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	<subtitle type="text">A curated selection of hundreds of free Mac apps</subtitle>
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	<updated>2026-05-22T18:53:13Z</updated>
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		<published>2026-05-21T16:07:11Z</published>
		<updated>2026-05-21T16:14:20Z</updated>
		<title type="html">Explore these free apps made 'for the fun of making them'</title>
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		<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Every now and then I run across of trove of free Mac software so large that I’m not sure what to do with it. They all appear to be eligible for thriftmac, but do I really want to download and test them all?</p>

<p>In this case, the trove in question is <a href="https://jorviksoftware.cc/">Jorvik Software</a>. At last count, there are 23 free and open source apps on the site. They’re created by Jonathan Hollin, a back-end developer on the Isle of Man who builds native macOS in his spare time.</p>

<p>“That&#8217;s what this site is about — the things I make for the fun of making them,” he says on his <a href="https://jorviksoftware.cc/about">About page</a>.</p>

<p>The one that caught my eye, and drew me into the site, is RainbowApple, a utility that overlays the classic six-colour Apple logo on top of the black one that Apple now ships. Pretty simple, but looks like fun.</p>

<p>Also among the many utilities: CalendarUpcoming to alert you of upcoming events, CopyLens to pull the text from an image, MenuTidy to collapse menu bar icons behind a chevron, WindowPin to pin any window so that it is always on top.</p>

<p>The only one he considers to be a full-blown app is Jorvik Daily News, an <span class="caps">RSS</span> reader that lays out the news like a daily newspaper.</p>

<p>On top of that, there are three retro games and four screensavers that look cool.</p>

<p>Eventually some of these will make their way into the thriftmac collection, but don’t wait for me — explore on your own.</p>]]></content>
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>A one-man show based on the Isle of Man is producing a trove of free and open source Mac apps.</p>]]></summary>
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		<published>2026-05-19T18:57:21Z</published>
		<updated>2026-05-19T18:57:21Z</updated>
		<title type="html">Numsy</title>
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		<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>A minimalist calculator for your menu bar that features history, percentages (such as sales tax), customization and the option of multiple calculators.</p>]]></content>
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		<published>2026-05-19T18:48:09Z</published>
		<updated>2026-05-19T18:48:09Z</updated>
		<title type="html">Spank</title>
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		<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Give your Mac a smack and it says “ow!” Also has sexy and Halo (yes, the game) modes. Or get it to play custom MP3s of your choice. You control the sensitivity.</p>]]></content>
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		<published>2026-05-08T03:30:25Z</published>
		<updated>2026-05-08T03:30:25Z</updated>
		<title type="html">massCode</title>
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		<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>A code snippets manager that includes markdown notes, <span class="caps">HTTP</span> requests, calculations, and built-in developer tools. Integrates with VS Code and Raycast. Data stays on your computer.</p>]]></content>
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		<published>2026-05-05T20:23:40Z</published>
		<updated>2026-05-05T20:23:40Z</updated>
		<title type="html">macAppLibrary</title>
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		<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>For those times when you have so many apps that you can&#8217;t remember what some of them do — an app that scans them and provides a descriptions of each.</p>]]></content>
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