--- title: "The iSurge blog" description: "News, updates and the story behind iSurge, from the person who makes it." url: https://isurgemac.com/blog/ --- # The iSurge blog News, updates and the story behind iSurge, from the person who makes it. ## [What’s running on a developer’s Mac. Why iSurge has a Dev tab, and what it shows.](https://isurgemac.com/blog/whats-running-on-a-dev-mac.md) 27 October 2026. Dev servers, ports, containers and Homebrew pile up in a workday. How to find them on a Mac, and how iSurge’s Dev tab shows them in one place. ## [Find and stop background node processes on a Mac. What each project left running, what it costs, and how to put it away.](https://isurgemac.com/blog/mac-dev-projects-running.md) 27 October 2026. Dev servers and watchers keep running after you close the editor. How to find and stop them in Terminal, and how iSurge shows what each project costs. ## [What’s using port 3000 on your Mac. And which containers are running, and what they cost.](https://isurgemac.com/blog/containers-and-ports-mac.md) 27 October 2026. Find what holds port 3000 on a Mac with one Terminal command, stop it safely, and see which Docker, Podman or Apple containers run and what they cost. ## [Homebrew: outdated, unused and safe to remove. The commands that answer it, and what iSurge adds.](https://isurgemac.com/blog/homebrew-on-mac.md) 27 October 2026. brew outdated, leaves, uses and cleanup answer most of it. One setting stops brew uninstall from taking more than you asked for. Then iSurge’s way. ## [What your MacBook notch can do. In iSurge 0.4, it opens to your day.](https://isurgemac.com/blog/macbook-notch-tabs.md) 27 October 2026. On its own, the MacBook notch only holds the camera. iSurge 0.4 opens it to your day: music, weather, your next event, and tabs for Sound, Focus and more. ## [Keep a Mac awake with the lid closed. Three ways, and what each one costs.](https://isurgemac.com/blog/keep-mac-awake-lid-closed.md) 27 October 2026. Close a MacBook and it sleeps, even mid-download. Three ways to keep a Mac awake with the lid closed, what each costs, and how iSurge’s Keep Awake helps. ## [A Pomodoro timer in the Mac menu bar. 25 minutes of focus, a break, and the notch tells you when.](https://isurgemac.com/blog/focus-timer-mac.md) 27 October 2026. The Pomodoro technique in two lines, and how to run it on a Mac: 25-minute focuses and breaks from the menu bar, the notch or one shortcut. ## [Why is my Mac slow, hot or crashing? iSurge stays quiet until something needs you, then names the app.](https://isurgemac.com/blog/mac-alerts-slow-hot-crash.md) 27 October 2026. Why your Mac is slow, hot or crashing, how to check it yourself, and how iSurge warns you only when a problem lasts, naming the app behind it. ## [See what’s slowing down your Mac. The iSurge window, page by page.](https://isurgemac.com/blog/mac-system-monitor-window.md) 27 October 2026. A slow Mac is almost always CPU, memory, disk or heat. The iSurge window shows which, and the app behind it, on one page. ## [A thousand processes. Where they all come from, and what iSurge does with them.](https://isurgemac.com/blog/a-thousand-processes.md) 12 October 2026. Open Activity Monitor and you get about a thousand rows. iSurge shows you eight apps. Here’s what happens in between. ## [Look up. Your Mac’s notch, put to work.](https://isurgemac.com/blog/look-up.md) 7 October 2026. iSurge turns the notch into a live view of your Mac. Private and always a glance away.