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# 💻 macOS Apps and Enhancements

Apple Silicon native macOS apps, tools and enhancements. 



| Legend              	| Icon          		| Description                                       	|

| -------------       	| ------------- 	  | -------------                                     	|

| Paid                	| 💰           		  | App is paid, or requires in app purchase to be useful|

| I use this          	| ⭐️            		| It works well enough for me to use               		|



## 🤝 Contributing

Pull request!



## 📖 Categories

- [Audio Utilities](#-Audio-Utilities)

- [Browsers](#-Browsers)

- [Display Customization](#-Display-Customization)

- [Gaming](#-Gaming)

- [Media Utilities](#-Media-Utilities)

- [Menu Bar Enhancements](#-Menu-Bar-Enhancements)

- [Peripheral Utilities](#-Peripheral-Utilities)

- [Productivity Apps](#-Productivity-Apps)

- [Safari Extensions](#-Safari-Extensions)

- [Security Tools](#-Security-Tools)

- [System Tools](https://github.com/SoloUnity/macos-apps-and-enhancements/blob/main/README.md#%EF%B8%8F-system-tools)

- [Text Editors](#-Text-Editors)

- [Touch Bar Enhancements](#-Touch-Bar-Enhancements)

- [Windows Management](#-Windows-Management)



## The Stuff



### 🎧 Audio Utilities

- [BackgroundMusic](https://github.com/kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic/releases) | Individual app volume control

- [Beardie](https://github.com/Stillness-2/beardie) | Intelligently reroute your macs pause key to a music player + media control commands

- [BlackHole](https://existential.audio/blackhole/) | Very simple audio driver for routing audio between apps

- [Ocenaudio](https://www.ocenaudio.com) | Easy, fast and powerful audio editor

- [💰 AudioHijack](https://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/) | Highly configurable audio recording from apps

- [💰 AudioWrangler](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/audiowrangler/id1565701763?mt=12) | Auto priority based input / output switching on device connection

- [💰 Loopback](https://rogueamoeba.com/loopback/) | Audio driver and user interface for highly flexible audio routing

- [💰 Piezo](https://rogueamoeba.com/piezo/) | Super simple way to record audio from apps

- [💰 SoundSource](https://rogueamoeba.com/soundsource/) | Individual app volume control



### 🔎 Browsers

- [⭐️ Arc](https://arc.net) | A beautifully designed, mac conscious, chromium browser

- [Orion](https://browser.kagi.com) | Webkit based and safari inspired browser with chrome and firefox extensions



### 🖥 Display Customization

- [MonitorControl](https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl#readme) | Control display's brightness & volume as if it was a native Apple Display

- [ScreenSavers](https://github.com/agarrharr/awesome-macos-screensavers) | Curated list of macOS screensavers

- [Übersicht](http://tracesof.net/uebersicht/) | Desktop modifications, like rainmeter but on macOS

- [💰 Hologram](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hologram-desktop/id1529001798?mt=12) | Hologram transforms your desktop with amazing wallpapers and widgets for Mac!

- [💰 iWallpaper](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/iwallpaper-live-wallpaper/id1552826194?mt=12) | Wallpaper engine for mac

- [💰 Live Wallpaper](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/live-wallpaper-themes-4k/id1456235760?mt=12) | Similar to Wallpaper Engine, dynamic wallpapers

- [💰⭐️ Lunar](https://lunar.fyi) | Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external monitors



### 🎮 Gaming

- [Dolphin Ctrl Server](https://github.com/apexskier/dolphin-controller) | Server to use phone as controller in dolphin emulator

- [Dolphin Emulator](https://dolphin-emu.org) | Wii and gamecube emulator

- [Lunar Client](https://www.lunarclient.com/download/) | Minecraft client that runs natively on apple silicon

- [PrismLauncher](https://prismlauncher.org) | Minecraft launcher for modded minecraft that runs natively on apple silicon

- [PlayCover](https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover) | Sideload and run iOS apps like genshin + Keyboard mapping

- [SwiftCord](https://github.com/SwiftcordApp/Swiftcord) | A macos native implementation of discord



### 🎥 Media Utilities

- [IINA+](https://github.com/iina-plus) | IINA media player with additional features and bug fixes

- [HandBrake](https://handbrake.fr) | Converting and compressing video files

- [Infuse](https://firecore.com/infuse) | Video player supporting HDR and spatial audio

- [Utai](https://github.com/toto-minai/Utai) | Mp3 file tagger

- [💰 ff·Works 3](https://www.ffworks.net) | A Comprehensive Media Tool for macOS



### 📊 Menu Bar Enhancements

- [Hidden Bar](https://github.com/dwarvesf/hidden) | Basic click and hide menu bar icons

- [⭐️ Ice](https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice) | Powerful menu bar manager for macOS

- [MenubarX](https://menubarx.app) | A browser in your menu bar

- [PlayStatus](https://github.com/nbolar/PlayStatus) | macOS app that allows the control of music playback from the menu bar

- [Vanilla](https://matthewpalmer.net/vanilla/) | Basic click and hide menu bar icons



### 🖱 Peripheral Utilities

- [Mos](https://mos.caldis.me) | Reverses the mouse scroll direction without reversing the trackpad, plus smooth scrolling 

- [CameraController](https://github.com/Itaybre/CameraController) | Control exposure and color settings on external USB webcams

- [Ears](https://clickontyler.com/ears/download/) | Audio input/output switcher based on commands

- [LinearMouse](https://linearmouse.org) | Disables mouse acceleration and some other mouse settings

- [⭐️ MacMouseFix](https://mousefix.org/) | A simple way to make your mouse better

- [💰⭐️ AirBuddy](https://v2.airbuddy.app/?ref=bradleychambers2) | iOS-like airpods device animation, connect with commands

- [💰 Better Mouse](https://better-mouse.com) | Aims to replace 3rd party mouse drivers

- [💰 SteerMouse](http://www.plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/index.html) | Control mouse settings on a hardware level

- [💰 Magic Switch](https://magic-switch.com) | Allows you to switch your Magic Mouse, Magic Keyboard & Magic Trackpad between multiple Macs with different Apple IDs



### 👨‍💻 Productivity Apps

- [⭐️ Alfred](https://www.alfredapp.com) | Replaces spotlight, instant app/files/folder/web search, see [Alfred Powerpack](#Alfred-Powerpack)

- [Amphetamine](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/amphetamine/id937984704?mt=12) | Utility to prevent your Mac from sleeping based on timers, conditions, etc.

- [Flow](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/flow-focus-pomodoro-timer/id1423210932) | Pomodoro studying timer

- [⭐️ OwlOCR](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/owlocr-screenshot-to-text/id1499181666?mt=12) | OCR (Screenshot to output) for text, can convert unsearchable pdfs to searchable

- [⭐️ Motrix](https://motrix.app) | Download manager and speed booster

- [⭐️ Tinkertool](https://www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerTool.html) | Terminal commands in a gui, advanced macOS settings

- [App Fair](https://appfair.app) | GUI interface for all of homebrew casks (apps)

- [AutoFocus](https://github.com/synappser/AutoFocus) | Automatically raise windows to prominence through your mouse

- [Figr](https://www.figr.app) | Unit conversion tool

- [Maccy](https://maccy.app) | Clipboard manager

- [Raycast](https://www.raycast.com) | Replaces spotlight with a great extension store

- [💰 Forklift](https://binarynights.com) |  File Manager and FTP/SFTP/WebDAV/Amazon S3 client

- [💰 Hazeover](https://hazeover.com) | Dim the entire windows except for the app in focus

- [💰 Transmit](https://panic.com/transmit/) |  File Manager and FTP/SFTP/WebDAV/Amazon S3 client



### 🧭 Safari Extensions

- [⭐️ Adguard for Safari](https://adguard.com/en/adguard-safari/overview.html) | Free and open source, highly customizable and lightning fast ad blocking extension.

- [⭐️ Auto HD + FPS for Youtube](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/auto-hd-fps-for-youtube/id1546729687) | Automatically sets quality, fps and video mode for Youtube

- [Pippo]( https://goodsnooze.gumroad.com/l/pippo) | Add media controls to picture in picture

- [Scribens](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/scribens-for-safari/id1541809406?mt=12) | Great free alternative to grammarly

- [💰⭐️ DarkReader](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/dark-reader-for-safari/id1438243180?mt=12) | Automatically makes websites dark, purchase syncs across the Apple ecosystem

- [💰⭐️ SponsorBlock](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/sponsorblock-for-youtube/id1573461917?mt=12) | Skips sponsor spots in YouTube, paid means the app is ready to run from the get go

- [💰 Vinegar](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/vinegar-tube-cleaner/id1591303229) | Enable 1080p youtube on mobile, turns youtube video player into default apple player

- [💰 Wipr](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/wipr/id1320666476?mt=12) | Wipr blocks all ads, trackers, cryptocurrency miners, EU cookie and GDPR notices, and other annoyances



### 🔒 Security Tools

- [BLEUnlock](https://github.com/ts1/BLEUnlock) | Lock/unlock your Mac with your iPhone, Apple Watch, or any other Bluetooth LE devices

- [Cryptomator](https://cryptomator.org) | A client-side encryption app

- [KnockKnock](https://objective-see.com/products/knockknock.html) | Find persistently installed programs and malware on your computer

- [Lulu](https://objective-see.com/products/lulu.html) | Open source firewall to block incoming and outgoing connections

- [OverSight](https://objective-see.com/products/oversight.html) | OverSight monitors a mac's mic and webcam, alerting the user when the internal mic or camera is activated

- [Pareto Security](https://github.com/ParetoSecurity/pareto-mac) | Automatically audit your Mac for basic security hygiene



### ⚙️ System Tools

- [⭐️ AppCleaner](https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/) | Finds and removes random miscellaneous files when you delete an app

- [⭐️ MediaMate](https://wouter01.github.io/MediaMate/) | Fresh visuals for Volume, Brightness and Now Playing.

- [⭐️ Silicon](https://github.com/DigiDNA/Silicon) | Simple app to check if an app is native on Apple Silicon / m1

- [⭐️ The Unarchiver](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/the-unarchiver/id425424353?mt=12) | Unarchiver / uncompressor for compressed files of all types

- [CoconutBattery](https://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/) | Macos and iOS battery health information

- [⭐️ Dockey](https://dockey.publicspace.co) | Advanced macOS dock options

- [⭐️ Onyx](https://www.titanium-software.fr/en/onyx.html) | General system cleanup 

- [Shifty](https://shifty.natethompson.io/en/) | Advanced night shift controls

- [Swift Quit](https://swiftquit.com) | Quits apps when clicking the red button

- [💰 Ejectify](https://ejectify.app) | Automatically eject and mount drives on sleep and wake, useful for external drives



### 📝 Text Editors

- [CotEditor](https://coteditor.com) |  Lightweight plain-text editor for macOS

- [bbedit](https://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/) |  OG text editor

- [Textmate](https://macromates.com) |  Editor that brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors

- [💰 SublimeText](http://www.sublimetext.com) |  Sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose



### 👉 Touch Bar Enhancements

- [MuseBar](https://github.com/planecore/MuseBar) | Spotify / Apple Music album art and swipe controls in the control strip

- [HapticKey](https://github.com/niw/HapticKey) | Haptic physical feedback from the Touch Bar

- [Pock](https://pock.app) | Dock and widgets inside of the Touch Bar

- [💰 BetterTouchTools](https://folivora.ai) | Advanced Touch Bar widgets, gesture, scripts and more



### 🌌 Windows Management

- [Rectangle](https://rectangleapp.com) | Drag windows to the side or use commands to tile them, supports extensions

- [AltTab](https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app) | Windows 11 like CMD-Tab enhancement

- [Amethyst](https://ianyh.com/amethyst/) | Automatic tiling window manager for macOS à la xmonad

- [Tiles](https://freemacsoft.net/tiles/) | Drag windows to the side or use commands to tile them 

- [Yabai](https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai) | A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning

- [💰⭐️ Magnet](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/magnet/id441258766?mt=12) | Essentially a paid version of Tiles

- [💰 Swish](https://highlyopinionated.co/swish/) | Trackpad based windows tiling along with commands

- [💰 Wins](https://wins.cool) | A Brand New Window Manager for macOS. Bring System-level Arrange Window features to Mac. Dock Window Previewer.Shake to hide other windows. Floating Split Window and more