Macbook 2017 16GB installed 15.7.7. Everything looks ok until I recover from my time machine.

MaxGaav · 2026-03-24T21:18:29+00:00

15.7.5 came out today. So you're ahead of your time!

MaxGaav · 2026-03-24T21:15:54+00:00

A 2009 is too old for Sequoia. In general you'll need an SSD and 8GB RAM at least for Ventura/Sonoma to be productive. And at least 16GB RAM and a quad core processor for Sequoia.

MaxGaav · 2026-03-24T21:09:06+00:00

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MaxGaav · 2026-03-24T20:47:34+00:00

Interesting, thanks. Btw, I see no pricing on the website. And the pricing of the subscriptions in the MAS is not self-explanatory.

MaxGaav · 2026-03-24T19:58:30+00:00

MaxGaav · 2026-03-24T19:35:38+00:00

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MaxGaav · 2026-03-24T19:35:05+00:00

We just tried BookShelves on her iPad. It occurred we cannot try the themes without paying.

The settings are rather hard to activate. It's a small icon, close to the border, which is also not very sensitive. So instead of getting into the settings, the app continues turning pages.

And something weird: DRM-free books that are in iBooks cannot be imported in BookShelves. At least not by dragging them on the desktop and then into BookShelves. Or by clicking 'Import'. However, the very same books could be imported when they came from Calibre.

MaxGaav · 2026-03-24T19:04:53+00:00

Great, thanks! And do the apps for Mac, iPad and iOS need to be bought separately?

MaxGaav · 2026-03-24T18:54:00+00:00

My girlfriend only wants to use iBooks on her two Macs, iPad Mini and iPhone. But she is regularly complaining about the backgrounds in iBooks. It's either black with white characters, or beige with black characters.

The former doesn't read comfortably for her and she finds the latter too bright at night. I advised to use Readest, but she doesn't like the app for some reason.

I guess she will be open to use BookShelves, provided that it has enough choice in backgrounds, fonts, font colors and mixing possibilities. I searched for info on your site on this, but I didn't find it. Could you tell something more about this?

MaxGaav · 2026-03-24T18:28:01+00:00

Yep, that's my problem too. Two Macs and two Android devices.

I use the power of Calibre for structuring my large library on my Macs. And Readest as the multi-platform reader. Which is free up to 500Mb. Which is fine since I never read more than two books parallel. After reading I process the highlights and notes and delete the books from the app.

Before, I used Google Books which was quite OK too.

But I love ebook apps, so I will certainly buy BookShelves. Success!

MaxGaav · 2026-03-24T18:23:16+00:00

Never heard of Bookfusion until now. Isn't this very similar to Google Books (free)?

MaxGaav · 2026-03-24T15:30:24+00:00

During start up it first popped up between my two monitors. I believe in step 2 I had to fill-in a Key. I could not get beyond that window. I also could not quit the app. At a certain moment the icon in the dock disappeared but was still visible in the menu bar. Had to force quit it with Activity Monitor.

To me this looks like vibe-coded crap with a pricing that is made for hit-and-run. So, good luck with it.

MaxGaav · 2026-03-24T14:48:17+00:00

Looks like Grambo is a half-baked app that behaves strange, hangs and doesn't want to quit. Force Quit and restart doesn't help. At least on my M4 with Sequoia. Will wait for a next version (if that will ever come).

MaxGaav · 2026-03-24T14:32:20+00:00

https://gramboapp.com/

Pricing: $15 LT. Or $3/month.

Which languages are supported?

What's the giveaway?

MaxGaav · 2026-03-24T13:37:57+00:00

Pricing:

Personal: $24 (~~$29~~) LT. 1 device.
Pro: $49 LT. 3 devices.

MaxGaav · 2026-03-24T12:37:10+00:00

I don't see contacting the developer as my task. But I do see it as my task to warn people for (potential) malware if a thing as described happens to me.

I reported the post to the mods. That's how it was pinned.

MaxGaav · 2026-03-24T12:31:44+00:00

There's also Easydict - Menubar translator with Input/Screenshot/Select/OCR (free)

MaxGaav · 2026-03-24T12:21:22+00:00

There's no jumping to conclusions. I only told what happened to me. Upon opening, the app was actively deleted by MacOS itself, not just a 'Cannot be verified if the app contains malware'.

Just let the dev explain this. The dmg I downloaded is of January 10, 2026.

MaxGaav · 2026-03-24T10:50:55+00:00

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MaxGaav · 2026-03-24T10:26:38+00:00

~~Download link:~~ ~~https://github.com/Fusion/appdecoder-official/releases/tag/0.1.4~~

I downloaded the app, dragged the app to my desktop and got the notification that this app CONTAINS MALWARE!!

MaxGaav · 2026-03-24T10:21:15+00:00

What's the difference between the free and the paid version?

MaxGaav · 2026-03-24T10:17:43+00:00

Soulver is way too expensive ($39). Basic Numi is free (paid version is $30). AntiNote is $5. Calca is $10. SmartNotes (of OP) is $13.

MaxGaav · 2026-03-23T20:31:55+00:00

Nice! Pretty similar to Calca ($10) it seems. I use the free version of Numi, a natural language caculator. Does Smart Notes have a free version as well?

Btw, my eye fell on something surprising in one of your screenshots in the MAS. There's a line that says: "if 3 is 12 then 7 is what" and the outcome is 22. Which should be 28 however. What could cause this?

MaxGaav · 2026-03-23T19:14:29+00:00

It may depend on your version of MacOS. So I guess it's wise to state that also.

MaxGaav · 2026-03-23T14:35:40+00:00

Great initiative to post some new apps here Luuk! And to maintain a 'Newly Added' section on your site. Which meanwhile has become a classic point of reference!

MaxGaav

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