The app you need to clean up your computer

The app you need to clean up your computer

你需要用来清理电脑的这款应用

Plus, in this week’s Installer: Dungeon Crawler Carl is back, an underwater adventure game, smart glasses, and much more. 此外,在本周的《Installer》中:Dungeon Crawler Carl 系列回归、一款水下冒险游戏、智能眼镜,以及更多精彩内容。

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 128, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. 朋友们好!欢迎来到第 128 期《Installer》,这是你探索全球最棒、最“Verge”风格事物的指南。

This week, I’ve been reading about David Attenborough and screenwriters-turned-AI-trainers and the Subway Takes guy, listening to a lot of Productivity FM’s mixes while I work, finally writing my vibe-coding opus, testing the Poppy AI assistant, tracking my pathetic step counts with the new Fitbit Air, and switching browsers for the first time in forever. 本周,我阅读了关于大卫·爱登堡、转型为 AI 训练师的编剧们以及“Subway Takes”博主的内容;工作时听了很多 Productivity FM 的混音;终于写完了我的“氛围编程”大作;测试了 Poppy AI 助手;用新款 Fitbit Air 追踪了我那可怜的步数;并且有史以来第一次更换了浏览器。

I also have for you a couple of really useful Mac utilities, a new book in the Installerverse’s favorite series, a new tool for managing the fediverse, and much more. Let’s get into it. 我还为你准备了几款非常实用的 Mac 工具、Installer 宇宙最爱系列的新书、一款管理联邦宇宙(fediverse)的新工具,以及更多内容。让我们开始吧。

Mole. I’ve been following this Mac app’s development for a while, and I’m a big fan. It does a great job of hunting down huge files, un-needed apps, memory-hungry processes, and other things mucking up your computer, without being overzealous about it. For $9, I can’t recommend it enough. Mole. 我关注这款 Mac 应用的开发已经有一段时间了,我是它的忠实粉丝。它在查找大文件、不需要的应用、占用内存的进程以及其他拖慢电脑运行速度的垃圾方面表现出色,而且不会过度清理。售价 9 美元,强烈推荐。

A Parade of Horribles. Dungeon Crawler Carl is back! I’m still catching up on the series, but I’m confident the eighth book in the story brings even more chaos to Carl and Donut. DCC is maybe the most-recommended thing in the history of Installer, so this book is huge news. A Parade of Horribles. 《Dungeon Crawler Carl》回归了!我还在补这个系列,但我确信故事的第八本书会给 Carl 和 Donut 带来更多的混乱。DCC 可能是《Installer》历史上被推荐次数最多的作品,所以这本书是个大新闻。

The Twelve South PowerClip. I am a big proponent of always carrying a giant backup battery, but I’m oddly charmed by this tiny $40 dongle that isn’t designed to fully charge your phone but rather to keep it from dying. Clever that it can also act as a USB-C cable, too. The Twelve South PowerClip. 我一直主张随身携带大容量备用电池,但我却被这个售价 40 美元的小巧转接头迷住了。它并非为了给手机充满电而设计,而是为了防止手机关机。它还能兼作 USB-C 数据线,非常巧妙。

Bartender Pro. Bartender has always been a classic power-user Mac app for cleaning up your menu bar. For $15 a year, Bartender Pro does way more: It adds a bunch of small utilities, like audio controls and your calendar, to the notch in your Mac’s screen. Bartender Pro. Bartender 一直是 Mac 高级用户清理菜单栏的经典应用。每年 15 美元的 Bartender Pro 功能更强大:它在 Mac 屏幕的刘海区域(或菜单栏中间)添加了一系列小工具,例如音频控制和日历。

Subnautica 2. This underwater adventure game became one of the biggest titles on Steam literally overnight, which is very funny given how many reviews say the game is full of bugs and weirdness. Doesn’t seem to be stopping anybody. Subnautica 2. 这款水下冒险游戏几乎在一夜之间成为了 Steam 上最热门的游戏之一,考虑到许多评论都说它充满了 Bug 和奇怪的问题,这非常有趣。但这似乎并没有阻挡任何人的热情。

Indigo. A Bluesky app, and a Mastodon app, combined into a single timeline in a way that looks and feels great. Apps like this are the reason I’m still so excited about the fediverse. Indigo. 这是一款将 Bluesky 和 Mastodon 整合进单一时间线的应用,外观和体验都很棒。像这样的应用就是我至今仍对联邦宇宙感到兴奋的原因。

“We aren’t ready for Meta glasses.” Terrific Christophe video about the cultural state of smart glasses and why these devices are genuinely both thrilling and horrifying. And maybe here to stay either way. “我们还没准备好迎接 Meta 眼镜。” Christophe 制作的精彩视频,探讨了智能眼镜的文化现状,以及为什么这些设备既令人兴奋又令人恐惧。无论如何,它们可能已经成为常态。

Snapseed 4.0. Google just did something I never thought it would again: It made an extremely cool app. It’s exactly the kind of photo editing app that’s hard to find these days: It has a lot of features but a simple, straightforward set of controls. Snapseed 4.0. 谷歌做了一件我以为它再也不会做的事:它做了一款极其酷炫的应用。这正是如今很难找到的那种照片编辑应用:功能丰富,但控制简单直接。

The Punisher: One Last Kill. Yeah, this Disney Plus special has gone viral for bad reasons, but I’m always here for a gritty superhero story, and this one seems to execute the genre really well. The Punisher: One Last Kill. 是的,这部 Disney Plus 特辑因为一些负面原因走红了,但我一直很喜欢硬核的超级英雄故事,而这一部似乎很好地诠释了这个类型。


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Today, Joanna Stern becomes the first-ever repeat guest in Installer history. Joanna spent the last year of her life trying to use AI for absolutely everything, in an effort to figure out where AI might actually be useful. After all the experimenting, I asked Joanna to share some of the things she’s found that truly work. 今天,Joanna Stern 成为《Installer》历史上首位重复受邀的嘉宾。过去一年,Joanna 尝试将 AI 应用于生活的方方面面,试图找出 AI 真正有用的地方。在经历了一系列实验后,我请 Joanna 分享了一些她发现真正有效的方法。

What’s your day-to-day AI setup like? I’m a Claude person and a ChatGPT person. I use Claude Code and Claude Cowork for a lot of multi-step work and for integrating with my Google tools. I use ChatGPT more for editing and talking things through, mostly because the voice and live video mode are superior. 你日常的 AI 配置是怎样的? 我既用 Claude 也用 ChatGPT。我使用 Claude Code 和 Claude Cowork 来处理许多多步骤工作,并将其与我的谷歌工具集成。我更多地使用 ChatGPT 进行编辑和讨论,主要是因为它的语音和实时视频模式更胜一筹。

What are some surprising things you’ve found that really worked for you? I love Projects in ChatGPT and Claude. They saved me a ton of time while book making. 你发现哪些令人惊喜且真正有效的方法? 我喜欢 ChatGPT 和 Claude 中的“Projects”功能。它们在我写书的过程中节省了大量时间。