14 Best Apps for Macs in 2022

The computers of Apple they are excellent computers and there is no doubt about that, but native applications alone do not make them interesting on their own. Having only recently come into contact with Apple computers, it was difficult to adapt at first, but some Mac applications help make this transition easier and make everyday work easier. Whether you are a newcomer to the MacOS coming from Windows or anyone wanting to improve their user experience, this list of apps for Mac mini, MacStudio, Mac Pro, iMac e MacBook will change the way you use your computer completely.

Mac productivity apps

Bear

If you're tired of the native note app of iOS e MacOS, Bear is a great option for app for Mac. In its paid version, through an annual subscription, this app is capable of synchronizing with Apple mobile devices, which increases its practicality and usefulness in everyday life, it is also capable of encrypt notes and even lock app access with Face or Touch ID. Its free version allows you to write notes, create to-do lists, retrieve data from a web page as images or text, draw a note with a pen and even dictate a note through the Apple Watch.

Fantastical

An enhanced version of the MacBook's native calendar apps or those of competitors such as Google Calendar, Fantastical offers many interesting features even in its free version, such as weather forecast 3 days in advance (in the paid version, there are 10 days of weather forecast).

In its Premium version, Fantastical brings many new features, such as the option to schedule events with suggested times based on other appointments in your calendar, creation of polls, integration with meeting applications such as Zoom and Meet, integration with another application from the same company Cardhop, which allows group use for events, visualization of relationships between users, interactions between users, business cards, among other options.

gestimer

We often lose track of the time we spend using the computer or we need to control to avoid procrastinating tasks that we need to do and this is an excellent app to do just that. Without a free version and costing BRL 22,90 on the App Store, the gestimer is one of the best productivity apps for MacBook, allowing you to set alarms to remind yourself of your obligations, being very useful to follow the pomodoro technique in which you work with focus for a short period of time, rest a little and then resume your activities or then to rest your eyes and body after sitting for a very long time.

DropZone 4

In a world where more and more files are saved in the cloud or we need to upload them to some online repository such as Google Drive, Youtube, etc., know where our files are to access them can become a very complicated task. O DropZone 4 it helps a lot in all these tasks, including making the task of uploading a file to a platform very practical, just by dragging the file from its source folder to the icon to send it within the application menu.

paste

a great tool for the user who copies a lot, be it text, files, images, links or messages, paste allows you to have all the things you copy saved in it, with ease of finding them through search. The app only offers a 14-day trial version for free, but after this period, it becomes paid and can also be used in sync with mobile devices.

unclutter

For a user who repeatedly uses the same files, notes or want to keep a history of things copied on your computer, unclutter it is an ideal app. The convenience of finding this recurring usage information in an organized way makes Unclutter worth its slightly steep price of R$109,90 on the Brazilian App Store.

Spark

Better than the native macOS app for email, Spark is one of the best apps for MacBook from email management in the Apple environment, being compatible and synchronized with both your computer and cell phone. It allows several people to simultaneously manage the same account, which is great for a professional environment where several people can access the same company account or for a group of students in a class.

Meter

In a world with more and more remote activities such as distance learning classes, work home office, online meetings with friends or family who live far away, the Meter It's a great option to have all your meeting appointments in one place and not miss any event in your daily life. It accesses your online calendar and saves all the events you've accepted, making it easy to find links to meetings on various platforms like Zoom, Teams and Meet.

Applications for users coming from Windows

Altab

As a user who only recently switched to a macOS computer, Altab was the first application I installed on my PC, as the shortcut Alt + tab, which works on both Windows and Linux, to switch windows in use was in my blood and finding it didn't work on MacBooks left me orphaned of its practicality. It also improves the usability of the macOS native shortcut (command + tab), since he shows the different “windows” of the same application that are open, while the native one groups them all in the same icon, forcing the user to select this icon to then display the other open applications.

alfred 4

For those who are used to using Cortana on Windows to find files, folders, and even look up information on the internet, Finder can be hard to get used to, but that's where alfred 4 goes into. He is an excellent assistant, being able to Make accounts basic, launch installed applications on MacBook, look up word definitions and also how to write them. In its paid version, it can create streams to run, shortcuts, customize its appearance, play iTunes music, etc.

AppZapper

An application that serves both ex-Windows users and as an improvement to the functionality of the system itself, the AppZapper serves for completely uninstall an application from your computer, a task that is more difficult than it should be on macOS. Used to having Windows doing everything for me, it was much more complicated when, when I needed to uninstall an application from my MacBook, I had to keep hunting for all the configuration files that the system spreads through the storage and AppZapper makes this task much simpler and is great for all macOS computer users.

Apps to improve your user experience

iStat Menus

For you to control the status of your MacBook in depth, the iStat Menus is a great app to install where you can view your CPU usage, GPU usage, fans, storage, internet connection, battery, weather, etc. Its paid version by monthly subscription comes with several other applications, including Meeter, already mentioned in this list and CleanMyMac X, an option to the aforementioned AppZapper.

VLC

This is an application that is almost mandatory to use when you are watching videos or music in files saved on your machine. Free and compatible with the most diverse types of video and music files available on the market, VLC is one of the applications that you need to install on your MacBook if you don't use platforms a lot. streaming.

TextSniper

The MacBook allows you to copy text from image natively to some types of media, but the TextSniper lets you bring information from an image and paste immediately into a note or in a text, even in files that macOS does not support this functionality. In addition, it also allows you to read QR code, barcode and even “read” text on your speakers for you in up to 7 different languages ​​that the app recognizes.

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Sources: Tom's Guide e Mac O'Clock.