Whenever I get a new computer I install these right away.
Used everyday:
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Alfred: customizable productivity tool. It’s a launcher, file searcher, web searcher, clipboard manager, snippet manager, script runner, etc with a robust community making scripts.
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Textpander: a text replacer I’ve been using before Apple’s and Alfred’s solutions.
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Bettertouchtool: customize keyboard and trackpad shortcuts
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Notational Velocity/nVALT + Obsidian: note taking synced across my devices. NValt for quick notes while Obsidian is for long form and personal knowledge management. Just plain text files in a communal vault somewhere.
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Dropbox: mainly used to sync settings for apps and notes across devices.
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1Password: password generation and management for me and my girlfriend. A little pricey, but I love it. been researching alternatives.
Also handy:
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Better Rename 9: rename files. Replace characters or strings, add in number sequencing, convert casing, etc. I have a lot of photos and work with a lot of images so this comes in handy
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Copyqueue: file copy. Enables a queue for file copy.
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Hidden Bar: menu bar management
For my watch:
- App in the Air: is a nice airport companion that visually shows the airplane phases (boarding, flight duration) with accompanying info (like gates and delays)
And soon…shortly after that, ads