Your Productivity Gets Easier With These 14 Mini macOS Apps

Macs aren’t worth your hard-earned cash without apps

Nikhil Vemu
Mac O’Clock
Published in
16 min readJul 8, 2024

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iMac cartoon
Source: Woorkup

macOS is a sleek OS — no doubt.

But as a productivity-freak who just wants things get off his checklist, I just can’t rely on an OS’s native features.

That’s my second biggest nightmare after the one I got after watching Conjuring.

So I often take time off my schedule to scour the web for apps that bring back the time I spent searching for them — plus extra time, obviously.

Here are 14 mini and ultra-mini indie apps I’ve lately found and am finding handy in my daily work as a busy blogger and coder.

(You’ll enjoy using the ultra-mini apps more than the mini apps — coz I do so)

---MINI APPS---
1 — ScreenshotMagic: Rename screenshots with AI
2 — HighTop: File access via menubar
3 — Witch: Switch apps, windows, or tabs
4 — Bidbar: Save Terminal commands on menubar
5 — TRex: Easy-to-use text extraction tool
6 — Tuck: Dock windows to screen edges
7 — MonkeyMind: Menubar to-do list
---ULTRA-MINI APPS---
8 — Clapet: Improve Clamshell mode
9 — Doll: Show app badges on menubar
10 — RunCat: Tells CPU usage by running speed
11 — SlimBatteryMonitor
12 — NiftyMan: Access Notion from menubar
13 — MiniKey: Easiest 2-FA…

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