Recently Popular Mac Apps (Issue #25)

Welcome to Macbed’s new apps introduction column. Here, we will introduce to you the latest and excellent Mac App. We also hope that you can share with us in the comment section the applications that you are interested in or enjoy using. Here are this week’s recommended new apps. The recommended apps will mainly be free apps.

1.AirBattery – Get battery usage of all devices

Get battery usage of all devices on Mac and show them on the Dock / StatusBar / Widgets!

  • After AirBattery is started, it will be displayed on both the Dock and the status bar by default, or only one of them (can be configured)
  • AirBattery will automatically search for all devices supported by the “Nearbility Engine” without manual configuration.
  • Click the Dock icon / status bar icon, or add a widget to view the battery usage of your devices.
  • You can also use the “Nearcast” feature to check the battery usage of other Macs and their peripherals in the LAN at any time.
  • You can also change the status bar icon to a real-time battery icon in preferences, just like the one that comes with the system.
  • If necessary, you can hide certain devices in the Dock menu or status bar menu, and unhide them at any time.

AirBattery is free and open source on Github.


2.Spotube – An Open Source Spotify Client

Spotube is an open source, cross-platform Spotify client compatible across multiple platforms
utilizing Spotify’s data API and YouTube, Piped.video or JioSaavn as an audio source,
eliminating the need for Spotify Premium.

Features
  • 🚫 No ads, thanks to the use of public & free Spotify and YT Music APIs¹
  • ⬇️ Freely downloadable tracks
  • 🖥️ 📱 Cross-platform support
  • 🪶 Small size & less data usage
  • 🕵️ Anonymous/guest login
  • 🕒 Time synced lyrics
  • ✋ No telemetry, diagnostics or user data collection
  • 🚀 Native performance
  • 📖 Open source/libre software
  • 🔉 Playback control is done locally, not on the server

Github Link


3.EcoPaste – Open source clipboard management tools for Windows, Macos and Linux.

Open source clipboard management tools for Windows, Macos and Linux.

Features
  • Lightweight & Cross-platform Supported:Built with Tauri, the application is lightweight and refined, consuming minimal resources. It also delivers a uniform user experience across both Windows, MacOS and Linux platforms.
  • Background Operation & Instant Access:The application is resident in the background, wake up with one click through custom shortcut keys, save time and improve efficiency.
  • Local Storage & Data Security:All clipboard content is stored locally to ensure data privacy and security.
  • Smart Grouping:Supports plain text, rich text, HTML, images, and files. Automatically groups clipboard content by type, managing your clipboard content efficiently.
  • Favorites:Allows you to bookmark clipboard content for easy and fast access. Whether it’s crucial data for work or frequently used information in daily life, you can effortlessly save and retrieve it.
  • Built-in Search:Built-in search helps users quickly find any content on the clipboard, whether it’s text, images (with OCR text search), or files, making everything easily accessible at a glance.
  • Offline Image OCR:Recognize text and QR codes in seconds. Quickly copy recognized content via the context menu, enabling convenient offline text recognition.
  • Enhanced Context Menu:Providing rich right-click menu options, users can quickly perform various operations, which greatly improves the ease of use.
  • Highly Customizable:Provide abundant customization options to meet various scenarios and individual preferences.
  • Automatic Update:Supports automatic and manual update checks, ensuring users always have the latest version for the best experience.
  • Backup & Migration:Supports exporting and importing configurations and clipboard content, making data backup and migration to different platforms seamless, and ensuring continuous data availability.
  • More to ExploreEcoPaste continues to evolve with exciting new features. We look forward to sharing more possibilities with you.

Github Link


4.PhpWebStudy – An all-in-one Web Server / Database Server / PHP environment GUI App

PhpWebStudy is an all-in-one Web Server / Database Server / PHP environment GUI App

In short, PhpWebStudy provides a complete set of operating environments. Help users develop and debug PHP applications such as laravel/wordpress/yii2/thinkphp/fastadmin…


5.Azayaka – A small macOS menu bar-residing screen and system audio recorder.

A small and simple macOS menu bar-residing screen and system audio recorder utilising the ScreenCaptureKit API introduced in macOS 13.
That’s right, record your screen or an app, with its playing audio, regardless of your current audio output device or system volume.

Features
  • Record a screen, window, or just system audio
  • Simple, unobtrusive menu bar application
  • Choose between .mp4 or .mov files, H.264 or H.265
  • Audio options ranging from Opus & AAC to lossless ALAC & FLAC

Github Link


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Bartender 5.1.2

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Reeder 5.4

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