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Longplay for Mac

Adrian Schönig (2023, via Nick Heer): Longplay 1.0 was released in August 2020. I had used the app for years before that myself, but I didn’t know how it would be received by a wider audience. I loved the kind of feedback that I got which helped me distill the heart of the app: Music […]

NameQuick 1.9.29

NameQuick: AI-powered file renaming that just works.[…]Rename legal documents, research articles, and scans automatically with clear, informative filenames.Automatically organize invoices and receipts by extracting key details like vendor names, dates, and amounts.Instantly rename photos with descriptive labels derived from image content or metadata for easy reference.[…]Use local models from Ollama for faster, offline renaming with […]

Shortcuts in macOS Tahoe

Jason Snell: In macOS 26, there’s a built-in clipboard manager that can be accessed from the Spotlight interface, and a new set of Shortcuts triggers let you run automations when events occur on your Mac or at specific intervals. Simon B. Støvring: “Folder” and “File” seem like interesting automation triggers in Shortcuts for Mac. You […]

Weak Ubiquitous Linking in Apple’s Apps

Luc Beaudoin: If you are like many knowledge workers, on a typical day you access over dozens of information resources. If you have to use search or navigate through folders to get to them, you’re taking a big hit on productivity. It’s much easier to access a resource by clicking on a contextually placed link […]

Apple’s Browser Engine Ban Persists, Even Under the DMA

Jess Weatherbed: It’s been 16 months since a DMA ruling allowed iOS developers like Google and Mozilla to use their own browser engines in the EU, so… where are they? Open Web Advocacy (Hacker News): Apple’s compliance did not start well. Faced with the genuine possibility of third-party browsers effectively powering web apps, Apple’s first […]