I've been thinking about how many great Mac apps start from incredibly small frustrations.
Not "I need a new productivity system" problems, but things like:
Why does macOS forget this setting?
Why is there no native way to do this?
Why…
From the discussion
“Home and End keys don’t work. 20 years after leaving Windows still annoying AF. Karabiner, macOS settings etc still leave edge cases in certain applications.”
Hey r/macapps**. A month ago I posted DockGroups here. Here's what a month actually looked like.**
dockgroups.com | Demo
Last month the problem was Dock clutter. This month the problem was mine: I told this sub feedback shapes releases,…
From the discussion
“It looks pretty good. I'm currently testing out DockPops and 2 visual aspects that yours don't seem to have (that I could find) that I think are make a real difference.
Allow dictating the size of the popup (by column/row)... I don't want a massive popup if I've only got 3 apps in it.
Option to centre the popup above the icon being clicked (rather than just middle of the dock)
Option to turn off titles - I really don't need the word Steam or Cyberpunk 2077 below the very recognisable icons”
Problem:
"Hardcoded" subtitles are baked into the video image itself, so there's no track to pull out. The only way to get the text back is to read it off the frames with OCR. GeekLink allows you to extract hardcoded subtitles from any…
From the discussion
“Nice! you mentioned optimizing accuracy recently: how does it handle subtitles with backgrounds or busy footage where contrast is low? And does the "AI Re-segment" feature help fix OCR line-breaks that don't match natural sentence boundaries, or is that more for timing adjustments?”
problem: extensions in safari cost annual money to create because of that most extensions from chrome are missing. on top of that, safari works differently with different apis than chrome. because the lack of extensions in safari people…
Hey r/macapps!
I just released SnappyNotes 2.0, a full rebuild of my sidebar notepad for macOS and iOS. It's a notepad that lives at the edge of your screen and opens with a gesture, so you can jot something down without ever leaving the…
From the discussion
“Looks cool, also you made a great video for showing how it works”
I'm the developer of CoverMyCamera. Posting here because I built this for MacBook users who want camera/mic privacy without a plastic shutter.
Problem
Sticky webcam covers are still the default advice for Mac privacy. Apple has warned…
From the discussion
“I don't find it very useful because of the green camera indicator. I always know when it's on. and as someone said in the comments - if a hacker is good enough to bypass this camera indicator - he'll easily bypass your software. Best of luck!”
KNOWN ISSUE IN VERSION 1.1.1
I'VE IDENTIFIED A CRITICAL ISSUE AFFECTING TRANSCRIPTION IN VERSION 1.1.1. A FIX HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO APPLE AND IS AWAITING REVIEW.
IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY USING VERSION 1.1, WAIT TO UPDATE UNTIL THE FIXED…
From the discussion
“the local batch workflow is the strongest angle here. i'd make the export behavior really obvious on the page: burned-in mp4 only, srt/vtt sidecar, or both. people doing shorts/reels usually want burned-in captions, but anyone editing longer videos will care a lot about being able to fix timing/text in a separate subtitle file before final export.”
Hi everyone,
As a small thank you to the community, FloatTube is available for $1.99 for a limited time. The Chrome version is available for free, with some platform-specific differences. You can find a detailed comparison on the website.…
From the discussion
“FloatTube — by 非 吴 Ratings: 0 (no ratings yet) · 2 reviews Average: n/a ★ Age: released ~8 months ago · rated 17+ Overall score: 0 / 100”
I really want voice ink to work well for me, period. I purchased it when it first came out and I have wished ever since then that it would work for me, period. Here's the problem, colon, new paragraph. When I dictate text to be used…
From the discussion
“I just purchased VoiceInk, so I don't know much about the app yet. Generally, all of these apps require you to edit the prompt for the specific mode. If you go to your modes and adjust the prompt to include obeying commands with examples like `new line` or `colon`, it should theoretically work. Give it a try”
Tu/tcollingr/macapps
EVERY POST CLASSIFIED
Explore by signal
Different conversations reveal different kinds of opportunity. Start with the signal that fits how you build.
Verba keeps the problem and its conversation together. You can judge the signal before deciding what, if anything, should be built.
01
Notice the signal
Search direct requests, recurring friction, and questions from real conversations.
Browse needs
02
Read the context
Open a demand brief and read the original post alongside every collected comment.
Keep the nuance
03
Choose what matters
Compare discussion depth and source evidence before committing your time to a solution.
Build with evidence
6 QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
What this first Verba ledger contains, how it was cleaned, and what the numbers mean.
01Where do these needs come from?
This first dataset is a snapshot of public posts and comments from r/MacApps. Every brief links back to its original Reddit source.
02Are posts translated?
No. Interface text is fully available in English and Simplified Chinese, while community content stays in its original language to preserve meaning.
03How are comments attached to a post?
The cleaner uses Reddit post IDs to group every collected comment under its post. Known reply relationships are preserved; missing thread metadata remains marked unknown.
04Why do some metrics say “not provided”?
The scraper exported richer metrics for only part of the dataset. Verba keeps absent values as unknown instead of presenting them as zero.
05Does the comment count equal Reddit’s total?
Not always. The dataset often contains only a sample of a larger thread. Detail pages show collected and reported counts separately whenever both exist.
06Can I use the data through an API?
Yes. The mock endpoints expose searchable, paginated posts and individual post records in the normalized post-to-comments shape.