Utilities

TL;DR: I created a suite of Mac menu bar apps to quickly view important connection details: USB device info, external display specs, and networking stats. Each app is lightweight, native, and built for people who like to know what’s going on under the hood. All three apps are available individually or as part of the Connection Info Suite bundle on the Mac App Store. What Sparked This Project? It started with a slow external hard drive. ...

TL;DR: I built a new Mac App for quickly showing USB connection stats! Here’s a little story of its development process and why I built it. The Problem That Led to an App I was so excited, I finally got a new high speed SSD external hard drive. I was ready to backing up my Mac’s photos and files quickly to have a convenient offline backup. When I plugged it in and started copying data, I was shocked to see it would take hours just to transfer a few gigabytes. I honestly thought I had a dead-on-arrival drive, or I’d been scammed. ...