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I was a MacOS hater until...

Karabiner SoundSource Kaleidoscope Homebrew Stay for OS X iStat Menus yabai Stats
  1. Karabiner, previously called KeyRemap4MacBook, is a very powerful keyboard remapper for Mac OS X.
    To enhance your experience with both built-in and peripheral HIDs e.g. keyboard/trackpad, definitely check out Karabiner Elements and BetterTouchTool.

    #Mac Tools #Window Manager #Automation 269 social mentions

  2. The sound control that should be built into MacOS
    SoundSource is great too. You can control/boost any app's output volume, or even pipe it through audioplugins to eq or limit like a zoom conversation. Rogue Amoeba overall are just awesome. I wish I could buy more of their apps.

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

  3. Easily spot the differences in text and image files. Review changes in seconds with the world's most advanced iOS and Mac diff tool.
    Kaleidoscope - really nice side-by-side diff for showing differences between two documents (great for troubleshooting what went wrong with old and new versions of a file type stuff).

    #File Management #Merge Tools #Diff And Merge Tools 20 social mentions

  4. The missing package manager for macOS
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Definitely get Homebrew going - let's you install bunches of apps from commandline and just overall helps streamline the whole installation process.

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

  5. A remote control for you Mac, using your iPhone or iPad
    To enhance your experience with both built-in and peripheral HIDs e.g. keyboard/trackpad, definitely check out Karabiner Elements and BetterTouchTool.

    #Window Manager #Mac Tools #OSX Tools 185 social mentions

  6. Keep windows in their place
    If you like your windows to stay in the same place, I’d recommend Stay.

    #Window Manager #OSX Tools #OSX Window Manager 21 social mentions

  7. "An advanced Mac system monitor for your menubar."
    If you like to know all the minute details of your system, I’d recommend iStat Menus.

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

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    A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning

    #Window Manager #OSX Tools #Mac Tools 132 social mentions

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    Simple macOS system monitor in your menu bar.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Stats does mostly the same as Istat, just free and opensource: https://github.com/exelban/stats.

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

  10. A curated directory of 200+ Mac menu bar apps

    #Productivity #Marketing #CRM 15 social mentions

  11. Free macOS security tools.
    For privacy & security of your macOS, I'd recommend you to check Objective-See site. I use OverSight, KnockKnock, BlockBlock and Lulu.

    #SaaS #Tech #User Experience 7 social mentions

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    OpenMTP is a free and open-source app to transfer files from an Android Phone to macOS.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    OpenMTP file transfers for MacOS lovers with Android phones :).

    #Data Manager #Android #Tech 32 social mentions

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    Latest is a free and open source app for macOS that checks if all your apps are up to date.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Latest checks for updates for your installed apps and installs them directly.

    #Mac #Mac Tools #Screenshot Annotation 13 social mentions

  14. Window management app based on Spectacle, written in Swift.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

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

  15. MeetingBar is a menu bar app for your calendar meetings.
    Itsycal and MeetingBar - I wish they would cross-implement features!

    #Calendar #Email Clients #Productivity 5 social mentions

  16. Capture One is an all-in-one photo-editing software that comes with all powerful tools to make your photo editing smoother and more precise than ever.
    Also would recommend PhaseOne Capture One as by far, hands down, my favorite RAW processor and photo-organization DAM software I have ever used. Also has a perpetual license.

    #Photos & Graphics #Photography #Tool 2 social mentions

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    Clipy is a clipboard extension for macOS.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Are you talking about Clipy (one "p") with the latest release being 1.2.1 from October 2018 and whose website appears to be in Korean?

    #Clipboard Manager #Bookmarks #Note Taking 10 social mentions

  18. HyperSwitch provides a compelling alternative to HyperDock for keyboard junkies. What's New
    Especially if you recently migrated from Windows, I'm sure you'll like HyperSwitch. It's lag-free, keyboard window switcher. Show all apps with it's windows in one list, like in windows. But I'm not sure it works on arm, my mpb on intel.

    #Mac #Window Manager #Note Taking 4 social mentions

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