A developer known as fetzu is using Anthropic's Claude LLM to reverse-engineer a macOS driver for the defunct Drobo 5D RAID array, aiming to keep the 14-year-old device working on future macOS version…
OpenAI's new 'Computer History' feature for the ChatGPT macOS app creates a searchable, plaintext database of user actions, including clicks and keystrokes, to give its agent context. The feature is o…
Keychain-store, an open-source module, now adds full macOS keychain support for Electron apps, enabling developers to read and write secrets directly into the system keychain using the native macOS se…
Klo, a native macOS app, introduces agentic video editing, allowing users to describe edits in plain language while an agent performs them on a real timeline, with footage never leaving the Mac. The a…
Mozilla has released Smart Window beta, a free AI tool for Firefox on macOS and Windows that lets users switch between three models (Fast, Flexible, Personal) and includes Memories for saved context. …
Kuber, a 19-year-old developer, used Claude Code to create a macOS driver for his HP Laser 1008a printer, which is a rebranded Samsung model speaking the proprietary SPL3 language, by recompiling the …
A developer discovered that their macOS backup job had silently failed for three weeks because launchd couldn't write to ~/Documents due to macOS TCC permissions. The developer solved the issue by mov…
A new open-source macOS app, DesktopFly, simulates a 3D fruit fly on the desktop using a live spiking simulation of the real FlyWire connectome, with 23,210 neuron soma positions from FlyWire v783 and…
A developer used Anthropic's Claude Code with Opus 4.8 over a four-hour session to reverse-engineer the SPL3 raster language and run HP's real codec in a Linux container, enabling macOS to natively pr…
Huawei's HarmonyOS PC redesigns the desktop workflow for the AI era by weaving AI into the system's fabric, treating the PC as the central hub of a distributed system. The OS enables seamless cross-de…
A developer discovered that macOS's `dasd` daemon accumulated 46GB of compressed memory, invisible to standard RSS-based monitoring, causing a 37GB swap and a 24-hour outage of an autonomous Claude Co…
A developer refused to grant a commercial launcher Full Disk Access and instead built his own macOS launcher in half an hour, releasing it on GitHub under the MIT license. The developer criticized App…
A developer built Kepos, an end-to-end encrypted P2P tunnel that makes remote TCP services appear as local loopback connections, and demonstrated its utility by integrating it with DeepSeek Harness (d…
Remarc, a free and open-source macOS app, lets users provide structured, contextual feedback to AI coding agents by selecting text, annotating screenshots, or commenting on web elements, with each com…
OpenAI introduced Computer History, an opt-in feature for the ChatGPT desktop app on macOS, that records user activity across approved apps and websites to build a searchable timeline for ChatGPT and …
OpenAI has introduced Computer History, an opt-in feature for the ChatGPT desktop app on macOS that tracks user clicks and keystrokes to build a timeline of activity, which ChatGPT and Codex can refer…
Widen, an open-source native Postgres GUI for macOS 14+, now lets users draft SQL from natural-language questions using a cloud model or Apple's on-device Foundation Model on macOS 26+ Apple Silicon M…
A developer used AI to diagnose and fix macOS performance issues, replacing paid third-party apps with custom-built alternatives in under an hour each, resulting in a faster system and lower costs. Th…
OpenAI has introduced Computer History, a macOS feature for ChatGPT and Codex that records user activity such as clicks, typing, and app switches, converting them into local Markdown memories, with te…
Macsomnia, a new macOS menu-bar app by developer iamdadzilla, lets users close their MacBook lid while keeping long-running light jobs such as AI agents, builds, and downloads alive by disabling clams…