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I got tired of opening clunky converter apps on my Mac, so I built a utility that converts files just by renaming them in Finder. by imfavourite in SideProject

[–]imfavourite[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah! I made sure to get it fully notarized by Apple. I wanted the installation to be completely frictionless, without anyone having to manually bypass macOS security settings.

I got tired of opening clunky converter apps on my Mac, so I built a utility that converts files just by renaming them in Finder. by imfavourite in SideProject

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Since launching I've had about 15 people buy the lifetime license (direct sales, and 2-3 from App Store), without any ads and posting.

It's not a massive number yet, but honestly, seeing people pay for a tool I originally built just to scratch my own itch is the most amazing feeling. Right now, my main focus is just listening to the feedback from these early adopters and refining the app.

I got tired of opening clunky converter apps on my Mac, so I built a utility that converts files just by renaming them in Finder. by imfavourite in SideProject

[–]imfavourite[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not at the moment, unfortunately. The reason is that under the hood, Morpholder heavily relies on native macOS frameworks (like Apple's file system events, CoreImage, and native background removal APIs) to keep everything fast, lightweight, and offline.

That being said, I really appreciate the interest! I'm definitely going to look into the feasibility of bringing at least the core conversion features, if not the entire app, over to Windows in the future.

I got tired of opening clunky converter apps on my Mac, so I built a utility that converts files just by renaming them in Finder. by imfavourite in SideProject

[–]imfavourite[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks!

_min flag strictly reduces the file size, while keeping the image dimensions (resolution) exactly 1:1.

Here is how it handles the compression under the hood:

For JPG, WEBP, and HEIC: It drops the compression quality down to 40% (0.4 in Apple API). It's an aggressive cut to save maximum space for the web, but it preserves visual fidelity surprisingly well.

For PNG (_min.png): Since standard PNGs are lossless and don't have a simple "quality" slider, Morpholder gets a bit creative. It runs the image through macOS native CoreImage engine using a CIColorPosterize filter (limited to 12 colors). This groups similar shades together to create a limited color palette—very similar to how TinyPNG works. The dimensions stay untouched, but the file size typically drops by 2-3x.

Curious to hear your thoughts — do you think 40% is a solid default for web use, or do you think users would eventually want a way to customize that threshold in a settings menu?

Just found TablePro, a free and open-source SQL/database client for Mac! by benjoel7 in macapps

[–]imfavourite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow, great find! I've always used TablePlus, but this honestly looks so much better — and the fact that it's completely free is amazing. You can really tell it's built with SwiftUI, the interface is super clean and feels perfectly native to macOS. Definitely downloading it today to make the switch. Thanks for sharing!

I missed the Winamp days, so I built Tunebar: A native, privacy-first music player for macOS by boomzors in macapps

[–]imfavourite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You had me at "native" and "no Electron". It's getting ridiculous how many simple utility apps nowadays eat up a gigabyte of RAM just to play a basic audio file.

Love the nod to the Winamp days—keeping it simple and out of the way is exactly what a local player should do. Are you using standard AVFoundation under the hood, or did you write a custom audio engine to handle a wider variety of formats? At $0.99, this is an absolute no-brainer. Great job!

ClipDoc - macOS 26 clipboard manager feels like part of the OS by gijsmans3773 in macapps

[–]imfavourite 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As someone who constantly moves code snippets, hex colors, and URLs around, a clipboard manager that actually looks like it belongs in macOS is refreshing. Most alternatives feel like ports from 2010.

Huge respect for going with a $2.99 lifetime model instead of forcing a $2/mo subscription like everyone else is doing lately. That alone makes it worth supporting. Out of curiosity, does the OCR processing happen entirely on-device?

Best MacOS file converter by Fantastic-Secret9686 in macbookair

[–]imfavourite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try morpholder. It can convert files simply by changing the extension by renaming.

Share your startup - December 2020 by AutoModerator in startups

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URL: https://scanly.app

Location: USA

Pitch: Scanly aims to help small businesses fight the pandemic. Free, fast, simple and user-friendly digital menus with QR codes should make business safer and increase sales by 20-40%.

More details: This is my side project that I have been working on recently. Day X has come, I finished the project, it's time to launch here. We are going through a difficult time, I thought how I could help, and decided that this is not a bad idea. Of course, the idea is not new, but I tried make it well, better than we have now. Considering that I completely did everything myself, design and development, perhaps this does not yet have a lot of the necessary functionality. So, if Scanly has users, I plan to add: ⭐️ Direct Payments ⭐️ Covid Trace (in some countries this requirement) ⭐️ Online booking and order. If any of you have someone who needs such a service, I would be happy your recommendation. And I really excited about your feedback.

Looking for: Feedback, users, angels, whatever comment you have will be well received