Favorite Productivity Apps for Mac
Productivity apps can save you time but often cost money. They are wide-ranging and as I set up a new development machine these are the ones I’m reinstalling. This is not an exhaustive list but a good starting place to pick and choose from.
Must Haves:
1Password — $$$ — password mgmt — https://1password.com (alts LastPass, BitWarden)
Apparency — free — The App That Opens Apps — shows all the components of the app, code signatures, and security — https://www.mothersruin.com/software/Apparency
Amphetamine — free — keep screensaver from coming on — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/amphetamine/id937984704
Annotate / Skitch — free — screenshots — https://www.drift.com/annotate-mac / https://apps.apple.com/us/app/skitch-snap-mark-up-share/id425955336?mt=12
Atom / Sublime Text / Textmate — free — simple text editors — https://atom.io
BetterSnapTool — $ / Divvy — $$ — window mgmt — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bettersnaptool/id417375580 / https://apps.apple.com/us/app/divvy-window-manager/id413857545?mt=12
DBeaver — free — SQL DB viewer — open-source — https://dbeaver.io/download (alts MySQL workbrench, PgAdmin )
Disk Inventory X — free — Hard Drive viewer / free up space — http://derlien.com
Disk Space Analyzer Pro — $$ — Analyze Clean up Disk Space — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/disk-space-analyzer-pro/id488920185?mt=12
Bear / Evernote — note-taking apps — https://bear.app / https://evernote.com
Grammarly Editor + browser extension — free (has premium features) — grammar checker — https://www.grammarly.com/desktop/mac
Keybase — free — secure file sharing/secrets sharing — https://keybase.io/download
Kindle — free — books — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kindle/id405399194
Krisp — free — Clean audio for Zoom/Meeting calls — https://krisp.ai
LaunchBar — $$ / Alfred — free — Application launcher and clipboard manager — https://www.obdev.at/products/launchbar/index.html / https://www.alfredapp.com
Little Snitch / Micro Snitch — $$ — network traffic — https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html
Postman — free — Web API dev platform — https://www.postman.com/downloads
Open Office — free — https://www.openoffice.org
Rocket — free — emoji everywhere tool — https://matthewpalmer.net/rocket
Slack / Discord / Element — free — https://slack.com / https://discord.com/download / https://element.io/developers
Typinator / TextExpander — $$ — https://www.ergonis.com/products/typinator / https://textexpander.com
Wireshark — free — network traffic — https://www.wireshark.org
Witch — $$ — alt-tab alternative — https://manytricks.com/witch
Yoink — $$ — improved file drag and drop https://eternalstorms.at/yoink/mac
Browser Extensions:
Amazon Assistant — https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/amazon-assistant-for-chro/pbjikboenpfhbbejgkoklgkhjpfogcam?hl=en-US
bit.ly — https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bitly-short-links-and-qr/iabeihobmhlgpkcgjiloemdbofjbdcic
Grammarly — https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/grammarly-grammar-checker/kbfnbcaeplbcioakkpcpgfkobkghlhen
Rakuten — https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rakuten-get-cash-back-for/chhjbpecpncaggjpdakmflnfcopglcmi
Dropbox / Google Drive / One Drive
Adblocker for Youtube — https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock-for-youtube/cmedhionkhpnakcndndgjdbohmhepckk
Adblocker: Adblock for Chrome — https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblocker-adblock-for-chr/obhacaboehinamiaoafpljgofoapchgf
Alternate Tab Order — https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/alternate-tab-order/ogppakblncmgfgonnlheigoghllopopb
Boomerang for Gmail — https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/boomerang-for-gmail/mdanidgdpmkimeiiojknlnekblgmpdll
DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials — https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/duckduckgo-privacy-essent/bkdgflcldnnnapblkhphbgpggdiikppg
Evernote Web Clipper — https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/evernote-web-clipper/pioclpoplcdbaefihamjohnefbikjilc
OneTab — https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/onetab/chphlpgkkbolifaimnlloiipkdnihall
Speechify — https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/speechify-for-chrome/ljflmlehinmoeknoonhibbjpldiijjmm
