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08 May 2026 20:30

Clipbeam: A fully private AI knowledge management system

[Clipbeam](https://preview.redd.it/qnnv0fkh5yzg1.jpg?width=1807&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2a9cb1e44f6641c031ab6b2ccfed4dbaadfbd9a8)

**The problem my app solves**: Information is scattered across different apps, files, web pages, etc. People on average spend 2 hours a week searching for information they know they have saved somewhere, but have to scroll through / search across different apps to retrieve it. Clipbeam is a central repository that can capture information across notes, files, web pages, YouTube videos, screenshots, voice notes and more. It is powered by a local AI agent that automatically organizes all this information and offers semantic search and an AI assistant that can answer detailed questions about any information captured across all media. Consider it a truly **personal** AI assistant, that you train on whatever data you want it to base its answers on.

**My app is better than apps like** Notion or Google Keep because it was built from the ground up to be fully **private**. The AI model and chat assistant runs entirely on your device and even works when you don't have an internet connection. It is fully media agnostic, so doesn't just understand 'notes', but also images, web links, videos and voice memos. It combines the functionality of an AI chat app with the functionality of a full-fledged knowledge library, with items automatically categorized by topics and media type. There is a universal keyboard shortcut **Command ⌘ + C + B** that captures anything you select across macOS.

**Other features include:**

* **Voice recognition and voice chat:** You can dictate notes, clip voice notes and use voice chat with the AI assistant.
* **Sync folders:** Clipbeam can automatically watch a folder on your hard drive. If you watch your Obsidian vault or a folder in your iCloud Drive, whatever is synced to this folder is automatically added to your knowledge vault.
* **Sync bookmarks:** Clipbeam can watch your Safari bookmarks, so anything you bookmark on either your phone or Mac is automatically added to your knowledge library.

[Clipbeam](https://clipbeam.com)

**Pricing:** 

1. **Free** on a single device

2. Backup your vault and sync items across devices for:

$49.99 **lifetime** license OR $2.99 per month / $29.99 per year.

**AI Disclaimer:** This post was entirely written by the developer. No AI was used to generate or edit this post. This app was **not** vibe-coded. Clipbeam is offered by [RDC Media Ltd](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08592072), a company based in the United Kingdom. See [privacy policy](https://clipbeam.com/privacy-notice.html) and [terms](https://clipbeam.com/license.html).

[LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/company/108281614/)

[Download Clipbeam](https://clipbeam.com)

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08 May 2026 17:30

I built a macOS app to fix the native sleep behavior
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08 May 2026 14:30

Help me find a free alternative mac app for Language Tools!

My LT subscription is coming up for renewal on June 7. I would like to find a free or affordable one-time-payment replacement for it. I have used Grammarly in the past and prefer Language Tools, but it's $120 USD every two years.

Thank you for your time and your help!

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08 May 2026 11:30

An apps to save Google AI Mode Chats Seamlessly Without Ads or Formatting Issues?

Normally, I use Google (AI Mode) to ask questions.

The issue I have is not being able to easily and seamlessly save the chat for my records.

1. Copying the chat is impossible because a bunch of ads are also selected (unavoidable).
2. Using the Obsidian Web Clipper, those ads are also captured, and the chat’s formatting is lost, making it messy and unreadable.

Is there any app or method that can save all these chats seamlessly?

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08 May 2026 06:30

Raycast vs Alfred vs Spotlight after Tahoe — what this sub often gets wrong about launchers vs FAF, Cling, EasyFind & HoudahSpot

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08 May 2026 01:30

Liqoria - macOS Dock Player for all apps

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07 May 2026 20:30

This community really really helped shaping AskMeety from day one. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who was part of this journey 🥹

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07 May 2026 18:30

ChessUnlock: Forces you to solve a chess puzzle to access your Mac

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07 May 2026 14:30

Make your screen feel like paper with Paperman

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07 May 2026 12:30

Simple Podcast & Radio player for your Menu Bar: PoRaBar
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07 May 2026 06:30

[OS] Loop: A free, open-source radial window manager that actually feels native

I spend a lot of time on this sub finding niche utilities, and I’ve been testing **Loop** for my explorer’s log, **Silicon Thread**. It’s built by MrKai77 and operates on a highly visual radial menu system instead of just hotkeys.

**Problem:** Standard window management usually involves memorizing complex keyboard shortcuts or relying on clunky screen-edge snapping that breaks your flow.

**The Solution (How it works):**

* **The Radial Workflow:** Hold a trigger key (I use fn), and a circular menu pops up directly under your cursor. Flick your mouse in a direction, release, and the window snaps perfectly.
* **Performance:** It’s a native Swift app, so it’s incredibly lightweight and fast on Apple Silicon.

**Comparison:** It's a free, open-source alternative to paid or subscription-based tools like Magnet or Swish, but with a much more "cursor-centric" approach.

**Pricing:** Completely Free & Open Source ($0).

**Links:**

* **My Technical Review:** [https://siliconthread.civicease.systems/](https://siliconthread.civicease.systems/)

**Transparency:** I’m an independent explorer sharing my personal experience with the app. I have no financial affiliation with the developer; I just appreciate well-built indie software.

If you know a macos app that is worth trying, let me know in comments. Will try that : )
And if you are interested please leave a like and comment on LinkedIn it help a lot as a starting blog page creator with personal reviews.

Edited (latest) had forgotten to add repo link instead added it to the website 😅

Here's Loop's GitHub link as well: [https://github.com/MrKai77/Loop](https://github.com/MrKai77/Loop)
Or if you simply want to download the latest release, download Loop.zip here: [https://github.com/MrKai77/Loop/releases/latest](https://github.com/MrKai77/Loop/releases/latest)

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06 May 2026 23:30

SmartPic - Save what's important on your shot.

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06 May 2026 21:30

cramped even on a large laptop display. Honestly, two monitors feels less like a luxury and more like a requirement.

The current version is still Painter 2023. It runs fine on the last several macOS releases, including Apple Silicon Macs, but there was no 2024 or 2025 release, and it’s unclear whether there will be a 2026 version. I understand that it’s a mature product serving a mature niche, but some transparency about the development cycle would help inspire confidence.

Under normal circumstances, I couldn’t recommend that an individual pay the full perpetual-license price of $429. That’s the kind of software purchase employers are supposed to absorb. Especially when Procreate costs $12.99 and Clip Studio Paint EX runs about $50 a year.

But don’t stop reading yet.

# The Justification

Right now, you can get a perpetual license for the full version of Painter 2023 for $49 from BundleHunt. That’s still real money, but it changes the math a bit.

If you’re genuinely curious, already own a pressure-sensitive tablet, and have the artistic skills to take advantage of what Painter offers, this becomes much easier to justify. At that price, it’s less a reckless software purchase and more an opportunity to experiment with what is probably the most sophisticated paint-physics engine ever shipped on a desktop computer.

Painter 2023 for Mac
Developer: Corel Corporation
Price: Regularly $429 | BundleHunt Price $49
macOS: Sequoia, Sonoma, Ventura
Apple Silicon: Native (M1 and later, optimized)
Website: painterartist.com

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06 May 2026 20:30

Rune, a lightweight native macOS client for Kubernetes

I’m the developer of Rune. I work with Kubernetes every day and built Rune because there were a few workflows where I wanted something fast, smooth, stable, and native on macOS (and soon iOS).

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I still use `kubectl` and k9s a lot, but for some daily work I wanted a GUI that stays keyboard-friendly and keeps the important debugging context close together: contexts, namespaces, pods, controllers, services, YAML, events, logs, exec, and port-forwarding.

Rune is focused on day-to-day Kubernetes operations:

\- Fast context and namespace switching, including namespace favorites and manual namespace entry when RBAC blocks namespace listing.

\- Cluster overview with workloads, networking, storage, config, RBAC, events, Helm releases, and terminal workflows.

\- Resource views for Pods, Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, Jobs, CronJobs, ReplicaSets, HPAs, Services, Ingresses, NetworkPolicies, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Nodes, PVCs, PVs, StorageClasses, Roles, RoleBindings, ClusterRoles, and ClusterRoleBindings.

\- Pod logs and unified logs across related workloads.

\- Log search, time presets, previous logs, tail mode, container selection, copy selected lines, copy all logs, `.log` export, and ZIP export for full pod or multi-pod logs.

\- YAML viewing and editing with syntax highlighting, validation feedback, server dry-run, diff preview, and a copyable `kubectl` command before apply.

\- Port-forwarding for pods and services from the resource you are already inspecting.

\- Exec and pod shell workflows with terminal tabs.

\- Pod and node metrics when the cluster exposes metrics.

\- Command palette with k9s-style jumps like `:po`, `:deploy`, `:svc`, `:ns`, `:ctx`, `:helm`, and more.

\- Auth Doctor for kubeconfig, context, namespace, API transport, pod/log/exec/port-forward permission checks.

\- Read-only mode, production-like context warnings, and local write audit entries.

\- No analytics, tracking, advertising, telemetry, or Rune backend.

k9s is excellent for terminal-first workflows. Lens, Aptakube, and Headlamp are powerful desktop clients. Rune aims to sit somewhere in between: a native Mac app with fast navigation, focused Kubernetes operations, strong log workflows, YAML editing, port-forwarding, exec, Helm, metrics, and little to none bloat.

It is not meant to replace every enterprise platform console. The goal is a fast native Mac app for the Kubernetes workflows I use every day.

Price: $3.99 one-time purchase on the Mac App Store. No subscription.

The source is public for personal and non-commercial use. Business use is included with the App Store purchase.

iOS version coming and bundled with desktop app in app store.

App Store:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/runeapp/id6762515322?mt=12

GitHub:

https://github.com/compilererrors/Rune

Feedback is very welcome, especially from people who use `kubectl`, k9s, Lens, Aptakube, or Headlamp daily.

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06 May 2026 18:30

[OS] Free, Open Source, AI-driven user testing for iOS, macOS, and the web
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08 May 2026 19:30

NaturalMouse – Separate scroll directions for trackpad and mouse on macOS. Auto-switches when you plug in.

macOS app I built to fix one tiny but genuinely annoying problem: scroll direction fights between your trackpad and external mouse.

The problem it solves:

macOS has a single global scroll direction setting. Natural scrolling feels right on a trackpad it mimics how your phone works, and content follows your fingers. But on an external mouse, that same setting feels completely backwards to most people.

So you're stuck. Either your trackpad feels wrong, or your mouse does. And every time you switch devices, the frustration is there.

The "fix" most people use: go to System Settings → Mouse → toggle Scroll Direction. Every. Single. Time.

Comparison:

You can manually flip the scroll setting each time you plug in or unplug a mouse. Takes about 10 seconds, but it breaks your flow, and you'll forget half the time.

Some people use Scroll Reverser or Mos. Both are solid apps. NaturalMouse is narrower in scope it does exactly one thing, with no config screen to navigate.

There's no "set it up" step. Grant Accessibility permission, launch it, done.

How it works:

It uses a system-wide CGEventTap approach to intercept scroll events before they reach any app. Each event is tagged by macOS as coming from either a trackpad (continuous) or a mouse (discrete). NaturalMouse only inverts the mouse events the trackpad is untouched.

IOKit watches for device connect/disconnect. Plug in a mouse: scroll flips within a second. Unplug it: flips back. No polling. No manual action.

What it doesn't do:

No Dock icon
No onboarding flow
No settings screen
0% CPU at idle, under 1ms per scroll event when active

Pause/resume from the menu bar if you ever need it. Launch at login. That's the whole app.

Pricing: $4.99 lifetime — use code NATURAL50 for 50% off.
NaturalMouse

AI Disclaimer: Code completion used during development. There are no AI features in the app.

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08 May 2026 15:30

[OS] FileFluss: Manage your files across cloud storage providers with ease (free & Open Source)

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08 May 2026 12:30

OS SuperIsland — Dynamic Island for MacOS with Extensions

Hi Everyone, SuperCmd dev here & today I am Introducing SuperIsland!

Dynamic Island for MacOS  with Extensions & SDK

Problem:

Mac doesn't have it's own dynamic island, the space could be better utilized.

SuperIsland brings you same experience as dynamic island on iOS, and we aim to do that with the Raycast styled extensions support with the SuperIsland's Javascript SDK.

You can write your own standalone extension via the exposed sdk and raise a PR, i will review and merge it

Features:

Live Media Player with playback controls
Calendar widget to see upcoming events
Live Weather
File Tray to drop files
Built-In Teleprompter with speed, alignment controls
Choose your Mascot to match your vibe
Works on multiple monitor setup. view on selective, live cursor, or all displays.

Extensions:

WhatsApp Web: Login via QR, see live notifications in the notch and reply from the notch itself
Pomodoro: Live in your notch with the selected mascot that mimics the current state
AI Usage: See Claude and Codex usage, current & weekly usage
Agent Status: Get notified when you AI agent completes the work, needs attention with sounds
Teleprompter: You can control speed, size of the text and much more
Linear: Login with linear and get notified if you are mentioned, you can directly reply from the notch or jump to the comment inside browser
Last.Fm: Auto scrobble your music to Last FM

Comparison:

We have lots of dynamic islands, but none of them aim to extend it to make it programmable. many of them are paid.

Price: Free to Use & completely open source

Download: https://dynamicisland.app

Github: https://github.com/shobhit99/SuperIsland

Leave a star if you love it! I will be adding more extensions every week. so keep an eye on the updates.

** SuperIsland is live on Product Hunt, Help me get it to product of the day! **

**https://www.producthunt.com/products/superisland?launch=superisland**

SuperIsland - Dynamic Island for macOS with Extensions

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08 May 2026 07:30

Whispr Flow vs. Superwhisper - My thoughts after using both:

Pros of Whispr Flow over Superwhisper:

1. Whispr Flow is fast - really fast. That's its best feature. No matter what I try with Superwhisper, I can't get it to be as fast as Whispr Flow. (a wild estimate: .3 seconds for Whispr Flow vs 1 second for Superwhisper)
2. Onboarding is easy and well done. There is learning curve to Superwhisper and lot of options.
3. The scratchpad feature is nice to have. But I can use other apps for that (Antinote and Drafts are good options).

Pros of Superwhisper over Whispr Flow:

1. I get better more precise from Superwhisper. For example, with certain models loaded, I can ask Superwhisper to give me a new paragraph and it does.
2. Superwhisper has a lifetime subscription for $250, or 40% off with a student discount. Whispr Flow's annual fees are about $144/year, so it is more expensive than Superwhisper after 2 years. Whispr Flow also has a 50% student discount and a long free trial for students, so that's nice. It doesn't hurt to give it a try.
3. Superwhisper has the option for local-only processing for privacy.
4. A lot more options on how to use AI to process the text.

For my needs:

Where Superwhisper wins: The output is better and it's cheaper for long term use.

Where Whispr Flow wins: It's faster.

I like both products. They are both excellent. For me, I'm sticking with Superwhisper. I'll trade the very small difference in processing speed (.3 seconds vs 1 second) in order to get better output and better pricing for long term use.

I think people will be happy with either choice.



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08 May 2026 03:30

Workspace/Project Manager Suggestions

Hello! I recently started developing my own personal projects and have run into a frustrating issue: constantly reopening windows, navigating to folders in terminals, and repeating the same setup steps every time I switch between projects. I've been managing everything in a ProjectReadMe file, but I've quickly outgrown that approach. Does anyone have suggestions for a better solution? I know there are a few apps out there, but I'd love to hear what you're actually using and recommend.

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07 May 2026 23:30

Pearcleaner homebrew not working?

Anyone using Pearcleaner having any issues installing or updating homebrew apps.

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07 May 2026 19:30

iCloud Custom Email - Opinions?

I've used Google Workspace since it as Google Apps in 2004, but I'd like to use the Apple Mail app and it is notoriously awful with Gmail. Not its fault, as Gmail is not true IMAP and I understand why Apple Mail has issues. Push notifications are not possible with Gmail, and waiting 15 minutes for updates is untenable for my use case.

If I switch from Google Workspace to Apple Custom Domain Email, how disappointed am I going to be? I can deal with the little things, like it goes to the same inbox as my iCloud.com email, but that's not a problem as I never use it and haven't gotten two emails there in the past two years. But how much worse is spam filtering if I'm using iCloud Custom Email. I know it won't be a good at filtering as Gmail, but is it at least tolerable? Thanks!

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07 May 2026 15:30

Contact Sheet - A photo manager for your Mac.

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07 May 2026 13:30

PSA Cosmiq Store is not an authorized reseller of Mac apps

I was just notified by a user who bought a license for my Lunar app at a discount on Cosmiq Store.

Whoever is behind that website is doing something illegal, they don't have a contract with me, and I'm pretty sure that is the same for every other app on their website.

They don't state who is behind the website, the Terms of use is a generic text sounding like this:

>Compliance and Legality

>
>Cosmiq aims to provide licenses sourced through legitimate channels, but software licensing rules can vary by product, region, and intended use.

>
>You are responsible for reviewing the official product terms and ensuring your purchase and use comply with applicable laws and license restrictions in your jurisdiction.

That is not how this works, the terms need to state the legal entity and actual country jurisdiction.


I'm not entirely sure how they do the discount. They might simply be buying licenses on their own, and reselling seats one by one, or they might be buying with a student discount. In any case, that's prohibited by most dev's terms of use.

Did other devs stumble upon this?

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07 May 2026 10:30

iSlideshow: Simple macOS Slideshow Viewer

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07 May 2026 01:30

MenuBar Pets – Animated characters that live in your menubar, not on your desktop Lifetime

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Problem: Every desktop pet app drops characters onto your wallpaper where they vanish behind windows. MenuBar Pets puts them in the menubar — always visible, never in the way.

Comparison: Unlike Desktop Pets or Wunderbucket, these characters use lightweight WebP animations that are easy on your CPU. You can also make them clickable — link any pet to an app, URL, or Shortcut. Custom hanging characters are supported too.

Pricing: Free · $4.99 one-time IAP for extra characters & features

Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/menubar-pets/id6766222004?mt=12

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06 May 2026 22:30

Avocado update. Mac teleprompter

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06 May 2026 21:30

Corel Painter Is Still Alive and Still Ridiculously Good

Corel Painter 2023

# Corel’s Spot on Memory Lane

I hadn’t thought about Corel graphics apps in a long time until I saw their flagship app on sale recently. I got my first tech-related job in 1994, when my ability to figure things out in Windows 3.1 earned me a promotion from the manufacturing floor to the quality department at the Westinghouse factory where I worked after getting out of the Army.

The tools I worked with felt absurdly expensive at the time: a Pentium PC, a Kodak digital camera, and the first color laser printer I’d ever seen. And then there was Corel; a professional suite of graphics tools I used to produce hundreds of technical work instructions for the people on the shop floor.

Corel still occupies a narrow but devoted niche in the graphics world. It’s loved by a small community of artists and designers and mostly ignored by everyone else in favor of mass-market tools from Adobe, Affinity, and a handful of others. The current version is Painter 2023. I took it for a spin and it’s more capable than anything else I’ve seen in its niche, but the real question is whether those capabilities matter to you.

# But What Is It?

Painter isn’t a drawing app or an image editor in the conventional sense. It’s a digital canvas simulator built for artists who want the feel of oil paint, watercolor, ink, and charcoal without the mess. The brush engine is the entire product. Everything else exists to support it.

The target user is a professional illustrator, concept artist, or fine artist working with a Wacom or another pressure-sensitive tablet. If that’s not you, Painter probably isn’t for you, and Corel doesn’t pretend otherwise.

# The Brush Engine

The reality is that no software on any platform simulates natural media the way Painter does. Photoshop’s brushes are powerful but fundamentally digital. Procreate feels great on an iPad but remains a raster drawing tool. Clip Studio Paint has excellent line tools but doesn’t attempt to simulate paint physics at this level.

Painter 2023 ships with hundreds of brushes organized across dozens of categories: Oils, Acrylics, Watercolor, Gouache, Pastels, Chalk, Charcoal, Inks, and more. Each category behaves differently at the physics level. Watercolor bleeds and beads. Thick paint builds up and catches light. Impasto brushes create actual texture relief on the virtual canvas.

The Fluid Brushes iappear to be a real game changer. They’re built around layer transparency and allow subtle glazing and blending effects that previously required awkward workarounds. Corel claims they run up to 50 times faster by leveraging both CPU and GPU acceleration. On Apple Silicon hardware (my M4 Mac Mini), the effect is genuinely impressive.

# The Feature Set

900+ brushes covering nearly every traditional medium
Fluid Paint with build, sculpt, and blend brushes plus precision opacity control
Thick Paint with three-dimensional impasto simulation
Particle Brushes that flow, fork, and react dynamically
Color Selection Brushes that combine selection and painting workflows
AI Photo Painting tools powered by Core ML
Clone Painting for painting directly from reference photos
Photoshop compatibility with layered PSD read/write support
Tablet support for Wacom, Xencelabs, and Huion devices with pressure, tilt, rotation, and bearing support
Customizable workspace with movable palettes, panels, and brush libraries

# The Catch

This is not an easy app to learn, even for experienced users. Nobody is going to master Painter in an afternoon. Corel provides tutorials, webinars, and learning materials through its Painter portal, and if you decide to invest time in the app, you’ll probably need them.

The UI looks exactly like what it is: decades of accumulated decisions packed into a single workspace. Tool panels feel

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06 May 2026 19:30

Ikoi - Mac/iOS task manager organized around ADHD energy levels

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06 May 2026 17:30

GooseNeck: Posture coach that uses your MacBook's hidden motion sensors instead of the webcam

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