Notes from the café
Guides, release notes, and the occasional brew log - everything we're pouring at getapps.cafe.
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Fresh Brews: MoneyCoffee and ScanToPDF Join the Menu
MoneyCoffee brings private money tracking to Americano, ScanToPDF completes the Latte scan family, and TripRoute is coming soon to Frappe.
Fresh Brews: Lungo3D, TinyVideo, and ScanStraightener Join the Menu
Three apps left the Coming Soon board this week: a real 3D CAD tool, a video compressor that never uploads, and a doc scanner that lives on your Mac.
The Cloud Is a Prison for Your Workflows
Cloud apps hold your work hostage: one outage, one account lapse, one forced redesign, and a workflow you depend on breaks. Local-first software gives the work back to you.
How to Completely Uninstall Apps on Mac (Leftover Files)
Dragging an app to the Trash leaves most of it behind. Here is where the hidden files live and how to actually remove an app from macOS.
Fresh Brews: ChessCafe and HydraSip Join the Menu
ChessCafe brings cinematic 3D chess to the On the House section, and HydraSip joins Cold Brew as a one-tap hydration tracker. Two new apps, one of them free.
Fresh Brews: CremaStudio Gets Cheaper and Two Coming Soon
CremaStudio drops to $11.99, TinyVideo and ScanStraightener join the waitlist, and the photo tools on the menu now share one shelf.
Fresh Brews: MergeImages and MapPoster Join the Menu
MergeImages fills out Pour Over with collages, ID sheets, and stitched screenshots. MapPoster turns any city into a print-ready poster. Lungo3D is coming soon to Mocha.
How to Check What's Eating Your Mac's RAM (and Fix It)
The memory pressure graph at the bottom of Activity Monitor tells you more than the memory bar ever will. Here's how to read it, find what's eating your RAM, and fix it with native tools.
Mixpresso Is Now Live: A Player for the Music You Own
Mixpresso is live in Frappe - a native music player for the songs you actually own. Point it at your folders and it plays them where they are: no library copies, no uploads, no account.
Picacino Is Now Live: Photo Management Without the Cloud
Picacino is now live in Latte: a native photo manager in the spirit of Picasa that reads the folders you already have, with nothing copied, moved, or uploaded. Also on the menu: annual billing at half price.
Fresh Brews: Picacino and Mixpresso Are Coming to the Menu
Two new drinks are steeping at the café: Picacino for your photo library and Mixpresso for the music you own. Plus, one-time prices just landed on the menu.
Best Note-Taking Apps for Mac in 2026: Native vs Electron vs Web
Native, Electron, or web: the tech behind a note-taking app decides speed, battery, and who owns your notes. Here's how the three families compare in 2026, and where NoteCafe fits.