11 Absolutely Useful macOS Utility Apps Most People Don’t Know Existed

Your Mac isn’t worth $1,000 — but these apps will make it so

Nikhil Vemu
Mac O’Clock
Published in
12 min readDec 23, 2023

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MacBook Pro on white surface
Photo by Stefan Riedl on Unsplash

Whenever the topic of Mac apps arises, most people could only think of Alfred, Bartender, Magnet, and CleanShot X.

And I feel pity for them for not knowing and trying a ton of unexplored, unpopular, but very useful apps for better utility of their expensive Apple purchase.

So here I mention about 11 of the most useful and unpopular macOS utility apps that I actually use almost everyday — for your reference.

Apps included in this article

1 — PDF Pals: Chat with your PDFs
2 — Just Stream: Mirror Mac screen to TV
3 — Pliim Pro: Share screen distraction-free
4 — Clop: Shrink images, video, PDFs
5 — Archiver: Compress and unarchive files
6 — Gemini: Find and remove duplicates
7 — DisplayBuddy: Control settings across devices
8 — Capto: Record and edit videos
9 — CodeRunner: Edit and run code faster
10 — Prizmo: Scan and OCR any document
11 — Forecast Bar: Receive weather alerts

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