mas
:package: Mac App Store command line interface (by mas-cli)
Nightfall
A menu bar utility for toggling dark mode in macOS, written in Swift. (by r-thomson)
| mas | Nightfall | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | 12 | |
| 10,603 | 459 | |
| 0.6% | - | |
| 6.1 | 5.7 | |
| about 1 month ago | 2 months ago | |
| Swift | Swift | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
mas
Posts with mentions or reviews of mas.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-21.
- macOS updates for Apple Silicon Macs are larger than reported
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What are your New Build essentials?
I have a script that installs Homebrew and App Store CLI. Then it automatically installs most of the apps I need. I use homebrew to create an up to date list for this script.
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The new Obsidian icon
More info on Mac App Store integration: https://github.com/mas-cli/mas
- mas: a command line interface for the Mac App Store
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Boomer Wants to Learn Mac
Command Line Tools: iTerm 2 alternative to the default Terminal homebrew mas homebrew bundle
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How to easily migrate Homebrew formulas to another MacBook?
I mainly use the Homebrew to manage almost every app or program, even apps on the App Store using mas. It becomes a bit of a pain when I set up a new MacBook because it takes time for me to look for the list of the apps and programs on my main MacBook and install one them by one on my new MacBook.
- Issues with installing applications on Macos
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Questions about MacOS
Most of my workflow could replicated under Mac. For the "horrible" window management I use amethyst (auto tiling) and Magnet (windows like) for search I use raycast and for software management I do use the cli with homebrew, mas and ports. The cool thing with homebrew cask you can install all programms from the web that aren't in the App Store and the App Store apps will be updated via mas. You can even update your mac with the terminal so everything like in linux.
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Avoiding the AppStore
I found this. https://github.com/mas-cli/mas
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Similar to for Veeam for Apple OS X?
Instead, perhaps consider file based backups, and reloading apps. For example, you can have a shell script that can fetch Homebrew, from there, fetch most non-App Store apps with brew install commands, and for App Store apps, use mas for those.
Nightfall
Posts with mentions or reviews of Nightfall.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-08.
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What is your most used Mac keyboard shortcuts? Both for specific apps/ in general ops.
Cmd+Opt+Ctrl+T - toggle dark mode (requires nightfall)
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Uninstall the NightOwl macOS app now
MacOS pulled it for me
Replaced it with NightFall
https://github.com/r-thomson/Nightfall
- Nightfall: A menu bar utility for toggling dark mode in macOS
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PSA: The "NightOwl" application was bought out and turned into a botnet in November 2022.
There's a free open source app Nightfall that works great for manual switching.
- New MacOS app
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Quick access to Dark Mode?
I use Nightfall, and I'm really happy with it (it allows configuring a shortcut as well)
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New macbook. What to download and customize?
Nightfall is super nice, thanks for sharing
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Finally Made the Switch to Mac after 15 years of using Windows. Tips and Suggestions are Welcome
If you want a quick and easy way to turn dark mode on: https://github.com/r-thomson/Nightfall
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Dark-mode button in the menu bar
Nightfall is a super neat feature to speed up the flow!
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Lifetime Windows User/Gamer switching to Mac OS
NightFall: set a keyboard shortcut and a menu bar shortcut to quickly switch between light and dark mode
What are some alternatives?
When comparing mas and Nightfall you can also consider the following projects:
eqMac - macOS System-wide Audio Equalizer & Volume Mixer 🎧
Legacy-Video-patch - Fix Old Graphics card in macOS Catalina 10.15++
phpmon - Lightweight, native Mac menu bar app that helps you manage multiple PHP installations, locate config files and more. Also interacts with Laravel Valet.
linearmouse - The mouse and trackpad utility for Mac.
MonitorControl - 🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs.
dotbot - A tool that bootstraps your dotfiles ⚡️
bluesnooze - Sleeping Mac = Bluetooth off
nix - Nix, the purely functional package manager
SpotMenu - Spotify and iTunes in your menu bar
homebrew-bundle - 📦 Bundler for non-Ruby dependencies from Homebrew, Homebrew Cask and the Mac App Store.
DatWeatherDoe - Simple menu bar weather app for macOS