Notes from the café
Guides, release notes, and the occasional brew log - everything we're pouring at getapps.cafe.
You Shouldn't Need an Account to Use Your Own Computer
Every app asks for a sign-in before it will open a file that is already on your disk. What an account is actually doing, what it costs, and how to tell which ones you can skip.
How to Take a Screenshot on Mac (Built-in Tools First)
Command-Shift-3, 4 and 5 have been doing screenshots on your Mac all along. Here is what each one does, where the files go, and the five jobs the built-in tool leaves for a small native app.
How to Record Your Screen on Mac (Built-in Tools First)
The record button has been on your keyboard the whole time. Here's what the built-in macOS tools do well, the five places they stop, and which app picks up from there.
Two Machines, One Menu: The Same Apps on Mac and Windows
A Mac and a Windows PC can share one getapps.cafe membership. Here's what installs on both, how the work crosses between them, and where the two versions differ.
Spotlight Not Finding Your Files? Rebuild the Index
A search that stops finding your files usually means the index went stale. Here is what to check first, how to rebuild it properly, and how to search without waiting for it.
Bitcoin Is Rallying. Learn RSI and MA With Fake Money First
Bitcoin rose about 10% in September and the urge to jump in is loud. Here is what RSI and moving averages actually tell you, what they don't, and a place to practise reading them on live prices with money that isn't real.
How to Write Math Homework in LaTeX Without Installing Anything
The LaTeX a problem set needs: inline and display math, align, fractions, integrals and sums, matrices and the everyday symbols. Every snippet was checked in real pdflatex and in LatteX's preview, including the ones LatteX can't draw yet.
The AI Features That Still Work With Wi-Fi Off
Every app has an AI button now. Turn your Wi-Fi off and you find out in ten seconds which ones do the work on your machine and which ones just ask somebody else's server.
What Happens to a Font When You Switch It Off
Every font manager has an off switch. The useful question is where the file goes when you press it. FontSiphon's answer, path by path: the folder it lands in, the one database row that brings it back, the tests that hold it to that, and the folders it will not touch.
ResumeRoast vs Resume.io: An Honest Comparison for 2026
Resume.io is a web builder with AI writing help, cloud access and a $2.95 trial that renews at $29.95 every four weeks. ResumeRoast is a desktop app that keeps the file on your own computer and exports A4 only. What each costs and where each one wins, checked 29 September 2026.
Mac Wi-Fi Keeps Dropping? 8 Things to Check
Eight checks, in the order that finds the cause fastest, for a Mac that keeps losing its connection in the middle of everything.
Native Windows Apps Without a Subscription
Two out of three apps on the menu now install on a PC. The office shelf is complete on Windows, the creative shelf is nearly there, and 42 apps have not been ported yet.