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Apps for the Mac that I can’t live without!
Since I come from the Linux world, I am used to being able to highly customize my OS to suit my needs. Maybe that’s one of the reasons why I can’t get along with Windows at all.
Admittedly, I don’t want to give up my Mac anymore, even if it isn’t as customizable as it is under Linux.
However, I found a few workarounds and I would like to share them with you in the following post.
##Apps
Alfred
I simply don’t want to be without Alfred as an alternative to Spotlight. However, Alfred is so comprehensive that this app definitely deserves its own article. I treated myself to the PowerPack right away because I already knew Albert on Linux and knew that Alfred was a must-have on Mac.
noTunes
What really annoyed me at first on the Mac was that iTunes kept popping up when I finished a call. noTunes has provided a solution here, a simple app that prevents iTunes from popping up after every action with the headset.
Installation via brew
brew install --cask notunes
Background music
As a Linux user, you are spoiled by the variety of options for getting sound from your computer, you can control individual applications and Much more.
The macOS board medium didn’t impress me as much here, but after a short research I’m over it Background music stumbled upon, which provides me with the desired functions.
Installation via brew
brew install --cask background-music
Tiles
What also really annoyed me with macOS was the window tiling, there is a whole range of apps that help us here offer reasonable options for positioning your windows using a simple shortcut. I’m actually on the simple side Tiles stuck.
Flycut
What really disappointed me when I switched to the Mac is that macOS can’t access the clipboard by default.
So for Winodws users: Win+V and for Linux users: Meta+V. This is where Flycut can help. After the installation you can now
By default, search in your clipboard history with Ctrl+Option+V and insert the desired entry.
Flameshot
After my beloved shutter under Linux became increasingly outdated and was finally no longer available in the standard repos, I was already looking for an alternative under Linux and found it directly with Flameshot. I was even more pleased when I saw that Flameshot was there too for the Mac! So Flameshot is an absolute must as an alternative for screenshots and especially as an alternative for “photographing” only sections of the screen!
Installation via brew
brew install --cask flameshot
OneMenu (No must have!)
If you ever need to clean your keyboard and can’t simply turn it off, then OneMenu might be something for you. With OneMenu you can easily deactivate your keyboard input, see your current RAM, CPU and disk usage and activate / deactivate the window manager.