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FaveNest is a visual library for the links, notes, screenshots, PDFs, and places you save. Share from any app or click the heart in Safari, and Apple Intelligence writes the title, summary, and tags on your device, so nothing you save is sent off to be read. No account, no FaveNest server: your library syncs through your own iCloud. Native on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Saving, sync, search, and export are free; Pro (7-day free trial) adds the AI, on device or with your own OpenAI or Anthropic key.

MIDIpad is a macOS application that transforms game controllers into musical instruments compatible with any modern digital audio workstation. More than simply mapping gamepad buttons to MIDI notes or CCs, MIDIpad turns your gamepad into two powerful, accessible, MPE-capable MIDI controllers: Chords, an expressive, scale-aware plucked-string engine, and Drums, a real-time, gesture-driven drum sequencer.

OmniNotch turns your MacBook notch into a real workspace. Twenty tools in one hover: Ask Omni (on-device Apple Intelligence), now playing, clipboard, file shelf & AirDrop, teleprompter, timers, weather, stocks, live AI usage, and more. Native. Private. No account. No cloud. No telemetry. Lifetime license - $14.99, up to 3 Macs.

LockLines is a macOS app for designing plain-text lock screen messages that fit the small message area.

QuietGlass is a free, open-source Mac app for screen privacy. Look away with compatible AirPods and your screen blurs. Your camera can spot another face in view and warn you or blur the screen, even while you're still looking. Protect a window or selected area, blur sensitive text, or keep your active window clear with Focus mode. Optional owner recognition checks it's you before clearing camera protection. Native Swift, notch controls, and processing on your Mac. macOS 14+.

Refoid automates App Store refund responses for iOS and macOS developers. Connect your apps, set your response preference, and track each request, response, and Apple’s final decision in one timeline. Get automatic retries and email alerts for confirmed refund declines, with no backend integration or success fees. Apple makes every final refund decision.

Use the desktop to keep content from across your Mac accessible and organized in defined areas — or simply keep it clutter-free. A turf can be backed by a real folder, a Finder tag, or your hand-picked selection of files and folders. Turfs stay put through Show Desktop; you choose what Mission Control does with them. Quit, and the desktop is exactly as it was. It replaces Finder's own desktop icon layer, so it can never be sandboxed or sold on the Mac App Store. $29 once, 10-day trial, no card.

Apple removed Launchpad in macOS 26 and kept it out of 27. Launchie brings the grid back: arrange apps your way, unlimited folders, Spaces for separate app pages, and instant search. Free to use, Pro is a one-time purchase. Mac App Store and Homebrew.

Cua provides the infrastructure to scale computer-use agent training, evaluation, and data generation. It solves the problem of running parallel GUI automation workloads across Linux, Windows, macOS, and Android by offering cross-OS fleets, background drivers, and batch throughput from warm pools. It's for AI researchers and engineers building agents that require scalable, reproducible interaction with real desktop and mobile environments.

Community-submitted performance benchmarks for local AI models on any hardware, any runtime, any quantisation.

Connect the tools you already usefrom Stripe and PostHog to Google Analytics and your own database. Pick the KPIs you care about, arrange them your way, and keep them live in a tiny, customizable dashboard built around your MacBook notch. 100% local. Your data never leaves your Mac.

DynamicLake - Dynamic Island for Mac · Plugins · Notifications · Drag and drop · Converter · Calls · Airdrop · Timer · and more

OVO is a premium music player for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Bring local files, Apple Music, supported SoundCloud content, live streams, and synced folders into one focused library. Listen offline, shape playback with a 10-band EQ, and privately sync your library between iPhone and iPad through iCloud.

Relic remembers everything you copy, understands it on-device, and syncs it across your phones and computers, sealed so only you can read it. Save things you want to find more easily later, and bring them up with a hotkey without leaving your keyboard. Works with files, images, text snippets, and anything that might not have a home in your setup.

AirPods 5 brings better active noise cancellation to the open-ear design, along with a smarter Siri that can hold real conversations and live translation for talking across languages. Built for calls, workouts, and everyday listening. Available September 18, 2026.

Introducing iPhone Duo, the first foldable iPhone. When open, it’s the thinnest iPhone with the largest display ever — 50 percent larger than iPhone 18 Pro Max. And it has an outer display with more than 90 percent of the screen area of iPhone 18 Pro. Through reimagined iOS experiences, it offers unparalleled versatility in all-new poses and orientations. All in a durable, pocketable design. It’s an iPhone unlike any iPhone.

ipatool is a command-line utility that enables developers and researchers to search for and download app packages (IPA files) from the official App Store. It solves the problem of needing to manually extract or acquire these packages for tasks like security research, compatibility testing, or archival purposes. This tool is primarily for security researchers, iOS developers, and archivists who require direct access to app binaries outside of a standard iOS device.

Streamline your daily workflow and eliminate window clutter with Tiles, the ultimate workspace manager for macOS. Whether you're transitioning from deep coding sessions to client meetings, or juggling research, writing, and design tools, Tiles lets you capture your ideal desktop layout's and bring them back with a single click, keyboard shortcut, or widget.

Einfall catches the fugitive thought — the one that falls into your head at the strangest times — before it's gone. Capture quick and easy on Mac, iPhone and iPad, from the menu bar, share sheet, Shortcuts, widgets, Spotlight and Siri. Process the thoughts by sending them to Reminders, Calendar, Files, a Shortcut, or by giving your AI agent control via MCP. Capture is free and unlimited. After the first 15 routing actions, a one-time $29.99 purchase unlocks unlimited routing.

NotchDrop v2 turns your MacBook notch into a smarter, more useful workspace. Access productivity tools, screen recording and editing, file sharing, system stats, live wallpapers, calendar, calculator, terminal tools, and more all directly from the notch. This update introduces **NotchDrop Studio**, a built-in screen recording editor, along with Live Wallpaper, Draw Signature, Keep Awake, improved file sharing with AirDrop and local networks, customizable themes, and a redesigned interface.

Mac mini now comes with M6 and M5 Pro, bringing faster performance, Apple Intelligence, Wi-Fi 7, and faster storage to Apple's compact 5-inch desktop. Built for coding, creating, and getting work done.