Mac Apps

Here’s some of the apps I use on my Macs. Some are developer apps, some are other utilities. It’s a little list you might find interesting and even some you might not know exist!

Running in MenuBar/Background

• Shortcut Bar - Your favourite files/folders all in one place!
• CopyClip - Multiple Clipboard Entry Manager
• CheatSheet - Show Hotkeys for apps
• Dropzone 4 - Drag & Drop files to anywhere
• Alfred - Customise your workflow
• GoToFile - Powerful file-finder/indexer
• extFS for Mac - Read/Write extFS filesystems
• NTFS for Mac - Read/write NTFS filesystems
• MacUpdater - Keep all your apps up-to-date
• AppCleaner - Get rid of remnants of apps you delete
• ConnectMeNow v4 - Network Share Mounter
• Display Maid - Save & Restore Window Locations

Developer/Electronics

• Obsidian - Excellent Note-taker/organiser
• Boop - Local Code/Text Converter/Beautifier
• Core Shell - SSH Client
• MQTT Explorer - MQTT Client
• BBEdit - Code Editor (Was TextWrangler)
• Github Desktop - Easy Github local/remote repo manager
• Cyberduck - Libre server and cloud storage browser (FTP, Amazon S3 etc)
• Tasmotizer - Tasmota/Image flasher with backup feature
• Arduino IDE - Arduino Programmer IDE
• ResistorCodeCalculator - Work out resistor colours/values
• Fritzing - PCB/Circuit Documenter
• EasyEDA - PCB/Circuit Designer
• ApplePiBaker - SD Card Image backup/restore
• Raspberry Pi Imager - Raspberry Pi Software Imager
• Balena Etcher - Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives
• Postman - API Client
• Visual Studio Code - Comprehensive Code Editor

Networking

• Lanscan - Network Scanner
• VNC Viewer - Remote Desktop
• NetSpot - Wifi Surveyor
• Bluetooth Inspector - Bluetooth Scanner

Utilities

• Carbon Copy Cloner - Backup Your Mac
• UTM - Virtual Machines (Free)
• Parallels Desktop - Run Virtual Machines
• Parallels Toolbox - Handy Utilities
• Übersicht - Scriptable Widgets
• Parcel App - Track Parcels

Security

• 1Password - Password Manager
• NordVPN - VPN

Extra Good Things

• Bookpedia - Catalogue your books (with mobile app & barcode scanner!)
• Home Inventory 4 - Keep track of all your contents for insurance value and or documents/receipts.
• Paperparrot - Mac manager for Paperless-NGX