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Free Mac software, and the story behind each release.

Native apps for macOS, signed and notarized, published here with the reasoning, the screenshots and a direct download. No accounts, no telemetry.

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PeakLab 3.2: the waveform editor with a professional effects rack
PeakLab 3.2.0 · Free · Notarized by Apple New release · 3.2.0

PeakLab 3.2: the waveform editor with a professional effects rack

Free, no account, nothing to sign up for. A focused audio editor for the Mac, now with an eight-band equalizer, a compressor, a gate and a reverb built in-house, every parameter in the open, and one processing path for what you hear and what you export.

Free and without registration. Sample-accurate editing with reliable undo and redo, files saved in their own format, recording with punch-in, and a new Pro section: an eight-band EQ whose curve is measured on the real filters, a feed-forward compressor with k…

Sep 10, 2026 7 min read 725 1 0 AudiomacOSfree software
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On Record: the recorder that writes it all down, on your Mac
On Record 1.0.1 · Free · Notarized by Apple

On Record: the recorder that writes it all down, on your Mac

Free, no account, nothing to sign up for. It records meetings, calls and voice messages, transcribes them on the Mac while you speak, tells the voices apart and writes the notes by itself.

Free and without registration. Microphone and Mac audio, live transcription in any language with Apple's on-device speech engine, speaker separation, automatic notes in prose, calls noticed on WhatsApp, Telegram, Zoom, Teams and Meet, WhatsApp and Telegram vo…

Sep 8, 2026 7 min read 92 0 0 macOSrecordertranscription
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NetScope: every process, every connection, every byte
NetScope 2.0.1 · Free · Notarized by Apple

NetScope: every process, every connection, every byte

A live network monitor for macOS that tells you who your Mac is talking to, with the real bandwidth of each process, the identity and signature of each program, and where every connection goes.

Free, notarized, universal. Per-process bandwidth from kernel statistics, every connection with latency and encryption state, code signature of each program, geolocation on a real map, listening ports, alerts, 90 days of history, pf blocking, ping, traceroute…

Sep 4, 2026 5 min read 125 0 0 macOSnetworksecurity
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Negroni: Mac maintenance that shows you everything before it touches anything
Negroni 1.5.0 · Free · Notarized by Apple

Negroni: Mac maintenance that shows you everything before it touches anything

97 real tasks in 9 categories, a privileged helper you approve once, and the list of every single file before it goes. Free, notarized, universal.

A free, notarized maintenance app for macOS 14 and later. Caches, logs, launch agents, DNS, Spotlight, Time Machine and 39 hidden macOS tweaks. Every action lists what it will do, and only what you tick is removed.

Sep 4, 2026 4 min read 106 1 0 macosmaintenancefree software
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ApexSDR DMR: One Click to Digital Voice. No Pipes, No Pain.
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ApexSDR DMR: One Click to Digital Voice. No Pipes, No Pain.

The first SDR with fully integrated digital voice decoding, built native for macOS. By a ham, for hams.

Every SDR on the market requires external software, virtual audio cables, and endless configuration to decode DMR. ApexSDR DMR puts digital voice one click away. Built from scratch by IU4TPI.

Feb 20, 2026 4 min read 685 1 0 SDRDMRC4FM
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