17 Awesome Mac Apps for Power Users (2022)

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All the apps I'm using on a daily/weekly basis as a professional Software Engineer and RU-vid content creator.
CHAPTERS
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00:00 - Start
00:14 - Emacs
02:25 - Firefox
04:15 - Kitty
05:19 - Syncthing
06:50 - Amethyst
07:52 - Hammerspoon
09:15 - Homebrew
09:48 - Meeter
10:24 - Setapp
11:11 - DaVinci Resolve
12:08 - Affinity Photo
12:58 - 1Password
13:33 - Flow
14:59 - CleanShot X
16:03 - BetterDisplay
17:13 - iStats Menu
17:52 - Bartender
APPS
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* Emacs - emacsformacosx.com/ (or install with Homebrew)
* Firefox - www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox...
* Kitty - sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/
* Syncthing - syncthing.net/
* Amethyst - ianyh.com/amethyst/
* Hammerspoon - www.hammerspoon.org/
* Homebrew - brew.sh/
* Meeter - www.trymeeter.com/ (in Setapp)
* Setapp - setapp.com (referral code for a free month [me too!] - go.setapp.com/invite/vdt351tp)
* DaVinci Resolve - www.blackmagicdesign.com/prod...
* Affinity Photo - affinity.serif.com/en-gb/photo/
* 1Password - 1password.com/
* Flow - flowapp.info/ (in Setapp)
* CleanShotX - cleanshot.com/ (in Setapp)
* BetterDisplay - github.com/waydabber/BetterDi...
* iStats Menu - bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/ (in Setapp)
* Bartender - www.macbartender.com/ (in Setapp)
GEAR
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* LG 5K Ultrafine Monitor - geni.us/behGoTB
* iPad Pro 11" - geni.us/H0qJ
* iPad Air Gen 5 - geni.us/QieLq3X
* Samsung S8 Ultra - geni.us/rhZdv
* Apple Magic Keyboard - geni.us/8uBg
* Anker USB-C 7-in-1 Hub - geni.us/ArHsNBk
* Anker Thunderbolt 3 Cable - geni.us/BTOsQ
* Apple USB3-Lightning Camera Adapter - geni.us/VUPp
* UGREEN USB-A Hub - geni.us/yBfyE
* USB-A to USB-C Adapter - geni.us/HfN4Y
* Aluminium Armour Case - geni.us/M5ph
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@tech_craft 2 года назад

What are your favourite Mac apps?

@rogerwprice 2 года назад

For me - Obsidian is the knowledge management system - similar to Roam and Notion - but files are yours - simple markdown/text files. Love Syncthing (does Mobius sync work for you? for me it works sometimes but I get frequent out of space errors with plenty of space available on the phone - or what else do you use on iOS?). Alfred is another fave!

@cdey3886 2 года назад

Technicly it's not really an app, but deffenetly Vim

@zestynotions 2 года назад

Neovim, yabai, skhd, btop and obsidian for me

@DanKardell 2 года назад

Has to be Alfred!

@ditchcomfort 2 года назад

Carbon Copy Cloner BBEdit iTerm2 + nvim Homebrew Amethyst Karabiner Elements Alfred Obsidian Fantastical Mail Photo Mechanic Plus Adobe Bridge and Photoshop And I really like all the ease-to-use functionality with iCloud I’m in the process of using more CLI tools but, compared to most people, I really don’t give a shit if my apps are open-source or not. As long as I get the job done, and use my brain most of the time (in terms of privacy), it’s OK for me.

@pdreik 2 года назад

Nice video Thx for all the input.

@kenfreeman8888 Год назад

Cool ideas. Thanks.

@bobbyLovesTech 3 месяца назад

I absolutely love this. So many unique apps on here!

@DarrylHebbes 2 года назад

Yes please for a Syncthing how to, with cloud storage

@sweealamak628 2 года назад

I have been automating my workflow with the old relic "Automator" and "AppleScript" all this while! Thanks for recommending Hammerspoon!

@derekbaker2099 Год назад

Thank you for the recommendations. Would love for you to do a deep dive/tutorial on Doom Emacs

@techtipsuk 2 года назад

Found some great tools through your channel. Thanks.

@micleh 2 года назад

As always, very helpful no-frills video, which I like about your channel. I'm looking forward to the upcoming tutorial you you hint at. I'd also be deeply interested in your workflow of saving web pages and notes. I'm struggling with this one. I'm using Joplin and Simplenote, since they also work on Android and iOS. Thanks for the hard work you put into making such magnificent content

@tech_craft 2 года назад

I've added that topic to my video list.

@MattManuel 3 месяца назад

Thanks for this. I'm going to try Better Display today.

@SaburoOkita 2 года назад

I use Alfred and Keyboard Maestro a lot Alfred has an iOS app that can be configured to work like Elgato Stream Deck, which I use to control my OBS thru websocket Keyboard Maestro is even more powerful, where I can script it to blink my RGB light and open a set of applications when certain USB devices is connected. It could also detect MIDI packets, so I've connected to my guitar FX pedal and use it as foot switches.

@RvBSimmons77 11 месяцев назад

I wish I could like this video twice! Great video, thank you

@jordialbert7612 Год назад

I’m very surprised that I think nobody has mentioned Raycast as a Spotlight replacement. I would even say that some or most of the apps that you have shown can be replaced also by raycast itself or raycast extensions, so don’t need for many apps. I love Raycast and it becomes very handy for so many things. Also community is growing so every time there are more and more extensions which superpower it. Amazing app

@tech_craft Год назад

I've just started testing it. It does seem quite nice.

@BLTDFRNT Год назад

I just made that same comment 😂

@Pameliux23 11 месяцев назад

I use raycast and love it, also less loving my iPad because of that. Question: what apps he talked about can be done from Raycast?

@iFunktion 5 месяцев назад

I tried Raycast for a while, but I found it was too buggy and became counter productive, Alfred is actually all I need

@choncho101 Год назад

Woooow! Great apps

@isaacraja Год назад

Can you please make a video on how you use doom eMacs org mode and agenda and your regular workflow with it? I like your way of explaining

@purgatoriprytania5382 Год назад

❤ for the Emacs shout out. It's the OS on top of my macOS.

@KR0KVNT 2 года назад

Thanks for the recommendations! I like: - Rectangle (window manager, like amethyst) - Hidden Bar (like bartender) - Mos (fixed the awful scrolling issues I had with my logi mouse) - Karabiner elements (allows to remap keys, for me as a German with English keyboard super helpfül)

@wonkywombat 2 года назад

I've been using KeepassXC as my password manager for years - open source, cross platform, browser plugin, android mobile app. Then sync the file across multiple devices with Syncthing.

@inveele Год назад

I recently switched from Windows to Mac. On PC, I used for years a sync app called "Allway Sync", which never failed me. It was a one time charge for the pro version, and it works flawlessly 10 years later. I am looking for a Mac alternative. I wonder if Sychting can be a good alternative to Allway Sync.

@artysanmobile Год назад

Excellent presentation! I am perpetually weeding through the silliness of apps trying to find something that works in a professional environment. I’d say 2% qualify and that’s a bunch of wasted time. I can use almost half of what you recommended here. Made my day, and subbed.

@tech_craft Год назад

Thanks for the kind words Peter!

@WarehouseRouse Год назад

Do you use Alfred? I keep hearing about it and want give it a try. Thanks for making this content!

@tech_craft Год назад

I don't, but I've started looking at the new kind on the block in that space: Raycast. Early impressions are great.

@ebatalha 2 года назад

Yes, Terminal, the default that comes with macOS, lacks some features but when talking about speed none on the "market" beats it. And there's also the input lag which in Terminal is almost non-existant.

@ditchcomfort 2 года назад

Like I was saying I am using Karabiner but do you recommend hammerspon as well? I have only basic keys set up in Karabiner like Hyper key, opening apps, etc. But like you was saying, hammerspon is lua so perhaps easier to use/configure than all the crappy json stuff in Karabiner.

@tech_craft 2 года назад

I really like using Hammerspoon for all my keyboard shortcuts. There’s a nice blog discussing approaches to hyper key handling in Hammerspoon here: evantravers.com/articles/2020/06/08/hammerspoon-a-better-better-hyper-key/ You might also like kmonad which is a cross-platform key manipulation that replaces the need to flash firmware on to your keyboard.

@petermarin Год назад

Fantastic content and video!! What RSS feeds are you consuming? Maybe you can feature a top of rss in a future video- I think many of us want to lean into this

@tech_craft Год назад

Great idea!

@amj864 2 года назад

Your videos is exceptionally useful, no BS for the sake of making a video. Is the spacing between windows in 5:08 done with Amethyst ?

@tech_craft 2 года назад

Thanks. It is - I like using that for demonstrations because I think it's a little less visual load. I toggle it on and off when working for a bit of variety.

@amj864 2 года назад

@@tech_craft Great thanks, heading to the Amethyst video now :D

@SkyPunkki Год назад

Just one question can you show your conf for your emacs for show your kanban setup ? Thanks

@tech_craft Год назад

In Doom Emacs it’s enough to just add (package! org-kanban) in packages.el and then re-sync

@thatandthese Год назад

Old lady here wish I could pick your brain for 15 minutes to get guidance. This is the next best thing. I'm an old school wanna be, know little about programming sorta gal trying to learn now in my midlife. Thanks for the videos.

@dmitrykhangulyan4349 2 года назад

vim in firefox - my favorite extension!

@sammcmoor Год назад

Hi, did you know, that Syncthing after install and Start on a Mac, these Software try to connect to over 400 Relays? i saw this on my Firewall and i was little bit confused.

@tech_craft Год назад

Yes. The public relay function has a lot of community-supplies relays out of the box. You can supply and configure your own if you’d prefer.

@MrDmoney1984 2 года назад

Just a question do u have any ideas ur thinking about with the raspberry pi

@tech_craft 2 года назад

I have a few Pi-related projects bubbling away. I’m working on some Pi Pico projects that I’m not sure fit the channel but will probably share in one form or another. I’m also looking at improving the desktop experience over remote desktop. One of my patrons recommended a really interesting lightweight desktop called regolith so I’m looking at that alongside some general performance improvements. Im also looking at Pi alternatives like the VIM4 side stock is so low. And finally, I’m working on a video for recycling old computers for use as a remote access machine from tablets like the iPad and Samsung S8. For those without a Pi this is a nice way to get more value out of something they already have.

@owl80 Год назад

Have you heard of Obsidian? It’s similar to EMacs and Notion, but files are stored on your own computer. There are also tons of community plugins to download.

@tech_craft Год назад

I have indeed. I used it for a while and have some friends who swear by it. Since I use Emacs org for so many other things, I find I’m more effective with that than I am with Obsidian

@KhanhNguyen-hd7ws Год назад

Password manager: bitwarden free and opensource -another is pass (standard unix password manager if you live in the terminal) Video editor: lumafusion (available on ipad and new macbooks m1/m2)

@Leinsterbaby 2 года назад

Cheers. As a software engineer and a mac user, can you maybe tell us if it’s possible to make mac mail not to auto preview attachments inline in mail body on mac mail? Used to have a terminal command that no longer works. Wanted to add, that i enjoy hour content, because ur not truing to sell a single app, or at least its not as obvious, as many “productivity” bloggers do.

@tech_craft 2 года назад

Thanks for your comments. I don't have a solution for the mail attachments issue unfortunately. I don't use Mac Mail myself but I've seen a lot of people complain that the option to disable inline attachments was seemingly removed.

@chrisweeksnz Год назад

iTerm2 is a great terminal Pixelmator Pro provides an alternative to photoshop also.

@wendersonbarros1900 Год назад

Alfred is my favorite Mac app

@asishm3703 Год назад

How is 1password different from the native mac/ios inbuilt support for storing passwords?

@tech_craft Год назад

For me the two big differences are cross-platform support, which I can’t live without, and support for sharing vaults. I share a vault with my family and I consume a bunch of shared vaults from my work.

@MrB8boy Год назад

I wish you would have included links to these apps in the mac app store or where ever to download them from.

@tech_craft Год назад

You're absolutely correct - totally slipped my mind. I'll fix this before the weekend is out.

@dimitrisqq Год назад

Finally real power user apps. I know you use 1password, but is there any other way we can share passwords across Safari and Google Chrome? 😇

@kjbill Год назад

Affinity Photo Tutorials youtube.com/@AffinityRevolution ru-vid.com/group/PLUyadHduIq2eFF8QRD0LfjYcg-df0dBMm ru-vid.com/group/PLtQWi0Ez-6QbwAoP7wztMoDZZFna_aO71 ru-vid.com/group/PLvW9I2Rm4Pf95Q10vtyMzB8o4ab26cM36 ru-vid.com/group/PLjZ7Y0kROWivwsE5fHsyLbfPLZe_BxL69 youtube.com/@Affinitybyserif ru-vid.com/group/PLjZ7Y0kROWitoJtnw0pdvjPmS8mYGvrBR Ipad version ru-vid.com/group/PLBKtCFkJd8QsjF1SW36TL6OefKwe7Bb96

@Leinsterbaby Год назад

Wow, thank you for not being on of those RU-vidrs, who “use” notion “every day.”That is some interesting stuff, and notion did not send you a cheque to advertise. Respect.

@micleh 2 года назад

It would be a huge benefit to me - and hopefully other subscribers of your channel - to get your view on working with Linux and macOS, i.e. the differences, benefits, likes and dislikes etc. (you don't seem to be reluctant to working with a MacBook only because your day-job requires you to do so). I'm working with Arch Linux and a tiling wm (river) as my main machine and use macOS occasionally. I'm very tempted to buy a MacBook again (my 2011 Air only recently broke) because no other laptop seems to offer abundant battery life and quietness. I've watched countless RU-vid videos but they don't offer insight into working with a MacBook like you seem to do (if I look at the apps you use, they are similar to the ones I use / would use if I knew more about them). If, by any means, you could make a video on a topic like this, it would be much appreciated. Thanks, by the way, for putting the emac / websites tutorial on your to-do list.

@tech_craft 2 года назад

I switch between Mac and Arch pretty much daily. I have my own MacBook Pro that I use mostly for editing and a MacBook Pro from work that I use for coding. I also have a Framework laptop and a custom-built desktop both running Arch. On Arch I'm running a custom XMonad setup. My trick, such as it is, is to try using the same open source apps everywhere and then I'm trying my best to have the same keyboard shortcuts everywhere. With Hammerspoon on Mac and XMonad on Arch I have a pretty consistent set of shortcuts now. I'd prefer to use Linux for dev work, and if I didn't travel I would, but as you say the laptop situation isn't great. I don't find MacOS too restrictive but the lack of XMonad really hurts my productivity. Amethyst is great, but it's limited by what MacOS allows.

@micleh 2 года назад

@@tech_craft Thanks for the comprehensive answer. I use cross platform apps exclusively and try to make my students (grammar school Years 5-12, computer science) only use free and open source software too so that they can use all programs at home. If I can avoid it, I don't use Word, PowerPoint and Excel, which is the only software that my fellow colleagues use that generates some friction with regard to compatibility. I use a VM (virt-manager) in case I have to test software used for work or make tutorials for my students.

@maxdpt Год назад

Syncthing is a game changer for macOS users with an android tbh

@bartekguz9371 11 месяцев назад

👌👌👌👌

@dmitrykhangulyan4349 2 года назад

org-mode is a great thing!

@sergpryimachuk Год назад

Setapp is an excellent service. And the fact that it is Ukrainian makes me enjoy it even more. Thanks for the video!

@nigelpurviss Год назад

How did you get Kitty to look so good? Is it a theme?

@tech_craft Год назад

It is! It's the Dracula theme. You can browse and then apply themes using `kitty +kitten themes`

@nigelpurviss Год назад

@@tech_craft Awesome thank you so much!! What else do you use to make it look so good? Tmux?

@saem.s Год назад

Can you share your hammerspoon config?

@tech_craft Год назад

I have a video on Hammerspoon coming up soon.

@saem.s Год назад

@@tech_craft looking forward to it

@choeseongkyun2183 Год назад

3:25 What did you say? ..killer extension for firefox is ??? try-doc-tle ?

@tech_craft Год назад

Tridactyl - addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/tridactyl-vim/

@mbarton98 2 года назад

I use SnagIt for captures because it can also do a scroll capture to create a long image file. I then use DEVONthink to OCR that into a searchable text. Great for getting tasks and reference text out of long Slack threads and eventually into Org Mode in Emacs.

@techtipsuk 2 года назад

One shot can and it does them better than snag it. Snag it is ok, I use on windows but clean shot is better in my opinion. The way it does scrolling images is really unique as it lets you do the scrolling.

@MmmBopsPops Год назад

Alfred or Raycast. The only reason I don't use Raycast is the snippets don't let you enter custom variables in the expansion. I like doing date; to give me the current date, etc. Otherwise Raycast is perfect and free over Alfred.

@sbollmann_MRI 2 года назад

“raycast” is a gameschanger for me

@tech_craft 2 года назад

I’ve had that on my list to try for a while but never found the time. I’ll make sure to give it a whirl.

@TheFloatingBartender 2 месяца назад

Set app is one of the only subscriptions i feel is a requirement for me

@bikdigdaddy Год назад

each one of these needs a seperate video, imo.

@nigelpurviss 2 года назад

Personal List: - Flow - Amethyst - Kitty - 1Password - Hammerspoon - Homebrew

@niki-_-chan7661 10 месяцев назад

bro basically turned his mac into a linux like device and I kinda think thats impressive

@PaulShadwell 2 года назад

I use Microsoft Edge mainly because it has profiles built in. No need for privacy mode. I use it for switching between Azure clients as it stores the access token separately for each profile.

@tech_craft 2 года назад

Edge is Blink-based now right? I assume the compatibility is therefore excellent across the web?

@ChurchHatesTucker 2 года назад

Was Homebrew supposed to be a chapter?

@tech_craft 2 года назад

It was - fixed now. Thanks for the heads up!

@ThomasEJohnson 2 года назад

Try Andrew Goodman’s RU-vid Channel. He has lots of tutorials about Affinity Photo for the iPad and I’m sure the Mac version is probably the same.

@tech_craft 2 года назад

Thanks for the heads up - I'll take a look!

@TheOPtmal Год назад

You should also give alacritty a shot

@tech_craft Год назад

I switched from Alacritty to Kitty. At the time, Kitty had more features that I wanted (like ligatures) and now I'm happy enough with Kitty that I don't think I'll switch again unless it suddenly becomes horrendously slow.

@TheOPtmal Год назад

@@tech_craft There is a fork of Alacritty with Ligatures, which I use.

@weho_brian Год назад

Amethyst is great for SWEs, I use it for my dual 4K monitors(Code editor/terminals/databases/ChatGPT, remote desktop, Spotify, CNBC, etc). Every time i see a software developer with only one window fullscreen I cringe

@davidt4053 2 года назад

Itsycal lets me display date in top bar like this Jul 18 W29-1, meaning 18th of July, Monday on the 29th ISO week of the year. I've been trying to get into tile manager but hasn't clicked for me yet. So I use Moom to move my windows around and AutoRaise to focus on window under cursor.

@KarenMartikyan Год назад

Here is the only guy who uses emacs and vim

@onathema Год назад

Ахуенно полезно видео! Спасибо!

@pluraltest9242 Год назад

Instead of homebrew check out nix

@tech_craft Год назад

I use Nix a lot on Linux. I went Nix for Mac but abandoned it. It was a year or so ago though so I’m due another attempt.

@keysersoze_6 Год назад

Vim is better mate..!! But other tools are helpful.

@ReneKnuvers74rk 2 года назад

Emacs ☹️ neovim 😃 Firefox ☹️ Chrome 😀 Kitty ☹️ alacritty 😀 Syncthing ☹️ rsync 😀 Amethyst 😀

@tech_craft 2 года назад

I'll only take exception to the rsync comment 😀😂 Rsync is great and I use it for handling my footage, but it's not as nice as Syncthing for day-to-day usage.

@DC-xt1ry 2 года назад

emacs < vim! If you use another browser other than Safari as your standard browser is ideal if you don't mind that Chrome or Firefox eat your memory. Both are crap! Using chrome is a necessary evil for Web developers.

@tech_craft 2 года назад

With Evil mode you get all the good things about Emacs and Vim in one nice package.

@evgen5647 3 месяца назад

1Password is not for power users

@arnoldwolfstein Год назад

after he said emacs, i had to close. first thing is emacs? no way. nvim rules.

@tech_craft Год назад

With Evil mode you get all the vim goodness and you get all the great Emacs packages (like org mode). It's truly the best of both worlds.

@mickykharbanda8108 Год назад

these are too much for a normal human

@tech_craft Год назад

Not at all! Some take more learning than others, but they are all well worth the effort and the learning experience is useful and fun in its own right.

@alexanderschwaighofer1550 Год назад

Hey! Great video! Your content is awesome in that you actually seem to know what you're talking about - compared to many other "Best xxx RU-vidrs" in the space. I presume this most likely is due to you using your Mac for serious Software Development and the likes which is what many "power users" probably use it for as well :) Thank you for sharing all that with us. One little nitpick -> I noticed you are using "Adblock Plus" in Firefox and I highly recommend you switch to "uBlock Origin". It's much more effective than ABP and also a lot lighter on the resources. Additionally, it does not feature any sort of affiliation with ad-companies, that ABP sadly does... P.S.: I do as well use and love 1Password ;) It is just such a great piece of software! Cheers.

@tech_craft Год назад

Thanks for the kind words!

@pdmarino Год назад

Hyper terminal. Not a power user but and trying to learn command line work on Mac. Hyper is great looking and has some useful extensions currently and they're working on more. (hyper.is)