Observed arrival · 2026-09-27

Aktar turns a menu-bar drop into a shareable link

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A free, open-source Mac app that uploads files to your own S3-compatible storage and copies a link to your clipboard.

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For: Mac users who share files from their own storage
Worth noticing: The default object path is {year}/{month}/{uuid}.{ext}, with editable templates that can also use filenames, dates, and times.

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Aktar supports multiple destinations, with examples labeled Personal, Client Work, and Homelab. Its path templates can include values such as {date}, {time}, {filename}, and {random}; the page also describes copying URLs in bulk from upload history. The download is listed as free, open source, signed, and notarized, and the site names macOS 14 as the minimum requirement.

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