Productivity & Mac Utilities

Raycast is a macOS (and Windows) productivity launcher that replaces Spotlight with a far richer command palette for launching apps, managing windows,

TextExpander is the leading text expansion and snippet management platform for Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android, letting users assign short abbreviation

Ice is a free, open-source macOS menu bar manager (requiring macOS 14 Sonoma or later) that lets users hide, organize, and surface menu bar icons acro

Typinator is a fast, local macOS text expander (by Ergonis) that expands typed abbreviations into full text blocks, images, dates, code snippets, Appl

Stats is a free, open-source macOS menu bar app (github.com/exelban/stats) that provides a comprehensive, always-visible system monitor covering CPU,

DockView is a macOS utility that extends the system Dock with live window thumbnail previews that appear when you hover over any app icon or use Cmd+T

MetaRename is a Mac batch file renaming tool that specializes in using embedded metadata—such as ID3 tags for audio files and EXIF data for photos—to

The Unarchiver is a free macOS archive extraction utility developed by MacPaw that supports far more formats than macOS's built-in Archive Utility, in

Mist (macOS Installer Super Tool) is a free, open-source Mac utility by developer Nindi Gill that automatically lists and downloads any macOS firmware

EtreCheckPro is a macOS diagnostic utility that scans your system and generates a detailed, human-readable report covering hardware, RAM, disk health,

MacPilot is a macOS utility by Koingosw that unlocks and configures over 1,200 hidden system settings without requiring Terminal commands or manual pl

Transnomino is a free, native macOS batch file-renaming utility that lets you apply sequences of renaming actions — find-and-replace, regex, text inse

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TextSniper is a macOS OCR utility that captures and extracts text from any region of the screen—images, PDFs, video frames, Zoom calls, locked UI elem

EasyFind is a free macOS file and folder search utility from DEVONtechnologies that searches by filename, file content, Finder tags, or Finder comment

Applite is a free, open-source macOS GUI for Homebrew Casks that lets users discover, install, update, and uninstall third-party Mac apps with a singl

PopChar is a professional character map utility for Mac and Windows made by Ergonis Software that gives instant, searchable access to every glyph in e

Magnet is a $4.99 Mac window management app by CrowdCafe, consistently the top-paid productivity app on the Mac App Store with over 134,000 ratings av

LaunchBar is an award-winning macOS productivity launcher from Objective Development that lets you search and access apps, documents, contacts, music,

PopClip is a macOS utility from Pilotmoon Software that pops up a contextual action bar the moment you select any text on screen. Out of the box it pr

Paste is a privacy-first clipboard manager for Mac, iPhone, and iPad that stores everything you copy—text, links, images, and files—and syncs your his

A batch file, photo, and MP3 renaming utility for macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon) that offers a wide range of naming transformations including text in

Renamer is a professional batch file renaming app for macOS with over 70 rules and filters that can be chained together to create complex rename templ

AppFresh is a discontinued macOS utility that automatically scanned all installed applications, preference panes, plugins, and widgets to detect outda

SideNotes (apptorium.com/sidenotes) is a native macOS app that slides a note panel over the edge of your screen, keeping text, code snippets, checklis

Unclutter is a macOS productivity panel that slides down from the top of the screen to reveal three always-available tools: a persistent clipboard his

ScreenFloat is a macOS app that lets you float screenshots and screen recordings as always-on-top reference windows above any app or Space, functionin

CleanShot X is a professional screenshot and screen recording tool for macOS that replaces the built-in screenshot utility with 50+ capture modes incl

Lacona is a natural-language command bar for macOS that lets users control their Mac, search files, contacts, music, events, reminders, and notes usin

Hookmark is a macOS productivity app that creates system-wide, persistent deep links to any item—files, PDFs, emails, web pages, and calendar events—t

One Switch is a macOS menu bar utility by Fireball Studio that consolidates commonly scattered system toggles — dark mode, Do Not Disturb, Night Shift

Default Folder X is a Mac utility by St. Clair Software that enhances all Open and Save dialogs system-wide, adding a persistent sidebar for instant a

Spotless is a Mac file-organization utility available on Setapp that automatically tidies folders using customizable rule-based tasks triggered by dra

Tidy Up is a Mac duplicate-file finder by Hyperbolic Software that scans local drives, external drives, Photos, Music, Mail, and Contacts libraries fo

Dock Star is a macOS app that lets you create multiple fully customizable docks anywhere on your desktop — beyond the single system Dock — with suppor

Text Workflow is a macOS and iOS productivity app that automates repetitive text-processing tasks by letting users chain 30+ actions—case conversion,

Tot is a minimal seven-page text scratchpad app from The Iconfactory for Mac, iOS, and watchOS that syncs across devices via iCloud and lives in the m

Hand Mirror is a lightweight macOS menu bar app by Rafael Conde that gives instant one-click access to your Mac's camera feed, making pre-meeting appe

Launchie is a free, open-source macOS Launchpad replacement built specifically for macOS 26 Tahoe, which removed icon rearranging and folders from the

Findr is an AI-powered workplace search engine that lets teams search across all connected apps — Gmail, Google Drive, Slack, Notion, Jira, Confluence

Commander One is a dual-pane file manager for macOS (available free and via Setapp) built entirely in Swift as a feature-rich Finder alternative. It s

TechTool Pro is a comprehensive Mac diagnostic and repair utility from Micromat, designed to test and maintain every major hardware component of a Mac

Mass Rename is a macOS app for batch-renaming files and folders using rules such as find-and-replace, sequential numbering, case changes, prefix/suffi

Quick Expose is a macOS utility from MacPlus Software (NoteifyApp) that enhances Mission Control and App Exposé by letting users trigger App Exposé fo

RegEx Wizard is a macOS application for building, testing, and debugging regular expressions with real-time match highlighting, capture group visualiz

Doneit is a cross-platform task and project management app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch that offers list, grid, Kanban, and timeline views,

ElisiMac is the macOS desktop client for Elisi, an AI-powered goal planner and productivity app that combines task management, habit tracking, project

LaunchPanel is a free macOS utility that gives you a customizable quick-access panel for your most-used apps, files, and folders, activated via a conf

ForkLift 4 is a dual-pane file manager and advanced file transfer client built exclusively for macOS by BinaryNights. It connects to SFTP, FTP, WebDAV

KeyCue is a macOS utility from Ergonis Software that displays a live, searchable cheat sheet of all keyboard shortcuts for the currently active applic

A macOS dock replacement by Brawer Software ($30) that replaces Apple's dock with a Windows-style taskbar, positionable on any screen edge. It shows a

Nimble Commander is a free, open-source dual-pane file manager for macOS inspired by classic keyboard-driven file managers of the 1980s–90s, rebuilt w

PasteJet is a lightweight macOS clipboard manager that stores your last 100 copied items—text and images—encrypted and indexed locally on your machine

AppLayouts is a commercial SwiftUI component library and template kit for iOS and macOS developers that provides a large collection of hand-crafted, f

Function Key Pro is a macOS utility that unlocks dual-action functionality from every function key — a short press triggers one action (e.g., a standa

MenuBar Stats is a comprehensive Mac system monitoring app by Seense that displays real-time CPU, memory, network, disk, battery, GPU, and Bluetooth s

A custom-built desktop tool (Flask server + scanners + dashboard) that monitors and tracks software version releases across apps and services. It pair

Path Finder is a macOS file manager by Cocoatech that extends and replaces the native Finder with dual-pane browsing, tabbed navigation, built-in term

RenameMe is a lightweight Mac app for batch file renaming that lets you stack operations like Replace, Trim, and Sequence into reusable workflows. It

GoToFile (soma-zone.com/GoToFile) is a macOS file search and navigation utility that lets users instantly locate any file, folder, or application by n

Scherlokk is a fast file search and comparison utility for macOS that searches every file on any accessible volume—internal drives, USB drives, memory

AllClips is a lightweight macOS clipboard history manager that silently runs in the background and tracks every item you copy — including plain text,

2Do is a cross-platform task manager (Mac, iOS, Android) built around GTD and flexible personal productivity methodologies, supporting simple tasks, c

AlDente Pro is a macOS menu bar app that gives MacBook users granular control over battery charging to extend long-term battery health and lifespan. K

Dropzone is a macOS menubar utility that supercharges drag-and-drop interactions to accelerate file transfers, application launches, and cloud service

Keysmith is a macOS macro recorder and launcher that captures mouse clicks and keystrokes as you perform a task, then replays them as a reusable macro

Alternatives: GrandPerspective (free, GPL-licensed treemap visualizer for Mac), OmniDiskSweeper (free column-based interface similar to Finder), WhatS

File Cabinet Pro is a macOS menu bar file manager that lets you access, open, move, rename, compress, tag, and trash files without cluttering your des

Compresto is a native macOS application for compressing and optimizing video, image, GIF, and PDF files, consolidating multiple format-specific tools

CursorClipRecorder (marketed as CursorClip) is a native macOS screen recorder that automatically applies cursor-aware cinematic zoom and pan effects d

Yummy FTP Pro is a macOS-exclusive file transfer client supporting FTP, FTPS, SFTP, and WebDAV/S protocols with a dual-pane browser interface, folder

Find Any File (FAF) is a macOS file search utility that searches volumes directly without relying on Spotlight's index, making it capable of finding f

24 Hour Wallpaper is a macOS app that displays time-synced dynamic wallpapers that shift appearance based on the actual time of day at your location,

DCommander is a dual-pane file manager for macOS that provides a keyboard-driven, power-user interface for navigating, organizing, and transferring fi

Magic Window Air is a macOS and iOS screensaver and ambient video app that plays a curated library of over 200 4K aerial videos sourced from locations

Antinote is a lightweight macOS scratchpad app ($5 one-time) designed for temporary notes, quick calculations, and unit/currency conversions you type

Journal it! (journalit.app) is an all-in-one life organizer app available on AppSumo for iOS, Android, macOS, and web that unifies journaling, daily p