My must have MacOS utilities rmacapps

My must have MacOS utilities

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Modern MacOS Utilities List with nice UI and useful features

Price list

Free - fully free

Freemium - can be used for free with optional pro plan or include free trial

Paid - can be used properly, only If you buy them  

Must have apps for daily use

1. Ice(free) - Hide menu bar icons and customise it. Similar apps: Bartender, HiddenBar

2. Raycast(free) - Spotlight on steroids, windows manager, clipboard manager. Similar apps: Spotlight, Alfred

3. PopClip(freemium) -  Instant text actions. Similar apps: None

4. BoringNotch(free) - Dynamic island for MacOS. Similar apps: DynamicLakePro, NotchNook, NotchDrop

5. Shottr(freemium) -  Insane screenshot tool, OCR, and color picker. Similar apps: CleanShot X

6. Clop(freemium) -  File optimizer and converter. Similar apps: Permute

Great apps for their use cases

1. PearCleaner(free) - App uninstaller and cleaner. Similar apps: App Cleaner

2. IINA(free) - Media player with more supported formats. Similar apps: QuickTime Player, Elmedia Player, VLC

3. Diffusion Bee(free) - AI Image editor with upscayling and generating. Similar apps: Upscayl

4. Homebrew(free) - Package Manager, which helps to install Software, tools and developer stuff via Terminal. Similar apps: MacPorts, AppLite/Cork GUI for homebrew

5. Proton VPN(freemium) - VPN which includes 3 locations for connecting to. Similar apps: Nord VPN

6. JetBrains Toolbox(free) - installing and controlling developer IDEs for different programming langauges like Pycharm. Similar apps: VS code

7. ChatGPT(freemium) - Native ChatGPT app. Similar apps: MacGPT, BoltAI

8. Warp(freemium) - Terminal on steroids with auto suggestions, AI, tabs, split panels, customization and more. Similar apps: iTerm 2

Safari/Chrome Extensions

1. AdGuard For Both(freemium) - Ad blocker with deep settings and cookie banners blocker. Similar apps: AdLock For Both, uBlock For Chrome

2. Noir For Safari(paid), Dark Reader For Chrome(free) - Dark Mode for each website. Similar apps: None

3. Momentum For Both(free) - Change the look of a new tab. Similar apps: Bonjour for Chrome, NightTab for Chrome

Honorable mentions

1. TextSniper(paid) - OCR for copying text from images and scaning QR codes. Similar apps: Viz

2. LinearMouse(free) - Controlling external mouse or trackpad for smoother expirience. Similar apps: MOS, MultiTouch

3. Menu Bar X(freemium) - Pin most used websites to the menu bar, also supports dropping files to them. Similar apps: FolderPeek

4. Stats(free) - system stats monitoring such as CPU, GPU, etc. Similar apps: iStat menus

5. Paletro(paid) - command palette in any application, which lets you search actions of the app. Similar apps: PieMenu

6. BatFi(paid) - increase the life of your battery, by limiting its charging to a certain amount. Similar apps: AlDente

7. OnlySwitch(free) - toggle system switches and some hidden stuff like keep your mac awake. Similar apps: OneSwitch

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