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Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend?
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Re: Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend?
#82if i had to recommend 1 app/script that i use daily: https://github.com/banga/git-split-diffs
`karabiner elements` (https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/) to disable things like "Apple + Q" -> nothing worse than going to close a single tab and then your whole app quits. also able to re-map caps-lock into escape, ect
`iterm2` for terminal (colored tabs are great; albeit i disable the hell out of many of the options like "clickable urls" ect)
for cli, i try to gnu all-the-things (and i just explode my PATH to the paths `brew` installed dynamically - will try another package manager at a future date)
`sublime text`
`firefox`/`librewolf` + plugins (containers, netmon, request interceptor, dark reader, adnauseam)
Re: Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend?
#83- iStat Menus, because I like monitoring my system in realtime
- Alfred, for better Spotlight (though Spotlight is actually OK) and clipboard management.
- Bartender, to control the menu bar
- Path Finder, for a decent orthodox file manager
- Sublime Text
- NetNewsWire, an excellent Mac-only RSS reader.
- 1Blocker has served me well for ad blocking in Safari
- Amphetamine to keep the system awake for long operations
- Onyx, for occasional system maintenance
Re: Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend?
#84I’ve been using Meld Studio as a replacement for OBS. My use case is recording educational screencasts mostly. Very easy to have a rounded facecam on top of a screen capture.
iTerm2 in Quake mode is also one of the first things i install.
Re: Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend?
#85Calca, the math sketchpad. Basically, you get a plaintext file that understands variables and formulas. There are more robust and featureful implementations of this concept, but nothing else I’ve found is quite so easy to use. http://calca.io/
Nice app! What are the other more robust/featureful ones in this category?
Re: Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend?
#86- iStat Menus, because I like monitoring my system in realtime - Alfred, for better Spotlight (though Spotlight is actually OK) and clipboard management. - Bartender, to control the menu bar - Path Finder, for a decent orthodox file manager - Sublime Text - NetNewsWire, an excellent Mac-only RSS reader. - 1Blocker has served me well for ad blocking in Safari - Amphetamine to keep the system awake for long operations…
(No horse in this race) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40584606 seems to strongly suggest that Bartender's no longer trustworthy.
Re: Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend?
#87Calca, the math sketchpad. Basically, you get a plaintext file that understands variables and formulas. There are more robust and featureful implementations of this concept, but nothing else I’ve found is quite so easy to use. http://calca.io/
Nice app! What are the other more robust/featureful ones in this category?
Soulver: https://soulver.app
Back when I tried it, it felt more like an advanced calculator with a text interface than a "magical calculating plaintext file" to me, which is what I want. But lots of people love it.
The other option is something like a Jupyter notebook, or perhaps a Swift playground. But those are not nearly as easy to set up and use.
Just for fun, here's my most recent Calca file. The numbers after "=>" are calculated by the app. Note that it understands (and converts) units of measurement.
# Alcohol Math
drinks(x, abv) = (x in floz) * abv / 0.6 floz
angostura bitters = 44.7%
templeton rye = 45.75%
fernet branca = 39%
tanqueray 10 gin = 47.3%
fred jerbis vermouth = 18%
#trinidad sour
drinks(45 mliters, angostura bitters) + drinks(17 mliters, templeton rye ) => 1.5719
#hanky panky
drinks(45 mliters, tanqueray 10 gin) + drinks(45 mliters, fred jerbis vermouth) + drinks(7.5 mliters, fernet branca) => 1.8209Re: Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend?
#88Calca, the math sketchpad. Basically, you get a plaintext file that understands variables and formulas. There are more robust and featureful implementations of this concept, but nothing else I’ve found is quite so easy to use. http://calca.io/
Nice app! What are the other more robust/featureful ones in this category?
I’m a Soulver fan.
Re: Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend?
#89- iStat Menus, because I like monitoring my system in realtime - Alfred, for better Spotlight (though Spotlight is actually OK) and clipboard management. - Bartender, to control the menu bar - Path Finder, for a decent orthodox file manager - Sublime Text - NetNewsWire, an excellent Mac-only RSS reader. - 1Blocker has served me well for ad blocking in Safari - Amphetamine to keep the system awake for long operations…
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Re: Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend?
#90- iStat Menus, because I like monitoring my system in realtime - Alfred, for better Spotlight (though Spotlight is actually OK) and clipboard management. - Bartender, to control the menu bar - Path Finder, for a decent orthodox file manager - Sublime Text - NetNewsWire, an excellent Mac-only RSS reader. - 1Blocker has served me well for ad blocking in Safari - Amphetamine to keep the system awake for long operations…
(No horse in this race) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40584606 seems to strongly suggest that Bartender's no longer trustworthy.
The former owner chimed in to discuss the ownership change and how it was handled:
https://surteesstudios.com/a-new-chapter/
I can’t say the software is untrustworthy anymore but the whole ownership change was poorly handled and I can’t blame anyone wanting to jump ship after that.