I like Agenda.
Link to Agenda: https://agenda.com/
Ask HN: What are some well-designed, but less well-known native Mac apps?
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#92nvAlt is a great note app, super speedy and some lovely keyboard shortcuts.
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#93Datagraph
DataGraph: https://www.visualdatatools.com/DataGraph/
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#94The 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.
That's correct, thanks for adding it.
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#95Scapple, inshort
These both look neat, and they're apps I'd legitimately never heard of before! To save others the bit of Googling I did: Scapple: Mind mapping software, looks almost like a modern version of Inspiration. Drag notes together to connect them. https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scapple/overview Inshort: Flowcharts, and Gantt charts. Says it integrates with Calendar, which could be very useful. Wonder how it compares wit…
I haven’t used the desktop app, just the iPad app, but InShort is more of a project management app than it is a charting app. It’s pretty comprehensive and can have somewhat of a learning curve if you’re not familiar with project management software. Their website describes it best, but I should also add that I have never found an app that solves what inShort solves. It’s almost like a combination of business process design and nested mind maps.
“inShort allows breaking a complex task into simpler ones and displaying their relationship on a diagram. From the resulting map of tasks, you can compose a detailed plan and start its execution, marking the progress in the application. Thus, the application provides everything you need for working with projects.”
Edit: I guess they came out with a diagramming tool to accompany the app earlier this year. https://apps.apple.com/us/app-bundle/inset-handy-diagramming...
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#96I 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. --- I use Reeder a lot (both on macOS and iOS), and love its beautiful simplicity! https://www.reederapp.com/ --- 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…
Is CloudMounter actually reliable? Decent speeds, connection doesn't randomly drop, etc?
I've tried both Transmit Disk and Mountain Duck, and I've been disappointed. Transmit Disk works but is very slow compared to using the client directly. Mountain Duck causes all sorts of odd things to happen—files disappearing, files that appear to have been moved aren't moved on the server, etc.
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#97Sequel Pro is the best desktop app I have used to manage MySQL databases by far. I haven't had a Mac in years and haven't found anything near as good on Windows or Linux.
When I use a GUI-based database tool I've found DataGrip to be solid on both Mac and Linux. I'm curious if you've tried it and how it stacks up?
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#98Rocket Propulsion Analysis (RPA).
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#99GraphicConverter
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#100[Excentro](http://www.excourse.com/excentro/) is fun specialized software for creating guilloche or "Spirograph" vector designs like you might see on bank notes and contracts and such. You can bring the results over to your vector program of choice to integrate into a composition.