In the forthcoming MacOS 27 (Golden Gate), Apple has fixed some past mistakes when it comes to app icons. They should rescind the prohibition on app icon shapes too. End the squircle jail!
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After months of hard work, a free update to SoundSource has just shipped on out. SoundSource 6.1 has a slew of refinements, a veritable slew!
Read all about it here: https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2026/07/21/soundsource-6-1-is-here/ It’s a free update.
SoundSource 6.1 Is Here: https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2026/07/21/soundsource-6-1-is-here/
We’ve just released SoundSource 6.1, a free update that brings dozens of refinements and improvements to all SoundSource 6 users. Read on for more details, or just click to download it immediately. Continued Progress Last winter, we shipped SoundSource 6. It was a major upgrade to our popular audio control utility that brought a bevy […]
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SoundSource 6.1, the latest version of our essential sound control utility, includes nearly three dozen bug fixes. When it comes to software, the only good bug is a squashed bug!
https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2026/07/21/soundsource-6-1-is-here/
The Aggregation of Marginal Gains: https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2026/07/07/the-aggregation-of-marginal-gains/
If I had to identify a single principle that has allowed Rogue Amoeba to consistently develop high-quality, award-winning software for the last twenty-four years, it would be the aggregation of marginal gains. You might know that term from the story of cycling coach Dave Brailsford. Brailsford took the helm of the British national team in […]
SoundSource 6.1 includes an optional new “Quick Configs” menu bar icon, as well as refinements to the app’s main menu bar icon to better display volume levels.
Read all about it: https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2026/07/21/soundsource-6-1-is-here/
Unobtrusive Update Notifications: https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2026/04/28/unobtrusive-update-notifications/
Like hundreds of other Mac apps, our products use the open source Sparkle update framework to alert you to the existence of new versions. With the help of Sparkle, you can move to new versions of our apps in just a few clicks. Though Sparkle serves us very well, it has one notable downside. Update […]
We made a number of refinements to working with Bluetooth devices (always a headache!), the Audio Devices window, and Audio Units in SoundSource 6.1.
Check it out:
https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2026/07/21/soundsource-6-1-is-here/
Is it the cover of a ’90s-era self-help book? Nah, it’s a teaser image for a fun blog post reviewing some small improvements made over time.
https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2026/07/07/the-aggregation-of-marginal-gains/
Updates to our products have always been fast and easy to install. Now, with unobtrusive update notifications, they’ll also be less disruptive.
Read more right here: https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2026/04/28/unobtrusive-update-notifications/
SoundSource 6.1.1 is now live, and it stomps out more bugs. Most of them were rare, but all of them are now deceased. 🚫🪳🚫
Check out SoundSource right here: https://rogueamoeba.com/soundsource/
Here’s a lovely post describing how a combination of Farrago, Loopback, and Audio Hijack make RPG sessions more fun and immersive:
https://blog.rollenspiel.monster/vasants-notes/background-music-for-rpg-sessions
If you use audio in any way on your Mac, our powerful audio utility SoundSource can help you. Check it out at https://rogueamoeba.com/soundsource/
Now, ScreenCastsOnline has just published a great tutorial that’s worth a look! https://www.screencastsonline.com/tutorials/music/soundsource-revisited
The Developers Who Came in From the Cold: https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2024/12/13/the-developers-who-came-in-from-the-cold/
When SoundSource needs to let you know where it does, it does a nice little pop to say “Here I am!”.
Sometimes, we like to have some fun, and so sometimes, our mascot Ammo likes to dress up: https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2026/02/17/special-ammos-in-our-footer/
Lee Falin’s Tenthish Anniversary: https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2026/04/24/lee-falins-tenthish-anniversary/
Way back in 2009, we welcomed Lee Falin to the Rogue Amoeba team. In 2014, we celebrated his fifth anniversary with the company. Now, in 2026, it’s time to celebrate his tenth anniversary. What? A Temporal Anomaly Lee’s employment history at Rogue Amoeba could best be described as complicated. He’s done full-time work, part-time work, […]
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@Galley@mastodon.online Right now, our store doesn’t have any direst way to give our software as a gift. However, we can certainly handle this manually! Reach out here: https://rogueamoeba.com/support/contactUs.php
(You’ve got great taste!)
@scrivolical@nexus.torment.ca Interesting. From all we’ve seen, the OS doesn’t mess about with the Sound Effects device the way it does with outputs and inputs (hence no option for preferred device order on it). Get in touch with our support team, though, so we can log the request! https://rogueamoeba.com/support/contactUs.php
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@MichaelPorter “I want a horn here, here, and here. You can never find a horn when you’re mad!”
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@digitalfx While not too likely that’ll get a setting, it’s not impossible.
Reach out here to submit the request: https://rogueamoeba.com/support/contactUs.php
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@octothorpe@mastodon.online @marioguzman@mastodon.social 🤨 There’s a byline on our post, as there is on all our posts.
Tone can be hard to convey in text, but our hope was simply to contribute to a conversation. We followed the exact same path Mario did, and we shipped it!
Eventually, we thought “Mm, this isn’t quite right”, and tried another idea. It seems clear there’s something worthwhile for Mac apps to consider, and perhaps a convention can be established.