![]() One day, when working at night, I realized that even the minimum screen brightness level is too blinding for me. QuickShade is a nifty little app that does exactly what it says: adds a “shade” to your screen. QuickShade – go below the minimum brightness level. The attention to detail is astounding: caret animations are truly beautiful. It’s so well-built, that you could consider it to be even better than some paid options. With a lot of writing apps being quite expensive (like Ulysses, iA Writer and others), I’ve always wanted to find something that can compete with them function-wise, yet be free. Paper – a beautiful minimalist writing app. One big caveat though is that Tor may be very slow at times, so remember to stay patient, while using it. By using Tor, you can be sure that your traffic won’t be compromised by your local ISPs (unless it disconnects for a brief moment). The last relay in the circuit (the “exit relay”) then sends the traffic out onto the public Internet. What is it? Tor is a network of virtual tunnels, which works by sending your traffic through three random servers (also known as relays) in the Tor network. Privacy can be quite a big concern when using the Internet, so Tor can help you get that "extra protection" for your traffic. Orbot – route your traffic through the Tor network. If you’ll ever feel the need to download a torrent file, make sure to use Transmission for that. The design is outstanding – it is simple and minimalist, yet doesn’t sacrifice usability. Transmission allows you to view all possible information about torrent files, download them, restrict the speed of seeding and it also features other very useful functions. ![]() Transmission – a beautiful BitTorrent client.Īll of us have to download torrents sometimes, be it an official Ubuntu image or something else. Make sure to support the developer, if you use the app though and buy it via App Store. I found it incredibly useful for deleting files associated with music plugins (mainly VSTs and AudioUnits). ![]() Sure, AppCleaner can do the same task rather well, but sometimes it may not delete all of such files. It’s very handy for deleting apps and their leftovers. It is much better than a lot of paid apps, so if you ever want to enlarge an image or a video, make sure to use waifuExtension.įind Any File is probably one of the best apps available for Mac. A lot of upscaling algorithms don’t have a dedicated, easy-to-use GUI, but waifu brings it to the table with its very Mac-centric design. WaifuExtension is a brilliant open-source app, which bridges the gap between the user and the software algorithms used for upscaling. WaifuExtension – photo/video upscaling through various algorithms. It may be buggy, but when it works – there's nothing quite like it. Pla圜over allows you to run any iOS apps and games natively on your Apple Silicon Mac. Rectangle is open-source, which means that you can always have a look through its code in case you become suspicious of it. The app is very simple, yet customizable. Rectangle adds the missing window snapping functionality to macOS in a very elegant way. With Raycast you can search for anything, control your Mac and it also features a store with free extensions, which range from a color picker to a ChatGPT-based Translator. Raycast is an incredible app, which combines a lot of functions into one useful package. It is important to note that Orion is still pretty buggy and, in my experience, is still far from being a reliable daily driver. uBlock origin, Dark Reader, Return YouTube Dislike and various other amazing extensions can be installed without any issues. It looks and feels exactly like Safari, but adds support for Chrome and Firefox extensions. Orion’s resemblance to Safari feels very blatant, however, that’s more of a good thing than not. Orion – a Safari-like browser, which allows you to install Chrome and Firefox extensions. It can update both third-party apps and even those that are distributed via the App Store. ![]() You just open it, click the “Refresh” icon and you’re presented with all the updates available for apps installed on your Mac. Latest is one of those apps, using which feels like magic. ![]() If you like my work, subscribe to me everywhere – update all of your apps in one place, without opening the App Store. ![]()
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