Hi! Here is the list of Incredibly Useful macOS Apps that I have curated. You should probably use them to enhance your macOS experience (or I can say it turns you into a superuser). And they are FREE! Yes, free as in free beer. I have been using them for quite a while now. I find them incredibly useful. Whether you have a MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Studio or Mac Pro, these work great.
The list is in no particular order. All Apps are equally great in their relative terms of usage.
1. Helium
Picture in Picture (PIP), this App provides a floating window on your Mac screen. On this floating window, you can play your favourite video. The video can be from the Internet, using a link or your video content while simultaneously working on other Apps. The App is developed by Jaden Geller and featured on Product Hunt and Business Insider! Although it is no longer maintained, you can view the archive project on GitHub.
Project Link: Helium
2. Mounty
If you use NTFS formatted UBS pen drives interchangeably between Windows and macOS, then you must use this tiny handy tool. It re-mounts write-protected NTFS volumes under macOS in read-write mode. I guess, needless to say, more about it.
Project Link: mounty.app
3. DeskCover
“DeskCover hides your desktop icons behind a beautiful cover and automatically highlights the active application’s window while hiding everything else.” YES! That’s what the developer says. Isn’t it cool?
Project Link: NoteifyApp.com/deskcover
4. Activity Timer
A minimalistic countdown timer that smoothly integrates into your macOS status bar. You can name your activities and save them. They will be simply ready to be invoked with simple start/stop buttons present in a small icon on the status bar.
App Store Link
5. Battery Health 3
It is a battery monitoring tool for MacBooks. It displays all the statistics and health status regarding the battery. It also tells you about other important features such as the current charge level, battery capacity, time remaining, power usage, number of times it has been charged and much more.
Project Link: fiplab.com/apps/battery-health-3-for-mac
6. Bandwidth+
This app measures the data rate of your current network. There is no complex configuration is required. It tracks other networks that you might use in between. It tracks your Wi-Fi hotspot usage as well.
App Store Link
7. The Unarchiver
They say it is the only app you need to open RAR on Mac. It is more powerful than the native macOS utility and supports infinitely more archive formats.
App Store Link
Project Link: TheUnarchiver.com
8. Amphetamine
Amphetamine (also the name of a synthetic drug stimulant that helps people stay awake, so you see why this name and by now you might have figured out its usage) is a tiny app to keep your Mac awake and help override some energy saver settings if you don’t need them for some particular task.
App Store Link
9. Tab Notes Lite
It is a simple note-taking app with lots of functionality and features. It is handy to keep a reminder of your things or task.
App Store Link
10. ImageOptim
ImageOptim removes bloated metadata saving disk space & bandwidth by compressing images without losing quality. It is ideal for uploading on your websites or social media platforms.
Project Link: ImageOptim.com/mac
11. HandBrake
HandBrake is a simple and one of the best video converters for macOS X, hands down! It is open source. “HandBrake is a tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs.”
Project Link: handbrake.fr
12. AppCleaner
AppCleaner is a small application which allows you to uninstall apps from your Mac. You can simply drop an application onto the AppCleaner window. It finds all the related files and lets you delete them.
Project Link: freemacsoft.net/appcleaner
13. Clipy
Clipy is a supercharged clipboard extension app for macOS. It allows you to maintain a handy clipboard at your disposal. You can use the keyboard shortcuts to paste the previous copies of your content.
Project Link: clipy-app.com
Thank you for reading.