Jökull Sólberg

Tools that I use
October 25, 2021
Raycast

Like Spotlight but faster and better. Has a smarter calculator, including currency conversions like 20 gbp in isk.

Postico

An excellent Postgres GUI for macOS.

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Cleanshot

Augments the screenshot utilities on macOS with hosting, copying, better annotations, GIF and MP4, custom domains and more and more. Excellent support.

Sketch

I like Figma as much as the next person, but nothing beats the speed and native feel of macOS apps.

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Rectangle

Window and monitor management. Map keyboard shortcuts to resize and move windows around, between displays etc.

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Craft

Block based editor with collaboration features. Like Google Docs, but native to macOS with great publishing and hosting options.

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Plex

I'm a bit of a media server geek. Downloading and organizing media has always been a hobby of mine. Today I have a mac mini set up with container orchestration from klutchell/mediaserver.

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MeetingBar

This app puts a prominent text about your next upcoming meeting with convenient links to join calls. You can configure a lot of things like what browser to use for what kind of meeting link. I prefer Chrome for Google Meet links for example and MeetingBar takes care of that. Bonus feature: Quickly create a meeting link.

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iCloud Passwords

Apple has finally added security codes to passwords management. This means I no longer need 1Password and I have one more thing in the iCloud toolchain that just syncs across devices without secondary apps. Password management is something that to me, belongs in the OS layer.

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Fastmail

Fastmail used to be good just because it was a nice way to eject out of the Gmail ecosystem. Today it is not only an alternative to Gmail but a better app, better search and better designed product. Yeah, you pay a fee, but for email that makes sense.

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Kitty

Kitty is a highly configurable GPU accelerated terminal emulator that has a good build for macOS. I use it with the fish shell and Starship. The icon displayed here on the right is an alternative app icon found here.