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Jettison looks like a nice tool as well. It's working great so far, just does what I need it to do. Fits in nicely with Stats, which I use for fan control and monitoring power consumption. I also found https://github.com/Digital-Shane/OpenTamer but figured App Tamer was still the more mature option.", "context": "", "use_case": "fan control and power monitoring", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple ML Research: Muse Spark Open with MLX on Mac Studio"}, {"id": 778569074, "item_id": 48660567, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48660567", "by": "slipwalker", "date": "2026-06-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "- stats", "excerpt": "homebrew ( indispensable ! all the other apps below are installed/managed via homebrew ): - raycast ( keyboard shortcuts for clipboard manager, basic window management, pomodoro tracking and app launch ) - stats - ice ( menubar manager ) - theBoringNotch ( to have some use for the annoying notch ) - mole ( storage cleaner ) - wezterm - textmate - iina - zen browser ( with uBlock origin and betterfox settings )", "context": "", "use_case": "system monitor", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: New clean macOS install. 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