Tag: macos

What’s in my /Applications Folder: 10 macOS Apps I can’t (or don’t want to) live without

I have a weird habit. Every few years, I feel the urge to wipe my iMac, MacBook Pro, or whatever device I’m actively working on completely clean. I do have backups, but I don’t use them. Instead, I choose to format the entire hard disk and start setting up everything from scratch. That also applies to all my apps.

And when it comes to apps, I’m as picky as my cat deciding which cardboard to sit in. Here are 10 apps – some of them paid, some of them open-source – that I don’t want to miss when working on macOS.
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March 23, 2025
Fixing “Apple could not verify [some app] is free of malware that may harm your Mac or compromise your privacy.” Move to trash? I don’t think so

Apple doesn’t like software that doesn’t come from the App Store. In fact, Apple doesn’t want any software that has not been vetted by Apple itself. This applies to cracked apps (shame on you 🤐) and open-source apps from, let’s say, GitHub.

The error message for this is always the same: “Apple could not verify [some app] is free of malware that may harm your Mac or compromise your privacy. ” It actually recommends moving the app to Trash. God, thanks. macOS has a decent command line, which allows us to fix this issue with just one line of code.
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February 22, 2025
Using BoltAI’s Shell Plugin to Automate Tedious and Boring Tasks with Groq

I know, I know, the AI hype train has long left the station, and it’d be rather embarrassing to explain for the millionth time what AI (or, to be precise, generative AI), how they work, and what prompts yield the best results for whatever you’re using it for.

But there’s one feature that, at least according to my observations, is rarely touched: plugins. Let me give you just one example of how it can automate a whole chain of commands with just one prompt.
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December 27, 2024