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What are the must-have apps for Mac in 2022?

TopNotch App Muzzle Paletro SoundSource Rectangle Radio Silence Dropover iTerm2 Fantastical 2 Things
  1. Makes the notch disappear like a ninja.
    TopNotch to hide the notch on an mbp.

    #OSX Tools #OSX #Mac 41 social mentions

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    Silence embarrassing notifications while screensharing
    Muzzle to mute notifications while screensharing.

    #Group Chat & Notifications #Video Conferencing #Music 9 social mentions

  3. Enable command palette (⇧⌘P) in any application on macOS
    Paletro is like a spotlight for the menu options of the active app, quite handy to have. - (comes with setapp).

    #Productivity #Mac #User Onboarding And Engagement 14 social mentions

  4. The sound control that should be built into MacOS
    SoundSource (Advanced sound control manager).

    #Focus Music #Note Taking #Web Service Automation 125 social mentions

  5. Window management app based on Spectacle, written in Swift.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Rectangle (Window resize and snap manager).

    #Mac Tools #Window Manager #Developer Tools 447 social mentions

  6. Radio Silence is a network monitor and firewall for the macOS. The software stops apps from making network connections. The firewall runs in the background and does not require an open window.

    #Monitoring Tools #Network Monitoring #Firewall 12 social mentions

  7. Mac app for easier drag & drop

    #Mac #Productivity #Clipboard Manager 14 social mentions

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    A terminal emulator for macOS that does amazing things.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    From a coder perspective, these are the ones I could not live without: - Alfred - goes without saying. It's all in the name ;-) - VSCode - I used SublimeText for a long time, but VSCode is just too good to not switch. It has all I ever wanted, and I tweaked the rest :-) - 1password - I tried lots of others (Enpass, KeePass(x/ce), LastPass, BitWarden) but 1p is just another level of usability (especially with this quick-access-spotlight-like-search in v8) - (Things](https://culturedcode.com/things/) - I don't know where my life was before Things, but now cannot imagine not using it every day! - (Fantastical)[https://flexibits.com/fantastical] - same as above - handles calendars and reminders impossibly well. And the natural language task adding is just amazing! - Bear - I go on a note-app-hunt every couple of months, but always come back to my bear. Nothing (IMO) comes even close! Including native Notes, which for some reason has issues with sync across my devices. Bear just works. Always! - iTerm - replaced my terminal because it's better in so many ways (split panes, nicer UI & lots of tweaks).

    #Terminal #Developer Tools #SSH 99 social mentions

  9. Fantastical, the Mac calendar app you'll enjoy using. Quickly create new events with natural language input and more.
    From a coder perspective, these are the ones I could not live without: - Alfred - goes without saying. It's all in the name ;-) - VSCode - I used SublimeText for a long time, but VSCode is just too good to not switch. It has all I ever wanted, and I tweaked the rest :-) - 1password - I tried lots of others (Enpass, KeePass(x/ce), LastPass, BitWarden) but 1p is just another level of usability (especially with this quick-access-spotlight-like-search in v8) - (Things](https://culturedcode.com/things/) - I don't know where my life was before Things, but now cannot imagine not using it every day! - (Fantastical)[https://flexibits.com/fantastical] - same as above - handles calendars and reminders impossibly well. And the natural language task adding is just amazing! - Bear - I go on a note-app-hunt every couple of months, but always come back to my bear. Nothing (IMO) comes even close! Including native Notes, which for some reason has issues with sync across my devices. Bear just works. Always! - iTerm - replaced my terminal because it's better in so many ways (split panes, nicer UI & lots of tweaks).

    #Calendar #Appointments and Scheduling #Office & Productivity 26 social mentions

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    Things is an easy to use task manager.
    From a coder perspective, these are the ones I could not live without: - Alfred - goes without saying. It's all in the name ;-) - VSCode - I used SublimeText for a long time, but VSCode is just too good to not switch. It has all I ever wanted, and I tweaked the rest :-) - 1password - I tried lots of others (Enpass, KeePass(x/ce), LastPass, BitWarden) but 1p is just another level of usability (especially with this quick-access-spotlight-like-search in v8) - (Things](https://culturedcode.com/things/) - I don't know where my life was before Things, but now cannot imagine not using it every day! - (Fantastical)[https://flexibits.com/fantastical] - same as above - handles calendars and reminders impossibly well. And the natural language task adding is just amazing! - Bear - I go on a note-app-hunt every couple of months, but always come back to my bear. Nothing (IMO) comes even close! Including native Notes, which for some reason has issues with sync across my devices. Bear just works. Always! - iTerm - replaced my terminal because it's better in so many ways (split panes, nicer UI & lots of tweaks).

    #Project Management #Task Management #Todos 54 social mentions

  11. Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    From a coder perspective, these are the ones I could not live without: - Alfred - goes without saying. It's all in the name ;-) - VSCode - I used SublimeText for a long time, but VSCode is just too good to not switch. It has all I ever wanted, and I tweaked the rest :-) - 1password - I tried lots of others (Enpass, KeePass(x/ce), LastPass, BitWarden) but 1p is just another level of usability (especially with this quick-access-spotlight-like-search in v8) - (Things](https://culturedcode.com/things/) - I don't know where my life was before Things, but now cannot imagine not using it every day! - (Fantastical)[https://flexibits.com/fantastical] - same as above - handles calendars and reminders impossibly well. And the natural language task adding is just amazing! - Bear - I go on a note-app-hunt every couple of months, but always come back to my bear. Nothing (IMO) comes even close! Including native Notes, which for some reason has issues with sync across my devices. Bear just works. Always! - iTerm - replaced my terminal because it's better in so many ways (split panes, nicer UI & lots of tweaks).

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1017 social mentions

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    Bear.app is a note-taking and content writing app that helps you boost productivity with its intuitive tools.
    From a coder perspective, these are the ones I could not live without: - Alfred - goes without saying. It's all in the name ;-) - VSCode - I used SublimeText for a long time, but VSCode is just too good to not switch. It has all I ever wanted, and I tweaked the rest :-) - 1password - I tried lots of others (Enpass, KeePass(x/ce), LastPass, BitWarden) but 1p is just another level of usability (especially with this quick-access-spotlight-like-search in v8) - (Things](https://culturedcode.com/things/) - I don't know where my life was before Things, but now cannot imagine not using it every day! - (Fantastical)[https://flexibits.com/fantastical] - same as above - handles calendars and reminders impossibly well. And the natural language task adding is just amazing! - Bear - I go on a note-app-hunt every couple of months, but always come back to my bear. Nothing (IMO) comes even close! Including native Notes, which for some reason has issues with sync across my devices. Bear just works. Always! - iTerm - replaced my terminal because it's better in so many ways (split panes, nicer UI & lots of tweaks).

    #Office & Productivity #Word #Lifestyle 49 social mentions

  13. 1Password can create strong, unique passwords for you, remember them, and restore them, all directly in your web browser.
    Pricing:
    • Paid
    • Free Trial
    • $36.0 / Annually
    From a coder perspective, these are the ones I could not live without: - Alfred - goes without saying. It's all in the name ;-) - VSCode - I used SublimeText for a long time, but VSCode is just too good to not switch. It has all I ever wanted, and I tweaked the rest :-) - 1password - I tried lots of others (Enpass, KeePass(x/ce), LastPass, BitWarden) but 1p is just another level of usability (especially with this quick-access-spotlight-like-search in v8) - (Things](https://culturedcode.com/things/) - I don't know where my life was before Things, but now cannot imagine not using it every day! - (Fantastical)[https://flexibits.com/fantastical] - same as above - handles calendars and reminders impossibly well. And the natural language task adding is just amazing! - Bear - I go on a note-app-hunt every couple of months, but always come back to my bear. Nothing (IMO) comes even close! Including native Notes, which for some reason has issues with sync across my devices. Bear just works. Always! - iTerm - replaced my terminal because it's better in so many ways (split panes, nicer UI & lots of tweaks).

    #Password Management #Password Managers #Security & Privacy 118 social mentions

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    Shottr is a free macOS screenshot app with scrolling screenshots, OCR, annotation and measurement instruments.

    #Design Tools #Screenshot Annotation #Screenshots 68 social mentions

  15. Alfred 2 workflow to control your Spotify library at your fingertips.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    A lot. Just look at this workflow for Alfred. https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/ You can't even search local playlists right now in Raycast.

    #Device Management #Productivity #Data Management 4 social mentions

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    Monitors application connections and offers to pass or block these. It can be used to increase privacy or to transparently protect non-admin users from unwanted connections on multi-user macs.

    #Monitoring Tools #Exception Monitoring #Log Management 1 social mentions

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