Terms of use

LeCoqRoti is a personal catalogue: a quiet collection of notes on the software I use, admire, or keep for a particular machine in the studio. The words on these pages — descriptions, install notes, the structure of lists — belong to me. Please don’t copy them onto another site or pass them off as your own. A link back is always welcome; wholesale reproduction is not.

Third-party software and links

Every program listed here is the work of its developer, and every name, logo, and trademark remains the property of its owner. I write about these tools because they interest me, not because I represent the people who make them. If an app misbehaves after an update or doesn’t load on a particular version of macOS, the person to contact is the developer: I can’t offer support or intercede on your behalf. Links to external sites are provided for convenience and were checked when the entry was written, but the web moves; a link that worked yesterday may not work today.

Accounts

You can browse the full catalogue without creating an account. If you’d like to save favourites, receive on-site notifications when a program is updated, or leave a comment, you’ll need to register with a real email address. One account per person, please. Keep your password to yourself: you’re responsible for anything that happens under your login. If you suspect someone else has access to your account, let me know straight away at [email protected] and I’ll help you reset it.

Questions about these terms

If something here is unclear, or if you need to discuss a permissions question that the terms don’t cover, write to me at [email protected]. I read every message that arrives and I’ll do my best to reply thoughtfully.

The catalogue as information

What you find here is a designer’s working notebook, not a guarantee. I describe software as I experience it on the Macs in our Ikebukuro studio — a mix of current machines and older ones kept precisely because they run legacy tools. Version numbers, file sizes, and compatibility notes are accurate at the time of posting, but software changes, and a configuration that works beautifully on one Mac might stumble on another. Always check the developer’s own system requirements before you install. I keep older builds listed for those who need them, but I can’t promise they’ll run on your hardware.

Comments and moderation

Comments are open to account holders, and I’m glad when a thread grows into something useful: a fix, a caveat, a recommendation for a similar tool. Every comment is read before it appears on the site. When you post, you’ll see your own words immediately, marked awaiting moderation; other readers won’t see them until I’ve reviewed them. I don’t publish comments that are abusive, spammy, or wildly off-topic, and I don’t enter into debate about moderation decisions. If a comment you’ve posted doesn’t appear, it means I’ve chosen not to include it. That choice is final.