Phosphor: a menu bar screen utility suite with a feature that eases the flash when you switch from a dark app to a bright one

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Tinycast Contributing experience

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Q Space Pro now have Sync browsing (currently in Beta)

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Have I found my macupdater replacement? maybe!

I tried latest for a while and I did not see it completely replacing macupdater for me. then floodtide (https://bhopstudio.com/floodtide) came around and I decided to give it a spin and I have been with it since the beta and I run it in parallel to macupdater and its now almost catching all that macupdater does for me.

I use it mostly to know which apps have updates ready and for some apps I let the floodtide app do the update and it has worked well.


I believe this might be my permanent replacement for macupdater and I suggest more people try it out and let Raffi the dev know about missing apps. He is working quite hard (daily updates) to cover everything smoothly. Raffi is extremely responsive as well. You can even report apps not covered through the UI.


I am not affiliated with Raffi, but I did get a promo code from him as an academic in India (due to pricing concerns). That has not influenced my sharing this post. I have been doing this for many other apps - only when they actually meet my needs!!

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Default Folder X alternative?

I am slowly replacing apps I use from Setapp with free/one-time payment apps.

The last one left is Default Folder X. I use it to quickly jump to the open Finder location in Open/Save dialogs.

Checked the app's website and upgrade pricing for me is $33.24 AUD (I bought it in the past before I subscribed to Setapp). That is not bad, but it only covers the current major version.

>Do I get free updates? Yes. Your license entitles you to free updates until the next major upgrade (from version 4.x to version 5.x, for example).

Does anyone know of any good alternatives that are free or a one-time payment for lifetime updates?

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FileArbor 1.3.0: rules can now rename files using dates, amounts and invoice numbers read from inside the document

Hi all, developer of FileArbor here (a rule-based file organizer for Windows and macOS). Version 1.3.0 is out. Rather than paste a changelog, here are the actual problems this release was built around.

Where it started

A user wrote to me with a simple request. His PDFs contain a line like "Invoice date: 05/07/2026" and he wanted them to land in Invoices\2026\2026_07_05 invoice.pdf on their own. At that point a rule could only judge a file from the outside (name, extension, size, date) or check whether its text contains a word. It couldn't take a value out of the document and do something with it. That gap is most of 1.3.0.

1. Files with meaningless names

scan0001.pdf, IMG_4832.jpg, document (3).pdf. Rules can now rename a file, either where it sits or on the way to its new folder. You build the name from parts: the file's date, the time, the original name, the date a photo was taken, plus your own text.

2. Rename rules that keep renaming

Anyone who has automated renaming knows this one. The watcher sees the renamed file as a new file and you end up with 2026_07_05_2026_07_05_scan.pdf. A file is now renamed once. Not again on the next run, not after a restart, not when the watcher picks it up.

3. The useful information is inside the file, not in its name

A rule can read a date, an amount or a piece of text like an invoice number from the document, and use it in both the file name and the destination folder. To set it up you open a sample document and click the value you want. The app learns the label next to it and finds the same value in the next document of that kind. No regex needed. You can also just type the label if you prefer.

4. Is 05/07 the 5th of July or May 7th?

It's worked out per document. If it can't be told, the file is left alone instead of guessed. A wrong date in a file name is worse than no rename, because you won't notice until the day you need that file.

5. Scans and phone photos have no text to read

Scanned PDFs and photos of documents (JPEG, PNG, TIFF) are now read with text recognition that runs on your own machine, in nine languages. The document is never uploaded. You switch it on per rule, so you only pay the speed cost (about a second per page) where you need it.

6. "What is this rule about to do to my files?"

The preview lists every file with its new name and folder, and tells you why a file will be skipped: value not found, a date that reads two ways, and so on. The preview and the real run use the same planning, so what you see is what happens.

7. When a value can't be found

The file stays as it is, or goes to a review folder you choose. It's reported once, not on every run, and it isn't passed on to the next rule with half the information missing.

8. Undo

A single move or rename can be undone from History. The file goes back to its old name and place, never on top of another file, and the rule doesn't rename it again afterwards.

On privacy, since this is about invoices and similar documents: the text is read in memory while the rule runs and is not stored. Your documents don't leave your computer.

Basic renaming is in the free version. Reading values from documents and reading scans are part of Pro.

I wrote a longer walkthrough with screenshots here: https://filearbor.com/blog/rename-pdf-files-based-on-content

Curious how others handle this. If you auto-sort documents, what's the one value you'd want pulled out of them? I started with dates, amounts and invoice numbers, but I'm sure there are cases I haven't thought of.

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Ricly: 17 file tools in your Finder right-click menu. Convert, compress, share a link, no browser tabs
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OptiSound turns 3! Complete audio control for macOS (10 lifetime licenses for €4.99 until Oct 31) 🎂

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[OS] Free NullPlayer app now supports ALL Winamp (2.x, ClassicPro, 5) & ALL Windows Media Player (7, 7.1, XP (8), 9, 10, 11 and 12) Skins. NullPlayer is a clean room effort and the only media player with universal skin support. Come for the skins and stay for the deep media ecosystem integrations.

https://redd.it/1wwlq2s
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[OS] FileFluss 1.5.1 - Handle files easily across the cloud and your local drive
https://redd.it/1wwoka8
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50% off Piano Glide (lifetime $9.99, code REDDIT50) - turn your MIDI keyboard into a falling-notes practice game
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I made a menu bar app that uses your AirPods' motion sensors to catch you slouching

https://redd.it/1wwpebd
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[OS] SCM — Open sourced, free ai-powered photo/video search engine

https://redd.it/1wwsj3n
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Reel Screen Recorder: Mac screen + face camera + system audio, free up to 1080p

I'm Mincho, the developer of Reel Screen Recorder.



Problem

If you're recording an app walkthrough or a tutorial, getting your screen, face and computer audio into one file shouldn't require editing three recordings together. Reel captures them in one MP4, saves it on your Mac, and doesn't require an account or upload your recording.



On Mac, you can move and resize the camera overlay, adjust microphone and system audio separately, and save the audio as a mix or two tracks for editing later. System audio capture doesn't need a virtual audio driver.



Comparison

QuickTime is handy for a basic screen recording. Reel adds a camera overlay and controls for recording microphone and system audio together. OBS is free and much more flexible with scenes and sources; Reel gives you a fixed screen-and-camera setup with fewer things to configure. It doesn't have a video editor, automatic zoom or cursor effects.



Pricing

The Mac version is free up to 1080p, with no watermark, recording time limit or ads. Pro adds the Source (Native) resolution option: $14.99 once, $9.99/year or $0.99/month (US prices).



A few limits before you download: macOS 26 or later; whole-display recording, not a selected window or region; no pause/resume. Camera support is currently limited to the built-in camera, with no external webcam or Continuity Camera selection.



Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6758941990?platform=mac

Details and examples: https://reel-studio.arte-soft.com



For your own tutorials or demos, what would be the first thing missing from this setup?

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I built an app that turns the song you're listening to into an animated vinyl wallpaper, now with two new scenes!

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Velo Workspaces 1.2 – type a disk size, get a Linux VM in 30 seconds (no qemu-img resize, no growpart, SSH key already set up)

https://redd.it/1wv3hvg
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