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Re: Ask HN: What are some well-designed, but less well-known native Mac apps?

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Post by ScottFree »

twhb wrote: post #75

The app Things, macOS and iOS, is one of the best I’ve ever used in terms of well thought-out design, meaningful aesthetics, and reliability. I’ve tried every popular task management app and it’s the only one that feels like the completion of my half-baked ideas about how task management should work. The physics of how the data behaves just feels right, to the point that Apple is copying them not the other way around…

Aesthetically, I liked Things a lot better before they decided to go the flat design route.

Re: Ask HN: What are some well-designed, but less well-known native Mac apps?

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Nicksil wrote: post #84
diimdeep wrote: post #58

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Re: Ask HN: What are some well-designed, but less well-known native Mac apps?

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Post by ScottFree »

girishso wrote: post #108

I hate the built in Finder app (who doesn’t?). XtraFinder is a great replacement. https://www.trankynam.com/xtrafinder/

I've been looking for a good finder replacement. Thanks! I thought about adding PathFinder to my list, but PathFinder 6 has a crazy memory leak that renders it unusable.

Re: Ask HN: What are some well-designed, but less well-known native Mac apps?

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Post by webwielder2 »

Nicksil wrote: post #87
webwielder2 wrote: post #34

Espresso — rarely updated but beautifully designed HTML/CSS IDE TablePlus — elegant database app Antetype — my all-time favorite app. The only UI design app I’ve ever encountered that is built from the ground up for UI design rather than being a torturously adapted drawing app.

Link to Espresso: https://espressoapp.com/ Link to TablePlus: https://tableplus.com/ Link to Antetype: https://www.antetype.com/ (can't confirm this software is _not_ built using Electron, et el. as their website states "Antetype is built on web technology")

It’s definitely a Cocoa app. The latest version uses a web view for the actual canvas, though.

Re: Ask HN: What are some well-designed, but less well-known native Mac apps?

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Post by moltar »

jkmcf wrote: post #115

Moom - the best and most configurable window manager: https://manytricks.com/moom/ Stay - restore your windows positions based on your current displays: https://cordlessdog.com/stay/

I feel like Stay is part of OS now. Not 100% sure, but I get window restore functionality without any third party apps. Doesn’t work after restarts of course.

Re: Ask HN: What are some well-designed, but less well-known native Mac apps?

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Post by drcongo »

ScottFree wrote: post #113
girishso wrote: post #108

I hate the built in Finder app (who doesn’t?). XtraFinder is a great replacement. https://www.trankynam.com/xtrafinder/

I've been looking for a good finder replacement. Thanks! I thought about adding PathFinder to my list, but PathFinder 6 has a crazy memory leak that renders it unusable.

As did PatherFinder 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Re: Ask HN: What are some well-designed, but less well-known native Mac apps?

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Post by ScottFree »

drcongo wrote: post #117
ScottFree wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been looking for a good finder replacement. Thanks! I thought about adding PathFinder to my list, but PathFinder 6 has a crazy memory leak that renders it unusable.

As did PatherFinder 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

I used PathFinder 5 extensively on Snow Leopard. I never had any leaks or issues. But, I did get the version wrong in my previous comment. I'm currently (sort of) using v8. I wasn't on macs with 6 or 7.

Re: Ask HN: What are some well-designed, but less well-known native Mac apps?

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Post by EnderMB »

barrowclift wrote: post #19

Paw is hands-down the best REST app one I’ve ever used, and it’s a glorious, native macOS app. If you have any use for such a thing, give it a look.

Being able to claim requests together with such an easy to use interface is fantastic.

My only real gripe with Paw is that the default save mechanic produces a binary file. If you're providing paw files as documentation in a repo, this makes concurrent branches a pain because there's no ability to merge changes.

Unless I'm missing something? It's been a while since I've used it in anger.

Re: Ask HN: What are some well-designed, but less well-known native Mac apps?

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Post by lijogdfljk »

EnderMB wrote: post #119
barrowclift wrote: post #19

Paw is hands-down the best REST app one I’ve ever used, and it’s a glorious, native macOS app. If you have any use for such a thing, give it a look.

Being able to claim requests together with such an easy to use interface is fantastic. My only real gripe with Paw is that the default save mechanic produces a binary file. If you're providing paw files as documentation in a repo, this makes concurrent branches a pain because there's no ability to merge changes. Unless I'm missing something? It's been a while since I've used it in anger.

This is a huge complaint for me with most of these HTTP clients. I don't get why Git/VCS workflow is not considered in these applications. Imo, it needs to be first class.
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