ImageOptim VS CotEditor

Compressing images: This technique reduces image size without compromising quality. You can achieve this using various image compression tools like TinyPNG or ImageOptim. These tools are specifically designed to manage multiple image formats and compression methods. They help reduce image files, resulting in less data transfer from the server to the user's device. It is advisable to compress images before uploading them to the web server.

ImageOptim: ImageOptim is a free and open-source tool that can be used to compress JPEG, PNG, and GIF images.

Currently installed apps: Alfred for searching applications/files and launching websites quickly i Stat menus to monitor my hardware Geo Gebra Classic 6 for school Rectangle for better window management Obsidian for note taking Resolve for video editing and all utilities that come with it Bitwarden as my go-to password manager Microsoft Word, Excel PowerPoint and Teams for school Dropover for moving or sending more files quickly Gestimer for work sessions iTerm as a better terminal than the built-in one Python and all things that come with the install Parallels Desktop and all stuff that comes with the install for running windows only applications Visual Studio Code for coding Blender for 3D Image Optim CurseForge for modded Minecraft Minecraft Find any file Mac Updater 3; would love to have the pro version

ImageOptim - file resizing and optimising images, even on the command line (free)

ImageOptim - Price: Free Image optimizer for Mac that allows you to reduce the file size of your images without losing quality, and strip the metadata.

If you're on a Mac, use ImageOptim to optimize your images: https://imageoptim.com/mac If you're on Windows, I imagine there's a similar app

Bonus points: before you re-import them drop the exports folder into imageoptimfor the most efficient lossless compression imaginable.

ImageOptim — shrink those file sizes!

CotEditor doesn’t get enough due. Completely Mac-native and open source.

https://coteditor.com/

https://github.com/coteditor/

CotEditor is pretty nice.

Thanks for writing this up so beautifully. I'm an old Mac user and user Nova daily, mostly for Playdate development. It has been very unstable/crash-prone recently, agreed. The major crasher that lost me much work was fixed in a recent update, so I no longer want to delete the app but I would still appreciate it if they could take the accelerator off and fix all the crashers.

I also have the following installed BBEdit (for some advanced commands only it can do), Sublime Text (for quick opening and searching of directories of text).

My favourite editor: CotEditor https://coteditor.com (for it's unbelievable speed of launching, solid language/character-set support in particular Japanese; let down in only one way - it won't open folders of files). Highly recommended!

CotEditor - Price: Free Text editor for macOS that features syntax highlighting and a user-friendly interface.

CotEditor, which is like TextEdit except actually useful for non-text documents (e.g. I write a lot of Markdown in it).

CotEditor - Plain text editor but with many more features and a clean macOS UI. Absolutely a must-have for basic file editing (e.g. Markdown).

Some recommendations: - Find a better mail client, the default is archaic. - ProtonVPN truly speaks for itself. - AdGuard For Safari is unbeatable. - The Unarchiver, for all your unzipping needs. - Infuse or INAA for video media. - CotEditor for your coding/text editing. - Rectangle for app window snapping. - LuLu stops unauthorized outgoing connects. - Do Not Disturb, if you leave it unattended often. - Aerials is beautiful. Make it your screensaver.

As others gave mentioned VSCode is probably the best replacement but for something less overkill I often use CotEditor. It’s downloaded via the App Store but is free, open source, apple silicon ready and also has a command line helper tool. https://coteditor.com

I like CotEditor