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On the other hand, it's hard to predict where your product needs to be to find a spark that sets a fire.

I don't feel like it's terribly hard to predict that the Mac gaming market is going too small to make financial sense for a solo-dev game

There is a market but not for the hobbyist. You have better luck on iOS than macOS for games. However, tools, you can make a killing selling simple tools with sexy UX on Mac.

> However, tools, you can make a killing selling simple tools with sexy UX on Mac.

I've been thinking about doing something like this recently but I'm not a heavy mac user these days. Any tips on what people are looking for in small tools?

Know your market. If you aren’t a heavy Mac user then you probably should develop for your space. Any attempt will be met with headache as you fight Apple certification, design aesthetics, and enshitification of your code base to support the nuances of Apple.

Ask yourself, what tools can I build that are not only useful to me, but maybe useful to others, and start there.

I'm not necessarily talking about whether the market is _large_ but rather whether users on that platform and its users will participate in raising its profile to a tipping point. More than one platform is likely to contribute to this.

Users follow other users, if they can.

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