Native macOS utilities that each fix one annoying thing… and sometimes more.

Luces Umbrarum

INSTRUMENT CATALOG — SMALL APPS FOR YOUR MAC

DOC NO.LU-2026-C
INSTRUMENTS19
PRICE, EACH0.00 € — 15 €
MASS, EACH0 g
OS: macOS CONSTRUCTION: Swift & SwiftUI DISTRIBUTION: notarized DMG / ZIP UPDATES: Sparkle TELEMETRY: none fitted

01 Instruments with dedicated documentation

02 Catalog — shipping

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LU-004 CropBatchImages Crop, resize, watermark and blur images in batches. v1.6
macOS 15.0+
crop · batch LU-003 NetworkQualityUtilities Test internet speed, latency and responsiveness. v1.0.2
macOS 14.0+
network · speed-test LU-001 syncthingStatusMenu Bar Check Syncthing progress from your menu bar. v1.6.2
macOS 15.5+
syncthing · sync-status LU-009 SigilUtilities Give external drives icons that return when you reconnect. v1.0.1
macOS 14.0+
icons · external-drives LU-008 QuickMotionVideo Turn videos into timelapses. v1.0.4
macOS 14.0+
timelapse · speed-ramp LU-015 VideoContainerSwitcherVideo Change video containers without re-encoding. v1.0
macOS 14.0+
remux · container-swap LU-007 VideoWallpaperDesktop Play videos as your Mac desktop wallpaper. v1.0
macOS 13.0+
wallpaper · live-desktop LU-005 VideoScreenSaverDesktop Use your video folders as a Mac screen saver. v1.0
macOS 15.0+
screensaver · video LU-002 ProjectProgressTrackerMenu Bar Track Markdown checklists from your menu bar. v1.1
macOS 14.0+
markdown · todo LU-006 P2toMXFVideo Convert Panasonic P2 recordings to self-contained MXF or MOV. v1.2
macOS 14.0+
p2 · mxf LU-011 ManifestUtilities See keystrokes, clicks and app switches in a floating panel. v1.0.1
macOS 15.0+
keystroke · click LU-010 TachographUtilities Measure the time between keystrokes and clicks. v1.0.0
macOS 15.0+
timestamp · keystroke LU-014 LaunchAwayUtilities Launch apps and open System Settings from your keyboard. v1.0.1
macOS 26 (Tahoe)+
launcher · hotkey LU-017 QuickStatsPanelUtilities Check your Mac’s live stats with a hotkey. v1.1.0
macOS 15.0+
stats · hud LU-013 Conjoyn Video Rejoin split DJI and GoPro recordings without re-encoding. v1.0.6
macOS 14.0+
dji · gopro LU-012 DiskVerdict Utilities Find out what your drive is fast enough for. v1.0.0
macOS 14.0+
disk · benchmark LU-018 TimeCodeEditor Video Find and correct video timecode mismatches in batches. v1.0
macOS 14.0+
timecode · smpte LU-016 Magpie Video Download video or audio from a link. v1.2.0
macOS 14.0+
yt-dlp · youtube LU-019 Aloft Utilities Find and reuse what you copied, where you’re typing. v1.2.2
macOS 15.0+
clipboard · clipboard-manager
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Notes. Each instrument fixes one annoying thing, then gets out of the way. All instruments are hand-built by a one-person studio, on a Mac, for Macs. No account, no subscription, no analytics — there is no server to send anything to.

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