# listen apple (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover listen apple. Page: Feed: --- ## [Legendary Meals from the 70s](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/21/legendary-meals-from-the-s.html) _2026-08-21 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ My siblings and I are retired or close to it, but we still have conversations that start with "Do you remember when Mom made X?" Thus commences a discussion of Old El Paso taco kits, Chef Boyardee pizzas, waffle irons, liver, English peas and frequently, bread burgers, a 70s-era delicacy, that sounds a bit awful now, but actually wasn't that bad. The grocery stores of my youth were a lot different… ## [Legendary Meals from the 70s](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/21/legendary-meals-from-the-s.html) _2026-08-21 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ My siblings and I are retired or close to it, but we still have conversations that start with "Do you remember when Mom made X?" Thus commences a discussion of Old El Paso taco kits, Chef Boyardee pizzas, waffle irons, liver, English peas and frequently, bread burgers, a 70s-era delicacy, that sounds a bit awful now, but actually wasn't that bad. The grocery stores of my youth were a lot different… ## [A Grits Explainer](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/20/a-grits-explainer.html) _2026-08-20 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ I eat grits. I always have and I always will. Because they're delicious, that's why. Grits are a simple dish: ground corn, salt and a little butter, the traditional way. Sometimes folks get a little fancy and start adding cheese, chopped sausage or bacon and other delicacies. Grits are a savory dish. They are not oatmeal or cream of wheat. Keep the sugar and milk away from them. People who aren't… ## [A Grits Explainer](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/20/a-grits-explainer.html) _2026-08-20 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ I eat grits. I always have and I always will. Because they're delicious, that's why. Grits are a simple dish: ground corn, salt and a little butter, the traditional way. Sometimes folks get a little fancy and start adding cheese, chopped sausage or bacon and other delicacies. Grits are a savory dish. They are not oatmeal or cream of wheat. Keep the sugar and milk away from them. People who aren't… ## [Post - August 19, 2026 8:22 PM](https://mandarismoore.com/2026/08/19/i-was-thinking-about-some/) _2026-08-20 · Mandaris_ I was thinking about some of the podcasts that I've been listening to recently. Some of them, I've been listening to for years. Over time, I've heard them change. I've changed. It's part of how time works and if you're lucky you will see it happen to you. One of the things that I've been pondering is whether or not I'm the target audience for some of these shows. I'm not expecting that every… ## [Episode 319: Charli XCX](https://songexploder.net/charli-xcx) _2026-08-19 · Tiger Biskup · Song Exploder_ “Camera” LISTEN: APPLE · SPOTIFY · AMAZON · OTHER APPS Charli XCX is a Grammy-winning artist who has been making music since she was a teenager. In July 2026, she released her eighth album, Music, Fashion, Film. It debuted at number 1 on the UK charts—her 4th album in a row to hit number 1 \[…\] The post Episode 319: Charli XCX appeared first on Song Exploder . ## [Crucial Track for August 19, 2026](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/19/crucial-track-for-august.html) _2026-08-19 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ "Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. What's a song you'd want to hear while watching the sunrise? - Into the Mystic by Van Morrison The song is built for exactly that moment; foghorns, tide turning, "let your soul and spirit fly" is dawn imagery even though it's technically about a boat coming into harbor. View Lou Plummer's… ## [AppAddict Records 1,000,000th View](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/19/appaddict-records-th-view.html) _2026-08-19 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ When I wrote and published my first software review in 2024, I had no idea I'd still be going strong after 500+ reviews. Thank you to all of my fellow App Addicts and all the developers out there who keep writing high quality Mac software. ✉️ Reply by email ## [Crucial Track for August 18, 2026](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/18/crucial-track-for-august.html) _2026-08-18 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ "Kodachrome" by Paul Simon Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. \*\*What's a song you associate with your favorite photograph? - Kodachrome by Paul Simon" "When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school..." I love this tune! View Lou Plummer's Crucial Tracks profile ## [Crucial Track for August 17, 2026](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/17/crucial-track-for-august.html) _2026-08-17 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ "In Spite of Ourselves (feat. Iris DeMent)" by John Prine Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Share a song that captures the feeling of being understood.- In Spite of Ourselves by John Prine and Iris DeMent It's the strongest fit. It's built entirely on being loved and known despite your specific, ridiculous flaws, "she thinks all my jokes are corny, convict… ## [One platform, from silicon to agent (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/wkwilZLNo5en) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Serverless inference plus Inference Router to optimize cost and latency at scale. ## [Five Unique Free Apps](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/17/five-unique-free-apps.html) _2026-08-17 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ Here are five free Mac applications you've most likely never come across. A project template/scaffolding automator, a local music player, resize batch images, a posture app that takes Advantage of the AirPods motion sensors, plus a financial calculator for cash flow simulation. Prefab - Capture a folder structure as a reusable "blueprint," add variable placeholders to names and contents, then… ## [Crucial Track for August 16, 2026](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/16/crucial-track-for-august.html) _2026-08-16 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ 'Once In a Lifetime' by Talking Heads Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. What song makes you want to dance alone in your room? - Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads The beat is nervous and jittery in exactly the way that makes it impossible to stay still, and the lyrics are about the same disorientation the herky-jerky rhythm creates. David Byrne's own dancing… ## [Five Free Apps Alternative to Paid Apps](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/16/five-free-apps-alternative-to.html) _2026-08-16 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ Are you paying for an ad blocker, folder automation, notes & PKM and image editing ? You don't have to. wBlock - a next-generation ad/content blocker for Safari: 750,000 rule capacity across 5 Safari content-blocking extensions (150k each), ~40MB idle RAM by running Safari's native content-blocking API out-of-process, Protocol Buffers + LZ4 filter storage, HTTP conditional-request updates, and… ## [Lore: A Free App for YouTubeVideo Downloading, also Builds YouTube Playlists Without Signing In](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/15/lore-a-free-app-for.html) _2026-08-15 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ TL;DR: Lore is a free Mac app that follows YouTube channels over plain RSS, no algorithm, no Google account, then archives what you keep as a permanent offline file with transcript search, highlights, and SponsorBlock built in. The site's source-code link 404s, so don't take open source on faith. Alternatives for readers who want a lighter touch: FreeTube (free, open source, no algorithm, no… ## [Crucial Track for August 15, 2026](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/15/crucial-track-for-august.html) _2026-08-15 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ 'Don't Think Twice, It's All Right' by Bob Dylan Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. What's your favorite song about letting go? - Don't Think Twice, It's Alright by Bob Dylan It's the archetypal letting-go song: no bitterness, no melodrama, just a clear-eyed walking away. 'It ain't no use to sit and wonder why' is about as economical as songwriting about… ## [Post - August 14, 2026 8:52 PM](https://mandarismoore.com/2026/08/14/this-is-my-wifes-fauxito/) _2026-08-15 · Mandaris_ This is my wife’s fauxito. ## [Earned Invincibility](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/14/earned-invincibility.html) _2026-08-14 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ If you listen to podcasts about endurance sports, you'll hear a common theme come up among the hikers, cyclists and runners whose idea of fun is covering long distances under their own power. Many of them are recovering addicts and alcoholics. They often say 'I traded one addiction for another.' That's me. After a struggle with drinking that stretched back to my teens, I got sober and stayed that… ## [Earned Invincibility](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/14/earned-invincibility.html) _2026-08-14 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ If you listen to podcasts about endurance sports, you'll hear a common theme come up among the hikers, cyclists and runners whose idea of fun is covering long distances under their own power. Many of them are recovering addicts and alcoholics. They often say 'I traded one addiction for another.' That's me. After a struggle with drinking that stretched back to my teens, I got sober and stayed that… ## [Post - August 13, 2026 12:53 PM](https://mandarismoore.com/2026/08/13/just-taking-a-quick-look/) _2026-08-13 · Mandaris_ Just taking a quick look, it seems that I sent about 16 personal emails this year. I have a feeling that probably much , much higher than average. ## [The Extension Aided Method of Ignoring thee YouTube Algorithm](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/13/the-extension-aided-method-of.html) _2026-08-13 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ TL;DR: Control Panel for YouTube, UnTrap, and DeArrow all quiet YouTube down without making you leave the account, the browser, or the ecosystem behind. That's the whole point and the whole limit: you still get Google's ranking, you just stop looking at what it hands you. Control Panel is free and open source on Chrome and Firefox; the native Safari app is $3.99 once, no subscription. UnTrap is… ## [One OS for your AI workforce (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/4js6XKufhWsF) _2026-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ Build, direct, and supervise an AI workforce from a single operating workspace. ## [How to Experience YouTube With No Algorithm](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/12/how-to-experience-youtube-with.html) _2026-08-13 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ TL;DR: Play, Yattee and Unwatched all refuse to let YouTube pick your next video; each builds a feed from your subscriptions instead of Google's ranking. Play is free to download with the channel-following features behind Premium at $2.99/month, and it's the only one of the three that isn't locked to a single backend. Yattee runs through public Invidious and Piped instances, which Google has been… ## [Wonder Woman vs. Me - She Remains Undefeated](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/11/wonder-woman-vs-me-she.html) _2026-08-11 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ Privilege comes and privilege goes. I've had stretches in my life where I lived frugally out of necessity, not because I had a hidden virtue. Later in life, with debts paid off, we managed to save some dough for retirement. Well, retirement arrived, and although we don't have 'buy your own helicopter' money, we don't have to live with the crappy refrigerator that came with the house we just bought… ## [YouTube Premium kills the ads but doesn't solve the real problem. Here's the stack I use to do that.](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/11/youtube-premium-kills-the-ads.html) _2026-08-11 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ TL;DR: Paid for YouTube Premium after years of DIY ad-blocking. Ads are gone; the algorithm, the clutter, and the impermanence aren't. Building a stack of small tools instead of hunting for one app that fixes all four. First post in a series; toolbox preview inside, full reviews coming. Google did not design YouTube to entertain you or to inform you. Every major design choice points toward one… ## [Caption Snap: Meeting Transcriptions With No Bot, No Model to Download, No Data Transferred and No Drain on Your CPU - Free Trial, One Time, $9.99](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/10/caption-snap-meeting-transcriptions-with.html) _2026-08-10 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ TL;DR: CaptionSnap is a $9.99 one-time menu bar app that saves your Teams, Zoom, and Google Meet transcripts by reading the live captions the meeting app already displays. No audio recording, no bot in the call, no cloud, no model download, and Accessibility is the only permission it asks for. Speaker names come from the platform, so attribution is a lookup instead of a guess. You have to enable… ## [Post - August 9, 2026 3:39 PM](https://mandarismoore.com/2026/08/09/took-a-picture-of-some/) _2026-08-09 · Mandaris_ Took a picture of some of the flowers outside a friend’s home. ## [Post - August 9, 2026 10:30 AM](https://mandarismoore.com/2026/08/09/finished-reading-the-assassins-of/) _2026-08-09 · Mandaris_ Finished reading: The Assassins of Thasalon: A Penric & Desdemona Novella in the World of the Five Gods by Lois McMaster Bujold 📚 I enjoyed this book in that it had various twists and turns and yet still felt cut and dry. ## [Crucial Track for August 9, 2026](https://mandarismoore.com/2026/08/09/crucial-track-for-august/) _2026-08-09 · Mandaris_ 'Walk the Dinosaur' by Was (Not Was) Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Which song was the first one that made you realize music can give you goosebumps? I remember listening to this when I was younger. My dad would take me and my bother roller skating and the neon lights would turn on when this song played. I remember trying to dance in my skates and just… ## [Autoshelf Has an MCP Server You Probably Don't Need and The Rule Engine Is Weak - A Review](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/09/autoshelf-has-an-mcp-server.html) _2026-08-09 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ TL;DR: AutoShelf ($19.99 one-time) ships an embedded MCP server that works, but do you actually need that? An AI model can write a launchd LaunchAgent and a shell script once and it runs forever, no app, no daemon, no purchase. The MCP's real value only shows up once you're managing enough rules to want conversational audit and editing instead of hand-maintained scripts, and even there, my… ## [Crucial Track for August 8, 2026](https://mandarismoore.com/2026/08/08/crucial-track-for-august/) _2026-08-08 · Mandaris_ 'Sweater Weather' by The Neighbourhood Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Post one of your favorite weather-related songs. This is a song that I came across a couple years ago. It’s haunting in that it just fills the space with a chill vibe. View Mandaris's Crucial Tracks profile Listen to my Apple Music playlist ## [Post - August 8, 2026 9:45 AM](https://mandarismoore.com/2026/08/08/i-loaned-out-my-laptop/) _2026-08-08 · Mandaris_ I loaned out my laptop to a friend a couple weeks ago and I kind of miss it being part of my writing workflow. Honestly, he’s going to do more with it than what I was doing. He’s stuck in the hospital and I’m stuck running errands without a second to think. ## [AI Summaries & Audio Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Wvoqpl0CqWw8) _2026-08-08 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to concise audio briefings for the latest stories. ## [Mom and Dad - The Missing Manual](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/08/mom-and-dad-the-missing.html) _2026-08-08 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ My parents were young when I was born, only 17, but despite the relatively small time gap, we are from distinctly different generations. They've been divorced since the 70s, so their needs and circumstances, while similar, are still unique. Last year, my dad and his wife moved to an assisted living facility about a 20-minute drive away. It takes about three hours to get to my mom's. That's doable,… ## [Post - August 7, 2026 10:45 AM](https://mandarismoore.com/2026/08/07/i-sometimes-think-about-how/) _2026-08-07 · Mandaris_ I sometimes think about how our infrastructure slowly corrodes. ## [The Apps I Use So Apple Can't Take Everything](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/07/the-apps-i-use-so.html) _2026-08-07 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ TL;DR: Part two of the Apple Account series. Backup apps that pull your iCloud data down to storage you control, email providers that speak IMAP/CalDAV/CardDAV so Apple's own apps keep working without iCloud, ways to buy and track software outside the App Store, and a password manager that isn't Keychain. My own five picks are at the end, along with why you should be testing a restore every… ## [All Your Eggs in One Basket, The Apple Disaster Scenario](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/06/all-your-eggs-in-one.html) _2026-08-06 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ TL;DR: Mac power users vet apps carefully and then hand their entire digital life to Apple without a second thought. Apple can close your account on suspicion alone, keep your unspent balance, and never tell you why; a federal judge confirmed all of that in 2023 and threw the case out. An Apple Account is simultaneously an authentication system, cloud-storage account, software license repository,… ## [Crucial Track for August 4, 2026](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/04/crucial-track-for-august.html) _2026-08-04 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ 'Radar Love' by Golden Earring Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. What song makes you want to take a midnight drive? - Radar Love by Golden Earring This has got to be the classic answer for a reason: the bassline mimics tires eating up highway miles, and the lyrics are literally about driving through the night to a lover, View Lou Plummer's Crucial Tracks… ## [When You Need a Mac, But All You Have is a Phone - The Verdict on Four Free Alternatives to Leaving Work Undone](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/03/when-you-need-a-mac.html) _2026-08-03 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ TL;DR: Four free iPhone apps that handle jobs you would normally do on your Mac: API Bot for testing endpoints, View Source Vibe for inspecting a suspicious link, Fiper for algorithm-free RSS, and Owl VIP for sender-level email notifications. Two earn a place on your phone. Fiper loses to NetNewsWire for anyone reading this blog, and Owl VIP charges a subscription for something iOS Focus Modes… ## [TextSniper, MacPilot, Unite Pro, PDF Squeezer and Video Paw on Sale from Their Devs Until Friday for %75+ Off](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/03/textsniper-macpilot-unite-pro-pdf.html) _2026-08-03 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ You have a chance this week (ending August 7th) to pick up five apps at the lowest prices I've seen them listed for. Sale Details . Reviews of Apps I Have Personally Tested TextSniper - Better Than Native OCR | AppAddict ($7.99- On Sale For $1.99 -%75) Hit a hotkey, drag a box over anything on screen (a locked PDF, a video frame, a screenshot someone sent you), and the text lands on your… ## [Post - August 2, 2026 10:30 PM](https://mandarismoore.com/2026/08/02/a-little-more-natur-in/) _2026-08-03 · Mandaris_ A little more natur in your feed ## [Crucial Track for August 2, 2026](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/02/crucial-track-for-august.html) _2026-08-02 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ 'When I Paint My Masterpiece' by The Band Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Share a song that perfectly captures anticipation. - When I Paint My Masterpiece, written by Bob Dylan, performed by The Band at the 30th Anniversary Celebration Bob's song writing along with Levon's voice. It doesn't get better. Promise that you'll be there with me, when I paint my… ## [RAD Weather for macOS Shows You Where the Forecasts Disagree](https://amerpie.lol/2026/08/01/rad-weather-for-macos-shows.html) _2026-08-01 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ TL;DR: RAD Weather pulls forecasts from four services and shows you where they disagree instead of averaging the disagreement away. Free, with RAD Ultra at $1.99 a month, $19.99 a year, or $99.99 once, plus a MultiPass tier at $2.99 monthly or $29.99 annual. The Mac build is a real Mac app, the subscription is justified by per-forecast data costs, and there is no radar. RAD TV shipped in 7.6.7 and… ## [Using Orbit to manage the Google accounts I didn't want](https://amerpie.lol/2026/07/31/using-orbit-to-manage-the.html) _2026-07-31 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ TL;DR: Orbit runs each of your Google accounts in its own isolated WebKit session inside one native Mac window, for $89 one time instead of the $50 to $200 a year the alternatives want. It exists because you can de-Google yourself but you can't de-Google your father. The catch is that it only works as long as Google keeps letting Mac apps sign in, and passkey-only and Advanced Protection accounts… ## [Blankie, A Free and Open Source Ambient Sound Mixer is a Breath of Fresh Air, Right in Your Ear](https://amerpie.lol/2026/07/30/blankie-a-free-and-open.html) _2026-07-30 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ TL;DR: Blankie is a free, open-source ambient sound mixer for Mac, iPhone, iPad and CarPlay; no ads, IAPs, or subscriptions. 24 mixable sounds, saved presets, custom audio import, menu bar control. Stacked against Noizio, Dark Noise, myNoise, and Endel, all of which charge something for depth or convenience Blankie gives away for free. I'm not usually one to complain about app pricing, but I make… ## [RetroMac is a Free Time Machine for Your Computer](https://amerpie.lol/2026/07/29/retromac-is-a-free-time.html) _2026-07-29 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ Mac users tend to be nostalgic about the hardware and software they used in their earliest exposure to tech. That doesn't mean anyone wants to try to get real work done on a late-90s PowerPC Mac clone, or go back to 14-inch monitors. People just enjoy being reminded how far we've come, and pretend there was once a time when everything 'just worked.' (It didn't. I was there.) German developer Maik… ## [Post - July 29, 2026 9:40 AM](https://mandarismoore.com/2026/07/29/watched-ludwig-se-episode-its/) _2026-07-29 · Mandaris_ Watched: Ludwig S1E6, Episode 6 🍿 It’s a really good series. I recommend it to anyone who likes murder comedies. ## [Crucial Track for July 28, 2026](https://amerpie.lol/2026/07/28/crucial-track-for-july.html) _2026-07-28 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ 'Jack and Diane' by John Cougar Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Share a song that captures the feeling of being seventeen. - Jack and Diane by John Cougar I grew up fast. I was desperate for adulthood and freedom, but the good stuff already felt like it' was slipping away in real time. That's what this song feels like to me. View Lou Plummer's Crucial Tracks… ## [Quick Look Showdown: Peek, Looq, and Unfold](https://amerpie.lol/2026/07/28/quick-look-showdown-peek-looq.html) _2026-07-28 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ Quick Look extensions have evolved over time. Once the category seemed to be made up of legacy junk: kernel-adjacent hacks that broke every time Apple shipped a point release, the kind of thing you install once, forget about, and eventually blame for a random Finder freeze. That reputation was earned. For years the ecosystem really was a pile of abandoned generators held together by community… ## [Post - July 27, 2026 11:32 AM](https://mandarismoore.com/2026/07/27/just-took-a-moment-to/) _2026-07-27 · Mandaris_ Just took a moment to take in the sites ## [Zipic Is Good. I'm Still Not Switching From Clop.](https://amerpie.lol/2026/07/27/zipic-is-good-im-still.html) _2026-07-27 · Amerpie by Lou Plummer_ Is it possible to shrink image file sizes on a Mac using native tools? Yes, but with some big IFs thrown in. Preview can knock a file's size down if you dig into the export dialog and guess at a quality slider, and Photos will do the same on export, but neither remembers what you did last time or watches a folder for you. That's way too much friction when alternatives exist. No one wants to live… ## [Crucial Track for July 25, 2026](https://mandarismoore.com/2026/07/25/crucial-track-for-july/) _2026-07-26 · Mandaris_ 'Sweet Agnes' by Masayoshi Takanaka Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Post a song that uses an instrument in an abnormal way This guy uses a surfboard shaped guitar. I took me a while to find a good picture of it. View Mandaris's Crucial Tracks profile Listen to my Apple Music playlist ## [Post - July 24, 2026 9:17 AM](https://mandarismoore.com/2026/07/24/feeling-a-little-down-going/) _2026-07-24 · Mandaris_ Feeling a little down. Going to plan some time to workout. 🏋🏾‍♂️