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Best Mac Apps 2020: Top 20 Apps Every Mac User NEEDS
I've been a satisfied Mac user for over
10 years now and I want you to feel the
same way half of that happiness comes
from the apps that you actually use not
just the operating system so well the
best things about Mac is that they have
some amazing apps that you can use and
some of these I've used for years some
of them are fairly new but they are all
very useful thanks to CleanMyMac expert
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right into this list going in
alphabetical order at some point every
Mac user will need to edit photos and
instead of paying $10 a month for
Photoshop you can get affinity photo for
a one-time fee and it does almost
everything that Photoshop can do it
comes with a massive tool set designed
for creative professionals whether
you're doing minor editing and
retouching images or creating full-blown
multi-layered compositions it most
likely has all the power and performance
you'll need in a photo editing app for
your Mac I use this when designing my
YouTube thumbnails and it's been great
so far so if you want a powerful yet
easy to use photo editor and you don't
want to be locked into Adobe's monthly
subscription check out affinity photo
next is the ultimate productivity app if
you've ever seen Batman you'll know his
handy assistant named Alfred well that's
exactly what this is but for your Mac
Alfred is an application launcher at its
core and it can replace spotlight search
on your Mac but it does a lot more than
that with things like hot keys keywords
text expansion and more with it you can
quickly search your Mac and the web and
be more productive with custom actions
that you set yourself best of all it's
free even though you can pay for an
optional upgrade some of the main
features include launching any
application with a quick shortcut
performing calculations and spelling
checks in the search bar itself and
quickly controlling your Mac by doing
things like emptying the trash starting
the screensaver restarting shutting down
ejecting a drive and more get Alfred if
you're serious about productivity and
fetta mean is not what you're thinking
it's one of my most used Mac apps and
it's very simple you have very useful it
does one simple task it keeps your Mac
awake and optionally the display through
a super simple on/off button or
automatically through easy to configure
triggers an amphetamine includes
advanced features for those who need
them yet remains simple to use for those
who don't need all the bells and
whistles you can quickly start a no
sleep session for your Mac with one
click on embed it means menu icon you
can set it to stay awake indefinitely
for a specified amount of time or until
a certain time or for certain conditions
like while a file is downloading or
while a specific app is running or many
other custom triggers and of course it's
100% free
Backblaze is one of the most important
apps you can get for your Mac if you
want to avoid the heartache of losing
any of your important documents or files
for just five bucks a month on their
annual plan you'll get unlimited cloud
backup of all your files not only does
it back up all your Mac's data but it
also backs up any connected external
drives and it's all covered under the
unlimited plan for me this is essential
because I have multiple external hard
drives that add up to over 20 terabytes
and Backblaze automatically backs up all
of it and for some reason my hard drives
crashed I could recover and download all
my data immediately it also has strong
security so I trust my data is safe
having back plays definitely keeps my
mind at ease
next is be focused in it's based on one
of my favorite productivity tips called
the Pomodoro Technique which is a time
management method that uses a timer to
break down work into intervals usually
25 minutes in length separated by short
breaks it's a very effective way to
retain focus on whatever you're doing
the app lets you create tasks configure
breaks and track your progress
throughout the day week or custom period
it lets you customize your work interval
duration the number of intervals between
breaks and has the ability to start
pause or skip a work interval if you
want to maximize your productivity
definitely check it out
cheat sheet say that five times fast
cheat sheet is a free app that lets you
quickly view the keyboard shortcuts of
the active app you have opened we all
know keyboard shortcuts are much faster
than using the mouse but sometimes it's
hard to remember all the keyboard
shortcuts for a particular app for
example if I'm in Final Cut Pro which is
my video editor of choice with chichi
installed all I have to do is hold the
command key down for about five seconds
and it shows me a list of all the active
keyboard shortcuts for the current
application super simple but very
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speaking of storage space this next step
is an oldie but goodie Dropbox if you
need some free cloud storage that syncs
with all your devices and is accessible
from the web Dropbox is one of your best
options I've been using it for years and
when installed on your Mac it gives you
a folder on your Mac that stays synced
with the cloud so that all your files in
that folder will be accessible from
anywhere even from your phone or tablet
it's also a quick and easy solution for
sharing documents and files with other
people another app I've been using for
years and one of my favorite apps of all
time is Evernote this is like Dropbox
but for notes it's your own virtual
notebook that syncs to the cloud and is
accessible from nearly any device I pay
for Evernote premium but the free
version works incredibly well for most
people if you want to quickly save
access and organize all of your most
important ideas and thoughts this is a
must-have app for your Mac one of the
most popular questions I get is answered
with this app called flume which is an
Instagram app for your Mac the pro
version lets you upload photos and
videos to your Instagram directly from
your Mac you can also use it to switch
between multiple Instagram accounts view
your feed and ultimately use your Mac to
manage your Instagram highly recommended
if you are constantly moving videos and
photos to your iPhone for Instagram this
will save you a lot of time a helium is
a neat free app that really only has one
feature it lets you keep a floating
browser on top of all your open windows
at all times it's perfect for watching
videos while you do other tasks on your
Mac the helium window will never fall
behind your other windows even as you
switch tasks it allows you to
simultaneously see your content and your
work and what's really cool it does not
intercept mouse clicks when it's in
translucent mode so you can still click
drag and scroll behind the floating
content it's certainly useful if you are
a multitasker now this app is the newest
app I've downloaded out of all the apps
on this list it's called eine iina it's
a free open source lightweight modern
media player for Mac OS for years I use
VLC as my go-to media player but VLC's
interface has always been a bit outdated
so I switched to eine and it does work
great so far it's designed with the look
and feel of the latest Mac OS versions
while integrating the latest features
like force touch touch bar
picture-in-picture and dark mode and
best of all it can play pretty much any
media file you throw at it next up is
something everybody needs
past which is my go-to password manager
I switched to last past last year
because it offers all the features that
I need in its free version and when it
comes to remembering passwords having a
password manager create and remember
strong unique passwords is a lifesaver
when choosing a password manager you
want one that is secure with strong
encryption and one that is easy to use
on all your devices
LastPass that's both of these things
very well it's able to encrypt and
decrypt at the local device level and
the free version has unlimited access on
all your devices which is a huge plus
pocket is an underrated app it lets you
easily save any webpage for future
reference so if you want to save a blog
post article or video for later this is
the perfect app for that with pocket you
can quickly save anything from the web
and access it at anytime on any device
it also formats articles into easy
distraction free readings so you can
even read them offline it also lets you
tag and organize all the webpages you
save so you can quickly find and sort
through them the hard part is actually
remembering to go back and read it what
you've saved I have things in there from
years ago that I haven't read yet a
rectangle is one of those apps that
shouldn't exist but because the feature
should already be built into the Mac OS
but alas it's not it's a free
open-source app that lets you move in
resize windows in Mac OS using keyboard
shortcuts or snap areas similar to
what's been in Microsoft Windows for
years now
not sure why Apple hasn't added this
feature yet I used to use magnet which
works great but rectangle is free and
does the job just as well it was so hard
to finally choose a to-do app because
there are so many I use one a list but
it's discontinued so I settled on
todoist after seeing the positive
reviews and it's worked out well well
for me so far it's an intuitive to-do
app to let you quickly capture and
organize tasks you can use it to
remember deadlines with reminders and
due dates build lasting habits with
recurring due dates
collaborate on projects by assigning
tasks to others prioritize your tasks
with priority levels track your progress
with personalized productivity trends
and best of all it is free and available
on any device screens is an awesome app
that lets you remotely access your Mac
from anywhere and control it from the
comfort of wherever you are in the world
I used to use TeamViewer for this which
is a good free alternative but if you
want something optimized for a Mac go
with screens it's fast secure and
reliable with some great features like
curtain mode which keeps your Mac
desktop hidden while accessing it
sharing files between Macs via
drag-and-drop clipboard sharing and
multiple display support it's a
must-have if you travel frequently or
just need to access your Mac from
anywhere
smart converter has been my go-to Mac
Video Converter for years it's free and
easy to use and it's quite fast smart
converter can handle hundreds of file
types and converts them so they play on
your favorite devices I use it a lot to
convert MOV to mp4 when I want to upload
videos to Twitter because Twitter is
very particular about their video
requirements you can also convert audio
files and add your converter files to
iTunes automatically if you want just
drag your file into smart converter
select an output preset and click
convert it's that easy this next step is
probably the most boring app on this
list but it's something you want to have
when you need it
the unarchive er is a small and easy to
use program that can unarchive or unzip
many different kinds of archived files
such as zip rar 7-zip tar and gzip all
of which sound like the names of
SoundCloud wrappers it will also open
many older formats it will even open
other kinds of files like ISO and bin
disk images and some windows exe
installers it's just a useful utility
app for your Mac and last but not least
unclutter gives you a convenient place
on your desktop for storing notes files
and clipboard items it's pretty easy to
use just move your mouse to the very top
of your screen and scroll down from here
you can drag items from other
applications to the top of the screen to
store them in the unclutter app being
just one gesture unclutter becomes a
surprisingly helpful tool for your Mac
it's actually three tools in one file
storage to keep your desktop clean from
temporary files notes to write down
something quickly and a clipboard
manager to track what you copy and paste
so those are my top 20 best Mac apps
that every Mac user should have did I
miss any let me know in the comments
below I hope this helped you out all the
links to these apps are in the
description below my name is Andy thank
you for watching and I will talk to you
in the next one
