Posted By Paul Kafasis on December 12th, 2025

Back in 2020, we were delighted to celebrate Neale’s fifth anniversary as Rogue Amoeba’s designer. It’s now 2025, and he’s still here doing stellar work. That means it’s now time to celebrate a full decade of Neale Van Fleet!

When you’re using one of our apps, perusing our website, or check in with us on social media, you’re undoubtedly looking at something Neale created. That’s even true of this laudatory blog post, which recycles his artwork from past posts.

Major App Updates and More

Since we last feted Neale, we’ve shipped three massive new app updates, and he led the design of all of them.

When compared against the revolutionary version 3, Audio Hijack 4 was more of an evolutionary update. With over 100 new features, however, it was still a massive design job. Neale rose to the challenge. I always enjoy his design evolution posts, but The Design of Audio Hijack 4 is a particular favorite.

After that came Farrago 2. Neale’s idea to allow the use of emoji on tile faces was a stroke of genius, making it possible for tiles to appear distinct while still maintaining an overall uniform look. He talked about that, and much more, in “The Design of Farrago 2”. That post delightfully details how he managed to make a soundboard app so visually appealing.

We’ve also had dozens of point updates to our apps, and improvements like the sleek new Permissions window certainly didn’t design themselves. A few years back, Neale even went from designer to sound designer when we made the confetti in our License window accessible.

If you’re curious what that means, click the banner to read all about it.

Whimsical Things

We try to have a good amount of fun here, and Neale’s no stranger to that either. You might recall our Historic Screenshot Archive, which displays hundreds of images from 23+ years of Rogue Amoeba software. In addition to helping set that up, Neale also created some fun images to display on social media.

Last year, Neale added a special exhibit dedicated to Ammo the Amoeba. That page features dozens of assorted images of our mascot, and it’s a delight.

Even more delightful was Neale’s series on “The Least Likely Ways to Install Rogue Amoeba’s Apps”, like the goofy floppy disk seen above. If you missed that, you’re really in for a retro treat.

So Much More

Neale’s work encompasses far too much to list it all. Day in and day out, his work is outstanding, and we’re lucky to have him. Our users are too!

A Beautiful Award for Beautiful Work

Long-time readers might remember just how Rogue Amoeba celebrates a 10th anniversary: With a bespoke silver token. Neale’s was once again handcrafted by Quentin in his home forge, and it’s as beautiful as ever.

Neale is a particularly worthy recipient of this award, because he designed the logo it represents. We hope it brings him a feeling of pride., because we’re tremendously proud of his great work.

Closing

It’s an honor to be able to celebrate so many employee milestones here. The team that makes the products you use every day is second to none, and it’s a privilege to be able to work with them for such long tenures. Neale is no exception to that.

So thank you for ten great years, Neale, and here’s to many more to come.

Posted By Paul Kafasis on December 4th, 2025

We hope you already know our essential audio control utility, SoundSource. It provides fast menu bar access to your Mac’s audio settings, along with powerful per-app control, and the ability to apply effects to any audio. We’ve just released a major upgrade, SoundSource 6, which brings dozens of new features and refinements.

Major New Features in SoundSource 6

Let’s take a quick look at four major new features in version 6.

Grouped Output Devices

You can now play audio through multiple outputs at once, with grouped output devices. Add your desired devices to a group, then select it in any output menu within SoundSource to play audio to all of them. Use groups with per-app audio, as well as your Mac’s entire output.

AirPlay Support

SoundSource has outstanding new support for sending audio to AirPlay devices like HomePods, Sonos systems, and more. That means you can route an individual application to one or more AirPlay devices, while leaving the rest of your audio playing from a local output. You can also stream all of your Mac’s audio to multiple AirPlay devices, in sync.

A Powerful New Audio Devices Window

The new Audio Devices window gives you tremendous control over the audio devices connected to your Mac.

There’s a whole lot of functionality packed in this window, including:

• Key Settings: Adjust volume, balance, sample rate, channels, and more for your devices, right from SoundSource.

• Preferred Device Order: SoundSource can automatically select your preferred system devices whenever a device is plugged in or unplugged..

  

• Settings Lock: Lock settings on your devices to prevent undesired changes.

• Improve Sound Quality with AirPods: When AirPods and other Bluetooth devices are used for input on your Mac, output audio quality is unfortunately diminished. Get much better sound quality by adjusting their mode to “Output Only”.

• Hide Devices: Prevent devices from showing in SoundSource, and from being set as the system’s default device.

• Maximum Volume: Protect your ears by limiting how loud a device can get.

• Device Nicknames: Add nicknames and even custom icons to easily identify your devices within SoundSource.

The Audio Devices window is packed with even more, so be sure to check it out.

Quick Configs

With Quick Configs, you can save complete audio configurations for your Mac. Make configs for specific devices or different locations. Load specific effects, change volume levels, and more.

Once a Quick Config is saved, select it to instantly switch your Mac’s entire audio setup with a single click. Quick Configs are wicked powerful and wicked fast.

So Much More to See

SoundSource 6 contains more than 30 major new features, but there’s only so much space to detail everything we’ve added. Here’s a bullet-point list of just a dozen more improvements in this huge upgrade:

• Recent Noise Indicator

• New Balance & Pan Effect

• Per-App “Headphone EQ”

• Automation Support with New Shortcuts Actions

• Create a System-Wide “Cough” Button

• Improved Alternate (Control-Click) Menu

• Enhanced Effects Management

• Audio Unit Improvements

• Multi-Channel Support

• Per-App Menu Bar Icons

• Switch Devices via the Keyboard

• Per-App Volume Control From the Keyboard

Find more info on our “What’s New in SoundSource 6” page, or see the comprehensive release notes to get every last detail.

Interface Enhancements, Too

On top of all the new functionality, we’ve improved SoundSource’s interface to make it both easier to use and more customizable to suit your tastes. Tint things with eight different accent colors, then customize SoundSource’s menu bar icon. After that, resize the app’s main window to your needs, and even control individual apps and devices showing activity in the menu bar.

Try SoundSource 6 Today

SoundSource 6 is available for download right now. Just click this big honking button to get it:

↓ Get SoundSource 6
SoundSource 6 supports MacOS 15 and higher¹

If you’re new to SoundSource, a license costs just $49. Existing SoundSource users can upgrade to version 6 for just $25.² We can’t wait for you to try it.

Footnotes:

1. Running MacOS 14 or lower? Get the still-supported SoundSource version 5 from our Legacy page.

   When you purchase a SoundSource license through our store, the license you receive is valid for both SoundSource 5 and SoundSource 6. ↩︎

2. If you purchased SoundSource 5 on September 1, 2025 or later, we’ve emailed you a complimentary upgrade to version 6. Check your inbox for an email with the subject line “Your free SoundSource 6 upgrade is inside!”. ↩︎

Posted By Paul Kafasis on November 4th, 2025

Back in September, we noted two critical bugs in MacOS 26 (Tahoe), Apple’s latest update to the Mac’s operating system. As a result of these issues, we suggested holding off on upgrading to the initial 26.0 release.

We’ve since been tracking Apple’s progress fixing those bugs in subsequent MacOS beta releases. We’re happy to report that the issues we reported have been resolved with the recent release of MacOS 26.1, and that Tahoe contains several additional fixes for various audio bugs. With that in mind, we’re now able to recommend upgrading your Mac to Tahoe (26.1 or higher).

Below, you’ll find an overview of important audio-related bug fixes found in Tahoe. Each of these bugs previously impacted all five of our audio capture tools:

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• Audio From FaceTime and Phone Is No Longer Lost
  A critical bug introduced in MacOS 26.0 led to audio captures from FaceTime and the new Phone app failing in many setups. These issues have been addressed in 26.1. Capturing audio from FaceTime or Phone should now work without any issue.

• Sample Rate Mismatches No Longer Cause Failed Audio Captures
  A second critical bug introduced in MacOS 26.0 led to audio captures failing when secondary output devices had a different sample rate than that of the system’s default output device. This problem has also been corrected in 26.1.

• Improved Audio Capture From Safari at 44.1 kHz
  When the default output for the Mac was set to a sample rate of 44.1 kHz, audio played by Safari could have skipping or clicks when it was captured. This issue has been corrected, and all audio capture from Safari should sound flawless.

• Reliable “Hey Siri” Access
  Previously, the system could fail to recognize spoken requests for Siri when you were capturing audio with our products. On Tahoe, using “Hey Siri” should now always work as expected.

• Capture of Audio at Low Sample Rates Once Again Works as Expected
  A regression in later versions of MacOS 15 (Sequoia) led to audio capture failures when audio was played at low sample rates. On Tahoe, capturing works as expected regardless of sample rate.

• More Reliable Capture With Some Advanced Audio Devices
  A bug in older versions of MacOS resulted in audio capture issues with devices from manufacturers like MOTU and Apogee which use stream groups. Updates in Tahoe have addressed issues where the wrong audio could be captured, as well as problems of silenced audio incorrectly being heard.

• Low-Pass Filter, Lowered
  Prior to Tahoe, a strong low-pass filter was applied by the system to all audio captures. Updates from Apple mean this filter is no longer applied as aggressively.

One additional bug affected only Audio Hijack:

• Fully Functional Apple Music Track Title Capture
  In the 26.0 release of Tahoe, retrieval of track titles from Apple Music was broken for streaming songs. With MacOS 26.1, track titles can once again be retrieved from streaming songs, as well as local songs.

Consider Upgrading to Tahoe Now

We advise a conservative approach when it comes to upgrading your Mac’s operating system, but with Apple’s 26.1 update, we’re confident in recommending Tahoe for our users. The fixes detailed above make Tahoe the best OS for most users.

Of course, the latest versions of our own products are always our recommended versions. To make sure you have our latest, just select Check for Updates from within the app.

Posted By Paul Kafasis on September 12th, 2025

With our recent update to Fission, all Rogue Amoeba applications now support MacOS 26 (Tahoe). If you’ve updated your Mac to Tahoe, just download our latest versions to get going.

Consider Delaying Your Upgrade

However, while our products are ready for Tahoe, Tahoe itself comes with a few caveats. It’s always wise to be cautious in upgrading your Mac’s operating system, but this year, there are particular reasons to take things slow.

Unfortunately, Tahoe contains two significant bugs which can lead to lost audio. We’ve created a support article which provides full details on the problems, as well as information on working around them. Click below to read:

The necessary fixes for both of these bugs must be made in a future update to Tahoe itself. We’re in contact with Apple about these issues, and we’re hopeful fixes will arrive in the near future. We also expect that most users have setups which will not run into these issues.

Still, if you’re able to delay upgrading your Mac to Tahoe, we currently recommend doing so. Sticking with MacOS 15 (Sequoia) is a sure-fire way to avoid problems at this time.

More to Come

As soon as new betas of Tahoe arrive, we’ll be testing them to determine when these OS bugs have been fixed. We’ll keep you apprised via this blog, as well as our always helpful Status page.

Of course, while we await further MacOS updates, we’ll also be busy improving our own apps. We’re hard at work on some big new features which we’ll be releasing in the months ahead.

For now, though, we’re pleased to have completed the work to support Tahoe across our product line. As always, to ensure you have our latest versions, download right from our site or select Check for Updates from within the app.

Posted By Paul Kafasis on September 10th, 2025

Today, we’re releasing a free update to our audio editor Fission. You’ll find a lovely interface refresh in the new version 2.9, as well as a handful of small bug fixes and support for Apple’s forthcoming MacOS 26 (Tahoe). Read on for more details, or update immediately by selecting “Check for Update” in the Fission menu.

Look at What’s New

The first change you’ll notice with the new Fission is its new app icon. That icon has been updated in accordance with changes Apple has dictated in MacOS 26 (Tahoe).

Once you open Fission, you’ll spot many more changes. In fact, the entire application has been given a virtual fresh coat of paint. You’ll spot updates to the Start window, the editing window, and the Batch Converter.

We polished many parts of the app for this update, while still making sure Fission’s powerful functionality stays at your fingertips. Most notably, the light theme has been refreshed to lean into the app’s gold coloring. As well, art assets throughout the app have been improved, to make Fission look better than ever.

Fission also works better than ever. There are a handful of minor bug fixes in this free update, plus some improvements to accessibility for our VoiceOver users. Of course, as always, we’ve got comprehensive release notes you can check out.

Initial MacOS 26 (Tahoe) Support

Apple has announced that the new MacOS 26 (Tahoe) will be shipping on September 15, 2025. With this update, Fission now offers initial support for Tahoe. As you can see on our helpful Status page, there are no known issues when using Fission on the new OS. Whether you’re already running Tahoe, or you’re planning to update soon, Fission is ready.

Get Fission 2.9 Now

If you’re already a Fission user, get the latest by selecting Check for Updates from the Fission menu.

If you’re not yet using our fast and easy-to-use audio editor, visit the product page to learn more and download the free trial today. You’ll be glad you did.