Emoj is a command-line app to help you find emojis related to some text. Imagine you want an emoji that describes how hungry you are. If you write "i am hungry", it will come back with: 🍴 🍔 😩 🍕 🍟 🍝 😫
Lungo is a macOS app that prevents your Mac from falling asleep and your screen from dimming. This can be useful when, for example, doing a presentation at work or having a recipe open on your Mac while cooking.
HEIC Converter is free macOS app to quickly batch convert HEIC images to JPEG or PNG. It's very fast and can convert 100 images in 6 seconds. Requires macOS 10.13
HEIC is Apple’s new default image format in iOS 11 replacing JPEG. HEIC uses more advanced and modern compression methods to achieve much smaller file sizes with the same visual quality.
Black Out is a macOS app that lets you quickly hide sensitive parts of an image. This can be useful when you want to post a screenshot or photo on the web that contains some information you don't want revealed.
Refined Twitter improves the Twitter experience by removing cruft and adding useful features.
Available for Chrome, Firefox, Opera.
Some of the best features are: Embedding linked Instagram photos directly in the tweet, syntax highlighting of code blocks, auto-loads new tweets in the stream if you're scrolled to the top, removes promoted tweets.
Jiffy is a free app that lets you quickly search and discover GIFs from GIPHY. When you have found an awesome GIF, just drag and drop it into an app. You can also favorite GIFs, browse favorites, and set a custom keyboard shortcut. Requires macOS 10.15.4.
A lot of apps include a system “Share” menu, but the default share services are usually not very useful. Shareful provides some useful share services like Copy, Open In, Save As, and Save to Downloads.
Shareful is a free app and requires macOS 10.15 and later.
The app shows the UTC time in the menu bar or a Notification Center widget. This can be useful as a quick reference. You can also quickly copy the date & time in ISO8601 format. The app is free and requires macOS 11.1.
This is the built-in macOS color picker as a standalone app with lots of additional features. Quickly copy, paste, convert between different color formats, toggle it directly from the menu bar, keyboard shortcuts, launch it at login, and more.
Plash lets you to have a highly dynamic desktop wallpaper. You could display your favorite news site, Facebook feed, a random beautiful scenery photo from Unsplash, a custom built website, etc. The possibilities are limitless. Plash requires macOS 11.
Pandan helps you take breaks from the computer, but it is not a traditional break reminder. Pandan shows you how long you have been actively using your computer, to make you aware and let you decide when it's time to take a break, helping you form good habits.
The app provides more than 50 actions for the Shortcuts app on iOS and macOS. These actions make it easier to build shortcuts. The app is free and open source.
Speediness lets you quickly check your internet connection speed and latency. Tests are run in parallel to better reflect real-world situations. The app requires macOS 12 or later.
Quickly access documents, files, folders, and apps from the menu bar. Think of it as an alternative to Dock folders, just more powerful and customizable. Requires macOS 12.3 or later.
Put your most important task or goal in the menu bar. Its presence there will help remind you without being annoying. The app is free and requires macOS 12.3 or later.
Call or message people directly from the Lock Screen or Home Screen. You can also choose to open a URL or run a shortcut instead. The app is for iPhone and iOS 16 only. iPad support will come later this year.
View today’s schedule right from the menu bar. The perfect companion to the built-in Calendar app. You can also quickly join video calls. The app is free and requires macOS 13.
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