Feek's macOS useful tools, utilities and applications thread

Cromulent · 9 May 2024 at 13:31

Not sure how many people remember the old Mac game Escape Velocity but I found the modern version here: https://escape-velocity.games/

I spent hours playing that game back in the day.

Cromulent · 13 May 2024 at 18:59

OpenAI announce a macOS desktop app for ChatGPT.

OpenAI Announces ChatGPT App for Mac, GPT-4 for Free, and More

At its Spring Update event, OpenAI announced that it will be releasing a desktop app for the Mac, as seen in the screenshot below. The app will be...

www.macrumors.com

Cromulent · 24 May 2024 at 23:27

The macOS ChatGPT app is pretty good. You need a plus account to test it at the moment though.

Feek · 20 Jul 2024 at 13:13

I've known forever that cmd-h minimises the current window.

Today, I discovered that cmd-option-h minimises everything except the current window.

That little option key has so many hidden and unknown features, it's a real beauty.

Cromulent · 27 Jul 2024 at 23:38

Does anyone know how to call Google Chrome from the command line so I can use headless mode?

Chrome Headless mode | Chromium | Chrome for Developers

Chrome's Headless mode is now more useful for developers, by bringing it closer to Chrome's regular "headful" mode.

developer.chrome.com

Example command:

Code:

chrome --headless --print-to-pdf https://developer.chrome.com/

Cromulent · 28 Jul 2024 at 16:45

Found Sound Source which seems to be a pretty decent EQ app along with loads of other features I probably won't use.

SoundSource - A Superior Sound Control

Access your Mac's audio devices, control per-app audio, and much more, all from the menu bar.

rogueamoeba.com

Feek · 28 Jul 2024 at 16:57

Cromulent said:
Found Sound Source which seems to be a pretty decent EQ app along with loads of other features I probably won't use.

SoundSource - A Superior Sound Control

Access your Mac's audio devices, control per-app audio, and much more, all from the menu bar.

rogueamoeba.com

Be really interested to hear how you get on with that. Rogue Amoeba do a lot of audio stuff.

Cromulent · 29 Jul 2024 at 15:27

Feek said:
Be really interested to hear how you get on with that. Rogue Amoeba do a lot of audio stuff.

I ended up buying it. The EQ presets are quite nice and listening to Apple Music lossless through my DAC with a pair of IEMs sounds really good. I'll probably have a play around with custom EQ settings but I'm pretty happy with the software.

Music is pretty much the most important thing to me so I'm willing to spend money on something that improves the experience.

Cromulent · 31 Jul 2024 at 20:35

There was an app for macOS but I can't for the life of me remember what it was called. I've just installed iStat Menu and it works well but my menu bar is full and I remember there was an app that let you hide things you don't see all the time. Can someone remind me what it is called? Thanks.

Feek · 31 Jul 2024 at 20:39

Bartender.

whiskycycle · 31 Jul 2024 at 23:19

Feek said:
Bartender.

What's the consensus on that after the author secretly sold it? Don't seem to be any alternative apps anywhere near as good, so I've stuck with it so far.

Feek · 31 Jul 2024 at 23:29

I didn’t know it had been sold. I updated to v5 on my Studio but stick with v4 on my MBA because I thought the automatic hiding and slowing thing based on conditions was totally messed up on v5.

I haven’t followed the release notes to see if it’s been resolved yet.

Cromulent · 12 Sep 2024 at 18:04

Before I pay for it is there a better SFTP client than Transmit? Something that included SCP would be awesome.

Throrik · 12 Sep 2024 at 18:25

I'm going to be that miserable old man here, but the terminal is probably the best choice. I use SCP in particular, sometimes multiple times a day and it works flawlessly. I certainly wouldn't pay for an app to do it.

However, to caveat that I do have (at work) a copy of Royal TSX which has SFTP and I assume SCP capabilities along side a whole host of others and it works flawlessly although it's again paid for.

Cromulent · 12 Sep 2024 at 18:27

Throrik said:
I'm going to be that miserable old man here, but the terminal is probably the best choice. I use SCP in particular, sometimes multiple times a day and it works flawlessly. I certainly wouldn't pay for an app to do it.

However, to caveat that I do have (at work) a copy of Royal TSX which has SFTP and I assume SCP capabilities along side a whole host of others and it works flawlessly although it's again paid for.

Yeah, I guess you are right. I always forget the correct commands though. Having said that practice makes perfect.

Feek · 12 Sep 2024 at 18:53

Cromulent said:
Before I pay for it is there a better SFTP client than Transmit? Something that included SCP would be awesome.

Have you tried cyberduck?

Cromulent · 12 Sep 2024 at 20:33

Feek said:
Have you tried cyberduck?

Thanks. I'll try that out.

visibleman · 13 Sep 2024 at 13:29

Feek said:
Have you tried cyberduck?

Yup, Cyberduck will do SFTP as will FileZilla. I've yet to find anything GUI based for Mac that specifically does SCP other than CLI command or running WinSCP through Wine or similar.

Cromulent · 13 Sep 2024 at 13:30

visibleman said:
Yup, Cyberduck will do SFTP as will FileZilla. I've yet to find anything GUI based for Mac that specifically does SCP other than CLI command or running WinSCP through Wine or similar.

I'm having internet issues at the moment but Cyberduck and Mountainduck look like what I want.

ChrisD. · 13 Sep 2024 at 22:28

Termius is expensive, but it's something I pay for as I find it really useful and it will do SFTP. I would love something like MobaXterm to come to macOS.