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My wonderful world of macOS

26 points by nikivi 8y ago

aquova 8y ago
I always enjoy seeing a list of programs that people recommend, and there are quite a few on here that I use myself as well as some that I will need to check out. In addition, there are a few noteworthy Mac apps that I would also recommend: - Quicksilver - Similar to Alfred and Spotlight, Quicksilver is a free application that allows you to perform application functions with keybindings. I also use it to easily use search engines and create custom keybindings. It's beginning to show its age, but it's a great free alternative and still has an active plug-in scene. - OpenEmu - Easily the best video game emulator suite I've ever seen. A clean interface, very easy to view and manage your games and installed emulator cores. I find competing products like Retroarch to be a nightmare in terms of UI, OpenEmu simply feels clean and easy to use. - MacVim - A GUI Vim editor. Combines the versatility of Vim in a modern Mac application. - Quiver - A note-taking app, similar to Evernote. However, Quiver also supports note taking in both Markdown and LaTeX, which I find very useful. There is also a phone app, and can sync notes via Dropbox between them. - Aseprite - Drawing software focused on creating pixel art. - PICO-8 - Create retro-inspired games in Lua. There's also a number of more well-known applications that I would recommend, but are probably famous enough that I don't need to go into detail, such as Firefox, F.lux, and GIMP.
celias 8y ago
DTerm is a nice utility https://github.com/muhqu/dterm https://github.com/muhqu/dterm
dewey 8y ago
Neat list, I like the Context app as switching with tab is always a bit awkward to me. I usually try not to use too many third party apps just so setting up a new machine is fast and I don't have to maintain too many things. Especially if switching between work and personal machine. If it's something like snippets I try not to use them too much, or set them up in my IDE so I won't struggle if I have to work on another machine or environment. This is—of course—just a personal preference. There are some that I use on both machines and a lot so I wrote them up a while ago for someone who got their first Mac, maybe there's something interesting in there too for someone: https://blog.notmyhostna.me/essential-apps-on-macos/ https://blog.notmyhostna.me/essential-apps-on-macos/
devxpy 8y ago
*cries in Gnome

26 points by nikivi 8y ago

I always enjoy seeing a list of programs that people recommend, and there are quite a few on here that I use myself as well as some that I will need to check out. In addition, there are a few noteworthy Mac apps that I would also recommend: - Quicksilver - Similar to Alfred and Spotlight, Quicksilver is a free application that allows you to perform application functions with keybindings. I also use it to easily use search engines and create custom keybindings. It's beginning to show its age, but it's a great free alternative and still has an active plug-in scene. - OpenEmu - Easily the best video game emulator suite I've ever seen. A clean interface, very easy to view and manage your games and installed emulator cores. I find competing products like Retroarch to be a nightmare in terms of UI, OpenEmu simply feels clean and easy to use. - MacVim - A GUI Vim editor. Combines the versatility of Vim in a modern Mac application. - Quiver - A note-taking app, similar to Evernote. However, Quiver also supports note taking in both Markdown and LaTeX, which I find very useful. There is also a phone app, and can sync notes via Dropbox between them. - Aseprite - Drawing software focused on creating pixel art. - PICO-8 - Create retro-inspired games in Lua. There's also a number of more well-known applications that I would recommend, but are probably famous enough that I don't need to go into detail, such as Firefox, F.lux, and GIMP.

celias 8y ago

DTerm is a nice utility https://github.com/muhqu/dterm https://github.com/muhqu/dterm

dewey 8y ago

Neat list, I like the Context app as switching with tab is always a bit awkward to me. I usually try not to use too many third party apps just so setting up a new machine is fast and I don't have to maintain too many things. Especially if switching between work and personal machine. If it's something like snippets I try not to use them too much, or set them up in my IDE so I won't struggle if I have to work on another machine or environment. This is—of course—just a personal preference. There are some that I use on both machines and a lot so I wrote them up a while ago for someone who got their first Mac, maybe there's something interesting in there too for someone: https://blog.notmyhostna.me/essential-apps-on-macos/ https://blog.notmyhostna.me/essential-apps-on-macos/

devxpy 8y ago

*cries in Gnome