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Written by Stephen Coles on 2025-01-02 at 08:37

What is your longest running indie Mac app?

I think mine is Butler https://manytricks.com/butler/. I’ve been using it daily since 2003, and subconsciously consider it part of the system. I don’t know how people use computers without multiple clipboards or custom website searches from a key-triggered popup bar.

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Written by Stephen Coles on 2025-01-02 at 16:35

@gruber Curious to hear your answer.

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Written by Florian Hardwig on 2025-01-02 at 08:53

@stewf Probably PopChar https://ergonis.com/popchar. Been using it since before Mac OS X. Just two of its many features that I cherish:

• Find a character by sketching a rough outline

• Find a font that supports a certain character

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Written by Maurice Meilleur on 2025-01-02 at 12:17

@fhardwig @stewf @ia iA Writer, I’ve been using it since it came out for MacOS in 2011 and I haven’t opened a document in Word by choice since.

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Written by Michael Vilain on 2025-01-02 at 20:01

@fhardwig @stewf Great Product.

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Written by Erik on 2025-01-02 at 22:32

@fhardwig @stewf Robofont

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Written by Kris Sowersby on 2025-01-03 at 19:09

@letterror @fhardwig @stewf the true answer

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Written by Dunwich Type Founders on 2025-01-02 at 13:54

@stewf BBedit.

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Written by John Gruber on 2025-01-03 at 03:57

@stewf Gotta be BBEdit, which I’ve been using since version 2.1 in the fall of 1992:

https://www.barebones.com/company/history.html

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Written by Chris Mackay 🇨🇦 on 2025-01-02 at 16:42

@stewf

@bbedit, no question. Default Folder X would be a close second, then @launchbar, maybe?

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Written by JTD Type on 2025-01-02 at 16:47

@stewf Probably Transmit.

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Written by Doug Wilson on 2025-01-02 at 16:49

@JTDType @stewf I’d say Transmit as well. But I’ve been using Alfred for many years as well.

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Written by Scott Boms on 2025-01-02 at 16:54

@onpaperwings @JTDType @stewf BBEdit. And likely Transmit right after that.

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Written by Grant Hutchinson on 2025-01-02 at 18:23

@scottboms @onpaperwings @JTDType @stewf Definitely @bbedit for the longest continuous usage. I was also using Transmit back when was still named Transit. And @mjtsai’s SpamSieve is likely a close third in the running.

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Written by nicolas ⁂ on 2025-01-02 at 16:54

@stewf Jumpcut probably.

Otherwise maybe BBEdit? (though technically it was TextWrangler I was using before)

(I’m guessing the question is about Mac-only apps. There are a lot of other multiplatforms apps I’ve been using for as much or longer)

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Written by Colin M. Ford on 2025-01-02 at 17:01

@stewf Love using Hazel https://www.noodlesoft.com/ Keeps download folders clean without having to do a thing

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Written by Stephen Coles on 2025-01-02 at 17:04

@colinmford Me too! Been on my Mac almost as long as Butler. Long ago, I decided to make my Desktop folder my default downloads folder, and Hazel does a weekly sweep to keep it organized in folders by type.

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Written by Bonobo on 2025-01-02 at 22:14

@stewf

[#]Butler is probably NOT the oldest indie app that I use, I think #DefaultFolder is older, and I use quite a few more, but I’ve also used Butler from around the same time on as you did, nice to see another early user!

Anyway, it is indispensable, and always the very first app I install on ever new Mac 😄

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Written by Paul van der Laan on 2025-01-03 at 11:08

@stewf Definitely BBEdit because of its fantastic multi-file search/replace, and file comparison function. Started with BBEdit Lite v.3 somewhere around 1994. Switched to TextWrangler for a certain period until it got discontinued.

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Written by Victor Caston on 2025-01-04 at 01:28

@stewf

Once Quicksilver went down the tubes, I found Launchbar (https://obdev.at/products/launchbar/index.html), which I rely on heavily, paired with Keyboard Maestro (http://www.keyboardmaestro.com/main/), which I think does some of what Butler does, but on steroids).

And BBEdit, of course!

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Written by .js on 2025-01-12 at 18:00

@vcaston Wow, I completely forgot about Quicksilver

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Written by Alain Paradis on 2025-01-11 at 16:36

@stewf Mine is BBEdit. It's been running constantly on my Mac since the late '90s.

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