What’s on my Mac?
Little tools, big productivity gains.
1 | PDF Toolbox
The little tool is something I bought about 6 years ago, and it still works. You can edit, cut and paste PDF files together. Super easy, and it really works.
2 | The unarchiver
Extract and compress files, easily. Apparently, it’s the most downloaded utility app on Mac.
3 | Itsycal
A tiny calendar in your menu bar, that I use on a daily basis. So much quicker than opening your full calendar app. Link
4 | Pock
Oh my god, Pock. So simple, yet so good. Pock makes the touch bar great again. The tool show the dock in the touch bar, basically. At the moment, I have it setup with my open apps (as the dock) and lock screen, brightness, and volume rocker. I cannot stress this enough: Pock is the best.
Hats of to the developer. It’s free too.
5 | Telegram
Telegram is a great messaging app, that resides on my phone. It’s perfect to send photo’s and texts to yourself too, when AirDrop inexplicably fails to work.
6 | Rotato
Rotato is a tool can helps to make great product shots of user interfaces on devices. It’s a great way to impress on your next presentation.
You don’t have to be an expert in After Effects to create stunning mock-ups, Rotato does the job for you.
7 | Unsplash wallpapers
While I usually have some artsy black and white snowboarding, cycling or skateboarding pic as my wallpaper, Unsplash is my favourite free-to-use site full of lovely images.
They have a mac app that can automatically switch your wallpaper.
Bonus: check out their well-designed iOS app too.
8 | Magnet
Windows management on Mac isn’t great (pun intented). But Magnet snaps your windows, just like that.
9 | Spark
Spark is an easy email client, that separates newsletter and other bullshit from my actuals emails. It just works great, looks great and very easy to use.
I use it on iOS daily as well.
10 | Horo
When you want to focus on a task, on time: use Horo. With natural language support, you can type ’35min’ and the counter starts.
That’s how it should be.
11 | Countdown Screensaver
A simple countdown timer to a specific date with a very sleek design — What more do you want?
