What Mac apps would you recommend for someone used to using Windows?
Just got a new developer job, working on a Mac, mainly used Windows before. What apps would you recommend to ease transitioning? What apps do you feel are "mandatory"?
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- Dionis Loire made this productYou can use Taskade on PC or Web. https://www.taskade.com/downloads The Chrome and Firefox extensions are very powerful and turns your browser into a productivity machine.
- Alfred is one of the first apps I install on a fresh Mac. I primarily use it for launching apps, but there's also clipboard history, workflow automation, system controls, and a lot more.Anne-Laure Le CunffFounder, Ness Labs Β· WrittenI can't count how many times I use Alfred everyday. It's become indispensable to me.
- Mike CoutermarshEngineer @ PlanetScale Β· WrittenI love iTerm. It's basically a supped up version of Mac's basic terminal (has tabs, tmux integration, more customizable).
- Ryan HooverFounder of Product Hunt & Weekend Fund Β· Writtenf.lux is delightful. This app dims your computer monitor later in the day when the sun sets to relieve eye strain. ππAnne-Laure Le CunffFounder, Ness Labs Β· WrittenMy eyes are so thankful for f.lux π
- Mike CoutermarshEngineer @ PlanetScale Β· WrittenSketch is a great mac only design tool. I'm definitely NOT a designer. But I still find it very useful occasionally for making small edits to designs / grabbing CSS for something.
- Sabina CaldwellDesign Engineer - NX (m/w/d) Β· WrittenI've made the switch from Windows to an Apple product (MacBook Air) fairly recently, and one of the few apps I've downloaded on my notebook (an app I've used previously with Windows) is NoteLedge. It's a note-taking app that doubles as media organizer, PDF editor (highlighting and annotations), a sketching/drawing platform and a great way to visualize your projects. I use it both at work and at home, for various things. At work I use it for note-taking during meetings and project brainstorming, and at home I use for creating to-do lists and adding them to my calendar and since I'm an avid cook, I save recipes in this app as well, sorted into individual folders. Overall, this app make life easier, at least for meLinda NealI'm Software Architect Β· WrittenI recently made the switch from Windows to Mac, and one of the apps I got was NoteLedge (a friend recommended it), and I'm quite happy wiith it so far. It's easy to use and while I've just been taking notes with it on my MacBook Air, I find it enjoyable. Recommended it.
- Mike CoutermarshEngineer @ PlanetScale Β· WrittenDash is super useful for quickly looking up docs for almost any language/API. I sync my most used languages/tools so I have access to the docs even when offline. It's often faster to search Dash than it is to google.Matt HeslingtonUltimateVillas.co Β· WrittenGreat as a text expander and snippet manager too.
- Moom helps saves you time by zooming windows to just about any configuration you need.
- Mike CoutermarshEngineer @ PlanetScale Β· WrittenCloudApp is available for Windows too. But I think their Mac version is really well done. Very useful if you work on a remote team. Can grab a screenshot / annotate it / share in Slack. Makes communicating easier. Also works great in pull requests. Can make a gif of a change with CloudApp then include it in your PR to show what changed.
- Mike CoutermarshEngineer @ PlanetScale Β· WrittenI'm a developer too. I LOVE LOVE Paste. It's a seriously awesome clipboard manager. Super easy to store code snippets & then search for them later (even weeks later) when you need them.
- Aswin BakshiFounder, Bordo Β· WrittenOne of the best client only available on mac and iOS devices
- Goldy AroraGoldy Arora Β· WrittenI use this everyday to save time on some of the emails i answer with same canned answers, it syncs perfectly with my iPhone too.
- Rick KettnerCofounder of Drumeo, Guitareo, & Pianote Β· WrittenGreat modern vector design tool for everything from wireframes to final designs. It's like Adobe Illustrator, but modernized and for a flat fee instead of subscription.
- Mike CoutermarshEngineer @ PlanetScale Β· WrittenI use this all the time. Really helpful when working anything out with numbers.
- Rick KettnerCofounder of Drumeo, Guitareo, & Pianote Β· WrittenOne of several great web development tools. Some prefer Sublime 3, but this is my favorite.
- Arfur Jay Folkesaykesimplify Β· WrittenI LOVE the natural language processing in the app. The easiest way to add an entry to calendar.
- I think Sketch Toolbox is a must-have for all Sketch users. Like the link subtitle says, it's a super simple plugin manager for Sketch that lets you search for and install Sketch plugins.
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