Apps
Here is a quick list of apps that are generally good to use and can come in handy in day to day tasks. The apps are seperated into 4 broad categories Developer Tools, Productivity Tools, Office Apps and Others.
Developer Tools
- Google Chrome: Installs Chrome which is one of the best browsers currently. All chrome browsers and extensions are saved by Google so can be synced easily.
- Atom : Open source editor by Github and is very similar to Sublime Text in most aspects.
- VS Code: Open source editor by Microsoft.
Productivity
- Lastpass : Cross platform password management tool.
- Airmail : Lightweight fast email client.
- Alfred : Replacement for spotlight. I'll mostly be upgrading to power pack.
- CleanMyMac3 : Uninstall Apps and Clean up system.
- Caffeine : Stops the machine from going into sleep mode.
- Dropbox : File syncing to the cloud. It syncs files across all devices (laptop, mobile, tablet), and serves as a backup as well!
- F.lux : f.lux makes the color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day.
- Pocket : Save For Later. Put articles, videos or pretty much anything into Pocket. Save directly from your browser or from apps like Twitter, Flipboard, Pulse and Zite.
- Spectacle : Don't waste time resizing and moving your windows. Spectacle makes this very easy and is open source.
- Transmission : A fast, easy and free BitTorrent client.
- Unarchiver : Compress/Uncompress app. Supported file formats include Zip, Tar-GZip, Tar-BZip2, RAR, 7-zip, LhA, StuffIt and many other old and obscure formats.
Others
- Asepsis : Get rid of the annoying DS_Store files. It stops them from being created anywhere on the system.
- CheatSheet : Tap the command key for long to see all the keyboard shortcuts of the current app.
- VLC : VLC Media Player. Enough said.
- Spotify: Play music!
- Bartender: Organize those menu bar apps.