Category: Mac Utilities

Apple Pages 15.4.2 for Mac

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Updated Aug 21, 2026

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Apple Pages is a word processor that treats design as part of writing. Reports, letters, resumes, posters and even digital books start from templates that already look considered. You can flow text around images, add charts and shapes, build page layout documents where every element sits exactly where you place it, and export the result as a Word document, a PDF or an EPUB book. Pages opens and edits Microsoft Word files and keeps documents in step across devices through iCloud. Updated Aug 21, 2026.

Key Features

• More than ninety templates designed by Apple for reports, letters and books
• Word processing and page layout modes in one app
• Add photos, charts and shapes, with text wrapping neatly around them
• Import and edit Word files, export to Word, PDF, EPUB and more
• Live collaboration through iCloud on Mac, iPad, iPhone and browser

How to Download

1. Check the official Pages page for current features and requirements.
2. Use this link to get the installer: Download from the official site and save the file to your Mac.
3. Continue to the App Store listing for Pages: Create Documents and install it.
4. Open Pages, choose a template or a blank document, and enable iCloud for syncing.

System Requirements

Pages runs on Mac, iPhone and iPad, and the latest builds require a current release of macOS, with the App Store listing naming macOS 26 or later. Downloading and iCloud features need an Apple Account.

FAQs

Is Pages free?

Writing, editing and collaborating on documents needs no subscription. Extra templates, content and advanced tools belong to Apple Creator Studio.

Can Pages work with Word documents?

Yes. Pages imports and edits Microsoft Word files and exports in Word format, along with PDF, EPUB and other formats.

Battle Axe Overlord 2.7.3 for Mac

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Updated Aug 21, 2026

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Overlord from Battle Axe connects Adobe Illustrator and After Effects, letting you send vector artwork straight from one app into the other without exporting and importing files. Select shapes in Illustrator and push them to your active composition, where they arrive as native shape layers with fills, strokes and names intact. Text and gradients are supported, and you can also send shape layers back to Illustrator for editing. Version 2 runs as a desktop app alongside the extensions, which makes the link between the apps more reliable. Updated Aug 21, 2026.

Key Features

• Sends Illustrator shapes straight into After Effects as shape layers
• Preserves fills, strokes, names, grouping and hierarchy
• Supports text and gradients when transferring artwork
• Sends shape layers back to Illustrator for further editing
• Can import an Illustrator file as layers into a composition

How to Download

1. Install the free ZXP or UXP installer from aescripts plus aeplugins.
2. Use this link to get the installer: Download from the official site and save the file to your Mac.
3. Drag the Overlord file into the installer, then close and reopen After Effects and Illustrator.
4. Open Overlord from the Window menu under Extensions and start pushing shapes between the apps.

System Requirements

Overlord needs a Mac with current versions of Adobe After Effects and Adobe Illustrator installed, and it also works with Photoshop in supported workflows. A Mac that comfortably runs your Adobe projects will handle Overlord without trouble.

FAQs

Do I still need to export Illustrator files?

For most artwork, no. You select the shapes you need and transfer them directly, though Overlord can also import an Illustrator file as layers.

Is Overlord a subscription?

No, licences are one time purchases and include a year of feature updates, with renewals available when you want newer features.

ShotNotes for Premiere Pro 1.0.2 for Mac

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Updated Aug 21, 2026

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ShotNotes from Digital Anarchy is a notepad and task manager that lives inside Adobe Premiere Pro as a panel. Instead of keeping notes in a separate document, editors can attach notes to a sequence with clickable timecode, so feedback and fix lists stay tied to the exact moment in the edit. Notes can carry web links, turn into timed tasks, and stay in sync with timeline markers, which makes client reviews easier to work through. Updated Aug 21, 2026.

Key Features

• Notes panel that lives inside Adobe Premiere Pro
• Clickable timecode jumps to the exact point in a sequence
• Notes sync with timeline markers automatically
• Task timers log how long each editing job takes
• Search and filters across notes in every sequence
• Export notes and time reports to JSON and CSV

How to Download

1. Check that your Mac runs a supported version of Premiere Pro.
2. Use this link to get the installer: Download from the official site and choose the Mac version or the demo.
3. Close Premiere Pro, run the installer and follow the setup steps.
4. Open Premiere Pro and find ShotNotes under Window, then Extensions.

System Requirements

You need a Mac running a current version of macOS with Adobe Premiere Pro installed, since ShotNotes only works inside Premiere, plus free storage for the plugin.

FAQs

Does ShotNotes work in other editing apps?

No. It is built for Adobe Premiere Pro only and appears as a native panel inside the Premiere interface.

Can I try it before buying?

Yes. A demo is available, and the panel runs in trial mode after you request a trial license inside it.

Can I share notes with a client or a team?

Yes. You can export summaries of notes, tasks or a project report, including CSV time reports for spreadsheets.

Movist Pro 2.21.0 for Mac

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Updated Aug 21, 2026

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Movist Pro is a media player for Mac built for people who want their videos to play well, whatever the format. It leans on hardware acceleration for smooth playback, handles HDR content with tone mapping, and gives you strong control over subtitles. Pro extras include internet media, network servers such as FTP and WebDAV, and AirPlay to a TV on recent macOS versions. Updated Aug 21, 2026.

Key Features

• Hardware accelerated decoding for smooth playback of demanding files
• Support for a very wide range of video and audio formats
• Subtitle control with multiple tracks and per language styling
• HDR tone mapping for displays that need it
• Playlists that gather episodes and subtitles from a folder automatically
• AirPlay to an Apple TV or compatible television on macOS 15 or later

How to Download

1. Open the official Movist site and review the Pro features and licence terms.
2. Use this link to get the installer: Download from the official site and save the file to your Mac.
3. Open the download and move Movist Pro into your Applications folder.
4. Launch the player, open a video, and enter your licence details.

System Requirements

Movist Pro needs a Mac running macOS 12 or later, and it is also offered through Setapp. Some features ask for more: AirPlay video needs macOS 15 or later and a receiver on the same local network, and the richest colour options depend on your Mac and display.

FAQs

Can Movist Pro play files from my home server?

Yes. The Pro version connects to network servers such as FTP, SFTP and WebDAV.

How many Macs can I use with one licence?

The developer allows installation on up to three devices that you own and mainly use yourself, including family machines at home.

FractalMapper 1.6 for Mac

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Updated Aug 21, 2026

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FractalMapper is an After Effects plugin that maps your layers onto fractals, wrapping footage, text or graphics around endlessly detailed mathematical patterns. It projects your own layer across the fractal surface, so the artwork bends and flows with the pattern as it moves. Its morph feature can blend between fractal states, which makes it a natural fit for hypnotic transitions, music visuals and abstract title backgrounds. The plugin is GPU accelerated, so exploring different patterns stays responsive while you work. You can zoom into the detail, shift the colours and animate the evolution to build many looks. Updated Aug 21, 2026.

Key Features

• Maps After Effects layers onto detailed fractal patterns
• Morph feature blends fractal states for flowing transitions
• GPU accelerated rendering for responsive previews
• Works with footage, text, shapes and graphics
• Animatable controls for movement, zoom and colour

How to Download

1. Open After Effects on your Mac and save your current project first.
2. Install the plugin through the aescripts manager or follow the supplied installer steps, then restart After Effects.
3. Apply FractalMapper to a layer and choose a fractal pattern to start from.
4. Adjust the morph, zoom and colour controls, preview the result and render your composition.

System Requirements

FractalMapper needs a Mac with a recent version of macOS and a supported version of Adobe After Effects. Because the plugin is GPU accelerated, a capable graphics processor gives smoother previews at high resolutions.

FAQs

Can FractalMapper use my own footage?

Yes, the idea of the plugin is to map your own layers, including footage and text, onto the fractal so the pattern carries your artwork.

What is the morph feature for?

Morph blends between fractal states over time, which creates smooth, flowing transitions that are useful between scenes or inside a title sequence.

Cut’n’Pack 1.4.0 for Mac

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Updated Aug 21, 2026

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Cut'n'Pack is a small multitool for Adobe After Effects, sold through aescripts, that helps clean up busy projects. It automatically cuts layers by their masks and collects the pieces into optimal precompositions, a job that is slow and fiddly when done by hand. It works with text, shape layers, vector files, footage and solids, which makes it handy for procedural graphics, replicators and complex animation setups where one layer needs to become many tidy parts without disturbing the design. Updated Aug 21, 2026.

Key Features

• Automatically cuts layers using their masks
• Packs cut pieces into clean, optimal precompositions
• Works with text, shapes, vector files, footage and solids
• Speeds up procedural graphics and replicator style setups
• Reduces manual layer splitting and project cleanup
• Runs inside After Effects as a simple panel tool

How to Download

1. Check that your Mac runs a supported version of After Effects.
2. Open the aescripts marketplace and search for Cut'n'Pack.
3. Buy the tool and download the package from your aescripts account.
4. Install it following the included instructions, then open the panel in After Effects.

System Requirements

You need a Mac running a current version of macOS with Adobe After Effects installed, since Cut'n'Pack works as a tool inside After Effects. It adds very little load of its own, so your normal motion design setup is enough.

FAQs

What does Cut'n'Pack actually do?

It splits layers along their masks and gathers the results into precompositions, turning one messy layer into organized pieces you can animate separately.

Which layer types does it support?

It works with text layers, shape layers, vector files, footage and solids, covering most layer types used in motion design projects.

Where do I get updates?

Updates arrive through your aescripts account, in your downloads section.

Clop 3.7.1 for Mac

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Updated Aug 21, 2026

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Clop, from the Low Tech Guys, is a Mac optimiser with a simple idea: copy big, paste small. While it runs, every image you copy to the clipboard is compressed to the smallest sensible size before you paste it. Drop in videos, images, GIFs or PDFs and Clop optimises them, converts them to modern formats such as JPEG XL, AVIF and AV1, and can squeeze a file until it fits under a size limit you choose. All processing happens on your own Mac. Updated Aug 21, 2026.

Key Features

• Clipboard optimisation shrinks copied images automatically, ready to paste
• Compresses videos, images, GIFs and PDFs dropped in or in watched folders
• Converts to JPEG XL, WebP, AVIF, AV1, WebM and HEVC formats
• Fit under size mode keeps compressing until a file meets your limit
• Screen recordings are optimised as soon as recording stops

How to Download

1. Visit the official Clop page to compare the free and Pro feature sets.
2. Use this link to get the installer: Download from the official site and save the file to your Mac.
3. Open the download and install Clop.
4. Launch Clop, copy an image, and paste it anywhere to see the smaller result.

System Requirements

Clop needs a Mac running macOS 14 or later, according to the developer page. It runs on Apple Silicon and Intel machines. Since all processing is local, no account or internet connection is needed for compression.

FAQs

Is Clop free?

Partly. Clipboard optimisation and downscaling stay free. After a trial of the Pro features, other tools are limited per session unless you buy the licence.

Does Clop upload my files?

No. The developer states that Clop uses no cloud services and sends no file data to the internet.

LayerQ 1.0.0 for Mac

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Updated Aug 21, 2026

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LayerQ is a layer set management and batch rendering tool for After Effects. It lets you save layer visibility setups as reusable sets, so one composition can hold many variations of a design, such as different languages or colours. You can preview a set instantly with Solo, and then render every variation in one click, including nested precomps. That removes the old routine of duplicating compositions by hand and queuing each render one at a time, which is slow and easy to get wrong. Updated Aug 21, 2026.

Key Features

• Saves layer visibility setups as reusable sets
• Instant preview of any set using Solo
• Renders every variation in one click
• Handles nested precomps as part of each variation
• No manual composition duplicating or repeated queueing

How to Download

1. Open After Effects on your Mac and save your current project first.
2. Use this link to get the installer: Download from the official site and save the file to your Mac.
3. Install the tool through the aescripts manager or copy it into place, then restart After Effects.
4. Open the LayerQ panel, save your first layer set and try a batch render of your variations.

System Requirements

LayerQ needs a Mac with a recent version of macOS and a supported version of Adobe After Effects. It runs inside After Effects, so it shares the memory and processor of your Mac with your project. Batch rendering benefits from a faster Mac.

FAQs

What kind of work is LayerQ best for?

It suits projects with many versions of one design, such as language variants, colour options or size variations, where each version differs by which layers are visible.

Does it work with nested precomps?

Yes, LayerQ includes nested precomps when it renders variations, so sets can reach layers deep inside your project structure.

Kease 2.4.5 for Mac

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Updated Aug 21, 2026

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Kease is an easing tool for After Effects by Davide Boscolo. It gives animators a dedicated panel for applying, editing and saving easing curves, beyond the standard curves After Effects offers alone. It also supports multi keyframe curves that span several keyframes, so bounce, overshoot and elastic style settles can be saved as one preset and applied in a single click. A free version covers the basics, while Pro unlocks the full library and editor. Updated Aug 21, 2026.

Key Features

• Standard easing curves with a clear visual graph editor
• Multi keyframe curves for bounce, overshoot and anticipation
• Preset library to save, organize and reuse curves
• Copy and paste easing between properties
• Import and export of preset libraries in Pro
• Free version available, with a trial of Pro features

How to Download

1. Check that your Mac runs a supported version of After Effects.
2. Use this link to get the installer: Download from the official site and choose the free or Pro edition.
3. Install the extension file following the product page instructions.
4. Open After Effects, launch the Kease panel and apply a preset.

System Requirements

You need a Mac running a current version of macOS with Adobe After Effects installed, since Kease works as an extension inside it. Any Mac that runs After Effects well is enough.

FAQs

What is multi keyframe easing?

Normal easing shapes motion between two keyframes. Multi keyframe easing builds a curve across several keyframes, making motions like a bounce faster to create and reuse.

Is there a free version of Kease?

Yes. The free version includes simple presets and the graph editor. Pro adds unlimited presets and multi keyframe curves.

Is Kease a subscription?

No. It is a one time license usable on two devices at once, with no monthly fees.

WhyFi 1.4.4 for Mac

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Updated Aug 21, 2026

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WhyFi answers the question every Mac user asks when the internet feels broken: is it my WiFi, my router, my provider or something else? The app lives in your menu bar and watches the connection continuously, testing the separate links in the chain between your Mac and the wider internet. When something goes wrong it points at the likely weak spot, whether that is the wireless signal, the router, the internet provider or the DNS service, and explains in plain language what to try. Updated Aug 21, 2026.

Key Features

• Sits in the menu bar and monitors your connection while you work
• Separates the chain into WiFi, router, provider and DNS stages
• Explains each problem in plain words and suggests a practical fix
• Sold for a single one off payment rather than a subscription

How to Download

1. Open the official WhyFi site and read what the current release covers.
2. Use this link to get the installer: Download from the official site and save the file to your Mac.
3. Open the download and move WhyFi into your Applications folder.
4. Launch the app, then open it the next time your connection misbehaves.

System Requirements

WhyFi is a small macOS menu bar utility. You need a Mac with a wireless connection for its WiFi checks to be meaningful. It observes your network rather than changing router settings, so there is nothing to configure on your other equipment.

FAQs

What does WhyFi actually check?

It tests the stages your connection passes through, so it can say whether the trouble looks like WiFi, the router, your provider or DNS.

Will WhyFi fix my router for me?

No. It diagnoses the problem and tells you how to fix it, but the changes stay in your hands.