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Mac App I Use in 2024
1. MacGPT
Price：€19+
- You can use ChatGPT without having to open a browser
- Turn MacGPT into a feature similar to Spotlight
- You need to add your OpenAI API key in the settings of MacGPT
- In addition to being usable in the form of an app, MacGPT also allows you to display it directly in the toolbar and set shortcut keys.
2. Heptabase
Heptabase：Official Website
Price：
- $11.99/month
- $8.99/annually per month
- Heptabase is the software I currently use for learning, using ‘Zettelkasten’ card as the smallest unit, where each card records a single idea or piece of knowledge. These cards are interconnected and organized into a whiteboard, turning into a web of knowledge.
- How to use Heptabase for organizing research papers can refer to the article I wrote before, “How I Review a Paper”.
3. Rectangle
Rectangle : Official Website
Price：Free
- Rectangle is a convenient Mac window management tool that can help you manage your application windows more efficiently.
- Maximize: Adjust the window to fill the entire screen.
- Near Maximize: Adjust the window to a size close to maximized.
- Maximize Height: Adjust the window to the screen height while maintaining the original width.
- Minimize: Reduce the window size.
- Enlarge: Increase the window size.
- Center: Center the window on the screen.
- Restore: Return the window to its previous size and position.
- Move to Edge: Move the window to the left, right, top, or bottom edge of the screen.
4. Alfred
Alfred：Official Website
Price：
- Free
- £34 Single User Buy the Alfred 5 Powerpack
- Alfred is a productivity tool that, through shortcuts, allows for quickly launching applications, searching for files, web queries, and customizing workflows among other features.
- The configured Alfred Hotkey will bring up this input box.
- Quick search for apps, search for documents, look up the dictionary, calculation functions
5. CleanShot X
CleanShot X：Official Website
Price：
- $29 one-time payment
- $8 per user/mo, billed annually or $10/mo, billed monthly
- CleanShot X is a comprehensive screenshot and screen recording tool. It offers various screenshot modes, including full screen, selected area, scrolling screenshot, etc., and supports quick editing and sharing of screenshots.
- Although the default screenshot tool on Mac is quite convenient, when it comes to editing, CleanShot X is far superior. Remember to set up the shortcuts for CleanShot X and to disable the original Mac shortcuts.
6. IINA
IINA：Official Website
Price：Free
- IINA is a popular media player for MAC, supporting almost all video formats. It offers a clean, well-designed user interface, specifically designed for the macOS Mojave Dark Mode.
- IINA can play almost all videos smoothly without delays, and there are no issues such as ghosting or missing subtitles.
- IINA supports native Picture-in-Picture mode.
7. ARC Browser
ARC：Official Website
Price：Free
- ARC Browser is a highly efficient web browser that integrates AI-related experiences through the built-in Max.
- The side bar in Arc is divided into four sections: the shared area, the pinned area, the temporary area, and the workspace area, which can be quickly toggled open and closed using CMD + S.
- Set up multiple Space spaces to categorize frequently used web pages
- Supports YouTube Mini Player : when playing a YouTube video, switching pages will display a small playing video window in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
- Easel (dashboard) feature : similar to whiteboard functionality, allows for note-taking while querying data.
- Split Screen
8. PopClip
PopClip：Official Website
Price：NT590
- PopClip is a Mac utility software that pops up an action menu when you select text on the screen. It is an enhanced clipboard tool that offers functions such as copy, paste, search, and custom operations.
- PopClip, in addition to simple copy and paste, web search to translation and other complex tasks, can also be enhanced with more features through the use of PopClip extensions. Even the current ChatGPT functionality can be integrated. Those interested can check out the PopClip x ChatGPT application tutorial I wrote before.
9. TextSniper
TextSniper：Official Website
Price：
- $7.99 (per mac)
- APP Store $11.0.(Unlimited Device Quantity)
- TextSniper is an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) program for Mac that can extract and recognize all non-searchable and non-editable text on the Mac screen. It is capable of extracting text from images, scanned documents, PDF files, and even videos
- If you have an iPhone or iPad nearby, you can use ‘Import from iPhone or iPad’ to take a photo and then conduct OCR scanning
- URL that supports reading QR Code images
- Additional features can convert OCR text to speech
10. Notion
Notion：Official Website
Price：Free
- Notion is an all-in-one tool for work and life organization, combining notes, databases, task management, and calendars into one platform. Users can manage all their work and life information on a single platform.
- Even if you haven’t used it, you probably have heard of the power of Notion. It allows for not only customized functionality and multi-feature integration but also can be tailored to individual and team needs, enabling efficient information management and teamwork collaboration.
- Friends interested in managing Ph.D projects with Notion can refer to my previous article “How I use Notion to manage my Ph.D work”. Additionally, I recommend beginners watch 薑餅資Notion新手教學
11. Notion Calendar
Notion Calendar：Official Website
Price：Free
- The Notion Calendar is the calendar feature within Notion, which can integrate with Google Calendar, and combines with Notion to create and manage calendar events, facilitating users in planning and tracking tasks and schedules.
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