From be7263b9121bae2bf3e95ac6cc459ba3bdf8abc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rzen Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 19:36:21 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?site:=20review=20=E2=80=94=20Tintd=202=20(gradu?= =?UTF-8?q?ate=20from=20find)?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Fact-check against tintd.app and the App Store surfaced a version split: the direct download is the real Tintd 2 (macOS 14+, one-time $9.99+), while the Mac App Store listing is still the older v1.3.4 (macOS 13+, subscription option) — Apple's review queue hasn't caught up yet. --- daily-finds.log.md | 8 +++++ .../tintd-automatic-folder-tinting/index.mdx | 1 + .../tintd-automatic-folder-tinting/hero.webp | Bin 0 -> 7130 bytes .../tintd-automatic-folder-tinting/index.mdx | 30 ++++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/content/reviews/tintd-automatic-folder-tinting/hero.webp create mode 100644 src/content/reviews/tintd-automatic-folder-tinting/index.mdx diff --git a/daily-finds.log.md b/daily-finds.log.md index 7dbf495..76ba8e8 100644 --- a/daily-finds.log.md +++ b/daily-finds.log.md @@ -2351,3 +2351,11 @@ Hero: the find's own hero carried into the review folder — confirmed byte-iden Category: clipboard (existing). Fact-check (mandatory, against indieseek.co/apps/paste-switch/ + its pricing page + the Product Hunt listing): the find overstated one detail — **there is a secondary status panel** (shortcut + recent-clips list), contradicting the find's "no panel" claim; the review corrects this while noting the panel is secondary to the shortcut-driven interaction. Added specificity the find lacked: the shortcut is a dedicated Cmd+Shift+V (not an override of system paste); the kill-ring swap only fires when the previously-pasted text is still untouched directly before the cursor (else it starts a fresh paste); clipboard coverage is text + PNG/TIFF images only (no files/PDF/RTF/HTML yet); history is in-memory only and clears on quit; needs Accessibility permission to send synthetic paste/undo keystrokes; macOS-only, direct download (no App Store); maker is solo indie developer Ahab (@ahabwang, indieseek.co), fresh off an early-July-2026 Product Hunt launch. Pricing: 30-day free trial, then $10 one-time lifetime (carried into review frontmatter description; no amazonLink — not a physical product). + +## 2026-07-12 — review: tintd-automatic-folder-tinting + +Graduated from find captured 2026-07-06, source: Brett Terpstra. +Hero: no hero on the find, so pulled the maker's own og:image from tintd.app (a before/after illustration — plain blue folder → auto-tinted green folder with icon) — the site's chosen representative image, richer than any available screenshot alternative. +Category: files (existing — Finder/organization). Topics carried from the find (macos-apps, productivity). +Fact-check (mandatory, against tintd.app, its /download page, the Mac App Store listing, Product Hunt, and PeerPush): the find held up on the core mechanic (auto color + icon by folder name, Folder Watcher for new folders) but undersold the rest — added bulk editing, emoji support, custom-image icons, one-click revert to default, an 11,000+ icon library, Finder right-click integration, and on-device-only processing. **Notable correction**: Tintd 2 is a relaunch, and the storefronts disagree — the direct tintd.app download is the real Tintd 2 (build 2.0.0, macOS 14+, one-time "Lifetime" from $9.99, no subscription), while the Mac App Store listing is still the older Tintd (v1.3.4, macOS 13.0+, $0.99/mo subscription or $19.99 one-time IAP) — Apple's review queue hadn't caught up to v2 as of this writing. The review flags this explicitly and points readers to the direct download. Maker: indie developer @jbbbeau (Oniri Inc.), Tintd 2 launched on Product Hunt 2026-05-28. +Amazon: n/a — software, not a physical product. diff --git a/src/content/find/2026/07/tintd-automatic-folder-tinting/index.mdx b/src/content/find/2026/07/tintd-automatic-folder-tinting/index.mdx index 635c139..ffcfabd 100644 --- a/src/content/find/2026/07/tintd-automatic-folder-tinting/index.mdx +++ b/src/content/find/2026/07/tintd-automatic-folder-tinting/index.mdx @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ source: "Brett Terpstra" topics: [macos-apps, productivity] tags: [finder, organization, utility] description: "A Mac app that runs in the background and automatically applies folder colors and icons based on each folder's name — turning a naming convention into a visual one." +promotedTo: tintd-automatic-folder-tinting --- Tintd 2 runs in the background and applies folder colors and icons automatically based on each folder's name, so a naming convention becomes a visual one with no manual tagging. 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It's a small trick that pays off in exactly the moment it's needed: scanning a cluttered folder view at a glance instead of reading every label. + +What the find left out is how much further Tintd 2 goes past the automatic case. Any folder can be recolored or re-iconed by hand from a library north of 11,000 icons and emoji, custom images can be imported as icons directly, and bulk editing applies a look to a whole batch of folders at once rather than one at a time — useful for retrofitting an existing mess instead of only tinting what's created going forward. A one-click revert restores macOS's default folder icon if a rule ever guesses wrong, and everything happens through a right-click context menu already built into Finder. It's also all local: icon and color matching runs on-device, nothing is uploaded. + +One thing worth untangling before buying: Tintd 2 is a relaunch, and the storefronts haven't caught up with each other. The direct download from tintd.app is the actual Tintd 2 (build 2.0.0), needs macOS 14 or later, and sells as a single "pay once, access forever" purchase starting at $9.99, no subscription. The listing currently live on the Mac App Store is still the older Tintd — version 1.3.4, macOS 13.0+, priced as a $0.99/month subscription or a $19.99 one-time unlock — and Apple's review queue hadn't caught up to the v2 build as of this writing. For the app the find is actually describing, the tintd.app download is the one to get. + +It comes from indie developer @jbbbeau (shipping as Oniri Inc.), who launched Tintd 2 on Product Hunt on May 28, 2026, describing it as "the vision I had for Tintd all along." For anyone whose Finder sidebar is a wall of identical blue folders, it's a genuinely low-effort fix — set the naming habit once, and the color-coding keeps itself current.