Handbook
The long answer for each of our macOS apps: what it does feature by feature, with real screenshots, so you can tell whether it fits before you download anything.
PlexusTurning notes into tasks on a Mac, feature by feature
To turn notes into tasks on a Mac you need something that reads the prose once and hands back the tasks already wired, because transcription is exactly where a plan you wrote down stops being a plan you work from.
SweepSorting files automatically on a Mac, feature by feature
To sort files automatically on a Mac you need something that makes the filing decision at the moment a file lands, because filing it later always costs more than leaving it where it is.
UnrootHow to uninstall apps on a Mac, completely
Uninstalling a Mac app completely means the bundle plus everything it wrote outside itself - preferences, caches, launch items, permission entries - and Unroot moves all of it to the Trash rather than deleting it, so one click puts every file back.
NoMoreHow to block websites on a Mac, and what each way costs
To block a website on a Mac you can edit the hosts file, install a browser extension, or run a native app that watches the frontmost window - only the third one also covers the apps you drift into.
TallyAn app usage tracker for Mac, feature by feature
An app usage tracker for Mac is only worth reading if it subtracts the time you were not there, which is why Tally discards idle time, sleep and alt-tab noise before it shows you a single number.
RetraceHow to recover an overwritten file on a Mac
Recovering an overwritten file on a Mac means finding whichever layer still has it - the app's own Revert To, a Time Machine snapshot, a synced folder's version history - and the gap all three leave is an unsynced folder edited by an app that versions nothing.
AnchoredA menu bar task timer for Mac, feature by feature
A menu bar task timer keeps one chosen task and its remaining time in the macOS menu bar, so the thing you committed to this morning stays visible without opening a window, a tab or a list.
PawodoroA menu bar Pomodoro timer for Mac, feature by feature
A menu bar Pomodoro timer for Mac runs the work and break intervals from the status bar, and Pawodoro's answer to the break everyone skips is a full-screen video that covers every display.
RecessA 20-20-20 rule app for Mac, feature by feature
A 20-20-20 rule app for Mac counts the twenty minutes for you and puts a short look-away break on the screen, because the state where you need the reminder is exactly the state where you will not notice.
CatPodA virtual pet app for Mac, feature by feature
A virtual pet app for Mac puts a small animated companion on your desktop, and CatPod ties its pixel cat to a focus timer, so a finished work session is what feeds it.
AqumiA water reminder app for Mac, feature by feature
A water reminder app for Mac keeps your daily hydration goal in the menu bar, logs a glass in one tap, and nudges you on a cadence you set rather than on a schedule someone else picked.
AwaitAn event countdown timer for Mac, feature by feature
An event countdown timer for Mac pins one date you have chosen to the menu bar and shows the time left to it, at a resolution that sharpens from days to seconds as the moment approaches.
What a guide is
The long answer for one app: what it does feature by feature, with real screenshots, the keyboard shortcuts, the settings that matter, the price, and a section on what it deliberately does not do. That last part is usually what decides whether a tool fits.
The app pages are the short answer, there to tell you what something is in thirty seconds. A guide tells you whether you would still be using it in a month.
If you are still working out which kind of tool your problem needs, the blog compares several at a time.