CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten offered a sarcastic congratulations to President Donald Trump for “yet another record broken” Thursday — an abysmally low approval rating with independent voters.

The polling numbers for Trump and the GOP have been rough the past few months, with many election prognosticators assessing the president as a drag on Republican candidates across the country as they shift their predictions on race after race to the left.

A key factor in Trump’s bad numbers, according to Enten, is how poorly he fares with independent voters. CNN anchor John Berman brought Enten on set Friday to break down the “stunning new numbers” showing just how bad it was for Trump.

Trump’s net approval rating with independents was “the worst ever heading into a midterm election,” said Enten, a whopping “50 points underwater.”

“That is way worse than George W. Bush was going into the ’06 midterm elections at 31 points underwater,” Enten continued. “That’s actually even worse than Richard Nixon was before he was forced to resign back in 1974 — he was 47 points underwater. And then, of course, [Harry] Truman, who we keep bringing up because that was a terrible midterm for Democrats — he was 27 points underwater.”

“Donald Trump, congratulations,” Enten snarked. “Yet another record broken. We’re talking about the worst ever net approval for a president heading into a midterm election.”

“These three elections were terrible” for the president’s party, Berman pointed out.

“Terrible! Awful!” Enten agreed.

“Historically awful for the incumbent party,” said Berman.

“Historically, exactly,” said Enten, noting the House and Senate had flipped during these years.

Congressional Democrats also had a “historic lead right now” in the general congressional ballot polling, Enten added, even including some past “big wave” elections.

The independent vote was key to how James Talarico was poised to be the first Democrat to win a Texas Senate seat since 1988,  as he was polling much stronger with independents than past Texas Democrats like Beto O’Rourke, said Enten.

Watch the clip above via CNN.

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President Donald Trump called out Philadelphia 76ers star LeBron James on Thursday for practicing his golf swing during the singing of the national anthem.

James made his debut with the 76ers on Tuesday when the team took on the New York Knicks in their season opener. As the teams stood on the court during the singing of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” someone in the stands caught James repeatedly practicing his golf swing. After a few seconds, James changed his motion to a jump shot.

Two days later, Trump got wind of the clip and took to Truth Social to condemn James’s actions.

“While listening to our National Anthem, LeBron James disrespects our Country!” the president said. “I said right from the beginning that he’s no good, a TOTAL DISGRACE. LeBron James should apologize to all of those Great American Warriors and Heroes who died for the American Flag, and all that our Country stands for!”

Trump was not alone in his outrage, as countless other conservatives voice their displeasure online.

OutKick founder Clay Travis called James “toxic” and added that he “can’t wait until he retires.”

Political commentator Jon Root said that athletes “need to stop disrespecting the National Anthem.”

“It’s not hard to stand for 1 min. in honor & respect for our nation & it’s servicemen and women,” Root tweeted. “They all come across as a bunch of entitled, spoiled, rich brats.”

Fox News host Laura Ingraham, who famously told James to “shut up and dribble” after he voiced his political views years earlier, sarcastically described him as “class all the way” for the gesture during the anthem.

Numerous others shared similar sentiments.

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Zone 2 training is still having a moment—even if no one can agree on what it actually means. Legend has it that your easy, conversational-pace cardio—aka your Zone 2 heart rate—is the secret to unlocking everything from a bigger aerobic engine, to faster race times, and even to a longer life.

Whether Zone 2 deserves quite this much hype is debatable, but still, there are plenty of good reasons to master heart rate training more broadly. To train by heart rate, you aim to keep your heart rate in the "zone" that gives you your desired workout. Even if you believe every word of the Zone 2 gospel, it's completely pointless if your watch has the wrong idea of what your Zone 2 is. If you train with a Garmin watch, here’s how—and why—you should reset your heart rate zones now (and periodically).

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How Garmin determines your heart rate zones

When you first set up your Garmin, it asked for your age, weight, and a few other details. From there it generated heart rate zones, often using a default formula based on a maximum heart rate estimated from your age (typically some version of 220 minus your age). But these formulas are often wrong, since they give a single number for everybody at the same age, while real maximum heart rates vary from person to person. 

Plus, there isn’t one universally agreed-upon heart rate zone system. So if your watch assumed a max of 180 and yours is actually 195, every zone it gave you is shifted. Your "Zone 2" might really, for you, be Zone 1 (AKA a pace so easy it barely feels like a workout). Or your "Zone 2" might actually be a moderate-to-hard effort that's digging you into a hole, while you think you're taking it easy. At every step of the way, there’s a different formula and definition that determines what heart rate zone shows up on your watchface. 

To complicate things further, Garmin gives multiple options to set up your zones:

• Percent of max heart rate. This is the simplest approach. You enter (or let the watch estimate) your max, and each zone is a slice of that number. It's only as good as your max heart rate figure, which, as noted above, is often a guess.

• Percent of heart rate reserve (HRR). This method factors in both your max and your resting heart rate, so zones are based on the range your heart works across rather than just the top of it. It tends to produce more personalized zones, but it means your resting heart rate needs to be current, too.

• Percent of lactate threshold heart rate (LTHR). Here, your zones are anchored to the effort level where your body starts producing lactate faster than it can clear it, a point that's closely tied to how you actually perform. Many coaches consider this the most meaningful anchor, because it reflects your real physiology rather than a formula.

That third option raises its own question: Where does your lactate threshold number come from?

Do you need to take Garmin’s lactate test?

In the past, getting a lactate threshold estimate from a Garmin meant wearing a compatible chest strap and doing a guided test, which involved a structured, hard run on your part. On newer models, however, that's no longer the case. Garmin has been rolling out an updated lactate threshold detection that works from the wrist's optical heart rate sensor, with no chest strap and no dedicated test. Instead, the watch estimates your threshold automatically from regular outdoor runs. This feature is typically on by default and generally requires a baseline VO2 max estimate and a run or trail run recorded with heart rate. If you'd rather not leave it up to the algorithm, you can turn auto-detection off and enter your own lactate threshold heart rate manually in the heart rate zone settings. Which watches have this varies by model, so check your specific device. 

Why you need to reset your Garmin’s heart rate zones

Even if you set your zones carefully once, they don't stay accurate forever. Several things change over time:

• Your fitness changes. As you get fitter, your resting heart rate often drops, and your lactate threshold heart rate can shift. Zones based on where you were a year or two ago may not reflect where you are now.

• You age. Your maximum heart rate tends to decline gradually over the years.

• You change sports. Running, cycling, and swimming each have different heart rate behavior, and Garmin lets you set sport-specific zones for exactly this reason. If you've never touched them, you may be using running-based numbers on the bike, or vice versa.

• You switched watches or imported old data. Zones can carry over from a previous device or a profile you set up years ago.

• Your resting heart rate has changed. An outdated resting number could be throwing things off.

None of these have dramatic consequences, but if you’re focused on heart rate training, it’s worth trying to be as accurate and up-to-date as possible. If your zones are set too high, you may not be getting the aerobic stimulus you think you are. You'll also underestimate how hard your harder sessions really are, and your training load and recovery metrics can end up skewed.

On the flip side, if your zones are set too low, your "easy" runs could actually become the classic trap of training in the gray zone: too hard to recover from well, too easy to drive big gains. And because Garmin's training status, recovery time, and load features lean on your heart rate data, bad zones can quietly nudge those numbers off as well.

How to update your Garmin heart rate zones

The good news is that fixing all this should take less than 10 minutes. First, decide whether you want zones based on max heart rate, heart rate reserve, or lactate threshold. There’s a good chance you can trust the lactate threshold your watch gives you, or you can find your actual max heart rate. 

The informal way is to just notice what number you see on your watch when you can no longer speak comfortably; the more formal way is this treadmill test. You can also look through your recent hard efforts, like races, hill repeats, or all-out intervals, and see the highest sustained heart rate you've recorded. If you want a more deliberate test, a coach or a structured max-effort protocol can help, but only attempt hard testing if you're healthy and your doctor is comfortable with it. Also keep in mind that reading from a wrist-based sensor can also spike unreliably, so a chest strap gives more trustworthy numbers when accuracy matters.

Next, check your recent average resting heart rate in Garmin Connect and make sure the number your zones are using is current.

In your watch's user profile or in Garmin Connect, find the heart rate zone settings. From there you can adjust your max, change how zones are calculated, and set different zones for different sports. 

Finally, put these new zones to the test. Go for an easy run or ride at what your watch calls Zone 2. Can you hold a conversation, breathing comfortably in full sentences? Does it feel sustainable for a long time? If it feels either laughably easy or surprisingly taxing, your zones probably need another look.

The bottom line

Maybe Zone 2 is the cornerstone of your training, or maybe you think it's completely overrated. Either way, the principle is the same: You should be able to train by feel, and your watch can only help you do that if the numbers behind it are right.

Garmin gives you more ways to set your zones than most brands do. Spend 10 minutes figuring out which method your zones are using, confirming the number behind it is current, and updating it in your settings. It’ll make every easy run, hard interval, and recovery metric on your wrist more useful.

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New Mexico State Attorney General Raul Torrez (D) wants to block Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime lawyer and accountant from getting any payments from the financier’s $100 million estate — and has accused the pair of concealing Epstein’s notorious sex trafficking operation at the pedophile’s Zorro Ranch in Santa Fe.

Torrez filed suit Wednesday against attorney Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn, accusing the men of being aware of the abuse unfolding at the more than 7,000-acre ranch just south of Santa Fe, according to the Associated Press.

The AG’s office said money in Epstein’s hefty estate amounts to “resources [that] rightfully belong in the hands of survivors.”

Word of the lawsuit comes about a month after it emerged that Indyke and Kahn are being probed by the Justice Department. 

The Wall Street Journal, which reported the probe last month, had been unable to determine exactly what the two men were being investigated for.

Indyke and Kahn have long denied any knowledge of their client’s sex trafficking operation and testified as such during a Congressional committee. Epstein’s operation extended well beyond New Mexico to include at least Florida, Manhattan and Epstein’s private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The two men have been handling Epstein’s estate since his Aug. 10, 2019, death when he took his own life in a Manhattan jail cell.

They’re in line to collect big bucks from the work, according to The Journal, which cited documents showing Indkye could get a whopping $50 million and Kahn could collect a more modest $25 million.

The estate has also established a fund overseen by Indyke and Kahn, which has doled out more than $120 million to dozens of victims.

Only one person — Epstein’s madame, Ghislaine Maxwell — has faced criminal charges in the case. Maxwell is serving 20 years in prison for sex trafficking.

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Holiday content returns to Netflix in November, with the monthly slate weighted toward dozens of Christmas and seasonally themed films and shows as well as season nine of The Great British Baking Show: Holidays (Nov. 23). Netflix will also be hosting a Thanksgiving Eve NFL game with the Packers vs. Rams matchup on Nov. 25.

Other titles of note include The Altruists (Nov. 19), a limited drama series about the rise and fall—and crimes—of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison (played by Julia Garner of Ozark and Inventing Anna fame). Jessica Chastain stars in the Netflix original film Heartland (Nov. 13), a thriller about a former country music star whose niece disappears.

On the documentary side, there's Ron Howard's Avedon (Nov. 11), a film about the photographer's life and influence, plus comedy specials from Mike Tyson (Return of the Mike, Nov. 3), Janelle James (How Romantic, Nov. 10), and Mike Ward (Modest, Nov. 17).

Here's everything else coming to Netflix in November, and everything that's leaving.

What's coming to Netflix in November 2026

Available soon

• Gordon—Netflix Series

Available November 1

• 100 días para enamorarnos: Season 1

• A Sudden Case of Christmas

• Air Force One

• Barbie in the Nutcracker

• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

• Bridesmaids

• Cliffhanger

• The Croods

• The Day After Tomorrow

• El Chema: Season 1

• Falsa identidad: Seasons 1-2

• Fury

• Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas

• Happy’s Place: Season 2

• Insidious: Chapter 2

• Insidious: Chapter 3

• Looper

• Mistletoe Murders: Seasons 1-2 

• The Mummy

• No Sleep 'Til Christmas

• Public Enemies

• Rectify: Seasons 1-4

• The Red Road: Seasons 1-2

• Resident Evil

• Resident Evil: Apocalypse

• Richard Jewell

• Same Time, Next Christmas

• Stand by Me

• Weekend at Bernie's

• Whiplash

Available November 3

• A Cinderella Christmas Ball

• Bass X Machina—Netflix Series

• Christmas Time Is Here

• Menorah in the Middle

• Mike Tyson: Return of the Mike—Netflix Series Comedy Special

• St. Denis Medical: Season 2

• Will Trent: Seasons 1-4

Available November 4

• A Dog's Perfect Christmas—Netflix Film

• A Runaway Bride for Christmas

• Anaesthesia—Netflix Series

• Deck the Hallways

• Ninho: Fame Ain’t Worth It—Netflix Documentary

• Taken: Natalee Holloway—Netflix Documentary

Available November 5

• Black Doves: Season 2—Netflix Series

• Deck the Halls

• The Neighborhood: Season 1-8

• North of North: Season 2—Netflix Series

• One Year to Live, Buy a Man—Netflix Film

• Overacting—Netflix Film

Available November 6

• Carolina Caroline

• Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story

• Possible Love—Netflix Film

• Under Siege—Netflix Series

• Unprotected: Murder in Galicia—Netflix Documentary

Available November 9

• Doozie's Doghouse—Netflix Family

• The Good Lawyer—Netflix Film

• Misty Green

• Power: Seasons 1-6

Available November 10

• The Devil's Plan: Season 3—Netflix Series

• Janelle James: How Romantic—Netflix Comedy Special

• Last One Standing: Season 4—Netflix Series

• Reminders of Him

Available November 11

• Alicia's Law—Netflix Series

• Avedon—Netflix Documentary

• The Body—Netflix Series

• ChiaroScuro—Netflix Series

• The Gospel of Christmas—Netflix Film

• How to Fall In Love By Christmas

• Rodeo Christmas Romance

Available November 12

• A Christmas Castle Proposal: A Royal in Paradise 2

• Allen—Netflix Film

• Bros: Season 2—Netflix Series

• The Christmas Switch—Netflix Film

• The Empress: Season 3—Netflix Series

• Ethos: Season 2—Netflix Series

• The First 48: Season 16

• Love Is Blind, Habibi: Season 2—Netflix Series

• Miracles of the ER—Netflix Series

• Never Surrender—Netflix Film

Available November 13

• A Merry Christmas Wish

• Heartland—Netflix Film

• Murder in Galicia—Netflix Series

• Stars and Vows: Anele & Buzza—Netflix Series

Available November 15

• Insidious

• Smile

Available November 16

• Christmas On The Ranch

• Reporting for Christmas

Available November 17

• Mike Ward: Modest—Netflix Comedy Special

• Obsession

• RBG

• Run the World: Seasons 1-2

Available November 18

• America's Test Kitchen Friendsgiving: Season 1

• Gentle Monster—Netflix Film

• Guarding Stars—Netflix Film

• The Law of Beasts—Netflix Series

• Valentina and the 12 Signs—Netflix Series

• Win the Mall—Netflix Series

Available November 19

• A Cherry Pie Christmas

• The Altruists—Netflix Series

• Christmas at Fields Ranch

Available November 20

• On Behalf of My Son—Netflix Film

• Primetime Preacher$—Netflix Documentary

• Steps—Netflix Family

Available November 21

• The Family Holiday

• Marry Christmas

• Mistletoe Mixup

Available November 23

• The Great British Baking Show: Holidays: Season 9—Netflix Series

• Mark Rober's CrunchLabs: Season 6

• Sesame Street: Volume 4—Netflix Family

• The Trials of Karen Read—Netflix Documentary

Available November 24

• All for Christmas

• Rob Lowe: The Outsider—Netflix Documentary

• The Trouble With Mistletoe

Available November 25

• The Mosquito Bowl—Netflix Film

• NFL Netflix Gameday: Thanksgiving Eve, Packers vs. Rams—Netflix Live Event

Available November 26

• Always on Call—Netflix Series

• Fool Night—Netflix Series

• The Hunting Wives: Season 2—Netflix Series

• Toos: The Van der Valk Kidnapping—Netflix Series

Available November 27

• The Child—Netflix Film

• The Hunchback, Soul of Paris—Netflix Film

Available November 28

• Salish's 12 Games of Christmas—Netflix Series

Available November 30

• Pressure

• The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

What's leaving Netflix in November 2026

Leaving November 1

• 13 Going on 30

• 42

• American Sniper

• Black Adam

• Broadchurch: Seasons 1-3

• Catch and Release

• Eat Pray Love

• Fast Five

• Hitch

• Jumanji

• Nightcrawler

• Pompeii

• Speed

• Speed 2: Cruise Control

• Starship Troopers

• Steel Magnolias

• Under the Skin

Leaving November 5

• The End of the F***ing World: Seasons 1-2

Leaving November 6

• Safe Haven

Leaving November 9

• The Lost City

Leaving November 14

• The Big C: Seasons 1-4

Leaving November 15

• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

• The Shallows

Leaving November 19

• Saw X

• True Romance

Leaving November 20

• The Resident: Seasons 1-6

Leaving November 25

• Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life: Limited Series

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President Donald Trump said he believes so much in the Republican Party and its policies that he vowed to drop “over 400 million dollars” to help GOP candidates win their 2026 midterm elections.

The president made the announcement in a Tuesday post on Truth Social, suggesting it is imperative the Republicans win, because if not, the USA could soon be grappling with riots and protests like the ones currently rocking France.

Read his full post below:

Because of my belief in the Republican Party, and all of our Policies and Principles, and especially after witnessing what is taking place in France, and other locations throughout Europe, I am pleased to announce that, having to do with the Most Important Midterm Elections in our Country’s History, I have spent, or will be spending, over 400 Million Dollars by Election Day. More than 300 Million Dollars has already been spent on Advertising, Direct and Indirect Voter Contact, Rallies, Rally Arenas, Telerallies, Get Out the Vote Programs, Election Integrity, and more.

It is my Great Honor to do so on behalf of the Republican Party, which has done so much to bring our Country back from the Edge of Oblivion. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Trump did not specify whether the dough was coming from his own bank account, or MAGA Inc., his main super PAC.

The president’s post comes a few weeks after he started running taxpayer-funded “public service announcements” on Fox News, CNN, and MS NOW. But after some pushback, Trump said he would just pony up the money himself.

“The Radical Left is upset with the fact that I am taking Ads, which I consider to be a positive promotion for our Great U.S.A., and paying for them with U.S.A. money,” he posted on Oct.5. “This is a rather standard thing to do but, rather than doing that, although nothing will make them happy, I have decided to do the Patriotic Ads, among others, and pay for them myself, and with money I raised for MAGA, Inc.”

Trump has been traveling around the country and holding rallies in an attempt to boost GOP support heading into the midterms. He has made stops in Alabama, Texas, Nebraska, and Ohio over the past few weeks, among others, while declaring the Republicans are going to shock the Dems and pollsters when they “shove it up their a**” in November.

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Plenty of Mac apps do one job, and do it quite well. For example, KeyboardCleanTool lets you disable your Mac's keyboard temporarily while you get dust, food particles, and gunk off the keyboard. I love these apps, but if you keep installing utilities, things start to feel crowded; it can be a real problem even trying to remember that you have an app installed for a specific task. This is where Vorssaint comes in: It's the Swiss Army knife of Mac apps, packing over 75 utilities into a single, free resource.

The best thing is that you can choose which of these utilities you wish to enable—if you need only five of Vorssaint's features, you can disable the rest. This prevents the app from becoming a resource hog, which is particularly valuable for those of us with older, base-model MacBooks. Even though Vorssaint has replaced multiple Mac apps on my MacBook, however, it's not always better than the apps it replaces. If you use Vorssaint to set a custom volume level for each Mac app, for example, it doesn't mean Vorssaint can do everything SoundSource does.

Vorssaint is very much a jack of all trades, master of none, and that's perfectly fine for most people. If that sounds like the kind of tool you need, then Vorssaint could be great for you. Here are 10 Vorssaint features that I've used to replace apps on my MacBook:

Use Super key to replace Caps Lock modifier apps

Unless you're addicted to appearing like you're yelling all the time, you probably don't need the Caps Lock key at all. You can always hold Shift whenever you want to capitalize something, and in my opinion, Caps Lock should be repurposed for something better. Apps such as Raycast allow you to convert Caps Lock into a "hyper key," which means that when you press that button, your computer registers it as a combination of other modifier keys. On my MacBook, pressing Caps Lock equals holding Command-Control-Shift-Alt together, and I've used it to create keyboard shortcuts that don't conflict with those in macOS or third-party apps.

To enable this feature in Vorssaint, open the app, and go to Settings > Features. Go to the "Mouse and keyboard" section, and enable Super key. Vorssaint allows you to map modifier keys to Caps Lock. It also lets you continue using the button for capitalization, switching input sources, or as an alternative way to press the Esc key (useful for keyboards that don't have this button). It works by triggering the "Super key" only when you hold Caps Lock, and toggling the other feature you chose when you press the button once.

Try Vorssaint's built-in clipboard manager

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Your Mac's Spotlight has a basic clipboard manager, but Vorssaint adds a few more features. The app lets you clean tracking data from URLs, and even adds a "Cut and Paste" feature to your Mac's Finder. The latter is great for people switching from Windows—Finder's cut/paste feature isn't as seamless as the one on Microsoft's platform.

Once you enable these features in Vorssaint, you can cut any file in Finder by pressing Command-X, and paste it elsewhere with Command-V. The URL cleaner is customizable, and it allows you to define parameters to remove. It also allows you to create filters for specific websites, which reduces the chances of breaking URLs when you try this feature. By default, Vorssaint will automatically clean a link the moment you copy one, but you can also manually clean links in the app if you wish to.

The app's clipboard manager has all the basic features you'll need, and it lets you exclude some apps too. This lets you keep Vorssaint from storing clipboard items from sensitive apps. The shortcut to view clipboard history from Vorssaint is Command-Option-Alt-V.

Use Vorssaint's disk image installer to replace Rapidmg

I use Rapidmg, a popular app installer format on the Mac, to auto-mount and install DMG files. After the app is installed, Rapidmg also gets rid of the installer file. Vorssaint has this feature built-in, and you can enable it by going to Vorssaint settings > Features > Disk image installer. It's located under the "Clipboard and files" section.

Try its free volume mixer for per-app volume control

If you're looking for an app to set a custom volume level for each Mac app, then Vorssaint has a tool for the job. It's good enough to replace basic volume control apps like FineTune, but not nearly as powerful as SoundSource. Vorssaint lets you set a per-app volume level, quickly switch between output devices, and even set priority for audio devices. It doesn't support sending audio to multiple devices at once, tweaking latency levels, boosting volume above the maximum, or sending audio from certain apps only to specific output devices (e.g., Spotify always goes to headphones, VLC always sends audio to speakers, etc.). If you value power-user features, then SoundSource has to be your go-to. For most people, Vorssaint is good enough to get the job done. You can enable volume mixer in the app by going to Vorssaint settings > Features > Volume mixer. It's under the "Sound" section in the app.

Use "Keep awake" to replace Amphetamine

There are many good reasons to stop your Mac from going to sleep, such as connecting your MacBook to an external display and using the laptop with its lid closed. Apps such as Amphetamine allow you to keep your Mac from going into sleep mode, and Vorssaint has this feature built-in as well. You can use it by enabling the "Keep awake" feature in the app, which lets you disable sleep mode on your Mac for a custom time interval that ranges from 15 minutes to indefinitely.

Replace notch apps with Vorssaint's built-in Dynamic Island

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If you're missing your iPhone's Dynamic Island on your MacBook, you could install one of several useful notch apps on your Mac. These apps show a now playing widget, brightness or volume levels, calendars, or even have a temporary shelf to help you drag and drop files on your Mac. Vorssaint ships with a notch app, too: Dynamic Island. Once you enable it, Vorssaint's Dynamic Island can show notifications, calendar events, timers, song lyrics, playback queue, etc. Note that this feature is labeled "Experimental" in the app, which means that it's not as stable as most other features. I've also been using it to activate other Vorssaint features such as Keep awake and volume mixer, since Dynamic Island shows toggles to control them.

Monitor system stats with Vorssaint's CPU, GPU, and memory monitors

iStat Menus is one of my favorite Mac apps—it allows me to monitor my MacBook's current load and operating temperatures. Vorssaint also ships with the ability to monitor CPU load, GPU load, RAM usage, network usage, battery temperature, etc. It's not as elegant as iStat Menus, but it'll do the job for those who need a basic system stat monitor. In my tests, though, I observed that Vorssaint incorrectly reports CPU temperature. Two other apps (iStat Menus and TG Pro) reported my Mac's CPU temperature at around 104°F (40°C), but Vorssaint kept showing a number closer to 145°F (63°C). All other temperature readings were nearly identical in the three apps, which indicates that Vorssaint probably has a bug to fix.

Try its modifiers to enhance your Mac's Dock

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Vorssaint can also be a substitute for apps that enhance your Mac's Dock. It allows you to enable features like previewing open windows by hovering over an app's icon in the Dock, quitting apps from the Dock preview, clicking the dock icon to minimize, hide, or cycle between apps' windows, etc. One useful feature allows you to click the green button to maximize any app's window, as opposed to switching to full-screen mode. I don't use it, but I can recommend it to people who switch from Windows and ask me about the maximize button.

Vorssaint's mouse modifiers replace Mac "mouse fix" apps

macOS doesn't always allow your mouse to work the way you want it to. Third-party "mouse fix" apps add nice features such as smooth scrolling, customizable actions for side buttons, and so on. Vorssaint includes support for smooth scrolling, and a few other features. It lets you map extra mouse buttons to custom keyboard shortcuts, and even has a feature to prevent accidental double-clicks. The latter is good for people who have a mouse with double-click problems. You can enable these features under the "Mouse and keyboard" section in Vorssaint.

Use Cleaning Mode to temporarily disable the keyboard while you clean it

Apps like KeyboardCleanTool allow you to temporarily disable your Mac's keyboard for you to give it a good clean, or to allow your cat to sit on the keyboard without disturbing your workflow. Vorssaint supports this, too—you can enable this feature by toggling "Cleaning Mode" under the Tools section in the app. Once you lock the keyboard, you can either click the "Unlock" button or press Esc five times to start typing again.