macOS Needs Its Grid Back

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The author reminisces about the macOS 10.5 Leopard feature called Spaces, which allowed virtual desktops arranged in a customizable grid, enabling efficient spatial navigation that was lost when macOS Lion replaced it with a single-row Mission Control interface. To restore this functionality, the author developed GridLion, an app that recreates grid-based virtual desktop navigation on modern macOS versions despite API limitations and complex permission hurdles, emphasizing the ongoing value of well-crafted software.

https://blog.hopefullyuseful.com/blog/macos-needs-its-grid-back/

macOS RC — Orion RC 1.0.8.147.2 ✴︎ June 4, 2026 (⏳)

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The latest Orion browser release introduces features such as multi-account containers similar to Firefox, a service workers menu in the develop menu, and support for renaming tabs. It also includes numerous bug fixes and improvements addressing performance issues, scroll animation lag on macOS Sonoma, translation defaults, extension script retention, tab group display, and several stability and usability enhancements.

https://orionbrowser.com/updates/orion-rc-release-notes.html#macos-orion-1-0-7-146-1

BBEdit 16

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BBEdit 16 introduces expanded macOS Shortcuts support, improved HTML5 syntax checking via the W3C checker, and the ability to search text within images using OCR. It also offers enhanced project-specific color schemes, vi keyboard emulation, an improved Language Server Protocol integration for syntax coloring, faster SFTP operations, and streamed AI worksheet responses. These updates enhance both coding and text-processing workflows, maintaining BBEdit’s reputation as a robust, versatile macOS text editor.

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/06/01/bbedit-16/

macOS RC — Orion RC 1.0.8.147.2 ✴︎ June 3, 2026

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The latest Orion browser release introduces features such as default multi-account containers similar to Firefox, a service workers menu in the develop menu, and tab renaming support. Numerous improvements and bug fixes address performance issues, scrolling lag on macOS Sonoma, translation defaults, extension script stability, tab behavior, visual glitches, and enhance overall app stability by resolving multiple crashes.

https://orionbrowser.com/updates/orion-rc-release-notes.html#macos-orion-1-0-7-146-1

Kept – LLM Chat Archive

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Kept is a local-first tool that archives AI chat conversations from multiple LLM providers as plain markdown files stored on your filesystem, enabling full-text search, semantic recall, and integration with tools like Obsidian. It supports manual and automatic capture, offers a knowledge graph and topic clustering, and includes a MCP server for integration with other clients, while maintaining user data privacy by default without any cloud dependency.

https://kept.work/

Macshot

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Macshot is a free, open-source screenshot and screen recording tool for macOS that offers a comprehensive set of features including annotation, blur, beautify, scroll capture, OCR, and upload capabilities. Designed for macOS 12.3+ with support for Apple Silicon and Intel, it enables quick capture with global hotkeys, easy annotation editing, smart censoring, and instant sharing, all while being lightweight and native.

https://macshot.io/

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