mac Tools

Your Mac can do almost anything. The problem is, you still have to do most of it yourself. Sidekick gives your Mac an agentic interface. Hit ⌘ ⇧ Space, tell it what you want done, and it gets to work. Clean up your desktop. Organise Downloads. Convert MOVs to MP4s. Find files. Check battery health. Translate text. Instead of digging through Finder, menus and utilities, just say what you need. Your computer should understand what you want, not make you figure out how to do it.

Awesome Mac is a systematically organized collection of high-quality macOS software across various categories. It solves the problem of discovering and evaluating reliable Mac apps by providing a vetted, community-maintained list. It's for Mac users, developers, and enthusiasts who want to find the best tools to enhance their workflow and productivity on macOS.

Switchy is a macOS menu bar app that automatically discovers nearby Macs on your local network, so you can connect to your magic devices without disconnecting and reconnecting or having to use a cable. It's useful for users who have multiple Macs or MacBooks (i.e work and personal) but want to use one set of magic accessories.

Continuum is a private Mac app for managers. You write down what you believe about each person you lead, tag what you notice in your 1:1s, and let your read change on the record. No scores, no reports, nothing that leaves your Mac.

Workflo sets up your Mac automatically — staging the right windows before a call or a focus block, and restoring your layout when displays change. Runs on Accessibility alone: it structurally cannot read your screen. Native Swift, ~4 MB, one-time purchase, local-only.

Reference is local semantic search for your files and code, built for AI agents. No cloud, nothing leaves your machine. Ask it "how did I implement rate limiting here" and get your actual code back, cited down to the exact function, not generic advice. Live index that updates as you save, code-aware chunking (tree-sitter), and a built-in MCP server (/search, /explain, /find_similar, /check_doc_drift)so Claude Code gets precise cited results instead of burning tokens on grep loops.

StepShot is an AI-powered documentation tool that turns real on-screen workflows into polished step-by-step guides as you work. It captures clicks and typing; local AI frames screenshots, writes instructions, and explains which actions to keep or skip. Edit, annotate, reorder, and redact every step, then export to PDF, Markdown, or HTML. It runs locally on your Mac with no account or product telemetry, while optional cloud AI polishing uses your own OpenAI-compatible provider.

Crew gives every Claude Code chat and subagent a body: a little pixel monster that walks along the bottom of your screen, digs while it works, sleeps when it's idle, and waves when it's done. Free for macOS. Nothing ever leaves your Mac.

AndroMeld brings a Continuity-style experience to Android and Mac. Mirror multiple Android apps in separate, resizable, native-like Mac windows, hand off the app already open on your phone, and control it with keyboard & trackpad gestures. Browse Android storage in Finder, sync notifications and clipboard, and turn on your phone’s hotspot over Bluetooth. Support any Android 16+ devices connect by USB or Wi-Fi, with a free Web App available.

Chute transforms your Mac's notch into a portal directly to your iPhone. Drag any screenshot, link, or file up to it and it sends straight to your iPhone in a flash.

Documenting a workflow means screenshots, cropping, arrows, and typing out every step. StepGrab does it for you: hit record, do the task once, and every click comes back as an annotated screenshot with the step already written. Native Mac menu bar app, on-device, no account, nothing uploaded. Export as GIF, PDF, MP4, clickable HTML, Markdown, or vertical video — one recording, your brand color. Free tier is real. Pro $2.99/mo, $12.99/yr, or $44.99 once.

Ever typed a whole sentence in caps before noticing? Keytones plays a distinct sound for each key group (uppercase, lowercase, space bar, and modifiers) so your ears catch a stray Caps Lock before your eyes do. Tune Pitch, Length, Damping + Volume per group, import your own sounds, or, if audible feedback isn't an option, turn on Visual Feedback: a glowing screen edge that pulses with every keystroke. Per-app control, Siri + Shortcuts, instant triple-tap mute. One-time purchase, no subscription.

A native macOS terminal built around Claude Code. Project launcher, one-click session resume, and a menu-bar alert when Claude needs you. $9.99.

MacDupl clones the Mac apps you already use into fully isolated instances — separate logins, separate data, separate Dock icons. Work and personal, side by side.

Snapdown turns any part of your Mac screen into structured Markdown, preserving headings, lists, tables, and text instead of flattening everything into plain OCR. Capture with one shortcut, paste anywhere, and keep every screenshot local on Apple silicon.

Terminal Candy is a real, native macOS terminal you live inside. Pick a skin — Game Boy, cassette deck, Pip-Boy, or your own art — draw the terminal square right on it, and get to work. Ships with 84 palettes (Dracula, Nord, Tokyo Night…), a visual Skin Builder that turns any image into a terminal, CRT effects, a ⌥Space global hotkey, and a community skin marketplace. 14-day free trial, then $10 once — no subscription. macOS 14+, Apple Silicon.

CPU, memory, battery, network, disk, GPU, temperature and fans in your menu bar. You pick which ones show, and a click opens the detail behind it. Compact Health folds the whole machine into one item that stays quiet until something's off. MIT, macOS 15+.

Push-to-talk dictation that inserts in place: hold fn, speak, release, and the text appears in the app your cursor is already in. Transcription runs locally with whisper.cpp + Metal, so your audio never leaves the Mac. An optional on-device cleanup pass strips filler words and fixes punctuation. Most dictation apps show you a recording dot or a generic soundwave. This one has hand-animated indicators. $10 once, no subscription. MIT source. macOS 14+, Apple silicon.

Most hint-based Mac tools focus on UI elements. Cursor Crane extends the same interaction model to windows, multi-window workflows, and text editing. Its dedicated modes use predictable rather than arbitrary hints. Enter command sequences to switch modes, perform actions, or run scripts. It also makes awkward keyboard-only tasks practical: selecting text across lines, editing focused fields in an external editor with Text Area Portal, and copying text or capturing UI through Element Menu.

Local-first macOS menu-bar companion for Claude and Cursor usage. Glance at limits without a browser tab. No AgentQuartz cloud account — settings stay on your machine. Free forever for essentials; Pro is a one-time $3 unlock for tray customization. Unofficial.

Hold a key, speak, release: polished text lands in any app on your Mac. Epilude transcribes, punctuates, cleans up, and matches your tone in about a second. Runs fully on-device, so audio never leaves your Mac.