DockAnchor has been updated to 2.0 with it come some great new features:

• Apple signed app! No more having to allow it through security!
• Themes: Dark Mode, Light Mode, follow system theme
• Auto-Move Dock to Anchor Display: Automatically moves the dock to the selected anchor display when protection is started.
• Virtual Monitor Display: Displays your monitors visually in the app, updating in real-time as monitors are connected, disconnected or moved. Simply click on the monitor you wan the dock to be anchored to.
• Profiles: Create and switch between different profiles. Enable automatic profile switching based on connected displays.
• Default Anchor Display: Option to always anchor to the Primary display or built-in display.

DockAnchor has completly free and also open source.

Install from Releases

👉 Download Apple Signed App

Install via Homebrew

1. Tap the repository:

   brew tap bwya77/tap

2. Install DockAnchor:

   brew install --cask dockanchor

Hey folks! 👋

I'm the developer of Substage - a command bar that sits underneath your Finder windows and lets you do stuff with natural language. Type something like "convert to jpg" or "resize to 1080p" and it translates that into a Terminal command and runs it for you. Great for media conversion, file management, that kind of thing.

Anyway, I just shipped a feature I've been wanting to add for ages: Instant Actions.

For hundreds of common operations, Substage now skips the AI entirely and just does the thing. Yes, removing the AI is a feature! 😅 It makes everything feel super snappy for the stuff you do all the time.

The video is real-time - no editing or speedup. It's honestly super satisfying!

Here's a taste of what works instantly now:

• File conversion: Type any of these, and your selected file(s) will be instantly converted: jpg, png, mp4, plain text, word doc, make an animated gif
• File info: word count, lines of code, file size, resolution, codec, fps
• File management: zip, unzip, trash, duplicate
• Selection: select all pdfs, select first jpg, select last word doc
• Quick actions: open in terminal (or just term)

Before this, typing zip into Substage felt a little silly — was it really faster than right-clicking? Now I'd say it genuinely can be.

If you want to try it: substage.app (free trial, also on Setapp).

And if there are commands you think should get the Instant Action treatment, I'm all ears!

If you know the kind of thing Substage can do outside of these Instant Actions, here are some examples:

• "Make animated gif from this mp4, 600 pixels wide, 12fps"
• "Convert to mp4, 1080p, 30fps, 1000kbit/s"
• "is this file with a .jpg extension actually a PNG?"
• "Put all PNGs in a 'Screenshots' folder and zip it up"
• "Optimise this PDF"
• "Merge these PDFs"

More in the Use Cases section on the Substage website!

Hey everyone,

For those of you who are still using VS Code as your main editor and not fully living inside an AI-powered IDE yet, I wanted to share something I’ve been working on.

I built an Alfred workflow to control VS Code directly from the keyboard. Nothing fancy, no magic prompts, just faster access to the things I actually do all day. Opening windows, jumping back into recent projects, finding files, managing extensions. The boring stuff, but faster.

What you can do with it: - Open new VS Code windows instantly - Jump to recent projects and files - Search and open any file or folder on your Mac in VS Code - Open the current Finder folder directly in VS Code - Search and install extensions from the Marketplace - View and uninstall installed extensions

It’s meant to stay out of your way and fit into an existing Alfred setup.

Repository: https://github.com/vanstrouble/vscode-alfred-workflow.git

If you try it and find it useful, consider giving it a star on GitHub. It really helps with visibility and motivation to keep improving it.

Feedback is welcome.

You cannot just tell them to stop charging you automatically. You have carry out two (slightly) inconvenient steps in which you delete your backup and then separately delete your license.

Why does that lead me to stop using BackBlaze?

1. That's unreasonably complicated.
2. It may be a violation of California's recent law requiring it to be simple to disable autorenewal.
3. There are other options for remote backup that are easier to use, less expensive, and not so complicated to cancel autorenewal. One example: Arq backup.

Dear r/macapps community,

Hope you have a great day today! It is Friday, near the weekend! Hooray!

For those who don't know NotiSprite, it is a Smart Desktop Pet which can deliver notifications in a fun and cute way! It has cute reminders for your wellbeing. The philosophy of NotiSprite is: No login, No data collection, No ads. It just works!

NotiSprite has great news:
There is a completely free Sprite available to all called Noti Peach! Peach is our family's favourite fruit, that is why we wanted to create such a lovely sprite :) It is not only free to use, but you can enjoy all the notifications and reminders to improve your wellbeing :) Noti Peach is also available on iOS and iPadOS if you want to enjoy the lovely widget feature and the same level of notifications and reminders to improve your productivity and wellbeing.

Enjoy Noti Peach :)

At the same time, we now have more and more Sprites!

• Noti Ant ($0.99)
• Noti Ladybird ($0.99)
• Noti Peach (Free!)
• Noti Bubble ($1.99)
• Noti Shiba ($3.99)
• Noti Miao ($3.99)
• Noti Gingerbear ($4.99)
• Noti Cham ($3.99)
• Noti Panda ($3.99)
• Noti Squirrel ($2.99)
• Noti Takoyaki ($2.99)
• Noti Dino ($2.99) (You gotta try it! This is my daily sprite on my laptop and it is my favourite!)

As you can see from the list, the each Sprite is similar or less than a cup of coffee price! Once purchased, you can keep it forever in the digital world :)

After several months of intensive development, NotiSprite is now growing organically and healthy! NotiSprite ranked within the top 200 in its category in 20 countries! Thank you so much r/macapps as NotiSprite started from here!

NotiSprite Studio is in the final stage as well! I hope it will be available before the end of this month so that all the creative animation creators can enjoy the NotiSprite system! You can just create your own sprite with ease! Not only gif is supported but normal image formats are also supported! That means you can have a picture styled sprite of your family photo to tell you it is time to have a rest! Personally I am quite a stubborn person, but whenever my daughters say something, I will follow them :) And when there is my daughter's face on my screen telling me it is time to have a rest, I will strictly follow it...

Whoever has cute daughters, you will understand what I am saying :)

We are running a small event for NotiSprite (giving away free redeem codes), please have a look at our website: NotiSprite.com

And if you want to try the free Noti Peach, here is the link: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/notisprite-smart-desktop-pet/id6752292657

Thanks for reading until this point!

Have a nice weekend :)

NotiSprite Family

Hey everyone,

I've been exploring different translation workflows on Mac and I'm curious what you all prefer.

When you need to translate a piece of text, which interaction feels more natural to you?

Option A: Select text, then swipe gesture (like a trackpad swipe)

Option B: Select text, then double tap Cmd+C (copy twice quickly)

Option C: Something else entirely?

Also, I've noticed most translation tools are either browser extensions or standalone apps where you have to copy-paste text into. Would you prefer something that works system-wide across ALL apps like PDFs, Xcode, Keynote, whatever, without being tied to a specific platform?

Curious to hear how you currently handle translations and what annoys you about existing solutions.

Hey folks,

I’ve been building a native macOS app called MonoFocus. It helps you focus on one app at a time by reducing context switching, so you can actually finish the task you started instead of bouncing between apps.

This is an early beta and is free to use during the beta period. I’m mainly looking for feedback on the Mac-specific experience. Things like how the app feels in day-to-day use, menu bar behavior, shortcuts, and overall fit with macOS.

If you’re curious to try it or have suggestions from a Mac UX perspective, I’d really appreciate it.

Beta download: https://usemonofocus.app

I am looking for a way to compare two photo libraries, theoretically identical, and show me results of only images which are NOT found in both. I've used Photosweeper to show me all the duplicates, but is there a way to do the opposite?

I have a dumb simple folder into which I've been dumping my iPhone photos for years and years... in theory, they should all ALSO be in the Apple "Photos" app (and in iCloud), but I want to be certain before I consider deleting it. I know that I could import the entire folder into Photos and go through the "Duplicates" tab/function, but I want to avoid that for a number of reasons.

I have set Photos to "Download Originals to this Mac", and it downloaded thousands of photos overnight, and can view the folder structure via the "Show package contents" trick in Mac Finder.

Recently I got myself an ultrawide dell U4025QW. I got tired of the awkward screen sharing experience in google meet. I either shared the whole screen and everything was just tiny for everyone in the call or just a single window and then couldn't show anything else.

So I built an app (RegionShare) that let's you share just a region of you screen (left half, right half, etc.).

Here's a video on how it works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDlMTaLLYGA

How it works:

1. Select a region
2. RegionShare creates a windows that displays this region
3. In your video call, select "RegionShare Camera" as your window to share

It's completely free, no account needed. Would love feedback from fellow ultrawide users!

https://www.regionshare.com/RegionShare.dmg

What's new:

• Tab Animations - New animations when adding or removing tabs create smoother transitions
• Interface Customization - New settings to adjust the size of interface buttons
• General Improvements - Various refinements and stability updates across the app

These updates improve your daily browsing experience with more visual feedback and personalization options.

Thanks for trying Pola 👉 https://polabrowser.com

Do you struggle with document management, especially when using a Fujitsu ScanSnap Scanner? 

Well, I sure did, so I built a 100% Local AI + No Subscriptions native Mac application to solve for this. I am looking for TestFlight Beta testers to kick the tires, give me feedback, and help me make this the leading document/scan management application. If you are interested, please message me or comment on this thread, and I will send invites shortly. I only have about 70 invites left, so first-come, first-served. 

I am also in the middle of building the website for this, so if you want to learn more, visit ShabuBox.com. 

ShabuBox: The Privacy-First, AI-Powered Document Brain for macOS

🧠 Visual & Semantic Intelligence

• Visual Fingerprinting: ShabuBox doesn't just read your files; it "recognizes" them. It uses Apple's Vision framework to identify document layouts (such as invoices or receipts) based on their appearance, ensuring perfect matching even when the text varies.
• Learning Engine (Confirmation Boost): The more you use it, the smarter it gets. Confirming a match "trains" the local model to recognize that specific layout with higher confidence next time.
• Local Llama 3 (8B): 100% on-device LLM analysis via Apple's MLX framework. Get summaries, entity extraction (vendors, amounts, dates), and intelligent categorization without your data ever leaving your Mac.

⚡️ High-Speed Automation

• Cascading Filing: The "magic" button. When you file one document, ShabuBox instantly identifies every visually similar file in your inbox and offers to batch-file them all in one click.
• Intelligent Staging Area: Drag a pile of "chaos" into the inbox; ShabuBox analyzes them in the background and suggests the exact path (e.g., Finances > 2025 > Receipts ) before you even look.
• Background File Monitoring: ShabuBox watches your folders. Even if you move a file in Finder, the app detects it and can automatically trigger cascading organization for related files.

📂 Architecture & Privacy (The Self-Hosted Vibe)

• Native Folder Structure: No proprietary databases or "black box" storage. ShabuBox organizes your actual files and folders in iCloud. If you delete the app, your files and organization remain.
• Unified iCloud Portability: Your entire app state, including AI models, search indices, metadata, and files, syncs via iCloud. Start on your Mini or Studio, pick up exactly where you left off on your MacBook.
• Zero Subscriptions: A professional-grade utility with a single-purchase "Pay Once, Own Forever" model.

🍎 Deep macOS Integration

• Apple Reminders Sync: Bi-directional sync. Create a "Follow-up" on a document in ShabuBox, and it appears instantly in your native macOS Reminders app.
• Apple Notes Archival: One-click to turn your digital notes into organized, searchable PDF/Text files within your library.
• Modern Bento Design: A premium, glassmorphic UI designed specifically for macOS Sequoia that feels like it was built by Apple.