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About macOS and Applications for Apple Mac computers.

Omni – Local Semantic Search for Your Mac

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Omni is a native macOS app that provides fast, local semantic search across all file types—including text, code, images, audio, and video—using an on-device embedding model running fully offline on Apple Silicon Macs with macOS 14 or later. It indexes user-selected folders into a local vector database allowing queries by meaning rather than keywords, supports multilingual search, displays folder contents as similarity-based maps, and offers a local API for AI agents, all while preserving privacy with no data leaving the Mac. The app features extensive search filtering, keyboard navigation, incremental updating, and configurable performance and storage options to optimize indexing and search workflows.

https://hanxiao.io/omni/

Permute – Media Converter for macOS

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Permute 4 is a macOS-native media converter by Charlie Monroe Software that supports over 100 formats, enabling users to convert, edit, and manage video, audio, images, PDFs, and text files with a simple drag-and-drop interface. It offers advanced features like trimming, cropping, subtitle addition, hardware-accelerated encoding, and smart tools such as OCR and text-to-audio narration, all without subscription via a one-time $14.99 license. Permute 4 emphasizes ease of use alongside professional capabilities and integrates tightly with the Mac ecosystem to streamline media workflows.

https://software.charliemonroe.net/permute/

macOS 27 Golden Gate Kills Time Capsule Support

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macOS 27 Golden Gate removes AFP support, ending Time Machine compatibility with all Time Capsule models that rely on AFP and SMBv1 protocols, which do not meet the new SMBv2/SMBv3 and TLS 1.2 network security requirements. A community project called TimeCapsuleSMB offers a workaround by installing modern Samba software on supported Time Capsule hardware, though this requires manual activation on older models and starts a new backup chain. Intel Mac users can continue using Time Capsule by staying on macOS 26, but Apple silicon Macs upgrading to macOS 27 will need alternative backup solutions.

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/17/macos-27-golden-gate-kills-time-capsule-support/

Apple Is About to Make Hide My Email Useless

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Apple has announced that Sign in with Apple and iCloud+ Hide My Email aliases will now use the @private.icloud.com domain, making it easier for services to block these aliases without affecting regular iCloud mailboxes. This change could reduce the effectiveness of Hide My Email for privacy, as many services may start rejecting these new aliases similarly to temporary email addresses.

https://arseniyshestakov.com/2026/06/16/apple-is-about-to-make-hide-my-email-useless/

Apple Adds Keylogger to iOS App Store for Targeted Advertising: Tied to Your Account and Unencrypted

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Apple has introduced extensive analytics in the iOS App Store that record every user tap and keystroke to enable personalized recommendations and targeted advertising. This data, reportedly stored unencrypted and tied to user accounts, is sent to Apple, raising privacy concerns given Apple's previously strong stance on user privacy. However, some analysis suggests the data transmission may be encrypted via SSL, leaving details of the practice and its scope somewhat unclear.

https://www.osnews.com/story/145322/apple-adds-keylogger-to-ios-app-store-for-targeted-advertising-tied-to-your-account-and-unencrypted/

SHRTCTS

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The content is a comprehensive compilation of keyboard shortcuts for various software applications and tools, including design programs like Figma and Affinity, video editing suites such as Adobe After Effects and DaVinci Resolve, development environments like VS Code and Xcode, and AI chat tools like Claude.ai and Cursor AI. It organizes shortcuts into categories by application and function, aiming to enhance productivity and workflow efficiency for users working across these digital tools.

https://shrtcts.click/

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