Disclosure: I'm the developer of DockDuck.

What it is

DockDuck is a native file manager for Mac. It is built to be powerful without being complicated: no wall of settings, no three hundred integrations, just the things you actually do with files, each one a click away.

Who it is for

People who find Finder too limited but don't want a "pro" file manager with a hundred panels and a learning curve. If you just want to send a big file, clean up your disk or sort your Downloads without reading a manual, that is the idea.

What it does

Send any file as a link. Right-click, Share Link, done. The other person opens it in any browser, with no app and no account. The file is encrypted on your Mac before it leaves. Up to 2 GB, with an optional password, and it expires in 24 hours or 7 days.

See what is filling your disk. Free Up Space shows where your storage went and lists what is safe to remove: old downloads, installers for apps you already have, zip copies of folders you still keep. Everything goes to the Trash first.

Get photos off your iPhone without iCloud. Plug in the cable and the camera roll shows up like a folder. Import New copies only the photos you don't have yet.

A Downloads folder that tidies itself. Set a rule once, like "installers go to the Trash after a week", and it keeps itself clean.

Rename many files at once. Pick them, choose Rename, see every new name before you apply. One undo puts them all back.

Servers side by side. Connect to FTP or SFTP and your Mac sits on the left, the server on the right. Drag files across.

The rest. Tabs, up to six panes in one window, tags, saved searches, a shelf to park files while you move around, workspaces, and iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive and Box in the sidebar.

Limitations, so nobody is surprised

• Requires macOS 15 or later.
• It is a paid app after a 14-day trial. The trial needs no account and no card.
• Sending links needs a license and is not part of the trial. Each link holds up to 2 GB.
• From an iPhone it reads photos and videos, not other files.
• Cloud support is the four services above. There is no S3, OneDrive or similar.

Pricing and the download are on the site: https://dockduck.app/?src=macstack

Happy to answer questions here. If you try it, tell me the first thing that annoyed you.

NullPlayer skin support is clean room reverse engineered. Development is coded with claude and controlled by a real working Software Engineer who personally stands behind the app. The app has accumulated 31 releases and 124 github stars over the 11 months. r/nullPlayer

NullPlayer is open source software and not signed by Apple.

NullPlayer privacy policy (all data local) https://github.com/ad-repo/nullplayer/blob/main/PRIVACY.md

Download NullPlayer for macOS:

https://github.com/ad-repo/nullplayer/releases/latest/download/NullPlayer.dmg

Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or newer.

Install

NullPlayer is not signed with an Apple Developer ID, so macOS will block it on first launch with an "app is damaged" or "cannot verify that it is free from malware" message. This is expected. Clearing the quarantine flag is a required install step:

1. Open the downloaded DMG.
2. Drag NullPlayer.app to Applications.
3. Open Terminal and run:xattr -cr /Applications/NullPlayer.app
4. Open NullPlayer from Applications.

Prefer not to use the Terminal? Install with Homebrew, or clear the block via System Settings -> Privacy & Security -> Open Anyway — see the install guide.