Lesser Known App Recommendations

1

ImageOptim

Https://imageoptim.com/mac is a good, free alternative to Optimage. I concur, the others are good programs.

#Image Optimisation #Image Editing #Image Effects 54 social mentions

2

Hummingbird

Hummingbird. https://finestructure.co/hummingbird makes it really easy to move and resize apps free form.

#Window Manager #OSX Tools #OSX Window Manager 2 social mentions

3

Soulver 3 for Mac

#Calculators #Advanced Calculator #Productivity 34 social mentions

4

Smooze

Whilst cursorsense is good (I particularly liked the chord feature), I prefer smooze for two specific reasons: 1. Smooth mouse wheel scrolling (which can be fine tuned) and 2. Middle click dragging (both vertically and horizontally). It also does basically everything else cursorsense does (minus chords).

#Note Taking #Automation #Mac Tools 19 social mentions

5

Reeder

Reeder (if anyone other than me actually still uses RSS) is so good I have it on my Mac and iPhone.

#Insight Management #RSS #RSS Reader 26 social mentions

6

Raycast

I really like Raycast as a spotlight alternative. I’ve even switched completely from Alfred because of several features I think are excellent. Currently it’s completely free too and the dev is very active.

#Productivity #App Launcher #Mac 37 social mentions

7

Obsidian.md

I agree with this guy’s extensive thoughts on note taking apps, and have fallen for Obsidian.md. It’s electron based, but is very snappy regardless, and the community plugins are excellent. IAwriter also looked good, but was more for creative writing, and much less free.

#Knowledge Management #Knowledge Base #Markdown Editor 1486 social mentions

I realise this is a popular app, but to complete the external mouse experience on macOS, I also use bettertouchtool. For example I use CMD + right click to minimise windows using my mouse. It also has some of the best Windows-like window snapping (drag windows to the left, right, too make it half the screen etc).

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

9

BeardedSpice

This is quite obscure, but macmediakeyforwarder is pretty essential for me. Since High Sierra I think, macOS has made it so the media key plays/pauses the last audio source you were using - including web media such as YouTube. I only ever want it to control Spotify, which is what this app does. I haven’t looked at the GitHub pages in ages and just noticed it’s no longer maintained, and the developer suggests using beardedspice as an alternative.

#Bookmarks #Bookmark Manager #Music 10 social mentions

10

Alfred Spotify Mini Player

#Window Manager #Mac Tools #Device Management 4 social mentions

11

Vimac

Https://vimacapp.com/ — for the Vim obsessed.

#Web Browsers #Text Editors #Web Development Tools 15 social mentions

12

Mac Mouse Fix

Also, check out Adapter, a free all-in-one media converter and Mac Mouse Fix as a free/simple alternative to Smooze.

#Mac Tools #Automation #Note Taking 84 social mentions

13

Adapter

Also, check out Adapter, a free all-in-one media converter and Mac Mouse Fix as a free/simple alternative to Smooze.

#Video #Video Converter #File Converter 12 social mentions

14

Paletro

Have you heard of Paletro? I believe it would fall into the "lesser known" category as well and it's quite awesome for keyboard-centric folks. You get to search and activate menu entries of the app you're using at the moment, and is more reliable than the native "cmd-shift-/" Help menu shortcut that only works half the time.

#Productivity #Mac #Window Manager 14 social mentions

15

KeyKey Typing Tutor for Mac

#Typing Games #Mouse Tools #Personal Productivity 1 social mentions

16

Fruitjuice

FruitJuice — yet another battery app, but this one reminds you to unplug charger from time to time. (no idea if it works with M1, though).

#Monitoring Tools #Android #Utilities 1 social mentions

17

Dropshare

Dropshare — uploads files (optionally to your own server) and gives you link to them to quickly share.

#Cloud Storage #File Sharing #Screenshots 11 social mentions

18

CotEditor

CotEditor — small programmer-class text editor (I use it when even Sublime is too much).

#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 26 social mentions

19

Contexts

#Mac #Window Manager #Productivity 63 social mentions

Hummingbird is dead. Use Hookshot instead.. Active development and plenty of options. https://hookshot.app/.

#Window Manager #OSX Tools #OSX Window Manager 23 social mentions