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Blurred

Reduce distraction by blurring out your inactive apps. Use a slider in the menu bar to choose opacity.

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BorderMe

Keep an always-visible border around the active window in all apps, desktops and workspaces. Width, colour and opacity can all be adjusted.

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CapsLockNoDelay

The caps lock key won’t work unless you hold it down for about half a second. For some people, this is half a second too long. If you’re one of them, this app is for you.

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Command X

Cut and paste files the Windows way. Highlight, hit Command-X, go to destination and use Command-V. The Mac way? Command-C, then Command-Option-V.

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Cursorcerer

Hide your cursor at any time with a global hot key. Handy for those times it gets in the way when you’re watching a video.

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CustomShortcuts

Create keyboard shortcuts for most Mac programs. Helps you navigate menu hierarchies and get the titles right. Works with KeyClu, which lists all active shortcuts of the current application.

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Dropshelf

Drag-and-drop helper keeps track of files while you’re moving them. Shelves can be placed at any edge of the screen. Free for now.

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FreshBatch

Batch rename files and extensions — just tell it what folder you want to modify, what about the filename you need to change, and what you want to change it to.

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Gladys

Set aside stuff on a shelf for use later on — links, text snippets, map locations, contacts, images, photos, emails, messages, and more.

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HideSwitch

A super simple way to show and hide system files. Just use the toggle on a semi-transparent bezel.

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Hyperkey

Remap the caps lock key to shift, control, option and command — all combined — to create a new modifier key. Great for those who never use caps lock for its intended purpose.

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Karabiner-Elements

Customize your Mac keyboard — simply change normal keys to other keys or set up complex rules.

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LinearMouse

Set up scrolling direction, pointer acceleration, pointer speed and modifier keys — separately for each device. Your mouse and trackpad can be customized differently.

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Macarte

Switch apps from the menu bar. You can also enable tooltips showing information about the running apps. Hidden apps are dimmed in the menu.

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MagicQuit

Have your apps quit after a certain amount of time that can be customized in the settings. You can uncheck the ones you don’t want to quit. They won’t quit if there is unsaved data.

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Manila

Change the colour of your folders with this Finder extension using a context menu.

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MiddleDrag

Use three-finger gestures for middle-click and middle-drag on your Mac trackpad. Handy for CAD and 3D modelling, web browsing, and coding.

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Mos

Set the direction of your Mac’s touch pad and mouse wheel separately — plus, make scrolling smoother than ever. Apps can be managed individually.

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Muzzle

Automatically turn off those annoying, and possibly embarrassing, notifications when you’re screen sharing.

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NameChanger

Rename a list of files quickly and easily — and see the changes as you type. Options for changing names include: replace first occurrence, replace last occurrence, replace all, wildcard, prepend, append, character removal, sequence and date.

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OnlySwitch

Choose from dozens of switches you can access from the menu bar with a couple of clicks. Includes hide desktop icons, dark mode, hide notch, and many more.

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Pock

Get the most out of your MacBook’s touch bar with this widgets manager.

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Remote Mouse

Turn your iPhone, iPad or iPod into a wireless remote control for your Mac or PC — just like working with a real mouse and keyboard. Useful for presentations.

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SelfControl

Block access to distracting websites, mail servers or anything else on the Internet for any period of time you like. They stay block until the time is up — even if you restart your computer or delete the application.

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Shareful

Add extra powers to the share menu: copy, save as, open in, and more. Available in any app that has a share button.

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Shortcat

You may never need your mouse again. Access your Mac’s user interface from a command palette — click buttons, focus text fields, invoke menu commands, switch windows, and more.

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SlowQuit

Never quit an app by accident again. Set how long you want quitting to take for all your apps — up to three seconds — or use a blacklist or whitelist.

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Spaceman

View your spaces in the menu bar in one of four different styles. Rectangles, numbers, rectangles with numbers, or named spaces. Icons indicate whether a space is active.

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Transnomino

Batch rename many files at once — from simple to complex using regular expressions. This app can monitor a folder and automatically run a recipe when files are dropped in it. Extensive support for AppleScript.

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Unclack

Mute your mic while you type and no one will know you’re busy on your keyboard during a Zoom meeting. Allows for pausing so you can type and talk. Three icons to choose from.

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Whisky

A Wine wrapper that allows you to run Windows programs and games on your Mac with Apple’s game porting toolkit. Requires Apple Silicon and macOS Sonoma (14.0) or later.

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