Mac apps
Roundups of the Mac apps and tools worth knowing about.
Must-Have Mac Apps for Developers (2026)
The Mac apps I install first on any dev machine: terminal, editor, launcher, Homebrew, window manager, DB client, HTTP debugger, Git app, and NotchBay.
Maccy: The Free, Open-Source Mac Clipboard Manager
Maccy is a free, open-source clipboard manager for macOS. What it does, whether it is safe, free or paid, and where a notch tray fits instead.
Top 10 Free Mac Apps That Feel Like Paid Software
Ten genuinely free Mac apps with paid-tier polish: Raycast, Maccy, Ice, Rectangle, Shottr, IINA and more, with what the free tier really covers.
New MacBook? The Apps to Install First (2026 Setup)
A sane first-hour setup for a new MacBook: the launcher, clipboard, window manager and menu bar picks, in the order they pay off.
Menu Bar Apps for Developers: A Working Mac Setup
The menu bar and utility apps that survive a developer workflow: Stats, Ghostty, Raycast, MonitorControl, plus the notch as build-status glass.
Best Menu Bar Apps for Mac: The Bar Worth Keeping
The menu bar apps that earn their pixels: managers, monitors, calendars, and the notch question every crowded bar runs into eventually.
The Best Mac Apps in 2026, Chosen by a Mac Developer
The Mac apps actually worth installing in 2026: launchers, clipboard, windows, menu bar, screenshots. Curated picks with the reasoning shown.
Best Mac Apps for Designers Who Live on a MacBook
Pixelmator Pro, CleanShot, Shottr, color and window tools: the design-adjacent Mac apps that earn dock space, picked by a product designer.
Best Clipboard Managers for Mac, Honestly Compared
Maccy, Paste, Raycast history and the notch tray compared: retention, search, images, price model, and which fits how you actually copy.
Clipboard History on Mac: Why a Notch Tray Works (2026)
macOS still gives you one clipboard slot. How menu bar managers, full clipboard apps, and a tray in the notch compare, and when each one wins.
The Best Mac Notch Apps in 2026, Compared Honestly
NotchBay, boring.notch, NotchNook and Alcove side by side: what each one actually does with the MacBook notch, and which to pick.
