"innovative::bytes start is an unique launcher for macOS that allows you to open applications, documents, folders or URLs quickly and easily. Create tidiness in your Dock and launch items with the smart launcher app start instead. start supports you and your workflow with a well planned organizational system for your items and a quick access to what you need. It's incredibly easy to use: start automatically collects all applications available with Spotlight. Further you also can add files, folders and URLs manually according to your wishes. Open your items with a simple mouse click or even faster and more convenient: with a hotkey! Also use tags, colors and notes to keep track of your items. Enjoy the easy handling and the comfortable features of start!” #mac_apps #power_users #keyboard_centric #best_of #paid #utilities #trial #app_switchers #mission_control #launchpad #%i_legit_use_this #%setapp

"Manico is a tool designed to launch and switch apps quickly. By using it, launching and switching apps on macOS will be incredibly smooth. By default, Manico supports Option + number keys to launch or switch to the corresponding app, so users no longer need to use Command+Tab to traverse to the desired app one by one or find on the Dock, which brings efficiency and experience improvement. In the process of long-term use, users will also develop muscle memory, and thus become more and more efficient in the use of macOS. Manico supports three modes to facilitate users' needs in various scenarios. Dock mode: mapping the apps on macOS's Dock for launching and switching. Switcher mode: mapping the currently opened apps to switch. Custom mode: fully customize the apps you want to launch and switch, including customizing different shortcut keys. In addition to the three basic modes, Manico supports a rich set of preference features, including: Customized appearance The launch bar position Whether to show the status bar icon or not "Silent Mode" to be invisible and non-intrusive on certain apps Manico also comes with a "Usage" feature, which allows users to see how many times they call the app each day with a graph to get a clear picture of their usage." #mac_apps #power_users #keyboard_centric #best_of #paid #utilities #trial

New in v0.42, you can use Rectangle to keep a chosen application (presumably, your todo application) visible on the right of your primary screen at all times. #via:pins #tidbits #hacks #power_users #mac_apps #mac_power_users

Price: $96/year or $12/mo -- "We asked ourselves: if we were to build a browser optimized for productivity what would it look like? Better integration with work applications, a powerful global search, enterprise-level security, work automation, speed, and being able to juggle multiple accounts and projects we all work on. How is Sidekick different from Chrome? Sidekick is built on top of the latest version of Chrome and supports all Chrome features and extensions. However, as a browser focused on productivity, Sidekick adds: an application sidebar so you can access your most-used apps quickly the ability to search through all your documents and applications the ability to use multiple accounts simultaneously the ability to organise tabs by tab sessions for better focus and less tab clutter Why is Sidekick faster than Chrome? One of our design goals for Sidekick is to build the fastest browser, and thus we've made a number of improvements to speed up the loading of pages and memory usage. Learn more" #%product_hunt #freemium #power_users #alternatives #SaaS #trial #browsers #productivity_apps

Does not seem good. Free tier is so limited. #pricey #seems_bad #SaaS #power_users #alternatives #freemium #trial #browsers #productivity_apps

price: $10 -- -- #trials #utilities #mac_apps #power_users

Autocomplete for your terminal. #best_of #dev #YC_funded #startups #power_users #pub

"Sloth Sloth is a native Mac app that shows all open files and sockets in use by all running processes on your system. This makes it easy to inspect which apps are using which files and sockets. Features View all open files, directories, IP sockets, devices, Unix domain sockets and pipes Filter by name, access mode, volume, type, location, or using regular expressions Sort by name, process ID, user ID, process type, bundle identifier, etc. View IP socket status, protocol and version View sockets and pipes established between processes Inspection window with detailed macOS and Unix file/socket/process info Powerful contextual menu for file operations In-app authentication to run with root privileges Very fast, responsive native app written in Objective-C/Cocoa Sloth is essentially a friendly, exploratory GUI built on top of the lsof command line tool. The output is parsed and shown in a searchable, filterable outline view with all sorts of convenient additional functionality. See screenshots below." #mac_apps #%on_github #power_users #gui #best_of #geeky_users #%i_legit_use_this #gui_wrappers #get_around_app_limitations #open_source #toread #pub

#file_on_hard_drive_based #building_a_second_brain #notes_backlinks #like_minded_people #knowledge_bases #mac_apps #automation #power_users #geeky #communities #discourse #paid #note_taking #notes_apps #iOS_apps #apple_ecosystem #$kippt_bookmark_lists #not_cloud_based #forums #best_of #pub

#apple_ecosystem #productivity_apps #cloud_based #forums #notes_apps #discourse #streamlining #iOS_apps #power_users #$kippt_bookmark_lists #mac_apps #note_taking #freemium #geeky #pub

#web_apps #accountability #productivity_apps #communities #forums #power_users #discourse #indie_makers #$kippt_bookmark_lists #automation #freemium #geeky #like_minded_people #mobile_apps_2_major_OSes #pub

Your new favorite way to automate macOS. Bunch uses plain text files to launch applications, perform system tasks, run scripts, and automate everything. #mac_apps #freemium #pay_what_you_want #text_file_based #file_based #automation #work #power_users #pub

Relating to FileVault and such on SSD and HDD setup on Macbook #macbook #power_users #encryption #hard_drives #pub

_Relating to FileVault and such on SSD and HDD setup on Macbook_ "Description Unlock allows the system to unlock and mount Core Storage encrypted volumes during boot. In other words, this allows you to log in as a user whose home directory is on an encrypted secondary disk without any problems. Why? Like a many power users, I have two disks in my Macbook Pro. My startup volume is on a SSD and all of my home folder is on a second disk drive. Mac OS X Lion's FileVault 2 supports unlocking and mounting the startup volume, but doesn't support unlocking any other volume until a user has logged in. After encrypting my home drive and restarting, I was locked out of my user account and had to log in to and out of another user just to log in in as myself. This program solves that problem by unlocking Core Storage volumes (e.g., my home disk) without the need for another user account. Simply put, it allows me to log in like normal." #macbook #power_users #encryption #hard_drives #pub

"A powerful and stable keyboard customizer for OS X." #apps #mac #utilities #geeky #hacking #power_users #keyboard_centric #pub

#utilities #productivity_procrastination #lists #Alfred #power_users #pub