Gaming & entertainment

A while back I posted looking for the best macOS video player in terms of image quality and UI. That led me down a rabbit hole of testing more players than I expected, so I figured I'd share what I found. Quick disclaimer: I have basic knowledge in this area, so this is a hobbyist test, not a professional analysis. Take it with that in mind. How I tested I generated an SMPTE HD color bars video (BT.709 tagged, FFmpeg

TL;DR: Mira is a small (5.6 MB), native Mac app that makes YouTube calm and pleasant: no Shorts, no sponsor segments, no recommendation rabbit hole. It folds SponsorBlock, Return YouTube Dislike, searchable transcripts, optional bring-your-own-key AI summaries, Picture-in-Picture, background audio, and a real Focus Mode into one signed app instead of the pile of browser extensions you have to maintain on your on. It

Hey r/macapps, I last posted about Eter, our internet radio app for Apple devices, when version 2.0 shipped. It's been a while. Krystian originally built and released it five years ago, and we brought it into the Apparent Software fold so the team could keep growing it together. We’re a small Mac but 20-year old shop (you might know Trickster, ImageFramer, or Cashculator), and Eter is the one we built to do exactly o