- Maccy for clipboard history management via simple shortcuts
- Stats for useful system metrics in the menubar
- LM Studio for easily exploring open source Large Language Models
- NoTunes to get rid of Apple Music launching when you connect your headphones
- Bitwarden for multi-platform password management
- Rectangle for keyboard-based window management
- Homebrew if you’re a developer/sysadmin/command line user
- Fluent Reader to subscribe to RSS feeds
I don’t know about him, but I have my first mac (from work) for two months and I never had Apple Music open when I plugged my headphones in.
I wasn’t clear in my description. For me, Apple Music always kept on opening whenever I interacted with my headphones, e.g. by clicking on play/plause buttons, at least since macOS 10.5 in 2007. Might just be an issue on my side (doesn’t look like it though), but I’ve been disabling iTunes/Apple Music for years by making it non-executable until Apple introduced System Integrity Protection, making it impossible to modify Apple’s apps. And now I just keep NoTunes running. I can live with it eating 8MB of my RAM.
Rectangle for window snapping is a life saver!
Lack of window snapping is my number one reason I cannot stand MacOS as a working environment. The fact that the only solution is a third party app is infuriating.
You make it sound like a constant pain, I just installed one of the dozens third party apps available and never thought about it again. It’s really not a problem
Well that’s not really an easy option when you don’t own the computer you’re working on. Also again, the fact that the only way to enable the functionality is to pay for a third party app is pretty shitty and a major development oversight (and akin to the fact that IPadOS still to this day does not have a built in calculator because Steve Jobs said “why would anyone need to use a calculator on their iPad when they could use their iPhone?” Over a decade ago.
Apple makes some great products, but also makes some really bad design choices and continues to double down on them.
I’m curious. What workflow do you have that requires window snapping? I’m asking because I have no use for window snapping and I’m trying to understand why people require it.
The biggest use for me, as a Windows user, is multitasking on a single monitor. For example, I can have my code up on one half of my screen, and documentation on the other side. It’s really quick and easy when the windows snap into position.
IINA is like VLC but with a nicer interface.
brew is a CLI package manager.
OpenEmu is a great console emulation platform (like retroarch, but with a way better interface that’s designed for a desktop instead of a TV).
AltTab: Windows alt-tab on macOS
Rectangle: Keyboard based window management.
Linear Mouse: Per-device settings for Mouse, Track Pad, etc. Things like pointer super, scroll direction, and mouse acceleration.
I never knew about Linear Mouse, thank you so much!!! I fucking hate how Apple ties scroll direction on mice/touchpad and no, “natural” scroll direction is not natural on a standard mouse Apple.
Just a preference thing since it makes it more like how Windows and some Linux distros do window management.
Hitting Alt + Tab brings up a preview of all windows that you have open with the ability to scroll / tab through them.
Hitting Alt + ` while focused on a certain application shows a preview image of each window for that application that you have open.
I personally like it more than the OSX default but to each their own.
Never knew about Linear Mouse 😱 thank you! does it work with logitech stuff? So i can finally get rid of their shitty software
I’m lost without magnet.
Why not use Rectangle? While Magnet looks like it probably does a lot more and has more customization I’m having a hard time seeing the difference to make it worth that price vs. free. Can you explain your thoughts? 🙂
I wasn’t aware of the alternative and having brought years ago kind of forgotten about the cost. It just follows me around.
