Your SSH key should be hard to steal but easy to use. Secretive by Max Goedjen keeps them in the Mac's Secure Enclave, then lets macOS authentication approve each use. That's the kind of security tool that removes friction instead of adding it.

macOS already does a lot. But the annoying little gaps are where some great utilities live. Five apps from this week: HEIC Converter: batch HEIC to JPEG/PNG Bloom: multi-pane file browser Monocle: window focus dimmer Refine: offline grammar checker devpit: coding agent workspace

The best developer tools are the ones that work the way you do. Developer Tools is 34 Mac apps that pass that test. Start with Ghostty, a fast, native terminal that works well before you've opened its config file.

Folders are good inboxes. They're less good at filing what arrives. Forel runs Hazel-style rules on whatever lands in a folder, and it can hand a file to a Shortcut, which makes it more than just a tool for sorting. Free, open source and fully local.

The worst moment to hunt for a mute control is the moment you need it. Mic Drop turns the most important meeting function into one global, floating button or hotkey. That's why it's this week's Editor's Pick: mute can finally become muscle memory.

Click a Dock icon and the Mac plays roulette with your open windows. docktor shows you every window on hover. If you keep a dozen windows open, this one is for you.

Why does every meeting app have a different hotkey for mute? Issue 13 brings together apps to improve macOS functions, and the best one is a single mute switch that works in every meeting app.

You saved it somewhere. Now what? These apps help with the next step: comparing folders, cleaning up the backlog, sorting and finding the stuff you need six months later. #macapps

Dragging files should not mean holding the mouse down while you hunt for a window. Dropover gives them a temporary shelf until you find the destination. A small fix for an absurdly familiar problem, and it's this week's Editor's Pick.

Half your notes are probably texts you sent yourself or scraps you wrote down somewhere. Prism Notes turns quick thoughts into tagged threads instead of documents, kept as Markdown and synced privately through iCloud. The random stuff finally gets a place to live.

What are we listening to this weekend? Gramola keeps album covers and playlists in a dock at the edge of your screen, so you can pick without digging Music or Spotify out from behind every other window.

Are you one of those people who think out loud? Mac dictation tools are getting better and better and range from system-wide transcription to on-device cleanup and local meeting notes. Find the one that fits how you work

*yawn* You've probably been staring at your screen for too long. LookAway waits until you are between things to remind you to take a break. It'll even nudge you to fix your posture. Or at a minimum, blink.

Hi friends 👋 looking forward to talking Mac apps with all of you!