Developer & IT

People are always looking for app ideas on here, so I thought I would throw this out. I have an idea for an app that would allow you to open apps on your computer remotely. You would not need a special iOS app or a companion app from someone else's computer. You would designate a folder on your home machine, and the app would watch the folder. If a file is created within that folder, then this application would launc

I'm the solo developer behind StorageRadar. I've mentioned Dev Cleanup in earlier posts, but only as one line in a feature list. It is the part I built for my own Mac, and this month I simplified its screen. Problem: In last month's thread, an iOS/macOS developer described clearing almost 200 GB with Mole and DaisyDisk. Another commenter said they knew more space could be freed, but were afraid they'd need something

Here are two Mac friction points: It's been 16 years since Mission Control was released, and "Desktop 3" is still "Desktop 3." Apple's API doesn't expose Space naming to any third-party app — there's no system-level hook to hang a label on. Screen Time gets activated when an app launches and stays that way as long as the app is open; the clock keeps ticking even if the app is minimized or buried six windows deep on y

It’s been over two years since we first introduced PDF Owl — a tool that generates tables of contents using on-device AI models. With the new 1.4 release, PDF Owl can now detect the hierarchy of chapters, sections, and subsections, automatically building a structured, hierarchical table of contents. As always, everything runs entirely on your device, and no data is ever sent to the cloud. It does not rely on the OCR

Problem I built Prism to solve I built Prism to solve the friction of constantly switching to browser tabs to use AI. Web-based AI tools break your flow and lack proper OS integration. Prism is a native macOS AI assistant designed to feel like a real Mac app instead of another browser tab. It handles multi-provider chat, Quick AI, browser automation, system-wide writing help, file creation, image generation, and even

The Problem: As a developer and data security engineer, I regularly handle files from unknown or untrusted sources. My old workflow was messy and fragmented: separate tools for checksums, hex viewing, EXIF lookup, and document metadata review. It gets risky and time-consuming when you need to verify if a file extension is fake, inspect nested content inside Office/iWork/PDF files, uncover incomplete redactions, or au

I made App Trust Preview, a Mac app for checking what macOS can verify about software before you open or install it. Since my last Reddit post, App Trust Preview has grown from a focused app-bundle inspector into a broader pre-open/pre-install inspection tool. The amount of useful feedback from this community was amazing, and I am very happy to say that most of the requested features are now implemented in v1.2. My t

Hey MacApps! I'm Alan, I'm a developer that has been building Mac, iOS and web applications for over 30 years. Recently, I started a few Open Source projects and ran into the age old problem of user testing.... Problem: Developers have always been plagued by a problem: how do you user test when your application isn't ready for distribution yet? How do you maintain consistent user testing with different user personas

Hey everyone! About a year back I posted about Codify CLI, a declarative CLI tool for managing installations on MacOS. I’m happy to announce after a year of work, we’ve built web and desktop apps around the CLI, massively increased the number of supported tools and settings, created an AI assistant and added windows and linux support as well. Links: Website: https://codifycli.com/ My Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.co

hello guys, I’m a backend software engineer, so most of my experience is with api , infrastructure, databases, and server-side architecture. Recently I started building my first macos app and I’m realizing that making something work is very different from making it feel native, polished, and pleasant to use on macos I’d love to learn from people who use or build Mac apps regularly ! Thanks, folks !

By the way, Rilmazafone is used to make the DMG for Rilmazafone Problem: when I started developing macOS applications, I realized that there is no easy solution for making DMG files. Sure, there are plenty of CLI tools, but they require you to rebuild and check that your inputs are correct, they have tons of parameters that you need a manual to understand. .DS_Store is an old format with no documentation. Comparison:

Hi r/macapps, I’m building OpenPets, an open-source swift library, CLI and macOS app that gives local tools one shared desktop pet for notifications. Problem Codex pets work only within the OpenAI ecosystem. They are too cool, other apps should have them too. But if every app comes with its own pet, it's pure chaos. Comparison It's not doing anything by itself. It's like a fun notification center that developers and

Facegate is an app that provides a (sort of simulated) Face ID for macs. You can find it at https://github.com/dweep-desai/FaceGate-Mac. It is free and for me, at least, it works pretty well. It is a timesaver, for my use cases. For context, here's my setup: M3 Max 16 inch MacBook Pro with macOS 26.5.2

TL;DR: Daily tracks time by periodically asking what you're doing instead of watching your apps, which is a real fix for the "forgot to hit the timer" problem. Its June 2026 update adds a web API, Zapier integration, and MCP server, turning it into a two-way node with tools like Jira instead of a standalone timesheet. The MCP piece is aimed at technical users for now: API-key auth instead of OAuth means Claude and Ch

Hey everyone, I posted OpenVox here about a month ago when it was around version 1.4. Since then I’ve been shipping updates pretty aggressively, and the app is now at v1.6.4. Just wanted to come back and say thanks, because a lot of the improvements were directly because of feedback I got from r/macapps People pointed out rough edges, asked for better audiobook support, asked for automation/API use cases, reported bu

Hey everyone! About a year back I posted about Codify CLI, a declarative CLI tool for managing installations on MacOS. I’m happy to announce after a year of work, we’ve built web and desktop apps around the CLI, massively increased the number of supported tools and settings, created an AI assistant and added windows and linux support as well. Links: Website: https://codifycli.com/ My Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.co

Hey everyone, About a month ago, I introduced Pegboard to this subreddit. After weeks of continuous polishing and integrating your valuable feedback, it now comes with an optimized UI and tons of new features! Problem While working, we often need to perform quick, micro-tasks: adding a to-do, starting a timer, checking today’s schedule, reviewing a doc, or doing a quick calculation. The irony is, we often waste 30 se

Hi r/macapps, I’m building OpenPets, an open-source swift library, CLI and macOS app that gives local tools one shared desktop pet for notifications. Problem Codex pets work only within the OpenAI ecosystem. They are too cool, other apps should have them too. But if every app comes with its own pet, it's pure chaos. Comparison It's not doing anything by itself. It's like a fun notification center that developers and