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ShowShark
A media streaming client and server that runs on your Mac so you can watch your shows on your iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, Watch and Vision Pro. Learn more at showshark.app
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Full spectrum, full stack, technology services
ACGAO builds native apps for Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch and Vision Pro — media streaming, camera monitoring, flight tracking, file transfer, swim tracking and learning — alongside the server and developer platform that keeps them running.
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Our products
Apps and platforms for the Apple ecosystem, each with its own home here: overview, tutorials, release notes and the engineering write-ups behind them.
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AirBear
Offline-capable ADS-B and APRS tracking for Mac, iPhone and iPad. Pair it with a Raspberry Pi receiver and follow traffic with no internet at all.
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FrameFerret
Wireless photo and video import from your Sony camera to your Mac. Send shots straight to Apple Photos or a folder, card still in the camera.
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ByteByson
Dependable SFTP and FTPS downloading for Mac. Start a 40 GB transfer, close the lid, and ByteByson resumes it until every file has arrived.
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SpyAlert
Scan any room for network and Wi-Fi cameras from your iPhone, in plain language, so you know what is watching before you settle in.
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MeteorMath
Multiplication tables as a space adventure, for Mac and iPad. Practice that keeps young learners coming back until the facts stick.
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Lappr
An iPhone app that counts your swimming laps from the pool deck. Set it at the end of your lane, swim, and get your laps, time and distance. Learn more at lappr.app
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CoreView
Professional camera streaming and recording for every Apple device. ONVIF, RTSP and UniFi cameras on your own network, with no cloud account.
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Tanks-a-Lot
That tank battle game you loved, that's simple, fun, easy and is LAN multiplayer capable.
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How the products get built, and what changed in the last release.
Engineering blog
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IPTV: Plugging Live TV Into a Server That Was Built for Files
Open the Channels tab. You used to see a handful of simulated-live channels stitched together from movies and TV episodes on your disk, the
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Skip Intro: Audio Fingerprinting, False Positives, and the Star Trek Problem
You sit down to watch the next episode of your favorite show. The cold open plays. Something happens. Someone gasps. A title card crashes
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Movie Trailers: Playing YouTube Inside a Sandboxed Mac App
Part 15: ShowShark Development Blog Open a movie's detail page in ShowShark and you will see a little movie-clapper icon next to
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ShowShark Profiles: From Devices to People
Here is a thing that should not be complicated: two people share an Apple TV. One of them watches crime dramas. The other watches
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ACGAO is a technology company providing business and technology services alongside its own software. Our apps are designed to keep working when the network does not — local first, no accounts you do not need, and no data leaving your network unless you ask it to.
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