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Useful Mac Apps Worth Checking Out - April 2022
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I’m thinking a lot about switching from Alfred. Not any real reason other than I’d like something different. Every day I miss Quicksilver, but I’m also not sold on Raycast.
I guess I’m just kind of bored with Alfred, but I also don’t know what it could do that would make me excited to use a desktop launcher again.
I guess I’m just kind of bored with Alfred, but I also don’t know what it could do that would make me excited to use a desktop launcher again.
I'm still waiting for the 'Useless Mac apps not worth checking out' post.
Been using Splasm’s brightness control from the days of Snow Leopard. Still using it on Mojave.
I've got two mice; G502 and a G604. Both have onboard memory and let me map my buttons to my liking. The G502 has the added bonus of letting you switch between 3 different profiles which is nice since I have Windows as well and I can easily switch to a gaming profile as well (I use a 3rd profile with all default settings).
All that said, I think more mice should have customization of buttons to bypass software like Steermouse (or USB Overdrive, which is also good). However, I am aware users will want customization of buttons per application as well or other functions that onboard memory can't give you.
Because not everything that Mac OS does by default is 'better' than Windows for everyone. For example, and this one a lot of people will agree with:
Apple has this boneheaded method managing windows; the green button (next to yellow and red) by default makes applications full screen and hides both the file menu and the dock making it EXTREMELY difficult to multitask between apps this way. If you work with the Adobe creative suite, you wont be able to drag/drop elements between open documents within an app or between different Adobe apps. Even switching between apps is annoying because you've hidden the dock away from immediate view. If you're used to using hot corners to see all open document windows and apps, you're screwed. ?
Or how about the fact that in ever app known to man ctrl+x / cmd+x and ctrl+v / cmd+v means CUT and PASTE! But for some idiotic reason that DOESN'T mean cut/paste in Mac OS's Finder! You have to press opt+cmd+c instead. ?
I'm definitely going to check out Web Catalog. Thanks!
Update: Updating this post from within my new MacRumors web app
. Pretty cool for someone like me that compartmentalizes. The only drawback I see so far is no access to the password autofill system within the web app. Still, I like it. Thanks again!
Update: Updating this post from within my new MacRumors web app
. Pretty cool for someone like me that compartmentalizes. The only drawback I see so far is no access to the password autofill system within the web app. Still, I like it. Thanks again!
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No, there's a reason. "Cut and paste" with files is bad because it's not an atomic operation. The Mac way of "copy and move" instead is objectively better: there's no possibility of leaving the file system in a state where you deleted a file but didn't paste it. Just cmd-c, then opt-cmd-v. The only slight problem is that I find the opt-cmd-v combo is kind of awkward to perform, but I fixed that easily by using the keyboard shortcuts system preferences to make Finder/Move Item Here be shift-cmd-v instead.
Is this what Rogue Amoeba's LoopBack does? I need to redirect a browser window's audio to OBS Studio. I'm not sure that alone is worth the $100 LoopBack costs.
Interesting - I just tried this with Safari (with multiple windows open), and unfortunately I couldn't get it to work.
I like the fact that command tab on the Mac does NOT preview the windows. Therefore, it is perfect??
SoundSource does not redirect from app to app. It redirects from app (E.g. Safari) to your available sound outputs.
OMG - WebCatalog is A M A Z I NG - I opted for Singlebox which is their other product. I've been through DOZENS of these type of Browser/web apps, and this fits me perfectly, AND the pricing is PERFECT.
excellent app for iOS and macOS: Hush - free extension eliminates cookies options pop ups
AlDente Pro is worth a shout. Mission critical app for battery powered Macs that spend the majority of their life plugged into a mains outlet or a powered dock in clamshell mode or some such. Apple’s Optimised Charging claims to offer similar battery health benefits but in my experience the feature totally sucks. AlDente Pro gives you complete, customisable control over your battery‘s maximum charge level and includes a calibration mode to give it a workout once in a while. Wouldn’t be without it.
Titanium Software | Operating System Utilities for Mac - OnyX
OnyX is a multifunction utility that you can use to verify the startup disk and the structure of its system files, perform cleaning and computer maintenance tasks, configure some hidden parameters of many Apple applications, and more.
www.titanium-software.fr
Free, safe and professional.
Picks up OS routines, very clear, has kept my macOS clean for many years.
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