Cleanshot X (app for taking screenshots and easily annotate them, with e.g. arrows and text)
This app is great, absolutely worth it if you need to take screenshots for reports, projects, documentation etc. Very powerful annotation tools
Ask HN: What are some good non-subscription Mac apps?
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Re: Ask HN: What are some good non-subscription Mac apps?
#32Reeder for RSS and read it later. Things for tasks. Sublime Text 3 for scripts, though I haven’t yet paid the license.
Can you explain what makes things worthwhile for you? I’ve taken a look at it but to me it looks like every other todo app out there. I don’t have any specific use case for a to do app other than a chockable list though.
Re: Ask HN: What are some good non-subscription Mac apps?
#33Anyone know of a good Mac app that can handle fed up location of photos? I’ve got many copies of the same photos and could use a decent backup tool. Bonus point if it can recover from bit-rot.
What is fed up location? Do you mean location written into exif?
Re: Ask HN: What are some good non-subscription Mac apps?
#34Raycast. Alfred but a million times more. https://www.raycast.com
What are the biggest benefits over Alfred?
Re: Ask HN: What are some good non-subscription Mac apps?
#35Multi-platform ones. Don't worry about "native" apps unless it is multi-platform or you'll get too tied to a specific eco-system and won't be able to migrate if you need to.
Generally I agree, that's why I try not to lock myself in as well. However, if you use e.g. a eco-system specific markdown editor with a specific feature set or workflow that feels like it's tailored to you and you have the markdown files, I think it's fine since you can take your data with you when you leave.
Re: Ask HN: What are some good non-subscription Mac apps?
#36I’ve happily paid for all of these and keep getting my money’s worth many times over.
* Things * Alfred * Nimble Commander * Transmit * Little Snitch * SublimeText and SublimeMerge * Affinity Photo and Designer * Davinci Resolve * Sound Paint * Cleanshot X * iStat Menus * IA Writer
Re: Ask HN: What are some good non-subscription Mac apps?
#37I’ve happily paid for all of these and keep getting my money’s worth many times over. * Things * Alfred * Nimble Commander * Transmit * Little Snitch * SublimeText and SublimeMerge * Affinity Photo and Designer * Davinci Resolve * Sound Paint * Cleanshot X * iStat Menus * IA Writer
- Things
- Alfred
- Nimble Commander
- Transmit
- Little Snitch
- SublimeText and SublimeMerge
- Affinity Photo and Designer
- Davinci Resolve
- Sound Paint
- Cleanshot X
- iStat Menus
- IA Writer
Re: Ask HN: What are some good non-subscription Mac apps?
#38Panic Nova. Serif Affinity suite. Edit: Nova is arguably a subscription in some respects, there is an optional support & upgrade path for a fee, but the app works just fine without it. https://nova.app/ https://affinity.serif.com/
Weird that’s it’s a MacOS app but none of the supported languages on the homepage list Swift or ObjectiveC support
Re: Ask HN: What are some good non-subscription Mac apps?
#39OmniGraffle single-handedly keeps me from switching to Linux. They have non-subscription pricing here: https://store.omnigroup.com/omnigraffle?pk_vid=40876fd2b0ffb...
draw.io, aka https://www.diagrams.net
- Like OmniGraffle, but free, works great and open source! - You can use it online, saving to your cloud drive - Or you can install the desktop version
GitHub: https://github.com/jgraph/drawio
Re: Ask HN: What are some good non-subscription Mac apps?
#40Reeder for RSS and read it later. Things for tasks. Sublime Text 3 for scripts, though I haven’t yet paid the license.
Can you explain what makes things worthwhile for you? I’ve taken a look at it but to me it looks like every other todo app out there. I don’t have any specific use case for a to do app other than a chockable list though.
Things user here:
It’s nice to use. That’s the main reason for me. It’s a specific app for each device (phone, tablet and laptop). Which means the UX is specifically tailored to the patterns of the device. The closest to it for me is Bear (my note taking app). IA Writer and Reeder came close (still not as nice)