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October 2, 2026

How to download a website you are logged into (on a Mac)

Copying pages that need a login used to mean exporting cookies and hoping. Here are the ways to do it on a Mac, from one page to a whole members area, and what to watch out for.

By Oxid Apps Team

October 2, 2026

Why your downloaded website is blank (or broken) offline, and how to fix it

Missing styles, empty pages, images that never load: the five usual reasons a copied website breaks when you open it from your Mac, with a fix for each.

By Oxid Apps Team

October 2, 2026

How to download a JavaScript website on a Mac without blank pages

Sites built with React, Next.js or Vue often come out blank when you copy them with the usual tools. Here is why, and three ways to get a copy that actually works offline.

By Oxid Apps Team

August 18, 2026

How Rust powers our macOS apps

Why every Oxid app has a Rust engine, how it pairs with SwiftUI (and, in two apps, Tauri), what that combination buys, and where it stops.

By Oxid Apps Team

August 18, 2026

The Mac productivity setup for 2026: nine apps that respect your time

A lean Mac workflow built from nine focused apps — what each one is for, what it does not do yet, and what it costs.

By Oxid Apps Team

August 18, 2026

One-time purchase vs subscription: why we do not charge monthly

Subscription fatigue is real. Why every Oxid app is a one-time purchase, what that covers, and how our prices compare with the subscription, free and one-time tools in each category.

By Oxid Apps Team

August 10, 2026

Oxid Studio and Oxid Mail are here

A video editor and a multi-account mail client join the catalogue. Both are betas, and this post says what they do not do yet — corrected in October 2026 after an audit.

By Oxid Apps Team

August 9, 2026

Rust engines, mostly native interfaces: what Oxid apps are built on

Every Oxid app has a Rust engine. Ten have native SwiftUI interfaces; Oxid Studio and Oxid Note use a Tauri web view. Why we build this way, and what we do not claim.

By Oxid Apps Team

August 8, 2026

Twelve apps, one price, no subscription

The Value Pack is every app we make for $99 — 78% off the $458 they cost separately. What it includes, and what happens when we add an app.

By Oxid Apps Team

March 18, 2026

Introducing Oxid Apps

We're launching a suite of macOS apps with Rust engines and, in most of them, native SwiftUI interfaces. One-time purchases, no subscriptions.

By Oxid Apps Team