The best macOS apps of 2017 according to Lifehacker

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

The most useful Mac tools that came out in 2017.

Pixelmator Pro

New, professional version of the popular graphics editor. The developers have completely rewritten the application, making it even more powerful and beautiful. Pixelmator Pro's strengths include a new interface, lossless image editing, machine learning, and powerful color correction and paint functionality.

IINA

The free open source player with a modern design has every chance of displacing VLC as the leader in third-party media players. IINA has a huge number of settings, it supports all popular formats, and can also play streaming video from any services and works in picture-in-picture mode.

Wallpaper Wizard

With Wallpaper Wizard, you can forget about looking for your desktop wallpaper. The utility will provide a stock of images for every taste and will allow you to change them at least every five minutes. The trick of Wallpaper Wizard is playlists, where you can add your favorite pictures for cyclic change. In addition, the app has updatable curated selections as well as easy sorting by category.

Caret

Caret's minimalistic text editor is focused on maximizing your productivity. With extensive support for Markdown, it allows you to create texts of any complexity, including replete with formulas, footnotes, code and tables. The application has powerful support for shortcuts, code syntax highlighting and many more useful little things that make your work easier.

Boxy

Boxy email client will delight all fans of Inbox from Google and will allow you to conveniently interact with the flow of incoming emails in the macOS environment, regardless of the browser. This makes it possible to use all the functions available in the web version, and also opens up several useful things like the counter of unread messages in the dock, notifications, hotkeys and themes.

Usage

The free Usage utility will help you cope with procrastination and analyze exactly what your time is spent on. The minimalistic tracker tracks down to the minute the amount of time spent in each of the apps you open during the day, and then provides detailed statistics with multiple display options.

Lungo

For situations where you need to keep your Mac screen on and keep it from turning off, a tiny utility called Lungo can help. Operating from the menu bar, it prevents the computer from falling asleep for the selected time interval and displays the status in the form of an animated cup of coffee. Unlike other analogs, the utility is not overloaded with unnecessary options and has only the most necessary.

Caption

Caption will help make life easier for everyone who loves to watch movies and TV shows in the original. The application will allow you to download subtitles for a video in just a couple of movements. To do this, you just need to drag the file into the Caption window or type the name of the movie into the search bar. This way you can find English, Russian and any other subtitles that you need.

Things 3

The third version of the legendary task manager received an even more thoughtful structure and a clear interface. The laconic design does not distract and immediately sets you up for productive work, and powerful features and many settings allow you to fix your ideas and plan goals, laying out even the most ambitious projects on the shelves.

Bartender 3

Bartender continues to hold its title as the best utility for the macOS menu bar, and the new version proves it once again. Bartender 3 received an updated interface and now integrates with the system as much as possible. Thanks to the new display mode, hidden icons are minimized into a ribbon, which conveniently expands and automatically closes after selecting the desired icon. There are also additional settings options and previews of icons in the settings menu of active elements.