A timer that always stays on top. Choose the size, colour and transparency. Also has repeat timers, stop watch and alarms. Set it by typing.

Run HyperCard stacks from the Internet Archive’s HyperCard collection on your modern Mac without an emulator. Features period-accurate typography, sound, instruments, and MacinTalk speech synthesis, plus cross-stack navigation.

Three forks of Audacity are now united in Tenacity. Features include recording from audio devices (real or virtual), export and import of a wide range of audio formats, up to 32-bit float audio support, support for VST, LV2, and AU plugins, scripting, and more.

A menu bar item that packs so many features you might not need anything else. Includes: keep awake, volume mixer, system monitor, metrics, window switcher, cut-and-paste in Finder, quit when last window closes, app uninstaller, floating shelf, cleaning mode, fan control, and probably more by now.

Installing an app from a DMG is a bit of a rigamarole. After installing your downloaded app, EasyDMG can move the DMG to the trash, reveal the app in Finder, and open the app. It can also remove pesky warnings about unidentified developers.

Private offline diary app features AES-256-GCM encryption, local-first storage, no cloud, and no telemetry. The trade-off is that it is desktop-only.

All those hundreds of icons on thriftmac have had their transparent pixels trimmed to the artwork itself. I found a cheap paid app to do this, but now QuickCrop does the same for free.

Screen captures with a slick open source app that features area selection, scroll capture, built-in editor, screen recording, privacy, text recognition, capture history, and subject capture.

It’s Stickies on steroids. Access them from the menu bar and sync them across your devices. Pinning makes them stay on top. Customization includes fonts, colours and background images. Text can be styled. You can collapse them and keep them in a tidy grid.

Alic is much faster than ImageOptim and has many more options. So of course I switched.

One-click notes app promises to get you back to work in under three seconds. Press commmand-shift-S to get a floating post-it, type your note, then press escape. Notes are saved as plain markdown files on your Mac. On-device AI helps with semantic search and smart folder suggestions.

This writing app is designed to be minimal, beautiful and fast. Instant search understands both context and keywords. It renders markdown as you type. Files and LLMs stay on your device.

Your dock slides out of the way if a window comes near it. Comes with levels of sensitivity that you can adjust.