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Browsers

ARC

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Browser
  • 🏷️: #Application/Browser
  • πŸ”—: arc.net

Battery Management

AlDente

  • πŸ’°: Subscribe/Lifetime
  • πŸ“: Battery Management Tool
  • 🏷️: #Application/System
  • πŸ’¬: The system’s default battery full charge can damage the battery. Although the system has an intelligent charging mode, it is not user-controllable.
  • πŸ”—: aldentepro.com

Window Management

AltTab

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Window Preview Switcher
  • 🏷️: #Application/System
  • πŸ’¬: The built-in app switcher on Mac does not have window previews.
  • πŸ”—: github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos

Loop

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Window Layout Management
  • 🏷️: #Application/System/Screen
  • πŸ’¬: The built-in window management on Mac is inconvenient. Loop allows you to use shortcuts.
  • πŸ”—: github.com/MrKai77/Loop

DockDoor

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Window Preview
  • 🏷️: #Application/System
  • πŸ’¬: Hover over the icon to preview the window.
  • πŸ”—: github.com/ejbills/DockDoor

HomeBrew Management

Applite

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Third-Party HomeBrew Manager
  • 🏷️: #Application/HomeBrew
  • πŸ’¬: HomeBrew itself does not have a GUI and must be used in the terminal.
  • πŸ”—: github.com/milanvarady/Applite

Input Devices

Barrier

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Shared Mouse and Keyboard
  • 🏷️: #Application/System/Keyboard #Application/System/Mouse
  • πŸ’¬: Share one set of mouse and keyboard across multiple hosts.
  • πŸ”—: github.com/debauchee/barrier

Karabiner

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Keyboard Mapping
  • 🏷️: #Application/System/Keyboard
  • πŸ’¬: Modify keyboard mapping, such as changing the Caps Lock key to a Super key (Shift+Control+Option+Command) to get more shortcut keys.
  • πŸ”—: github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements

keyviz

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Keyboard Operation Demonstration
  • 🏷️: #Application/System/Keyboard
  • πŸ’¬: Show keyboard operations when explaining to others.
  • πŸ”—: github.com/mulaRahul/keyviz

Mos

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Mouse Optimization
  • 🏷️: #Application/System/Mouse
  • πŸ’¬: When a mouse is connected to a Mac, the scroll direction of the mouse wheel is opposite to that of the touchpad. Mos can reverse the scroll direction of the mouse wheel, making scrolling smoother.
  • πŸ”—: github.com/Caldis/Mos

Screen Management

BetterDisplay Pro

  • πŸ’°: Lifetime
  • πŸ“: Screen Management
  • 🏷️: #Application/System/Screen
  • πŸ’¬: Provides more detailed screen settings.
  • πŸ”—: github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay

NotchNook

  • πŸ’°: Subscribe/Lifetime
  • πŸ“: Notch Screen Optimization
  • 🏷️: #Application/System/Screen
  • πŸ’¬: Enrich the functionality of the screen notch, such as calendar, music, etc.
  • πŸ”—: lo.cafe/notchnook

Password Management

Bitwarden

  • πŸ’°: Free/Subscribe
  • πŸ“: Password Management Tool
  • 🏷️: #Application/System/Password
  • πŸ”—: bitwarden.com

Screenshot and Screen Recording

CleanShot X

  • πŸ’°: Subscribe
  • πŸ“: Screenshot/Screen Recording
  • 🏷️: #Application/System/Screen
  • πŸ’¬: Multi-mode screenshots, quick annotations, etc.
  • πŸ”—: cleanshot.com

OBS

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Live Streaming/Screen Recording
  • 🏷️: #Application/System/Screen
  • πŸ”—: obsproject.com

Finder Tools

Command X

Design Tools

Figma+EX

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: UI/UX Design Tool
  • 🏷️: #Application/Design
  • πŸ’¬: Convenient for vector drawing.
  • πŸ”—: moonvy.com/figmaEX

RSS Readers

Follow

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: RSS Reader
  • 🏷️: #Application/MultipleMedia/RSS
  • πŸ’¬: An RSS reader combined with Web3.
  • πŸ”—: github.com/RSSNext/follow

Quick Click Tools

Homerow

  • πŸ’°: Lifetime
  • πŸ“: Quick Click
  • 🏷️: #Application/System
  • πŸ’¬: Use the keyboard to replace clicks.
  • πŸ”—: homerow.app

Ice

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Menu Bar Management
  • 🏷️: #Application/System/MenuBar
  • πŸ’¬: The Mac menu bar gets crowded as more software is added.
  • πŸ”—: github.com/jordanbaird/Ice

Itsycal

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Menu Bar Quick Calendar
  • 🏷️: #Application/System/MenuBar
  • πŸ’¬: Click directly on the menu bar, more convenient than opening the calendar separately.
  • πŸ”—: mowglii.com/itsycal
  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Quick Menu Bar
  • 🏷️: #Application/System/MenuBar
  • πŸ’¬: The menu options in the top left corner are fixed. With Menuwhere, you can call them up anywhere.
  • πŸ”—: manytricks.com/menuwhere

Reminders MenuBar

Media Players

IINA

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Video Player
  • 🏷️: #Application/MultipleMedia/Media
  • πŸ’¬: A must-have player.
  • πŸ”—: github.com/iina/iina

PicGo

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Image Hosting Tool
  • 🏷️: #Application/MultipleMedia/Media
  • πŸ’¬: Quickly upload and get image URLs.
  • πŸ”—: github.com/Molunerfinn/PicGo

System Monitoring

iStat Menus

  • πŸ’°: Lifetime
  • πŸ“: System Monitoring
  • 🏷️: #Application/System
  • πŸ’¬: View system data such as CPU, Memory, etc.
  • πŸ”—: bjango.com/mac/istatmenus

Terminal Emulators

iTerm

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Terminal Emulator
  • 🏷️: #Application/System/Terminal
  • πŸ’¬: The built-in terminal on Mac is not as feature-rich.
  • πŸ”—: iterm2.com

File Management

Keka

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Compression Tool
  • 🏷️: #Application/System/File
  • πŸ”—: keka.io/en

LocalSend

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: File AirDrop
  • 🏷️: #Application/System/File
  • πŸ’¬: Cross-platform AirDrop.
  • πŸ”—: localsend.org/zh-CN

Shortcut Key Tools

KeyClu

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Shortcut Key Viewer
  • 🏷️: #Application/System
  • πŸ’¬: Quickly view shortcut keys for unfamiliar software.
  • πŸ”—: github.com/Anze/KeyCluCask

Remote Desktop

Windows App

Moonlight

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Screen Streaming
  • 🏷️: #Application/System/Remote
  • πŸ’¬: Requires Sunshine to run on the remote device. Ultra-low latency streaming on LAN.
  • πŸ”—: moonlight-stream.org

XPipe

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Multi-Host Management
  • 🏷️: #Application/System/Remote
  • πŸ’¬: Manage multiple hosts, file management, quick terminal/RDP connection.
  • πŸ”—: github.com/xpipe-io/xpipe

Database Tools

Note-Taking

Obsidian

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Powerful Note-Taking Software
  • 🏷️: #Application/Note
  • πŸ’¬: Highly extensible.
  • πŸ”—: obsidian.md

Virtual Machines

OrbStack

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Linux VM, Docker Management
  • 🏷️: #Application/Dev/VM #Application/Dev/Docker
  • πŸ’¬: The free version is sufficient.
  • πŸ”—: orbstack.dev

Parallels Desktop

System Configuration

PlistEdit Pro

Translation and OCR

Pot

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Translation + OCR
  • 🏷️: #Application/System
  • πŸ’¬: Quickly launch for translation/OCR.
  • πŸ”—: github.com/pot-app/pot-desktop

Quick Launchers

Raycast

  • πŸ’°: Free/Subscribe
  • πŸ“: Quick Launcher
  • 🏷️: #Application/System
  • πŸ’¬: A must-have software for quick launch and quick plugin invocation. The free version is sufficient, mainly relying on plugins.
  • πŸ”—: raycast.com

Packet Capture

Reqable

Input Methods

Rime

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Custom Input Method
  • 🏷️: #Application/System/InputMethod
  • πŸ’¬: Custom input + lua scripts for quick operations.
  • πŸ”—: rime.im

Code Snippet Management

SnippetLab

Sound Management

SoundSource

  • πŸ’°: Lifetime
  • πŸ“: Sound Management
  • 🏷️: #Application/System/Sound
  • πŸ’¬: Provides more sound management options.
  • πŸ”—: rogueamoeba.com/soundsource

Proxy Tools

mihomo-party

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Fork of clash-verge.
  • 🏷️: #Application/System/Proxy
  • πŸ’¬: Can be used as a backup on Mac, but Surge is still recommended.
  • πŸ”—: github.com/mihomo-party-org/mihomo-party

Surge

  • πŸ’°: Subscribe
  • πŸ“: Proxy Tool
  • 🏷️: #Application/System/Proxy
  • πŸ’¬: A must-have proxy software.
  • πŸ”—: nssurge.com

Tailscale

  • πŸ’°: Free
  • πŸ“: Virtual LAN
  • 🏷️: #Application/System/Proxy
  • πŸ’¬: Virtual networking.
  • πŸ”—: tailscale.com
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