I have an account and they won't let me read the whole article without upgrading to a paid account :)
[Edit]: Now I just tried to delete my account but after clicking on delete and being told what I'm going to lose I cannot actually delete the account because the second delete button is disabled.
Heh, dark pattern 2023: "To delete your account, please open the browser developer tools and remove the 'disabled' attribute from the button. Be aware that the DOM tree is very complicated with many many decoy buttons!"
Definitely gets the point across in an instant. Excellent marketing.
It's insanity that even when Messages.app is closed, the messages still pop up. Even when not screensharing - I still get an audible ding sound when I'm on video conference.
When I was in grade school the old Macs at the school library had a clipboard history. It was always fun to open it up and see what other users dumped on there. Not sure why that didn't make the cut for macOS after all these years.
TextGrabber is also part of stock macOS. Take a screenshot, click the thumbnail to open the temp window, copy the text you want, click the trash icon to delete the screenshot.
Paletro is also part of stock macOS and has been ever since Spotlight was introduced, which they even mention. I fail to see how this app is more user friendly, macOS shows you visually where the thing you're looking for is in the menu so you can better learn. Maybe if it was one of those all-in-one Spotlight replacements that also does this and 500 other things, there would be a better argument for it.
This is as far as I could get without paying. I'd like these lists better if they weren't padded with utilities that replicate stock OS features. There seems to be a big market in macOS to wait until Apple introduces a new core technology, put a new skin on it, then release it as a stand alone app to people who missed the memo about the built in feature.
I use BetterDisplay and it's fantastic for tweaking resolutions and rendering on any external display that isn't Apple branded. It also has a bunch of extra features that's likely useful for any display but I'm mostly using it for custom HiDPI rez/rendering.
It's actually hard to find the buy Pro page[0]. Linked from github[1]. I'm not affiliated.
For anyone looking for a scientific calculator, I've been building TechniCalc since 2015 (although it was called SciLine back then). It features a visual equation editor; advanced maths features like imaginary numbers, matrices, and summations; and a unit converter and unit-based maths (e.g. 1 meter + 3 yards). It is paid, but it's one up front cost with zero subscriptions, and that purchase will also unlock it on iPad and iPhone.
https://www.alfredapp.com/ is like a lot of these, all in one. Clipboard history, launched, scripts, automations (including window management) it’s not free, but it’s amazing.
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A tiling window manager like https://rectangleapp.com/
Muzzle, which automatically silences desktop notifs when you're screensharing https://muzzleapp.com/
BetterTouchTool https://folivora.ai/
ItsyCal https://www.mowglii.com/itsycal/
https://www.raycast.com/
Wow, the fake notifications on the landing page are really something lol.
It's insanity that even when Messages.app is closed, the messages still pop up. Even when not screensharing - I still get an audible ding sound when I'm on video conference.
https://github.com/miromannino/miro-windows-manager
https://www.hammerspoon.org/
– DriveDx, for storage health monitoring: https://binaryfruit.com/drivedx
– Bartender, to control menu bar clutter: https://www.macbartender.com/
– HazeOver, to dim distracting background stuff: https://hazeover.com/
– Raycast, for launcher, window manager, menu search, clipboard manager, etc.: https://www.raycast.com/
It covers off one of the few things I love from Windows.
Edit: One more to mention: I'm obviously biased, but I continue to find my own scratchpad app invaluable https://klipped.com/macos
https://apps.apple.com/app/id967805235
https://pasteapp.io
Also I'm not paying to read a ranked list article on Medium.
I feel like a gaslit dependent having accepted something that shouldn't have been for so long, and now so grateful that it's available.
Paletro is also part of stock macOS and has been ever since Spotlight was introduced, which they even mention. I fail to see how this app is more user friendly, macOS shows you visually where the thing you're looking for is in the menu so you can better learn. Maybe if it was one of those all-in-one Spotlight replacements that also does this and 500 other things, there would be a better argument for it.
This is as far as I could get without paying. I'd like these lists better if they weren't padded with utilities that replicate stock OS features. There seems to be a big market in macOS to wait until Apple introduces a new core technology, put a new skin on it, then release it as a stand alone app to people who missed the memo about the built in feature.
It's actually hard to find the buy Pro page[0]. Linked from github[1]. I'm not affiliated.
[0] https://betterdisplay.pro/buy
[1] https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay/wiki/Getting-a-Pr...
If only there was a way to move around the notification location- I’m always missing those at the far end of the screen
Have you considered going further and just using a tiling window manager like Rectangle?
https://jacobdoescode.com/technicalc
Happy to answer any questions!
Screenshot replacement with great ways to quickly annotate.
- DisplayBuddy: a more modern alternative to BetterDisplay to control monitors (https://displaybuddy.app)
- Magnet: the simplest and best window manager (https://magnet.crowdcafe.com)
- DaisyDisk: fantastic way to visualise your disk usage and free up space (https://daisydiskapp.com)