macOS Apps

"The best investment is in the tools of one's own trade."

- Benjamin Franklin

This is a continuation of my previous post: macOS Configuration, however covering apps I use. ✅ denotes definite installs.

Android

• Mobile Toolkit: Scripts for Android & iOS devices.
• PixelMate: File Transfer alternative. ✅
• Scrcpy: Display and control your Android device.

Books

• Calibre: Manage your e-book library. ✅

Calendar

• Fantastical

Clipboard Manager

• Flycut ✅

Design

• Figma ✅
• Gravit Designer: SVG editor.
• Lona
• Shape: Customizable icons & illustrations.

Diff Utility

• DiffMerge
• Kaleidoscope

Documentation

• Dash: Offline application.
• DevDocs (chrome extension): Offline website.

Email

• Postbox
• Spark
• SuperHuman

Email Backup

• EagleFiler: Manages mbox & more.
• Horcrux: Auto archiver.
• MailSteward: Manages mbox files. ✅
• Mail Archiver X: Exports mbox to pdf.

FTP, SFTP

• CyberDuck

Git

• Github Desktop
• SourceTree
• Tower
• Trailer

Guitar

• Tux Guitar(download): Tablature editor & player. ✅

IDEs

• Android Studio ✅
• AppCode: XCode alternative. ✅
• IntelliJ IDEA: Java/Kotlin development. ✅
• Visual Studio Code: Web development. ✅
• WebStorm: Web development.
• XCode ✅
  • QuickType: Auto-generate Json parsing code.
  • Manual Download: Alternative to App Store download.

Keyboard Control

• Karabiner: Keyboard customizer. ✅
• BeardedSpice: Fixes Big Sur media control keys. ✅

Languages

• Java

Mouse

• Sensible: Supports back & forward buttons.
• Smart Scroll: Makes scrolling smoother.

MP3

• ISSE: Source separation editor.
• Jaikoz: MP3 tag editor. ✅

Note Taker

• Bear
• DevonThink: Notion local alternative.
• Notion ✅
• OmniFocus 2
• Scrivener: Writers' app
• TinderBox
• Ulysses
• Unclutter

Office Apps

• Open Office

Photo Editing

• Affinity Photo: Paid Photoshop alternative.
• Exif Tool: Edits metadata.
• Gimp: Free Photoshop alternative.
• Imageoptim: Easy image compression.
• PaintBrush: Emulates classic Windows Paintbursh. ✅
• Pixelmator
• Seashore: Simple with layering. ✅
• Webponize: Converts PNG/JPG to WebP.

Photo Extraction

• OSx Photos: Extracts photos from Photos app. ✅

Photo Dup Remover

• Duplicate File Finder Remover ✅

Privacy

• Little Snitch: Allows monitoring & blocking app network usage. ✅
• Micro Snitch: Monitors microphone usage.

Productivity

• BetterTouchTool: Customizes various input devices.
• KeyboardMaestro: Automation through the keyboard.
• Yoink: Optimize workflows via drag & drops.

REST API Clients

• Insomnia
• Postman ✅

Screen

• Anti Sleep: Blocks mac from sleeping. ✅
• Amphetamine: Blocks mac from sleeping.
• Flux: Adjusts computer screen color to the time of day. ✅
• SwitchResX: Adjust your resolution to the T.

Screen Capture

• Kap ✅
• LiceCap
• Screenotate

Screen Savers

• Aerial: Beautiful 4k videos. ✅
• Star Field (source): Classic Windows screensaver. ✅

Terminal

• Brew ✅
• iTerm2: Replacement for Terminal. ✅
• Oh-My-Zsh: "Your terminal never felt this good before." ✅

Text Editors

• Atom ✅
• Blue Griffon: HTML editor.
• Emacs
• jEdit: Great unicode support.
• MacDown: Markdown editor.
• Sublime ✅

Video Player

• VLC ✅

Video Editing

• Aiseesoft: Video converter.
• Gifski: Converts MP4s to GIFs.
• HandBrake: Video converter.

Virtualizers

• Genymotion
• OSX on OSX
• Parallels
• Virtual Box

Voice Conferencing

• Krisp AI: Betters your voice quality when VoIP'ing.

Web Browsers

• FireFox Developer Edition ✅
  • Cookie Autodelete
  • DecentralEyes
  • Enhancer for Youtube ✅
  • Ghostery
  • Https Everywhere ✅
  • NoScript ✅
  • uBlock Origin ✅
  • uMatrix
• Safari
  • About Blank: Site blocker ✅
  • Wipr: Ad blocker. ✅

Web Debugging Proxy

• Charles Proxy
• ProxyMan

Web Scraping

• 4k Download: Download from Youtube, Instagram, & more. ✅

Window Management

• Magnet
• Moom
• Spectacle
• Witch: Switch between app windows easily.

Zip

• Dr. Unarchiver ✅
• UnRarX

That concludes my list! If you got comments, or think I missed a good app, email me.