Apple has retired the Mac's Launchpad, a feature that displayed all your apps and let you quickly pick the one you want to open. You can recreate the app launcher using these alternatives.

The Apple ecosystem may be designed to provide streamlined experiences, but these open-source apps show there are other ...

Homebrew is the best source for open source software yet, and makes installation easy. Here's what Homebrew is, how it works, ...

Your Mac comes pre-configured to open specific file types with default apps. Click on a web link, and it launches Safari. Open an email notification, and you're directed to Apple's Mail app. This ...

In macOS Sequoia, Apple has added another stumbling block to launching software that has not gone through Apple’s baseline vetting process for apps. Generally, this can be a good thing, preventing ...

As we navigate the digital age, open-source applications have become indispensable tools for enhancing productivity, ...

Level up your Mac window management like I did. Photo: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac As a power user, I find Mac window management clunky and broken when using the options built into macOS. Switching ...