# https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npxlJdxSv4A
## Retrieval Notes
- Session id: `7dd3bbd4-9455-4791-aba3-a8b702c67de1`
- Last activity: `2026-04-14T12:20:28.346Z`
- Files touched: `1`
## Artifacts
**Created:**
- [[Videos/Your Mac Is Missing All of These]]
## My Notes
<!-- Add your notes here. This section is preserved across syncs. -->
## Conversation
### User
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npxlJdxSv4A
### Assistant
Got it: "Your Mac Is Missing All of These" by Snazzy Labs. Now fetching the transcript.
### Assistant
Got the full transcript. Now creating the note.
### Assistant
Opening it now.
### Assistant
Note is open in Obsidian. Created at `Videos/Your Mac Is Missing All of These.md`.
12 apps covered: Cotypist, Folder Peek, DockDoor, TypeWhisper, Hyperkey, AntiNote, QLMarkdown, Monocle, Alcove, Shottr, MiddleDrag, and LinearMouse. Transcript was available and included in full.
Sorry about the delay — the transcript was long and needed reading in chunks.
*Dodici applicazioni per il Mac, la maggior parte gratuite e open source — segno che gli strumenti di sviluppo AI stanno abbassando la soglia di ingresso per il software di nicchia davvero ben fatto.*
### User
give me a list and a brief description of all the the apps he recommends
### Assistant
Based on the video:
1. Cotypist — Free, system-wide AI text auto-completion. Runs locally, takes periodic screenshots and reads clipboard to build context over time. Tab accepts one word, tilde accepts the full phrase.
2. Folder Peek — Free, puts any folder in your menu bar with nested browsing, thumbnails, drag-and-drop. Can double as an app launcher by whitelisting specific files.
3. DockDoor — Free, open source. Window previews on dock hover, augmented Command-Tab showing individual windows per app. Matches Liquid Glass styling. Replaces the older Alt-Tab app.
4. TypeWhisper — Free, open source speech-to-text. Supports local models (OpenAI Whisper, Apple Speech) and cloud via Groq. Can chain fast local transcription with LLM post-processing for grammar. Includes snippet expansion and on-device formatting.
5. Hyperkey — Remaps Caps Lock to all four modifier keys at once (Shift+Option+Command+Control), opening a whole namespace of "Super+key" shortcuts. Quick press still toggles Caps Lock.
6. AntiNote ($5) — Scratch pad with Markdown, embedded math engine (variables, currency/unit conversion, live recalculation), auto-lists, clipboard paste mode, and timers including Pomodoro. iOS app coming.
7. QLMarkdown — Free. Adds formatted Markdown rendering to Finder's Quick Look (spacebar preview), with table of contents, dark mode, search, and export.
8. Monocle ($9) — Focus tool. Shake mouse to dim/blur all background windows. Optional mono mode desaturates everything except the active window. Per-app ignore rules, auto-hides dock and menu bar.
9. Alcove ($15) — Dynamic Island for Mac, even on machines without a notch. Calendar on hover, music controls on swipe, passive notifications for volume/brightness/AirPods. Limited but described as flawlessly executed.
10. Shottr (free/$12) — Screenshot tool augmenting macOS defaults. Editor has text-aware blur, highlighter, counters, magnifier, rulers, arrows, text bubbles, scroll capture, OCR text extraction, drag-and-drop, and crop-on-select.
11. MiddleDrag — Free, open source. Adds middle mouse click (three-finger click) and middle-click drag to the Magic Trackpad. Currently broken on macOS 26.4 Tahoe, fix expected.
12. LinearMouse — Free, open source. Per-device mouse/trackpad settings. Disables pointer acceleration for mice only, reverses scroll direction for mice while keeping natural scrolling on trackpad, adds universal back/forward button support across all apps.
*Metà di queste app risolvono problemi che Apple potrebbe sistemare domani con un aggiornamento di sistema — eppure non lo fa, e così fiorisce l'ecosistema indie.*
### User
Cotypist
QLMarkdown
download and install these two
### Assistant
Let me find the official download pages for both.
### Assistant
Found both. Here's what I'll download:
- Cotypist from [cotypist.app](https://cotypist.app/)
- QLMarkdown 1.5.0 from [GitHub](https://github.com/sbarex/QLMarkdown/releases/tag/1.5.0) (20.5 MB zip)
Can I go ahead and download both to ~/Downloads?
### User
yep
### Assistant
QLMarkdown downloaded. Cotypist requires an email signup to get the download link — there's no direct download URL on their site. Let me unzip and install QLMarkdown first, then we'll sort Cotypist.
### Assistant
QLMarkdown is installed in /Applications and launched — you need to open it at least once for the Quick Look extension to register. You should now see formatted Markdown when you spacebar-preview .md files in Finder.
For Cotypist: their site requires you to enter your email to get a download link. You'll need to visit [cotypist.app](https://cotypist.app/) and sign up — no way around the email gate from the CLI. Want me to open it in the browser for you?
*QLMarkdown è pronto — Cotypist invece esige una piccola cerimonia di iscrizione prima di concedersi.*