What are your favorite hidden gem Mac apps?

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/macapps

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  • obsidian-releases

    Community plugins list, theme list, and releases of Obsidian.

  • I’ve moved to Obsidian from Notion, pretty cool markdown based note taking app. https://obsidian.md/

  • Rectangle

    Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas

  • Other great apps I always use is Rocket, Rectangle, PastePal, NextDNS (more like a service than app), OpenIn, Overkill.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • browserosaurus

    The browser prompter for macOS

  • Browserosaurus (free): open a link in a specific browser

  • easy-move-resize

    Adds "modifier key + mouse drag" move and resize to OSX

  • Easy Move+Resize (free): comfortably move and resize application windows

  • Motrix

    A full-featured download manager.

  • Motrix (free): download manager

  • overkill-for-mac

    Stop iTunes from opening when you connect your iPhone

  • Other great apps I always use is Rocket, Rectangle, PastePal, NextDNS (more like a service than app), OpenIn, Overkill.

  • nextdns

    NextDNS CLI client (DoH Proxy)

  • Other great apps I always use is Rocket, Rectangle, PastePal, NextDNS (more like a service than app), OpenIn, Overkill.

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    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • alt-tab-macos

    Windows alt-tab on macOS

  • Everytime this discussion comes up I always mention UpNote or AltTab, two great apps.

  • Mousecape

    Cursor Manager for OSX

  • Mousescape - Change your mouse cursor

  • iina

    The modern video player for macOS.

  • IINA (free) - Open source media player. Design looks native. Has PIP and a lot of other features. Regularly Updated.

  • espanso

    Cross-platform Text Expander written in Rust

  • Espanso (free) - Open Source text expander.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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