![]() ![]() I used to love the Night Panel button on my Saab that turned off all interior lighting and controls other than the speedometer at night unless they were needed. ![]() ![]() You have to understand, I’m all about removing distractions. I haven’t convinced my brain that it’s worth the effort just yet. In terms of apps, I use Office 365 ProPlus for work, Pixelmator (which I actually prefer on the iPhone!) and Scrivener. So my net takeaway is that there aren’t a lot of utilities that I run on my Mac anymore. When I did that, I jettisoned a few more utilities, as a few more have died over the years as vendors either loudly or quietly gave up on their app. I sidelined that device (due to a wine-related incident we shall not speak of), and replaced it with my 2018 MacBook Pro (with the Touch Bar… meh…) before the new MacBook Air was released. With my regular traveling for work, when I switched to my Core m3 MacBook 3-ish years ago, I culled a bunch of utilities, to simplify everything and maximize battery life. I wanted to offer him a list of utilities that I find useful on my Mac, that he might want to try. Some of the utilities got lost over time – it takes dedication to try and keep up with Apple’s annual release cadence, and their fussiness – particularly when it comes to sandboxing, security, and UI tweaking over the years.Īnother colleague recently came around to using the Mac, after tiring of dealing with his PC. A few of my favorites early on have been Sherlocked along the way. Over the years, what would eventually become macOS has evolved, “sherlocking” popular utilities by glomming somewhat similar functionality into the OS. Some were power toys – often to find things, run things, or sort things in ways that a Mac’s operating system couldn’t at a certain moment in time. Some were binkies of a sort, easing the discomfort of using a Mac for a long-time Windows user. During the past 12+ years I’ve used a Mac, I’ve had dozens of little utilities that I swore by for a time, many of which came and went. ![]()
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