Amerpie by Lou Plummer

"Eddy Went to Spain" by Kate Jacobs Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element.

"Hearts on Fire" by Gram Parsons What’s a song you’ve had on repeat recently?

TL;DR: Five free Mac utilities worth a look this week: a menu-bar fix for notification banners landing on the wrong monitor, a drag-and-drop media compressor, a keyboard-backlight scheduler, an unusually hard-to-skip screen-break app, a notch utility with…

"The Weight" by The Band Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element.

"Graceland" by Paul Simon Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element.

I entered adolescence in the disco era.

The Apple-created graphics that appear on your folders are called SF Symbols.

"Get Back" by The Beatles Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element.

Moving from the only home we'd known in our married life this spring required us to downsize in ways that once would have caused me oceans of anxiety.

"Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards" by Billy Bragg Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element.

TL;DR: Five free, mostly open-source, no-telemetry Mac utilities from this week's testing: docktor (dock widgets + hover previews), Kompakt (drag-and-drop image/video compression), TetherShot (live iPhone screen capture over USB/Wi-Fi), FolderForge (rule-…

"Desperados Waiting for a Train" by Guy Clark Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element.

"Something More Than Free" by Jason Isbell Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element.

Here are the best apps I tested this weekend.

"Faithless Street" by Whiskeytown Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element.

"New Madrid" by Uncle Tupelo Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element.

My siblings and I are retired or close to it, but we still have conversations that start with "Do you remember when Mom made X?"

I eat grits.

"Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element.

When I wrote and published my first software review in 2024, I had no idea I'd still be going strong after 500+ reviews.

"Kodachrome" by Paul Simon Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element.

"In Spite of Ourselves (feat.

Here are five free Mac applications you've most likely never come across.

"Once In a Lifetime" by Talking Heads Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element.

Are you paying for an ad blocker, folder automation, notes & PKM and image editing ?

TL;DR: Lore is a free Mac app that follows YouTube channels over plain RSS, no algorithm, no Google account, then archives what you keep as a permanent offline file with transcript search, highlights, and SponsorBlock built in.

"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" by Bob Dylan Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element.

If you listen to podcasts about endurance sports, you'll hear a common theme come up among the hikers, cyclists and runners whose idea of fun is covering long distances under their own power.

TL;DR: Control Panel for YouTube, UnTrap, and DeArrow all quiet YouTube down without making you leave the account, the browser, or the ecosystem behind.

TL;DR: Play, Yattee and Unwatched all refuse to let YouTube pick your next video; each builds a feed from your subscriptions instead of Google's ranking.