. Open source on GitHub

Wick \- Wick brings timers, stopwatches, and alarms to the Mac with menu bar and Lock Screen access, a fully custom Liquid Glass material on macOS 26+, and -- its standout claim -- the first app to integrate with Alcove. Positioned as the polished Clock app Apple never finished

Forel \- An open-source (GPLv3) folder-automation app for macOS, pitched explicitly as a free Hazel alternative: watch folders, match files by name, extension, kind, size, date, tags, or Finder color label, then move, rename, tag, or run a script automatically.

macCurrent \- finds updates across the App Store, Homebrew, Sparkle, vendor updaters, and direct downloads; then tells you what's safe to install, what needs review, and what changed before you click update.

ImageFuel is a lightweight Mac app for browsing images and videos without importing them into a library -- point it at any folder and get an instant scrollable grid, with filename/path search (Cmd+F), image/video/all filtering, sort by date or name, a fullscreen lightbox, in-app crop, metadata stripping, and move-to-trash from the grid.

# Previous Collections

[A Curated Collection of Free Apps](https://appaddict.app/post/a-curated-collection-of-free-apps)
Another Curated Collection of Free Software
[AppAddict Free App List Number 3](https://appaddict.app/post/2025-01-31)
Free App List Number 4 | AppAddict

Nodes \- (edit NO LONGER FREE) A local-first markdown note-taking and PKM (personal knowledge management) app: plain markdown files kept directly on-device (open the folder in Finder, nothing is locked in), double-bracket links with rename-safe link following, tag-based organization instead of folders, semantic + keyword search, a force-directed graph view, a growth timeline, and PDFs/images embedded as notes alongside writing. Its most distinctive claim is "the quiet part": tag/description/reminder suggestions from a local LLM that runs entirely on-device -- the developer states it works with Wi-Fi off.

https://redd.it/1vpqyjm
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RewindClock - A floating, counter-clockwise desk clock for Mac [Free]

https://redd.it/1vpqh3f
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WishNote: a wishes/notes app for Mac, iPad, and iPhone
https://redd.it/1vpq5zr
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FinderCue - Finder finally has an address bar. Add one on top of Finder. 100% free forever

https://redd.it/1vpzset
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What Calendar App Are You Using

Hey! I'm looking for a calendar app and was wondering what you all use. I am looking for Here are some options I have looked at:

* [Apple Calendar](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/calendar/id1108185179)
* [BusyCal](https://www.busymac.com/busycal/)
* [Fantastical](https://flexibits.com/fantastical)
* [Vimcal](https://www.vimcal.com/pricing)
* [Akiflow](https://akiflow.com/pricing)
* [Morgen](https://www.morgen.so/pricing)
* [Amie](https://amie.so/)
* [Notion Calendar](https://www.notion.com/product/calendar)
* [Structured](https://help.structured.app/en/articles/324674)
* [Sunsama](https://www.sunsama.com/pricing)
* [Motion](https://www.usemotion.com/pricing)

I was also wondering if any of you use a companion app along with your calendar like [Dato](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dato/id1470584107?mt=12), [Sidebar Calendar](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sidebar-calendar/id6744621424?mt=12).

Thanks :)

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Dedicated apps vs “Swiss Army Knife” apps

I’ve been seeing Vorssaint recommended a lot lately, and on paper it can replace a surprising number of dedicated utilities: Stats/iStats, Swish/Rectangle/etc, Dropover, Shottr/CleanShot, Pearcleaner/AppCleaner, Updatest, Mole, CaskHub, Amphetamine, and others.

Droppy is another app in a similar category, with lots of utilities bundled into one app.

The obvious appeal is consolidation, fewer apps, fewer background processes, fewer updates, and one place for everything.

But how good are these apps compared with dedicated tools that focus on a single job?

For people who have actually replaced apps like Shottr, Swish, Stats or Dropover with Vorssaint or Droppy: did you stick with the all-in-one app, or did you eventually go back to the dedicated ones?

Curious whether consolidation is genuinely an upgrade, or mostly a convenience with some trade-offs in polish and depth.

https://redd.it/1vqdb43
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