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Sindre Sorhus is a prolific Apple developer who has 55 apps (so far) and this week, Allison Sheridan will introduce you to 3 of them.

• Dato is a menu bar app that gives you access to your calendar and reminders, even creating them right from the menu bar. You can join video calls right from Dato and tailor the app to the view you like. 

• Aiko gives you on-device transcription using Whisper AI, which means your data isn't shared anywhere, and it runs on macOS, iOS, and even visionOS.

• With the browser picker app Velja, you'll be able to control where web links open, including directly to apps like Zoom instead of taking a trip through Safari first.

You may be wondering: Why cover an application that is a stand-alone menu bar utility for the calendar, when many calendar apps already have a built-in menu bar component? Well, Dato is a little bit more than that. You may be able to do all of the usual things such a utility should do, like get a quick peek at your agenda and add items with a keyboard shortcut. Dato, however, goes a little further by adding multiple time zones support, offering full-screen notifications for calendar events as well as offering a built-in date calculator. Join Lee, your tour guide, in this tip video showcasing a clever utility.