essential mac applications

Essential Mac Applications

In this article, I've compiled a list of innovative, indispensable applications that can enhance and streamline your digital experience.

AdGuard — World's most advanced adblocker!

AdGuard offers comprehensive protection from advertisements across all platforms. Both efficient and versatile, it functions perfectly as a proxy, blocking nearly all irrelevant content.

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Arc from The Browser Company

Arc is more than a conventional browser. The Browser Company has reimagined the UX for online navigation. With the introduction of Arc, you might find yourself abandoning traditional browsers like google chrome and safari. Arc efficiently handles multiple open tabs, and with Arc Max, an AI assistant is available to help summarise pages, answer queries, and more.

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Bartender 5 is a compact application that significantly declutters your menu bar - saving you valuable space.

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Better Touch Tool

With BTT, you can effortlessly switch browser tabs without keyboard engagement - just keep one finger on the trackpad and tip-tap with another. In my use-case, I've programmed a double-shift sequence to open my warp terminal.

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Dash - API Documentation

Developers will find Dash invaluable. It grants you access to an extensive collection of documentations, searchable via a smart, fuzzy search logic. A reliable free alternative is the DevDocs API Documentation

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Dashlane Password Manager

Dashlane is my go-to password manager. It offers cross-platform utility, which I cannot get with Apple's native password manager. Moreover, it has an appealing VPN and outstanding features like dark web monitoring.

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DeepL Translate: The world's most accurate translator

For those who regularly work with multiple languages, DeepL is worthy of consideration. Paired with its Chrome extension, it offers both accuracy and speed in translation.

Obsidian - Sharpen your thinking

I hold a particular fondness for Obsidian. It's a powerful tool for personal knowledge management. Accessible on any platform, it offers syncing, extent, and more. Obsidian's central philosophy - own your data - lets you retain complete control of your notes as raw markdown files, while the application enables the sophisticated organization and interlinking of notes.

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OpenIn 4

OpenIn 4 is an advanced opening solution. It allows you to, for instance, specify unique browsers for specified links or customize rules for opening files in specific folders.

Peek — The Ultimate macOS Quick Look Extension

Peek enhances the preview of your source code files - an essential tool for developers.

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PopClip for Mac

After years of consideration, I finally tried PopClip, and I must say, it's spectacular! It allows direct interaction with the selected text (for example, google search, copy-paste, or base64 encoding). Despite some initial confusion, I found it well worth the experience!

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Raycast

Raycast is a superior substitute for Apple's Spotlight, offering unlimited expansion according to user preferences. I've developed several extensions and scripts for daily tasks with Raycast.

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Shottr – Screenshot Annotation App For Mac

Shottr is my pick for screenshot applications. It's quick, user-friendly, and allows immediate saving, annotation, and copying of images. While cleanshot is commendable as well, I prefer not to pay for each new update.

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Soulver 3 - Notepad Calculator App for Mac & iPad

If you frequently work with numbers, I recommend trialing Soulver. It's beyond a common calculator; it's a digital notebook with web connectivity. This means real-time currency conversions, all sorts of measurement conversions, and variable storage are at your disposal. It even integrates with Wolfram Alpha.

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Warp: Your terminal, reimagined

Experience terminal work like never before, resembling an IDE experience more than traditional terminal use with features like completion, highlighting, copilot, and various other enhancements.

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If you have any exciting apps you can't leave without, share them with lacquer.ribbons.0k@icloud.com