macOS Tips and Tricks

1

Shortcat

I love Shortcat (https://shortcat.app/). It lets you do almost anything on your screen without having to leave your keyboard.

#Web Browsers #Text Editors #Web Development Tools 31 social mentions

2

Path Finder

Yes, I was thinking the same.. For several years, I'm pretty happy with PathFinder by Cocoatech: https://cocoatech.io/ The things I miss the most when I accidentically open a Finder window: Cut files wit CMD+X to move them (never understood this when coming from Windows), cycle the files in a folder (start on top if you reach bottom and vice versa) and the comprehensive info bar on the right for files and folders. Give it a try :).

#File Manager #Mac File Manager #Business & Commerce 7 social mentions

#Window Manager #Mac Tools #OSX Tools 186 social mentions

4

Stay for OS X

#Window Manager #OSX Tools #OSX Window Manager 22 social mentions

5

Witch

- check out Witch (https://manytricks.com/witch/).

#Mac #Window Manager #Note Taking 27 social mentions

John Siracusa has an app which is extra and opinionated Dock, although not directly for windows: https://hypercritical.co/switchglass/ There's a detailed FAQ.

#Mac #Productivity #iPhone 3 social mentions

7

Forklift

I use Forklift instead : https://binarynights.com/ I can use it as an orthodox file manager. I also like using it to access remote filesystems over nfs and sftp, and also S3 buckets. It also works well with Dropbox and iCloud. There is a great sync feature to keep source and target directories synchronised. It's also good for diffing directories at a glance. Plus the regex file rename feature is often handy for me - I have a few presets saved for various purposes.

#FTP Client #File Transfer #SFTP Client 35 social mentions

8

Keep it shot

My one and only tip: use AI file renaming: https://keepitshot.com. This is the app I have recently fallen in love with. It has drastically improved my file search experience with Spotlight. I am not affiliated with them.

#Screenshots #Design Tools #Screenshot Annotation 1 social mentions

9

espanso

A shout-out for https://espanso.org a wonderful and free text expander configurable in a YAML file.

#Text Expander #Personal Productivity #Writing Tools 100 social mentions

10

Contexts

Https://contexts.co/ is the best alt+tab switcher I've ever used and it also provides a taskbar like you want.

#Mac #Window Manager #Productivity 63 social mentions

11

LaunchBar

Launchbar[0] is also still around - not actively developed, but actively maintained. Happy user since 10 years already, even though I own a lifetime Alfred license. [0]: https://obdev.at/products/launchbar/index.html.

#Productivity #App Launcher #Mac 9 social mentions

12

1Piece

Fyi, I'm not sure if it does what you want, but make sure to check out 1Piece. It has a ton of options... https://app1piece.com/.

#Window Manager #Mac Tools #OSX Tools 3 social mentions