Marta is a free, dual-pane file manager for macOS written entirely in Swift, making it fast and responsive to both keyboard and mouse commands, although it specializes in the former. Under development since 2016 by software engineer Yan Zhulanow of Jet Brains, Marta may move to paid model in the future but for no it can be downloaded for free at the dev's website.

Some of Marta's key features include:

• Extensive keyboard support
• No user tracking
• Ability to edit files inside archives and nested archives
• Documentation to guide users in customization
• Theme supprt (plus you can add your own)
• Plugin support through a custom Lua API
• Actions panel (instead of layers of menus)
• Quick search
• Uses Mac's Quicklook and plugins
• Toggle hidden files
• Built in terminal
• Disk usage analyzer
• Multiple tabs and windows to create workspaces

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Keysmith is an automation app that works in any other app on your Mac to record actions you can later trigger from a menu or with a keyboard shortcut. I've been a Keyboard Maestro user for many years. I have over 800 macros within that application and a lot of experience using it, but after working with Keysmith for just a short while, I have to admit it makes some actions easier to record and activate. It's not a replacement for Keyboard Maestro, but it will certainly supplement it.

Keysmith detects buttons, lists, and page loads automatically. The first macro I created with it was able to Open Obsidian, copy my daily note, open Day One, create a new entry and paste the content from Obsidian. I assigned it to HyperKey+D and was able to trigger it while I was in my web browser. I tinkered with it a little and was easily able to get it to close Day One after the entry was created.

The process is simple. You start the recording of a macro from a button on the menu bar. Your perform the action you need and Keysmith records your clicks and keystrokes. When you're done, you save the macro, give it a name and assign a hotkey if you want to.

Some of the example macros available for download on the Keysmith web site are:

• Refresh extensions in Chrome
• Share screen in Discord
• Eject external hard drive in Finder
• Assign and submit a pull request on GitHub
• Enable Dark Mode in macOS
• New note with template in Apple Notes
• Switch to a specific Slack channel
• Switch to Zoom gallery view
• Quit all apps with AppleScript
• Close Notification Center in macOS

You can use the total functionality of Keysmith for free to make up to five macros. The full version is $54. It is also available as part of Setapp.

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One of the reasons that I go to r/MacApps every single day is the prospect of discovering news apps and developers. This week I found out that an ancient app (well, 17 years), Licensed, has been updated and is compatible with macOS 15. Licensed is a simple database to keep track of your software purchases. It has fields for:

• Maker
• Product
• Version
• Owner
• Email
• Code
• Date
• Notes

The database is searchable. From the app's file menu, you can identify the data file for easy backups, and you can export your data as a CSV file so that you can be assured you aren't locked into any proprietary format.

Licensed is a free app from developer Amar Sagoo. You can download it on his website.

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