... past couple of years. The bundle includes Mc (single-band), McMsc (single-band + inter-plugin sidechain), MbMc (multiband, 1 6 bands) and MbMcMsc (multiband + inter-plugin sidechain). All 4 share the same compression engine with 6 emulation types: Optical , VCA , FET , Tube , Bus and Digital . The feature I'm most proud of is the shared memory sidechain McMsc and MbMcMsc can route audio sidechain between plugin instances across tracks without any DAW routing cables, using lock-free ring buffers ... ... shared memory. Each band of MbMcMsc can receive a different sidechain source independently. Built in C++ on iPlug2 with SIMD optimization (SSE/AVX2). Available as VST3

... Product Hunt community! OptiClear is officially live, and while the current cleanup tools are saving tons of GBs, I m already looking at the roadmap for the next big update. I want to build what you actually need. Which of these features would make your Mac life easier? 1 Duplicate Finder: Find and remove those annoying identical files & photos. 2 Uninstaller Improvements: A more powerful way to wipe every trace of deleted apps. 3 Cloud Storage Cleaner: Scanning ... ... there something else you ve always wanted in a Mac utility? Drop a comment with your vote or share your wildest feature ideas. I'll be reading every single one and building the most requested ones! Let s make OptiClear

... utility market is notoriously crowded. If you search for "Mac cleaner," you'll see multi-million dollar companies dominating the ads and the first page of Google. As a solo indie maker building OptiClear , I realized I couldn't win that war. So, I decided to play a different game: Programmatic SEO (pSEO). Instead of fighting for broad keywords, I targeted the specific pain points of specific users. Here is the exact playbook I am currently executing: 1 Hyper-Specific ... ... clean their Mac manually. (e.g., Open Finder -> Hit +Shift+G -> Type ~/Library/Caches -> Select all -> Delete). 3 The "One-Click" Hook: Right after giving them the manual, tedious, and slightly risky steps, I introduce the alternative

... spaceship dashboard. They have spinning radars, giant red warning signs flashing "YOUR MAC IS IN DANGER", and custom UI elements that look nothing like macOS. It s designed to create panic and force a purchase. When I started building OptiClear , I decided to take the exact opposite approach. I wanted the UI to be almost... boring. I used standard SwiftUI. I embraced Apple's native design guidelines, added clean glassmorphism effects, and made sure it looked exactly like a default ... ... copy to match the boring UI or was it purely a visual simplification? Comment from Orhan Kilic(@orhan_kilic): If you want to see what a 'boring' but highly converting Mac app looks like, you can check out the OptiClear

... Product Hunt family! Just wanted to share a little "behind the scenes" pain from the OptiClear launch. We all know the Apple App Store review process can be a rollercoaster, and I definitely hit a loop. I had built this sweet "Invite a Friend" feature. The logic was simple: generate a code, share it with a friend, and both of you earn free premium days. A classic, organic growth loop, right? Well, Apple hit me with a rejection. Apparently, unlocking ... ... premium features outside of their standard In-App Purchase flow (even as a reward) is a big no-no. To get OptiClear

... community! We launched OptiClear on April 14th to help everyone tackle the 'Disk Full' nightmare. The support so far has been amazing, but the best part has been the feedback! A fellow maker (@gaurav_singh91) already pointed out a huge pain point: 'Xcode Junk' and iOS simulators. Those hidden GBs are now officially at the top of our roadmap! My goal is to make OptiClear

... Family! Following up on my "deleted feature" post that went viral in the newsletter (thanks for the love! ), I wanted to get brutally honest about the numbers. I just hit $81.72 in total sales for OptiClear this week. But when I checked my "Proceeds" tab, I saw $37.42 . At first glance, seeing Apple and taxes take more than 50% of your hard work feels like a punch in the gut. But as an indie maker from T rkiye, here ... ... just a storefront. By the way, the growth wouldn't have happened without this community's advice on my previous thread. If you want to see the tool that started all this chaos, you can check it out here: OptiClear

... been there: You check your storage, and there s a massive yellow bar labeled 'Other' or 'System Data' taking up 50GB+. In OptiClear, I built the Large & Aging Files analyzer specifically to hunt these down. It's often forgotten .dmg installers from 2 years ago or massive log files that serve no purpose. Yesterday, a user told me they found 12GB of old screen recordings they forgot they ever made! Question for the community: What was the weirdest ... ... tends to 'hoard' data in the background if you don t keep an eye on it. Most users don't realize that those monthly reviews are what keep a Mac running like new for years. My main goal with OptiClear

... identified a massive inefficiency in how design expertise gets communicated. The problem we discovered: Interior designers have incredible spatial knowledge. They understand room dimension psychology: Why ceiling height matters, how proportions affect furniture selection, why narrow spaces need specific optical solutions. But showing that expertise to clients? Painfully slow. Traditional rendering takes 2-3 weeks minimum. Most designers rely on mood boards and generic inspiration photos because custom visualization is too expensive and time-consuming. By the time they finish ... ... detailed presentations, potential clients have already hired faster competitors

... written a single line of code or spoken to a customer. On the other hand, I ve also seen startups whose brand presence got them credibility, early press, and investor meetings even before launch. Personally, I like good optics. The visual promise, even before interacting with the product, says a lot. You can tell in my case from our website . A well-chosen color scheme can signal personality. A clear tone of voice can show they understand their audience. These ... ... obsessing over branding early on just procrastination disguised as productivity? Or is it a strategic move to position yourself in a crowded market from day one? If you re building now, how much time are you putting into branding versus