Near the end of each year I note down a summary of the best apps I’ve enjoyed using throughout the year, here’s 2022.
See also Firefox Addons - 2022
The Best
- MeetingBar (Meetings in your menubar) - Get MeetingBar
- Reeder (RSS) - Get Reeder
- Shottr (Better screenshots) - Get Shottr
- Bumpr (Multi-browser rules for links) - Get Bumper
- Onyx (macOS customisation) - Get OnyX
- Brew (Package manager) - Get Brew
- mas (Mac App Store manager for Brew) - Get mas
- Little Snitch (Firewall) - Get Little Snitch
- RadioSilence (Simple Firewall) - Get RadioSilence
- Pixelmator Pro (Image/Photo editor) - Get Pixelmator Pro
- Keka (Archive/Compression tool) - Get Keka
- LaunchControl (Frontend for launchd) - Get LaunchControl
- Peek (Quicklook plugins) - Get Peek
- MusicHarbor (Track new and upcoming music releases) - Get MusicHarbor
- DaisyDisk (Disk usage inspector) - Get DaisyDisk
- Things (GTD/Notes/Lists app) - Get Thing
- BetterTouchTool (macOS automation and customisation) - Get BetterTouchTool
- Parcel (Track parcels) - Get Parcel
- Backblaze (Backups) - Get Backblaze
- MicroSnitch (Get notifications for active mic/webcam) - Get Micro Snitch
- Handbrake (Transcode video files) - Get Handbrake
- Amphetamine (Keep you mac awake) - Get Amphetamine
- Bear (Markdown/notes/web clipping) - Get Bear
- Calibre (eBook management and conversation) - Get Calibre
- ImageOptim Beta (Image compression) - Get ImageOptim
- Note: This is a beta version, but it’s the only version that supports Apple Silicon natively, the author is working on ImageOptim 2 - A complete rewrite.
- Strongbox (Native password/secrets management) - Get StrongBox
- Note: I will likely eventually replace 1Password with Strongbox, it’s a native app (not Electron!), currently waiting on official browser extensions.
- Stay (Window management) - Get Stay
- Firefox (Don’t run a browser from an ad company) - Get Firefox
- Fastmail (Email) - Get Fastmail
- mu-repo (Run bulk commands across git repos) - Get mu-repo
You can find all the applications I use, along with my shell config and plugins within the BrewFile which I use to bootstrap my macOS machines.
The Worst
- 💩 AWS CDK 💩
- 💩 1Password 8 💩
- 💩 Microsoft Teams 💩
- 💩 Microsoft Office365 💩