MacOS Software

Notes on MacOS (and iOS and iPadOS) software.

Frequently used apps

• Bear

• Things

• Safari with

  • Kagi
  • 1Blocker

• CleanshotX

• Dato. A nice compromise between the functionality of the default Mac Calendar and Fantastical.

• Freeform. It’s been a while since a piece of default software on MacOS has been really impressive but as far as whiteboarding apps go Freeform is pretty good.

• Raycast. Or Alfred. You’d think I’d pick just one by now but no, no I haven’t.

• WebStorm and VSCode. I generally prefer WebStorm for “projects” and VSCode for quickly editing something.

• iTerm2

Infrequently used apps that are still good

• iA Writer

• Tailscale

• Cyberduck

Previously used and might consider using again

• News Explorer
• Day One
• Ivory and OpenVibe
• NotePlan
• Notion
• Obsidian
• Orion
• Rectangle