Welcome to Macbed’s new apps introduction column. Here, we will introduce to you the latest and excellent Mac App. We also hope that you can share with us in the comment section the applications that you are interested in or enjoy using.
1. Obsidian: a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.
Obsidian is a powerful note-taking and knowledge management tool that helps you organize and connect your ideas, notes, and research. It uses a unique networked note-taking approach that lets you link related notes together, creating a rich and interconnected web of knowledge.
With Obsidian, you can easily create and edit notes in a plain text format, using markdown formatting to add structure, links, and images. You can then use its powerful graph view to visualize the connections between your notes and ideas, allowing you to see the big picture of your research and brainstorming.
Other notable features of Obsidian include its customizable interface, which lets you create your own themes and layouts to suit your preferences, and its powerful search and filtering capabilities, which make it easy to find the information you need from your vast collection of notes.
Overall, Obsidian is an excellent tool for anyone interested in note-taking, research, and knowledge management, providing a flexible and powerful platform for organizing and exploring your ideas and insights.
Obsidian supports macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android. Additionally, personal use is completely free.
2. ntfy: Send push notifications to your phone or desktop via PUT/POST
ntfy (pronounce: notify) is a simple HTTP-based pub-sub notification service. It allows you to send notifications to your phone or desktop via scripts from any computer, entirely without signup, cost or setup. It’s also open source if you want to run your own.
3.MarkEdit for Markdown: A free and **open-source** Markdown editor.
MarkEdit is a free and **open-source** Markdown editor, for macOS. It’s just like _TextEdit_ on Mac but dedicated to `Markdown`.
What make MarkEdit different
- Privacy focused: doesn’t collect any user data
- Native: clean and intuitive, feels right at home on Mac
- Fast: edits 10 MB files easily
- Lightweight: installer size is about 3 MB
- Extensible: seamless Shortcuts integration
4. AI Photo: Stable Diffusion Text-to-Image
AI Photo is an AI-based drawing application that differs from most similar products in that it is not cloud-based. The developer has moved the model to the local device, so there is no need for an internet connection, membership, or additional fees to obtain an efficient AI drawing experience.
Since the application has moved the entire model to the local device, you no longer have to worry about network conditions or queue congestion. The drawing efficiency is only related to the local computing power. AI Photo supports dual platforms of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. The iOS version requires an iPhone or iPad after 2021, while the macOS version only supports Mac devices with M1 or M2 chips. The desktop version has a significant advantage in processing efficiency compared to the mobile version. In addition, the macOS version supports custom models. If you are not satisfied with the drawing effect of the built-in model, you can import other CoreML models in “Settings” > “Model”.
5. Mimestream: A native macOS email client for Gmail
Mimestream is a powerful and intuitive email client designed specifically for macOS. It offers seamless integrations with Gmail, making it a native Gmail experience for macOS users. With its clean and minimal design, customizable keyboard shortcuts, advanced search capabilities, and options for snoozing and scheduling emails, Mimestream is a versatile tool that makes emailing on macOS more streamlined and efficient.
During the testing period, Mimestream is free. Currently, Mimestream1.0 has started charging for testing. You need to send an email to [email protected] to apply. The beta version can be downloaded through the link below.
6. BetterDisplay: Custom Resolutions, XDR/HDR Extra Brightness, Dummy Displays, Brightness Adjustment, Picture in Picture, Display and EDID overrides + more!
BetterDisplay is a truly wonderful tool! It let’s you convert your displays to fully scalable screens, manage display configuration overrides, allows brightness and color control, provides XDR/HDR brightness upscaling (extra brightness beyond 100% for compatible displays with Apple Silicon Macs), full dimming to black, helps you create and manage virtual displays (dummies) for your Mac, create Picture in Picture windows of your displays and gives you a host of other features to manage your display’s settings easily from the menu bar.
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