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Loads of little things, but you specifically asked for daily use so: - Rectangle for window management (I appreciate you have Magnet and tastes differ) - Mark
by kcartlidge 2y ago
Loads of little things, but you specifically asked for daily use so:
- Rectangle for window management (I appreciate you have Magnet and tastes differ)
- MarkEdit is an excellent (free) Markdown editor
- Highland 2 (not free) for more long-form Markdown writing as it can handle normal Markdown files and feels more polished than similar tools (especially the document map)
- VLC as I watch a lot of box sets and it's better than the Apple options
- SourceTree for source control (not as good as Git Extentions on Windows but more to my tastes than the VS Code plugins, Fork, or GitKraken for example)
- BitWarden as I'm cross-platform so don't want to rely on the Apple Keychain
- Authy for two-factor authentication - not the Google, Microsoft, or similar option as I don't want to be tied to a tech giant account that can get switched off
- PCloud (with encryption and a mapped drive) for the same cross-platform reason, plus again I don't want my backups tied to a tech giant account that can get switched off
- PGAdmin 4 for database management during development
- Keka for handling archives/zips as it usually handles files fine when Apple's archiver won't (eg some EPUBs when renamed to zip)
- Fastmail for being able to manage multiple custom domain emails, aliases, and even nameservers from a single (paid) user account (I'm aware it isn't a Mac app but I do often use Outlook from Office 2019 to access it despite the excellent web site)
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 2y agoUsing Authy on desktop kinda kills it's 2fa purpose.
- QuinnyPig 2y agoAuthy killed its desktop app, so you've gotta use their iOS version. Personally I switched to 1Password when they pulled that.
- master_crab 2y agoAuthy is dying. I moved to strongbox 4 years ago and never looked back. It’s Mac and iOS integrations are great!
- andrei_says_ 2y agoStrongbox seems similar to 1Password. I’m considering both. Could you share some of the reasons that had you choose the former?
- master_crab 2y agoStrongbox had a one and done purchase option at the time (14.99). They came out with an option a year or two ago for an upgraded version that was $99 for its lifetime. But I was migrated to that new product without paying. Loved it so much I paid $99 for a copy for my wife. And have also tipped them a few times over the past few years. Not sure if 1pass has something similar but I do remember a sub model which I didn’t like.
- andrei_says_ 2y agoPerfect, appreciate your response. I have been paying for 1password but don’t like the idea of losing access or functionality in my credit card expires for example.
- amrangaye 2y agoI’m heavily invested in 1p for years now, but have been impressed by the new Apple Passwords app (in beta) - it’s nowhere near as advanced, but it implements like 90% of what you need including 2FA. I’m sticking with 1p for now but worth watching as well.
- flocked 2y agoI can recommend IINA much more compared to VLC. It's so much more performant (like 4-5x times), has a macOS native UI, some features VLC is lacking, let you watch an unlimited amount of videos at the same time.
- kcartlidge 2y agoThanks - I'll take a look.