My Mac Tool-Box

We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.”
― Marshall McLuhan

There are lot of wonderful apps & tools in the Mac eco system that helps us to shape the way we perform our day to day tasks. Everybody have their own tools based on the comfort level & complexity of the tasks.

Here is the simplified list of some of the important apps & tools I use on a daily basis for my work & personal management tasks.

Productivity

• Wunderlist: A TODO ;) list app that just works.
• Pomodoro Time: Workplace time management is a real challenge. By using Pomodoro technique this app will help you to reduce distractions, limit interruptions and complete tasks more efficiently.
• Evernote: Use it for almost all the digital writings.
• Nylas N1: The extensible, open source mail app. I love the simplicity. There aren’t much plugins available but there will be more once the app reach V1.0.

Update (02/09/2016) : I stopped using this app because it has become a mess

• Sunrise Calendar: Simply sync all your calendars in one app across multiple platforms (Mobile, Mac, Web & Etc).

Update (02/09/2016) : I stopped using this app because Microsoft screwed it by integrating this app into outlook.

• Pocket: Like an article in the web? don’t have time to read it now? Pocket it! It allows offline reading as well.
• CheatSheet: Instantly displays all the keyboard shortcuts for Mac apps.
• Rescue Time: RescueTime automatically builds a record of the activities and websites you are spending time with :O .
• Howler Timer: Easily setup timers in your Mac

Tweaking/ Customizing

• iStat Menus: Make your boring menubar into an advance system monitor.
• Dr.Cleaner: Cleans Disk & Memory
• Disk Inventory X: If you’ve ever wondered where all your disk space has gone, Disk Inventory X will help you to answer this question.
• Shazam: Let the shazam runs on you mac & know all the songs that you hear
• Simple Recorder: Voice recorder for Mac
• Flux: Protect your eyes & have a nice sleep at night :)
• Bartender: Hide unwanted icons from menubar.
• Near Lock: User you iPhone to lock & unlock you mac.

Engineering/ Network analysis

• iTerm: Advance Terminal for Mac that allows many features & tweaking options. This is my current iTerm interface. I use F1 key as the shortcut for the iTerm.
  Hint : ohMyZsh

• CocoaPacket Analyzer: Light weight packet analyzer for mac
• Ice floor: An advance packet filtering (PF) tool for mac
• Little Snitch: Be the master of all your inbound & outbound network connections
• Tunnel Bear: TunnelBear VPN provides you with a secure and private connection to a less restricted Internet.
• Postman: Working with APIs, then you should already know this tool
• Sqlite Browser: Working with sqlite DBs? this tool will make your life easy
• Dash: Documentation made easy
• CocoaPods App: Cocoapods recently released an app to manage pod file. Have a look :)

If you have any interesting apps or suggestions please feel free to share it in the comments, I will try them & include it in this article :)