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Getting the sites you live in out of the browser, on a Mac.

Unite alternatives: what you can drop

Unite daitai: alternatives to Unite for macOS, compared on the four things that actually differ. Engine, macOS floor, licence model, and whether the project is still maintained.

Site shortcuts in the Dock alternatives: what you can drop

site shortcuts in the Dock bundles five separate jobs into one icon. Three of them have cheap substitutes that need no app at all, and two of them do not. Here is how to tell which is which.

Site shortcuts in the Dock: how to decide what you need

Deciding site shortcuts in the Dock means answering two questions in order: which site earns a Dock slot, and which build route fits it. Four tests settle the first, and the second follows.

Site shortcuts in the Dock not working: what to check, in order

When site shortcuts in the Dock does not behave as expected, the cause sits in one of four places. Identify what built the icon, then work through the symptoms in the order that eliminates the most ground first.

Site shortcuts in the Dock: what the free tier covers

site shortcuts in the Dock costs nothing through macOS and Chrome, so the useful question is what triggers payment. Free routes, capped free plans, trials, and what one time and monthly pricing cost over three years.

Site shortcuts in the Dock: what it does and where it breaks down

Putting a site in the Dock produces one of three different objects, and only one of them behaves like an app. What each one gives you, and the four places the setup runs into trouble.

Site shortcuts in the Dock: the setup order that holds up

Building a Dock app takes under a minute. The rework comes from four decisions made after the fact. Here is the order that holds up, from picking the first site through removal.

Slack app download for Mac: which route, which version

The Slack app download for Mac comes from two official places with different update behaviour. Here are the version numbers, the published end dates, and what happens after.