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Today on AppAddict - How to Check All Your Apps for Homebrew Availability - I don't think there is any question on how useful the free Mac package manager, Homebrew, can be. You can download and install an app with just one simple terminal command, something like:
brew install bbedit
After it's installed, there is no ZIP archive or DMG file to clean up... - appaddict.app/post/how-to-chec - #Mac #macOS #Apple #AppAddict

appaddict.appHow to Check All Your Apps for Homebrew AvailabilityI don't think there is any question on how useful the free Mac package manager, Homebrew, can be. You can download and install an app with just one simple terminal command, something like: brew install bbedit After it's installed, there is no ZIP archive or DMG file to clean up or manage. To update you apps installed with Homebrew, you don't need a special app or a subscription to anything. You just open a terminal windows and run: brew upgrade Your apps will be upgraded in place with nothing for you to clean up. To back up your configuration, you just run brew bundle dump and a custom brewfile will be created at the root of your home directory. If you get a new Mac od do a fresh install on your current machine, you can use that brewfile to download all your apps and packages with one command. If you are late to the party and already have an /Applications folder full of your favorite apps, don't worry, you can use a simple shell script to compare what you have installed with what is available for the Homebrew catalog. It won't take long to replace your manually installed apps with their Homebrew counterparts. How To Check Your Applications FolderHere is the script. It isn't 100% foolproof, so read the explanation and don't empty your trash until you've verified that the app you got from Homebrew is the same as the app you replaced. # List all applications in /Applications and ~/Applications find /Applications -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "*.app" -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d $'\0' app_path; do app_name=$(basename "$app_path" .app) echo "Checking: $app_name" # Sanitize the app name for Homebrew search (replace spaces with hyphens, etc.) search_term=$(echo "$app_name" | sed -e 's/ /-/g' -e 's/\./-/g' -e 's/@.*//') # Basic sanitization, might need more # Search Homebrew formulae brew search "$search_term" | grep -i "^$search_term$" && echo " Found in Homebrew formulae" # Search Homebrew casks brew search --cask "$search_term" | grep -i "^$search_term$" && echo " Found in Homebrew casks" done Explanation: • The script finds all .app directories in /Applications and ~/Applications. • It extracts the application name. • It performs basic sanitization of the name to make it more suitable for a Homebrew search. • It uses brew search and brew search --cask to look for matches in both Homebrew formulae (command-line tools and libraries) and casks (GUI applications). • The grep -i "^$search_term$" part tries to find exact matches (case-insensitive). How to use: 1. Save the script to a file (e.g., check_brew_availability.sh). 2. Make it executable: chmod +x check_brew_availability.sh. 3. Run it from your terminal: ./check_brew_availability.sh. Limitations of this script: • Naming variations: Homebrew package names might be significantly different from the application bundle names. • False positives/negatives: The simple name sanitization might lead to incorrect matches or miss potential ones. • Manual review needed: You'll likely need to manually inspect the output to confirm if the Homebrew package is indeed the same application you have installed. In case you are wondering, this script and the instructions were written with the help of an LLM coding GPT. I've tested it on several different Intel and Apple Silicon Macs with solid results.
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Today on AppAddict - Glide — A Reading Aid for Those With Concentration and Perception Challenges - Luckily, I don't have a diagnosis of ADHD or dyslexia, although anyone who spends much time online quickly becomes aware that those challenges are common among people of all walks of life, including tech. I'm old, so I lived a good thirty years before widespread Internet access arrived in the... - - #Mac #macOS #Apple #AppAddict appaddict.app/post/glide-a-rea

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Today on AppAddict - Make dupeGuru Part of Your Maintenance Toolbox - As a non-developer, I appreciate how difficult writing good software must be. There are a few tasks that it seems are nearly impossible to prefect. Finding duplicate images is one of them. Apps that use machine logic to identify images with different file names, different creation dates, file sizes and... - appaddict.app/post/make-dupegu - #Mac #macOS #Apple #AppAddict

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An AppAddict Review for your Mac - There are many background noise apps for the Mac, but the one I like the best is Noizio, which has 40 different sounds. You can choose a single sound or any combination and save the mix as a custom loop.
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appaddict.appNoizio - A Background Sound App for MacI recently discovered an app that I use on my iMac at work for background sounds. Noizio, an app from developer Kyrylo Kovalin has a free and paid version. the free version offers five nature sounds that can be combined into 25 distinct tracks. The paid version is $9.99 in the Mac App Store (also available on Setapp). The paid version has 40 different sounds: Birds in Park, Blue Whales, Campfire, City Street, Clock, Deep Space, Desert, Farm, Frogs and Crickets, Ghosty, Heartbeat, Inside Train, Keyboard Typing, Kitty Purr, Magical Chimes, Night Owls, October Rain, Old Typewriter, Paris, Cafe, Pink Noise, Playground, River Stream, Sailing Yacht, Sea Waves, Ship Hull, Space Drone, Subway, Summer Night, Sunny Day, Thunderstorm, Tropical Birds, Vinyl Cracks, White Noise, Wind Chimes, Winter Wind, Alpha Waves, Beta Waves, Gamma Waves, Delta Waves, Theta Waves. You can choose a single sound or any combination and save the mix as a custom loop. Noizio has a master volume but each sound also has it's own volume control so you can really fine tune what you hear. The mixes are played in a continuous loop, although you can set a timer to have them quit whenever you want. You can use the app offline, so it's perfect for providing background noise even when you are away from wi-fi. Noizio has been downloaded over 1,000,000 times and has a 4.8 satisfaction rating in the App Store. It does not collect any data about you.
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Today on AppAddict - Quick App Launcher - Pro, A Well Thought Alternative - There are various ways to launch apps on a Mac. The most obvious and the one used most by new Mac users is clicking icons in the dock. Apple also has Launchpad another built-in launcher. More advanced users sometimes move on to keyboard-driven methods, starting with Spotlight and advanced launchers... - appaddict.app/post/quick-app-l - #Mac #macOS #Apple #AppAddict

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An AppAddict Review for your Mac - My go-to app for doing batch graphic conversions and edits is the free Xnconvert. You can save workflows to help with things like file compression, resizing, renaming, format changes and more.
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appaddict.appXnConvert - Free Batch Image Converter and EditorXnConvert is a free and powerful application for batch editing and conversion of graphics files. It can handle 500 different kinds of input files and it outputs over 70 different formats. It allows you to save any task sequence of combined settings to include edits, output format, naming convention and output location. You can perform batch operations of over 80 actions. Some of the image modifications include:• Cropping • Resizing • Watermarking  • Clearing metadata Mapping edits include:• White balance • Saturation • Contrast • Sepia Filters Include:• Sharpen • Unsharp mask • Edge Detection • Gaussian Blur Miscellaneous edits include:• Vignetting • Borders • Film Simulation • Oil painting I gave it 15 files of various images with formats of jpg, png, and webp. I told it to resize every image to 900 pixels wide, sharpen, vignette and save the final product as webp. It took about 10 seconds.  It can output files, compressed files, straight to email or to FTP. The program has been converted to over 20 languages. It supports macOS 10.12 and later. It was last updated 10 months ago. The developer's website has more info. You can download the app from the Mac App Store.
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An AppAddict Review for your Mac - Wins is more than just an app to manage windows. It can hide apps, hide all apps but one, uses mouse gestures and the keyboard.
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appaddict.appWins Has Window Management and MoreI've never found a use for most window management tools. I work on a laptop at home and run most apps maximized. At work I have two gigantic displays and in instances where I need to reference two apps at once, I just slide over to the other display. There are times however when I want to be able to get to my desktop quickly and when I want a single app display with no distraction. Additionally, I have been using an app called DockDoor to view the open windows of apps in the dock, a feature that's included in Wins. After downloading and installing Wins, I'm impressed with the way it can be customized and how well it works with keyboard shortcuts and mouse gestures. I'm going to experiment with some of the features to see if they will improve my workflow. Features• Shake a window to hide other windows. • Access an overlay of suggested window positions by dragging windows to it. • Integrates with System Settings. • Move windows, including to another display, with the keyboard. • Hide windows with keyboard shortcuts. • Drag windows to snap. • Hide all windows with the keyboard. • Low memory and CPU usage • Dark mode interface to match system • Keyboard shortcuts for multiple window positions A single license for Wins is $13.99. A second license if half off. Educators and students get a 40% discount.
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An AppAddict Review for your Mac - Badgeify is an app that allows you to get an unread message count in the menu bar from any app that uses the Mac notification system - Mail, Messages, Discord, Signal, WhatsApp etc.
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appaddict.appBadgeify - Notifications in Your Menu BarIn today's connected environment notifications can be vital or they can be an unwelcome hinderance. It's different for each individual. Personally, I don't get so many that it interferes with my work, and I prefer to find out someone is attempting to contact me as soon as possible. I operate my Macs with the dock hidden, so relying on notifications there isn't useful to me. Badgeify, a freemium app from Techflow Studio Limited provides a menu bar-based notification system I find useful. Any app that uses the Mac notification system can be added to Badgeify. In my own use case, I chose five apps: • Apple Messages • Facebook Messenger • Microsoft Teams • Microsoft Outlook (with three email accounts) • Discord You can choose how the icons are displayed in the menu bar, always shown, transparent when inactive or hidden when inactive. You can also choose to have the icons hidden unless there is a notification, which is what I went with. Clicking on an icon switches to or launches the app. Only active apps display notifications. I was satisfied with the default application icons, which display in color. but if matching aesthetics are important to you, you can choose custom monochrome menu bar icons. Badgeify is free for up to three apps with limited choices on icon display. A single computer license is $19 and a two-computer license is $29. Both of these options feature unlimited apps and your choice of icon display options. It is fully compatible with menu bar management apps like Bartender, Ice and Hidden Bar. Badgeify is compatible with macOS 10.15 Catalina and all later versions. Badgeify is based on Doll, a free app available on GitHub.
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Today on AppAddict - MyApplications - An App for App Lovers - For the avid app collector there are a few tools available to help catalog and curate the assortment of programs that accumulate over time. You can use Apple's built in system report to get comprehensive information but it's rather dense and not illustrated. You can use an app like Apparency,... - appaddict.app/post/myapplicati - #Mac #macOS #Apple #AppAddict

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Today on AppAddict - Pareto Security - Quick and Easy - I recently noticed an app on Setapp that I'd never tried, Pareto Security, so I investigated it. It's a basic application that checks the settings on your Mac and quickly shows you where you aren't following the best recommended practices from security experts. It has links to tutorials for every... - appaddict.app/post/pareto-secu - #Mac #macOS #Apple #AppAddict

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Today on AppAddict - Change the Location of Notifications With PingPlace - One of my favorite tech writers, Justin Pot, who publishes a lot over at Lifehacker, reviewed a new to me app today called PingPlace. If something happens on a Mac, someone is going to figure out a way to tweak it. This free app moves the pop-up location for notifications... - appaddict.app/post/change-the- - #Mac #macOS #Apple #AppAddict

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