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Usage for Mac Tyke Übersicht SpacesforMac.xyz Soulver 3 for Mac Dato Shottr Rectangle Obsidian.md Mimestream
  1. The most advanced and modern monitoring for your Mac!
    Usage (Free) Usage is a menu bar app that comes with cool customizable popover widgets and advanced features to track your system’s performance, processor, disk usage, network activity, and memory pressure among others. (I personally haven't used it but I heard it's good).

    #Mac #Tech #Apple 1 social mentions

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    Mac menu bar app that @torrez really needed to take notes
    Tyke (Free) Not a trike but a tyke! (I'm so sorry)... A little bit of scratch paper 📝 that lives on your Mac menu bar.

    #Note Taking #Todos #Productivity 5 social mentions

  3. Keep an eye on what is happening on your machine and in the World.
    Uebersicht (Free) Übersicht lets you run system commands and display their output on your desktop in little containers, called widgets. Widgets are written using HTML5, which means they are easy to write and customize can show data in tables, charts, graphs ... You name it can react to different screen sizes (I did make an Evangelion (If you get where that's from ❤️) system monitor for it... Yeah really cool, but the CPU usage for these massive scans is an ouch... I used it with Ariel too, noting it's still in development I was chilling at 40% usage just looking at the screen...) Well, to be fair it was a 4k video playing, and flashing monitors so.... Can't be too hard??

    #Monitoring Tools #Command Line Tools #Tool 36 social mentions

  4. Declutter your workspace and organize it in 1-click
    Pricing:
    Spaces (Free) Eclutter & organize your workspace on macOS in one single click 🎊.

    #Mac #Productivity #Window Manager 5 social mentions

  5. A smart notepad with a built in calculator
    Soulver (Paid) It's pretty expensive for a text-based calculator, but it's really good. Soulver is a notepad calculator app for Mac. It's a notepad that gives instant answers to calculations in your text. Soulver is a better way to work things out than a classic calculator and a more lightweight tool for working through problems than a spreadsheet.

    #Calculator #Advanced Calculator #Productivity 30 social mentions

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    Better menu bar clock with calendar and time zones
    Dato (Paid) Calendar events and world clocks in your menu bar.

    #Calendar #Email Clients #Productivity 21 social mentions

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    Shottr is a free macOS screenshot app with scrolling screenshots, OCR, annotation and measurement instruments.
    Shottr (Free) One of the BEST screenshotting apps I've ever used, so much you can do in such a small package, pin screenshots, scrolling screenshots, blur/pixelate or remove objects, overlay images, measure distances, text recognition (OCR) & QR scanner, zoom into any pixel, inbuilt colour picker, and extremely fast! All for free... Seriously, use it.

    #Design Tools #Screenshot Annotation #Screenshots 68 social mentions

  8. Window management app based on Spectacle, written in Swift.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Rectangle (Free) Move and resize windows in macOS using keyboard shortcuts or snap areas, free and open-source. (With Raycast you can do the same, just download it from raycast.store and enter hotkeys and your off) Rectangle Pro is their paid app, with is tuned for pros or something like that.

    #Mac Tools #Window Manager #Developer Tools 446 social mentions

  9. A second brain, for you, forever. Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.
    Obsidian (Free) Obsidian is a powerful and extensible knowledge base that works on top of your local folder of plain text files.

    #Knowledge Management #Knowledge Base #Markdown Editor 1451 social mentions

  10. A native macOS email client for Gmail
    Mimestream (Free while in Beta) Mimestream combines the power of macOS with the enhanced capabilities of the Gmail API for a new kind of email app that's lightning-fast, instantly familiar, and full of features. (Only works for Gmail!!!).

    #Enterprise Communication #Messaging #Email 58 social mentions

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    Web Framework for Rust
    Rocket (Free, but limited, need to pay for most of the features) Rocket is a free Mac app that makes typing emoji faster and easier using Slack-style shortcuts. Just start typing an emoji like :thumbsup: (👍) and Rocket will help auto-complete it – in any app! Plus, with Rocket Pro, you can add gifs, snippets, and symbols to your Rocket shortcuts. 🫢 -- It's how I added the emojis in the text ....

    #Web Frameworks #Developer Tools #PHP Framework 24 social mentions

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    The best free timer app for Mac
    Horo (Free) I did say Raycast had a menu bar timer, I know, but Horo allows text to be directly loaded into ⏲️ time, 20 mins is a 20 min timer etc.

    #Time Tracking #Online Services #Alarm Clock 3 social mentions

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    rcmd makes app switching instantaneous!When you have a lot of apps open, finding and switching to them might feel too slow using Command-Tab or the Dock.Hold down the right side |⌘ command| and press the first letter of the app name to focus it.
    Pricing:
    • Paid
    • $12.99 / One-off
    Rcmd (Paid) Small little menu bar app that allows you to switch/open an app by a defined Hotkey, The ⌘ command key on the right side of the space bar is almost never used, so we found a clever way to take advantage of it! Hold down rcmd and press the first letter of the app name to focus apps instantly. When pressing the key while the app is already focused, you can choose to hide the app or cycle to the next app with the same first letter.

    #Mac #Productivity #Developer Tools 43 social mentions

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    f. lux is a piece of software for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android that provides a blue light filter over your screen. Research suggests limiting our exposure to blue light in the hours before bedtime can help us fall asleep faster.
    f.lux (Free) Way better blue-light management than Night Shift.

    #Work Management #Color Temperature Adjuster #Time Tracking 345 social mentions

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    A terminal emulator for macOS that does amazing things.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Iterm2 (Free) iTerm2 is a replacement for Terminal and the successor to iTerm. It works on Macs with macOS 10.14 or newer. Iterm2 brings the terminal into the modern age with features you never knew you always wanted. Features (yes I'm lazy).

    #Terminal #Developer Tools #SSH 98 social mentions

  16. GrandPerspective is a small utility application for Mac that graphically shows the disk usage...
    Grandperspective (Free) GrandPerspective is a small utility application for macOS that graphically shows the disk usage within a file system. It can help you to manage your disk, as you can easily spot which files and folders take up the most space. It uses a so-called tree map for visualisation. Each file is shown as a rectangle with an area proportional to the file's size. Files in the same folder appear together, but their placement is otherwise arbitrary. Or just use brew install tree, tree and see a massive list without a UI, in my opinion, grandperspective may be ugly but it works.

    #Disk Analyzer #Hard Disk Usage #OS & Utilities 117 social mentions

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    Clapet is a utility that aims to improve clamshell mode on your Macbook by automatically managing sleep when an external display is detected.
    Clapet (Free) Clapet is a free and open-source utility that aims to improve clamshell mode on your Macbook. Clamshell mode on mac keeps your mac awake when you close the lid but it only works when a power adapter is connected. This app aims to solve this problem by allowing clamshell mode even on battery. When an external display is detected while on battery or power adapter, the application will disable sleep so you can use your computer with the lid closed, and as soon as the external display is unplugged, sleep will be enabled again to preserve the battery. (I think Lunar might have this too? I can't fully remember).

    #Prototyping #Note Taking #Design Tools 2 social mentions

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    Simple macOS system monitor in your menu bar.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Stats (Free) Stats is a free open-source macOS system monitor in your menu bar.

    #Monitoring Tools #Mac Tools #Device Management 94 social mentions

  19. A ultra-light MacOS utility that helps hide menu bar icons.
    Dozer (free - open source), HiddenBar (free), free alternatives to bartender, however, only does 1 thing and that's hiding the icons, not adding an extra menu, nothing just icons here, icons gone.

    #Productivity #Trademark Registration #Tool 28 social mentions

  20. A beautiful and clean cross-platform app for notes organizer
    Upnote (Free) Stay focused and productive with a clean and clutter-free note space. UpNote offers flexible ways to organize your notes: hashtags, nested notebooks, pinning notes to the top of the note list, adding notes to Quick Access and filtering notes using matched keywords.

    #Android #iPhone #iPad 84 social mentions

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    Kap

    Kap is an open-source screen recorder built with web technology.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Kap (Free) That's cap (did I do it? Am I cool?)... Kap is a free open-source screen recorder built with web technology, click the menu bar icon to bring up the screen recorder. After selecting what portion of the screen you'd like to record, hit the record button to start recording. Click the menu bar icon again to stop the recording. There is also user-made plugins, really good app in my opinion.

    #Screen Recording #Screenshot Annotation #Video Maker 37 social mentions

  22. AppCleaner is a small application which allows you to thoroughly uninstall unwanted apps. Installing an application distributes many files throughout your System using space of your Hard Drive unnecessarily.
    Appcleaner (Free) A must-download, AppCleaner is a small application that allows you to thoroughly uninstall unwanted apps. Installing an application distributes many files throughout your System using the space of your Hard Drive unnecessarily. AppCleaner finds all these small files and safely deletes them. Simply drop an application onto the AppCleaner window. It will find the related files and you can delete them by clicking the delete button.

    #Monitoring Tools #CRM #Utilities 303 social mentions

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    An Open Source, Cross-platform Text Expander on steroids
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Https://espanso.org/ (Free) I really wanna like it... But I can't, not yet anyway. The hotkey there currently is interferences with Raycast, which is option + space and when I edit the .yml script It doesn't change the hotkey... Apart from that it's really good. Espanso detects when you type a keyword Today is :date: (6/3/2023) and replaces it while you're typing.

    #Writing Tools #Personal Productivity #Automation 96 social mentions

  24. Control the real brightness of your monitors directly from your Mac - no need to touch the buttons on your Monitor.
    Pricing:
    DisplayBuddy (Paid) Very limited options, tbh I don't recommend it compared to Lunar or BetterDisplay.

    #Mac #Monitor #Productivity 8 social mentions

  25. Switch between application windows effortlessly — with Fast Search, a better Command-Tab, a Sidebar or even a quick gesture. Free trial available.
    Contexts (Paid) Switch between application windows effortlessly — with Fast Search, a better Command-Tab, a Sidebar or even a quick gesture. Includes fantastic features for multiple spaces & multiple displays. Probably my top pick for an app switcher, although I still prefer AltTab. 😉.

    #Mac #Window Manager #Productivity 59 social mentions

  26. The quicker switcher launcher for macOS
    Charmstone (Paid) The quicker switcher launcher for macOS, same as Rcmd. Just another choice I guess.

    #iPhone #Mac #Productivity 10 social mentions

  27. The missing package manager for macOS
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Homebrew (Free) I won't get into it, I've already mentioned everything about brew Here (If someone hasn't removed it).

    #Package Manager #Windows Tools #Front End Package Manager 877 social mentions

  28. "An advanced Mac system monitor for your menubar."
    Istatmenus (Paid - Free 16-day trial) Not open source, and it's not free but it's really well done.

    #Monitoring Tools #Device Management #Log Management 53 social mentions

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    Arc

    This new web browser is going to kill Chrome
    Arc (Free) I can't believe such a browser exists. Everyone on Reddit (who has a key) harped on about a browser called Arc, I only use Chrome because of the extensions, and all my features/syncs. They sent me an email 3 days ago and I got my key, and I can see why. Arc is the actual best web browser there is, it's so well done I don't know how I haven't heard about it until now. UI is awesome, one downside was I had to redo some of my settings as it didn't export from Chrome all the way, and I had to recode a few of my userscripts but apart from that .... Oh it's so good. They even had a development mode. it's crazy, side by side, so much I still have to discover. If you want an invite to feel free to ask, and I'll send one (here’s an invite to Arc - (only 5 users can use this link) https://arc.net/gift/a9e51a33) - Speed is fast too. (As of writing this I found Little Arc is a smaller, simpler Arc window. It's perfect for quick lookups and reading funny tweets your friends send you. (Option + Command + N in any app to open).

    #Web Browsers #Customisable Web Browser #Web Development Tools 59 social mentions

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