​Hi [r/macapps](r/macapps),

I wanted to share Mail Assistant, a native macOS app built to work directly alongside Apple Mail to help audit senders, track inbox trends, and reclaim storage space across all your accounts.

🔒 Privacy & Safety First

·       Zero Network Permissions: The app has no network access and cannot send data anywhere.

• The only permissions it needs: is access to the ~Library\Mail folder in order to do its job. No other folder access is needed. If you try to select a different folder that’s not the Mail folder it will reject it and prompt again to select the Mail folder. Nothing gets sent anywhere it literally just parses the index and allows you to have full visibility of what you have.
The second permission is Automation so that the app can send Apple Events to Apple Mail to do things like mar unread or mark read or move messages to folder or trash. You will be asked to confirm the action every time.

·       No Account Logins: It works directly with the local mail database Apple Mail has already downloaded.

·       Safe Cleanup: Actions use Apple Mail's local structure, including full Undo capabilities.

🛠️** Key Featu**res:

·       Senders Report: Ranks every sender by message count and storage footprint (sorting by size is usually eye-opening).

·       Advanced Search: Instant filter by sender, subject, date, folder, attachment, or body across all accounts, with CSV export.

·       Inbox Trends: Weekly arrival charts, senders unread for >1 year, new unopened senders, and unread pile-ups.

·       Header-Based Unsubscribe: Reads native unsubscribe headers to open in your browser, flagging if unsubscribing makes sense.

·       Full Undo Log: Easily restore trashed messages to their original folders.

📱 Requirements & Beta Link:

·       System Requirements: macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later + Apple Mail signed in.

·       TestFlight Beta: https://testflight.apple.com/join/8eRpXYuS

·       Screenshots & Details: https://jjleinnovations.github.io/mail-assistant/

​I'd love your feedback on performance, UI clarity, or feature requests! Please comment below or use the TestFlight feedback button.

1. ⁠Did you run into any bugs, crashes, or performance slowdowns?
   
2. ⁠Is any part of the UI or workflow confusing?
   
3. ⁠What additional filters or bulk actions would make this more useful for you?
   
4. ⁠Try using sender report and sort by size, use the perform actions and undo them. Use the advance search with combination filters. Check out trends tab.
   
5. ⁠Please test the Mail folder access by selecting a different folder. Report any prompts for permission that is not the Mail folder. In the report include MacOs Version and what the prompt said and asked for.
   
6. Specifically looking for testers running MacOS 14-15 and 27.
   
7. If you already installed a previous build please uninstall that and install new one so you can test out the initial setup grant access prompts as well. When you uninstall nothing of yours leaves or gets deleted. The Apple Mail index stays right where it is. Only the Mail Assistant app gets uninstalled.

SnipNotes Summer Sale — 50% off through August 31

SnipNotes is an Apple-native notes app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch, focused on quickly capturing things before you forget them.

Highlights include quick capture from the Mac menu bar and Share Sheet, clipboard capture, Apple Watch notes, voice recordings with transcription and summaries, tags, categories, reminders, and iCloud sync.

Sale prices:

• iOS: $19.99 → $9.99
• iOS + Mac: $29.99 → $14.99

Both are permanent one-time unlocks.

I’m the developer of SnipNotes. A major redesign is currently in development, and purchases made during the sale will carry over at no additional cost.

I’ve been loving death stranding on my Mac and iPhone but I’m waiting for RE to go on sale!! Been checking everyday but do not wanna pay full price !!! Anyone else excited for any other games going on sale.?

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The Ultimate Edition includes both epic story expansions plus special weapons and stylish gear to unleash a new level of carnage.

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Not all time low, as it was available for 17.99 before
Thanks u/Atifus

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The Mac App Store versions of the Resident Evil games didn’t get discounted during both the Steam Spring Sale and the Summer Sale this year, unlike previous years.

As someone who only got into the Resident Evil franchise this year, it’s been pretty disappointing. I’ve been holding off on buying some of the games for months, hoping a sale would eventually come around, but it never did.

In the end, I gave up waiting and bought RE2 and RE4 at full price because it started to feel like waiting was pointless.

Has Capcom said anything about their plans for the Mac App Store versions? I’m now inclined to assume that RE9 won’t get a Mac released ever, with how things have been lately.

When Resident evil 4 on Mac Apps is on sale. All other console from steam to PS5 had a discount since today is Summer Game Fest. Why we left out by capcom???

Additional Notes:
- Likely to go on sale on Steam for All-time low soon as well as May the 4th approaches.
- The iPhone/iPad version of both games are also on sale for All-time low currently.

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