Best Mac Apps I Actually Use!
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- Опубликовано: 20 авг 2020
- Snazzy Labs shows off some his favorite Mac apps he installs every time he sets up a new Mac.
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Snazzy Labs has long been known as one of the most Mac-focused RUclips channels and today, Quinn Nelson shows you some his favorite apps. While not all are exciting, they’re important: from utilities like PDFpen to launchers like Alfred with writing apps like Ulysses and Spark thrown in between, this is one you won’t want to miss. 
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0:00 - INTRO
0:26 - Adguard
2:23 - Alfred
5:17 - ApolloOne
7:58 - PDFpen
9:20 - SPONSOR: Setapp (including GoodTask)
10:54 - balenaEtcher
11:37 - Elmedia Video Player
13:42 - Magnet
14:55 - Notion
19:21 - Qobuz
21:00 - iStat Menus
21:49 - Sensei
24:00 - Tot
25:11 - Spark
28:10 - Unarchiver
28:54 - Ulysses
31:27 - Mactracker
32:34 - OUTRO
thank me later.
Life saver 🙌
The hero we need but don't deserve 😍
I appreciate you for your help. And also... HOW DARE YOU DISRUPT MY WATCH TIME!!!! 😂
Snazzy Labs he’s clearly challenging you 😂
Thanks for doing what Quinn couldn’t be bothered to
Rectangle is free, open-source and offers pretty much all the same features, so I prefer that over Magnet. Also as others mentioned, IINA is a better alternative to VLC, and is free and open source as well.
Totally agree. Since Rectangle, there is zero need for Magnet.
I have an 11 year old crappy windows laptop, and I'm still watching apps that YOU can't live without on a mac 🤣
Try Linux, you won’t be disappointed.
u can hackintosh it
F in the chat, dude
sunny david Actually you’re the moron, eleven is used as an adjective here, so he is correct.
I have a late 2008 aluminum MacBook
I already liked the video for the brief Alfred tutorial. I've had it for years, but somehow never noticed some of the features that seem to make it so much more powerful. Thanks, @Snazzy Labs!
“If I feel like I’m memory constrained ...”
*shows off his 72GB free out of 96GB of RAM* 🤣👍🏼
Hahahaha not at the current moment.....
And I thought I had a lot of ram with my 24gb
@@agrisimfarming me with 8gb lmao
I refuse to ever have more than 32 GB before 2025.
@@agrisimfarming you do have a freaking lot of RAM, he just has more
On Spotlight you can hold Command while pressing Enter or clicking on a file or folder to reveal its location in the finder, like Alfred’s find feature. Won’t replace other Albert features but it’s nice if you’re fine with Spotlight.
Also Rectangle is a nice open-source and free alternative to Magnet. Also Keka is an awesome uncompressing utility. Also Karabiner-Elements is amazing to customize keyboard keys, like putting Esc on Caps Lock and making actual use of some weird keys on the TypeMatrix 2030 for example.
I bought a mac last week. I’ve literally already used all the tips and downloaded the utilities you’ve suggested in your previous Videos. I was prepared to do this even before I had a Mac. Thanks mate.
This video is a blessing! Thanks for the very important tips!
Quinn, wife and I recent did a compete switch from Windows and Pixels to all Apple and this video is awesome. If I could double like this I would.
Interesting. How are you finding it so far?
The find feature is also in spotlight. Just hold down option and click the file. The UI is better. I still think spotlight is way better. // IINA is a great player. Free.
Nothing beats how clean and smooth a native feature is. Alred seems cool but also clunky compared to Spotlight. +1 for IINA too
I actually find Spotlight to be the clunky one, compared to Alfred. Alfred is always faster, the UI is simpler, the keyboard shortcuts makes it faster, no need for a mouse whatsoever… With themes you can even make it look more like Spotlight.
Spotlight can’t integrate with Soulver. For me that makes Alfred insanely good.
@@edvard_r yeah im all for stock features, but for some reason spotlight is slower than Alfred. its basically the same for me except faster. kind of like how I use safari, but safari always misses suggestions. like I type: "you" and hit enter and I hit enter before it finds RUclips. chrome finds it instantly. but I still use safari.
thanks for proposing IINA, i just gave it a try and i like it more than VLC or Elmedia
Great video. I had Alfred in the OS 8 days and it always broke when Apple updated it's OS. I remember the scars. Maybe worth checking again.
After a long time, a real ‘QUINN’ video from Quinn. Thank you mate!
Quinn: I never pirate content
Also Quinn: Has Sonarr, Radarr and Lidarr bookmarked :D
What do these do?
They can just be used to organizer files. More incriminating is NZBPlanet and Sabnzbd.
The Ferris Buller Bluray file as well...
Alfred's snippets features are SOOOO useful when you're a developer.
You should try IINA for video playback btw. It's super quick and lightweight.
Snazzy is always improving my life. Thank you!!
was waiting for this for a long time
Actually TRIM is enabled by default in all the Macs with SSDs; it's not a feature that comes with Sensei, that allows only to switch it on and off without using the command line
Better touch tool is a necessity for me; gives me control over everything my mac does (and doesn't do). It also includes better snap tool. Custom touchbar, custom keyboard shortcuts, custom everything. Try it out I love it.
AMAAAAZING video. Great man. Keep it up!
I've been watching Mac app videos for years but yours is the first to get me to actually download so many! Great list 🤙
Cheers!
14:43
Windows-type snapping was actually patented by Microsoft a long time ago, Apple couldn’t copy it if they wanted to
In my view, snapping is the only way to do window management, everything else is just junk....
Janne Boman true- good thing we had free and cheap apps which bring that functionality.
then how does every linux distro on the planet do it?
If you press command return instead of just return in Spotlight it will reveal file in Finder instead of opening. That’s been a standard feature since pretty much every version of Spotlight after Tiger.
Yes I needed this video in my life, team safari 💪🏽
A big pleasure from here, thank you for this productiv video.
i will say there are some of the app's I've will loving to use ❤️
Just bought Sensei after seeing it in this video - amazing app!
in appstore?
good list, Alfred is awesome. I also really like DaisyDisk. It's just a nice looking simple app to show me everything on my drives. I know this is in a totally different direction than the video was going but if you want a GREAT bill keeper / tracker CHRONICLE is fantastic. uses icloud to sync to iOS and has been absolutely rock solid for me. can Not live without Chronicle
I love that you mentioned MacTracker many friends ask me for help about their Apple devices. I used MacTracker since 2012. Absolutely love.
Some of my must-haves you’d didn’t mention:
- Bartender to clean up my menu bar (SetApp)
- AppCleaner to uninstall apps (easy, free, Edit: you mentioned it)
- Tooth Fairy to easily connect to Bluetooth devices with ONE click in the menu bar. Can’t live without it!
- Fantastical for calendar. It’s such a great calendar app, with its menu bar calendar and fast natural language processing. macOS/iOS/iPadOS syncing. Best calendar.
- The native macOS sticky notes app (like digital post-its)
- Pipifier (one click Picture in Picture in Safari)
Edvard Rølvaag at 22:26 he mentions appcleaner
Mišo Ranuša yes, I knew that actually. I just edited the first line in my comment to “didn’t mention” from “my favorites”. 🙈
Fantastical used to be an app I recommended but their change to the subscription model was just crazy for a calendar app, and not worth it in my view. The other apps you recommend are pretty cool though.
I was here when this video was still processing.
RUclips commenters are proud of some of the weirdest shit.
@@TryMyMartini It's indeed weird if you take the internet even a little bit seriously haha
The Verge? The guys that invented "tweezers"
The vereg
Thanks for mention the Notion! Love it!
For months I pondered on whether I should get Alfred or not.. and today I watched this video and the selling point for me was the fact that I can locate file locations with it without it opening the app.. wow. Spotlight is annoying when I have to locate the folder a file is in!! Thank you Snazzy for showing this to me!!
"Spotlight is a really handy application" Oh boy I know what's coming.
14:51 I think that Microsoft has a pattent on window snapping at least that's what I think I head on LTT
Most recently, HazeOver and Bartender 3. HazeOver is one of those apps you don’t even realise you needed until you try it, then you question how you even managed to survive without it. It’s super simple, it just dims the screen behind the app you are using, letting you focus on just that app. And as macOS as got flatter and blander in its windows and look, apps can easily get lost when you have a whole bunch open. HazeOver fixes that really simply and elegantly.
Bartender 3 is just a tidy up for the menu bar icons, letting you hide the ones you don’t need to see all the time. Mine was getting so cluttered and I really only need to see/access 2 or 3 for the most part, so this lets me hide all the others and still access them with either a single click or a keystroke.
What perfect timing I just put a new ssd in my old MacBook Pro late last night and I was watching your other older video on this topic! Just woke up to this one :) yahoo
Great list. I’m surprised Apple hasn’t purchased Alfred...yet (or the unarchiver).😳
Never heard of Snazzy Labs. It reminds me of AirTable though. Looks interesting.
Magnet is also a good find. I’ve been using Spectacle (using keyboard shortcuts). I’ll be looking into Magnet.
Thanks!
Rectangle is a Free version of magnet with keyboard shortcuts and snap functionality
@@rishad5539 Nice!
The reason window snapping is different on macOS than on Windows is because Microsoft has patented the technology
Håvar Ingmund Henriksen Ubuntu can do it and it’s free. Apple just doesn’t care let’s be real here
Hùng Phạm I’m. It sure it’s that simple. LTT did a video on it and that was indeed the reason they said they found out. Could be wrong though.
Ubuntu may just be small fry and not worth Microsofts time- let’s be real here.
Ubuntu and other OSS can do it the same reason ubuntu can read USB thumb drives, that are almost universally formatted using a patented microsoft file system, because of a patent group that microsoft is a part of that lets purely open source (as defined by the OSI) software use their patents for free.
Then how come a paid app is allowed to SELL that functionality? Surely it would be very illegal if they were selling a technology that someone else has patented?
@@5yuoxzdgqspjhxswwazhyo227 Because they're small enough that Microsoft don't care. They're a fraction of the size of Ubuntu or GNOME.
Man you worked really hard on this. I hope you keep growing man. Wish I could subscribe twice
Thanks dude!
Thanks for sharing this!
Mine are: 1Blocker (I like to think it's better then Adguard), Copied, Fantastical, Macs Fan Control, Magnet, Amphetamine, DaisyDisk, The Unarchiver, Elmedia Player (the paid version is god sent), Folx (download from their website, not the App Store version, if you want to be able to download torrents), Authy, PDF Expert, Calcbot, Sip (Colour picker), Atom (Electron), Pocket Cast (Just a web wrap, but still amazing podcast app for macOS), Spark (Email), iA Written, Sketch (Think Adobe XD copied Sketch), Affinity (Designer, Photo and Publisher, amazing suite of creative apps). This about does it, among these I have DaVinci Resolve Studio, Final Cut Pro X, Motion (Apple), Handbrake, and yes, because I need most of them for work, Adobe (Premiere Pro, Audition, Animation, Illustrator, Media Encoder, and Photoshop). The Adobe apps are unfortunately necessary evil.
Good selection. I have a lot of these. You should check out Yoink, DefaultfolderX pop clip and Swish.
@@makasete30 Just bought Yoing, it's so fine useful when researching for a script/essay. Default Folder is so damn expensive, I like it, but can't justify the price. pop clip is a bit meh to me. I tried swish as well, I keep making mistakes on where I want to put the window, so for me Magnet makes more sense as window manager :D But Doing I really enjoy, thanks for that one!
NTFS for Mac is really helpful if you use Windows and macos as it allows you to write on NTFS drives using MacOS.
I think you covered this one in a previous video, Vanilla. It really cleaned up my menu bar and I've recommended it others because of you.
These Mac videos you do have made my life so much easier. just thank you so much
Cheers!
Wish you'd indexed this. This video is crying out for that. :-) (especially for follow-up viewing)
done
OMG, you pay for so many apps! :O
Good for you, I feel guilty if I subscribe to Netflix and Spotify xD
Love these!
Most informative apple video ive ever seen. I will absolutely check out several of these apps.
I just got OpenCore macOS High Sierra for my AMD Ryzen pc. So these'll come useful :D
Why dont catalina?
I have an Nvidia GTX 1050ti as my GPU, so High Sierra is the max for me.
Oh, so you press the alt-right, do you?
Beck when I used macOS I had some of these installed but I didn’t realize exactly how powerful Alfred is.
I am on Linux yet I still watch them to see if I can get something! The brew one was great and I can't wait for more!
Apps after getting featured in Snazzy Labs' video :
*STONKS* ↗️
Great list, but I'd definitely recommend IINA over Elmedia Video Player
I tried the Pro version (included in SetApp) and I wasn't very impressed. IINA does pretty much the same, looks better and more native, seems to perform better with 4K 10-bit color HEVC files and it's FOSS to boot.
I'd also recommend Keka over the Unarchiver, it has a better design IMO and it also CREATES archives.
Brilliant video!
Congrats on the engagement!!! 🥰
I can live without a Mac, thanks for coming to my Ted talk.
Can we get a whole video on Alfred??
Yeah this. I feel like Snazzy could really do it justice and show how good it is with all the options.
I just love this video a lot and the comment section for being so awesomely not basic with Mac, I’m tired of the same crappy tutorials showcasing the same apps, I needed some of this.
One of my absolute favorite mac app right now is Bartender, since I have a crap ton of login items that just run in the menu bar. Im also a big fan of Ubersicht. Getting fully customizable widgets on your desktop is a must have.
Next video title: Worst Mac Apps I can live without
PS. You should hire me I have really good ideas like the one above
dont use magnet!!!! use rectangle, its free and open source and has G A P S
Bettertouchtools.....
thanks, i didn't want to pay 3$ for magnet and i also prefer opensource software
How do you enable gaps?
Elmedia Video Player seems nice (and I’ll give it a try!), but I am definitely partial to IINA. Modern design & super lightweight but with just enough power user features for me. (And it’s free & open source, too!)
Man, I thought I knew most of these but.. Notion, looks so much better than what we use. Going to possibly switch, thanks!!
4:05 I can go press Alt-Right
Uh oh
Quinn: "I never pirate content" 13:27
Also Quinn: Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986 BluRay 10.08GB 22:46
And the Safari sidebar with sonarr and radarr...
Loved how the little "Ad in 5,4,3 ..." popped up while you were explaining Ad Guard 😁
I’ve had MacTracker on my iPhone for a while now, it’s really really helpful when buying Mac’s on eBay. You can easily compare CPU’s and performance.
I never knew there was an iOS version!
Mac doesn't have window snapping because Microsoft owns the patent. LTT mentioned it in a video.
Swish is so much better
DAMN IT QUINN! You Nailed it again! Great Video👍!
Thanks dude!
Today I was thinking “hmmm Quinn hasn’t uploaded in a while, I hope he uploads something soon” and HERE I AM.
Mactracker also lets you record all your Apple devices, their serial numbers, MAC addresses, purchase dates, inventory numbers, warranty status, etc.
awesome video!
Albert is a great alternative to Alfred for Linux :DD
Also Etcher is fantastic
I can’t live without this content
A1 video! Thanks a lot!
Daisydisk - cba to describe but simply put it’s the best disk analyser I’ve ever used. Best ui, one time purchase for paid version and very powerful
Definitely agree. That’s the app to get for freeing up space on the hard drive.
Thanks for showing me Alfred. Funny story - I have a magnifying glass and a pork pie hat I've never put on. I downloaded the app...looked in the corner and started laughing. I admit to putting the hat on and grabbing the hand glass before launching Alfred. Thanks for the app and laugh.
Great video as always, can you make a video just on Alfred?
Huge treasure trove here. Thanks for sharing.
Dude Tovala for life. So glad I saw your app video.
Balena has a great UI and works well, however I wish they'd update the CLI, the GUI uses electron and is incredibly heavy.
“They say these types of thumbnail work, so here’s me in an awkward pose” Quinn Nelson
Great video Quinn! Do you have any recommendations for personal finance Mac apps? I'd love to know what tools you use for this.
I just use QuickBooks Online.
Best app on Setapp is Slidepad, it's just a slideover window, but it means you don't have to have a separate space for many of the webapps and places in windows or on separate desktops, they are just s swipe or keyboard shortcut away. I even the toggle set to one my extra mouse buttons I use it that much.
I would also recommend Typeface for better font management and PDF Squeezer which just shrinks your PDF size down with some customization. Both of these are also on Setapp.
Then other recommendation outside Setapp would be DaisyDisk, literally the best storage viewer for seeing where stuff is stored on your hard drive.
The Alfred iOS control app is awesome. I build macros in Apple’s Automator and/or Keyboard Maestro and trigger them remotely in Alfred for iOS.
Do you any in-depth videos on alfred? I've stared using it, on your recommendation, and loving it. I still want to learn more about it.
Quinn, would you consider going further in-depth on how you made your Notion pages, also possibly providing us a download template if you'd be so kind? :)
His whole RUclips section was about 95% stolen from Thomas Frank's free template which you can get online, and he has a couple of videos about. Just Google 'Thomas Frank Notion templates' 🙂
Yeah, Mactracker is really handy for looking up tech specs of all Apple devices, and I use it surprisingly often. It's a bit foolish, I know, but I've made a list of all Macs and Apple stuff I've ever owned in my life (including my Newton 2100 I still own). I like it a lot!
Great apps thank you!
As a new Mac user, Magnet will be an app I'll get once my new MacBook comes in. Thank you for the video.
Great video 👏👏👏👏
Cheers!
Great video Quinn. For Alfred, do you recommend purchasing the Powerpack?
I love Notion used to use it where I worked ( software dev office ) I basically use it as a cross-platform notes app now but I would defo use it in an office setting again
I had to pause the video at 5:50 to install Alfred and read a bit about how to use it. OMG, this is so exciting and what I was always hoping to get from spotlight. Usually I need to know the location of a file, and opening the file is not as helpful as knowing it's location.
I just found your channel and you may have to take out a TRO on me because I’m spending so much time here.
Will you do a run down on Mailbutler and Sunsama?
I always want ro get rid of Mailbutler but keep going back to it for their invisible “ your email’s been read” feature and snooze and call-back features that no one else seems to have. Dammit.
Sunsama is fantastic all around, and I’d love to hear your instruction on it.
Thanks for all your videos. I’ll go back to lurking in the bushes now.
The finale of We Are Who We Are premieres tonight, and I'm missing them already.
I've got Sensei , love it, defo worth the added cost
Thanks for the video Quinn. A number that I'll check out - as a retired IT guy, I don't need the workflow and team apps (hurrah!). Alfred, ApolloOne, Elmedia and Magnet jump out at me.
One for you - Roon from Roonlabs to enrich your music experience. Use it with Qobuz and it's fantastic (I use Tidal). There are good RUclips reviews from John Darko and Hans Beekhuyzen on the software.
One of your better, informative vids! I only wish you had listed the apps individually in the data section as some were no-shows on the display == stop; rewind; replay to catch the text. That would make it no only useful now but also as a saved resource.