I like that it's open source, but, last release Oct 29, 2024.
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But if it works, why update it?
Yes, I know, it doesn't work! There's a Tahoe beta available.
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SoundSource 6 Is Here!
Our essential Mac audio utility just got its biggest update ever.
weblog.rogueamoeba.com
Looks neat!
I cant tell if it does voice isolation though, like if i want to suppress background music in a playing video to preserve the voice, or when on a video call. It says i can add effects but i cant see what they are. Does anyone know?
Just found this. Looks good.
MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite database tool. Free and open source.
tablepro.app
Edit: Not open source. They seem to be using a funky custom license.
MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite database tool. Free and open source.
TablePro - Native database client for Mac and iPhone
Native database client for Mac and iPhone. MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MongoDB, Redis, and 15+ more. Free and open-source.
tablepro.app
Edit: Not open source. They seem to be using a funky custom license.
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Just found this. Looks good.
MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite database tool. Free and open source.
TablePro - Native database client for Mac and iPhone
Native database client for Mac and iPhone. MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MongoDB, Redis, and 15+ more. Free and open-source.
Edit: Not open source. They seem to be using a funky custom license.
Is it not open source? Their pages and GitHub seems to say so, seems to be AGPL3.
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Heh, they changed that four hours ago. Look at the last modified time for the LICENSE file in the Github repo.
Just found this. Open source alternative to CleanMyMac.
github.com
GitHub - momenbasel/PureMac: Free, open-source macOS cleaner. CleanMyMac alternative with zero telemetry. Native SwiftUI, scheduled auto-cleaning, Xcode/Homebrew/system cache cleanup. MIT licensed.
Free, open-source macOS cleaner. CleanMyMac alternative with zero telemetry. Native SwiftUI, scheduled auto-cleaning, Xcode/Homebrew/system cache cleanup. MIT licensed. - momenbasel/PureMac
github.com
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Will keep an eye on this as it looks to be a handy app to have to help with MacOS littering.Just found this. Open source alternative to CleanMyMac.
GitHub - momenbasel/PureMac: Free, open-source macOS cleaner. CleanMyMac alternative with zero telemetry. Native SwiftUI, scheduled auto-cleaning, Xcode/Homebrew/system cache cleanup. MIT licensed.
Free, open-source macOS cleaner. CleanMyMac alternative with zero telemetry. Native SwiftUI, scheduled auto-cleaning, Xcode/Homebrew/system cache cleanup. MIT licensed. - momenbasel/PureMac
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Whats MacOS littering?
Nothing really. Perhaps the occasional orphaned preference file, but that doesn't matter. It's just lost disk space.
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Thats what I thought, the risk is probably higher removing it than leaving it!
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Originally Mac apps were self containing, which is great. But apps now have a tendency to dump associated resources and data to userspace (~/Library) and systemspace which get orphaned when removing or "uninstalling" through the usual method, ie - dragging the app to your bin, not so great.
It's in the same vein to Microsoft Windows in that you'll find random registry entries or profile files for an application you uninstalled months or years beforehand.
Sometimes this can be a few kilobytes, like preference files as Feek mentions, other times it can be an app like XCode that dumps a few gigabytes in your ~/Library.
As always, it's each to their own and up to you to determine if it's worth doing but in the 15/16 years of using apps like AppCleaner (https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/), i can't say i've had any issue removing orphaned app data.