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

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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 merty »

I would list all of Panic’s apps if the question did not specifically exclude well-known apps. They are hands down the best at delivering just beautiful software.

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I use Reeder a lot (both on macOS and iOS), and love its beautiful simplicity!

https://www.reederapp.com/

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I recently started using Paw and am in love with it with its design and features! There are so many well-thought features, I wasn't even aware I nedeed.

https://paw.cloud/

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As a long time user of Folx GO, I recently discovered CloudMounter from the same developer that allows you to mount cloud services as a local drive. I enjoy using both of them, and would definitely recommend!

- Folx GO: https://mac.eltima.com/download-manager.html

- CloudMounter: https://mac.eltima.com/mount-cloud-drive.html

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

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Post by twhb »

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. And it syncs instantly and without ever corrupting data, both unlike Reminders.

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

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Post by Nicksil »

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…

Link to Things: https://culturedcode.com/things/

I'm not familiar with this software so if that URL is incorrect please advise.

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

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Post by Nicksil »

CPLX wrote: post #11

The whole Omni suite is a classic answer to this. I use OmniFocus daily, and in my opinion OmniGraffle is still by far the best choice for flowcharts and similar.

Link to OmniFocus: https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus

Link to OmniGraffle: https://www.omnigroup.com/omnigraffle

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