A Few GUI Tools for the Homebrew Curious
If you'd like to explore some of what's available in macOS through Homebrew, the command line package manager but you are a little intimidated by...
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Mac Apps
2024
The Most Underrated Native Mac Utility
The native Mac tools are great but most of them can be replaced with third-party apps that add extra features. Even the geeky apps like...
ImageOptim - Free and Open-Source Utility to Reduce File Sizes
ImageOptim is a tiny utility that every Mac user should have in their toolkit. It integrates a half dozen image optimization tools behind the scenes...
24 Hour Wallpaper from Jetson Creative
I don't see my desktop during my working moments, but when I lock my computer, I have a different wallpaper displayed on each of my...
Start from Innovative Bytes
Start by Innovative Bytes is an app launcher with extra features that make it different enough from FolderPeek and XMenu to be worth checking out....
Almighty - Tweaking and Utility Collection
Almighty, a collection of tweaks and utilities bundled into one app is by Khoa Pham, the same developer behind the popular low-priced clipboard manager PastePal. ...
FlowVision - Image Viewer
After seeing the developer of FlowVison, a free image viewer for macOS, post about his new app on Reddit, I downloaded it and have been...
Folder Peek FTW
Folder Peek by heroic Indy Developer Sindre Sorhus is the GOAT of menu bar access apps. I liked XMenu from Devon Technologies, but Folder Peek...
App Tamer from St. Claire Software
St. Claire software makes an app that can help control heat and fan noise, extend your battery time and increase the amount of CPU power...
SilentKnight - Free Security Checks for Your Mac
SilentKnight from The Eclectic Light Company is a free utility to check the security settings of your Mac. it will let you know of any...
Paletro - Add a Command Palette to Any App
Paletro, by appmakes.io, is a $6.99 utility that gives you a command palette in any app. Large, multifunction apps with many commands like VScode, Sublime...
Quick Note Taking – Type
Type is a menu bar app designed with one purpose in mind, to capture time-stamped notes in plain text or Markdown format quickly and to...
Meteorologist - Free and Open-Source Menu Bar Weather
Keeping track of current weather conditions and forecasts is a breeze (no pun intended) with the free and powerful menu bar app. Meteorologist, an open-source...
Onyx for Mac – Still the Free Gold Standard After 23 Years
(updated 2026-05-11) Since 2003, Titanium Software has maintained a simple promise: ship a free system utility for every major macOS release. That’s over two decades...
Software for Mounting and Writing to NTFS Drives on a Mac
I need to write to external NTFS formatted drives from my M3 iMac on a regular basis for my job. I investigated the free options,...
NotchNook - Not Ready for Prime Time
After reading about NotchNook on Reddit and seeing the 35% off offer from the $25 purchase price, I purchased it to test it out. I...
Swift Shift - A Free Tool to Move and Resize Windows
Using keyboard shortcuts you define, Swift Shift allows you to easily move and resize windows without searching for the title bar or waiting for tiny...
Musebox - A Photographer's Bargain
Musebox, a digital asset (photos, graphics, videos) management application by brushedpixel is a remarkable and affordable (one-time purchase of $15 for now) substitute for multi-featured...
Karabiner Elements to the Rescue
After an unexplained failure of a previous workflow, I used the free keyboard mapping utility, Karabiner Elements, to reenable my hyperkey and turn of CapsLock...
WordService - Another Free Utility from Devon Technologies
Devon Technologies charges a pretty penny for their signature app, Devon Think with a standard license going for $99 and a pro license for $199....
