Productivity
- Alfred: App Launcher. Also has handy workflows. My favorite is the clipboard manager.
- Annotate: Best screenshot annotation tool I've found.
- Bitbar: Put output from any script in the macOS task bar.
- Caffeine: Prevents Mac from sleeping.
- CheatSheet: Hold the ⌘ key to pop up a list of hotkeys for the current application.
- Dropzone: Menu bar that adds a drop menu for uploading/copying/moving files to a bunch of different services.
- Fantastical: Full-featured calendar app with a quick-look icon that lives in the taskbar.
- Giphy Capture: Create mp4s and gifs of screen recordings.
- Glyphfinder: Easy emoji and glyph search.
- Hazel: Automated cleanup utility. Can watch folders for new files and run scripts when events occur.
- Keyboard Pilot: Customize keyboard layouts based on which app you're using.
- Numi: Calculator app that processes natural language.
- ScreenFloat: Take screenshots that float above other windows to keep information visible.
Window management/UI improvements
- Bartender: Management for Mac menu bar apps.
- Divvy
- Magnet
- Popclip: Adds a context menu on text selection, similar to the functionality on iOS.
- Witch: Better Tab switcher.
Sound
- BackgroundMusic: Gives you granular control over the volume of individual apps.
Backup
- Backblaze: Great solution for offsite backups.
Development
- Charles Proxy: Allows you to man-in-the middle connections.
- Emmett: Toolkit for web developers. Tools include LiveStyles for live reloading of CSS assets, and code that generates HTML with a simple syntax.
- Paw: Full-featured REST API testing app.
- Insomnia: Free, open-source REST API testing app (Disclosure, haven't tried this one. But it looks good).
- iStatMenus: Surfaces useful machine stats like CPU, temperature, memory pressure, etc.
- imageoptim: Utility that optimizes images for use in apps and on the web.
Databases
- MongoBooster: Mongo database manager.
- Sequel Pro: User-friendly Mac database manager.
- TablePlus: Database manager that supports a wide variety of RDBs.
Terminal enhancements
- CDTo: Terminal shortcut for Finder.
- OhMyZsh: A substitute for the Bash shell that's awesome. I make use of the git shortcuts very frequently.
- HTTPie: http client that's a nice upgrade from cURL or wget. Supports JSON, syntax highlighting, plugins, and more.
- gron: Grep JSON file, outputs the path to the property.
IDE
- JetBrains: I'm a huge fan of everything JetBrains. Have used IntelliJ, PHPStorm, and WebStorm.
Hardware
- SensibleSideButtons: I use an Anker vertical mouse, which has 2 extra side buttons, and this allows me to make use of them as back/forward buttons for my browser.
Reference
- nikitavoloboev/my-mac-os: Very comprehensive list of good Mac apps for developers.