Here is a short list of some great tools I've discovered over the past year.

## macOS Only

### Free Apps

* [Raycast](https://raycast.com/) - Workflows, snippets, macOS spotlight on steroids. I previously used [Alfred](https://www.alfredapp.com/), another excellent Spotlight alternative. There are [plans to create a version for Linux and Windows](https://www.raycast.com/faq#is-raycast-available-on-windows-or-linux), but they want to get it right on macOS first.

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 ![Raycast Search](https://cdn.hackernoon.com//images/too6UlyK1RTQqOrRsiS7PVQp20d2-2022-03-31T15:46:02.370Z-cl1f65ngj00jn0bs65wui598m)

* [Dato](https://sindresorhus.com/dato) - A better date app for macOS. I also love that you can have clocks for different timezones. I have a UTC clock which is super helpful when working on a remote team with colleagues all over the planet.

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 ![Dato Calendar App](https://cdn.hackernoon.com//images/too6UlyK1RTQqOrRsiS7PVQp20d2-2022-03-31T15:46:02.371Z-cl1f65ngj00jo0bs63lkcdf6z)

* [Fig](https://fig.io/) - VSCode style autocomplete in your terminal. It's more than that, but this is one of the first big things they've released.

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   ![Fig autocomplete in action](https://cdn.hackernoon.com//images/too6UlyK1RTQqOrRsiS7PVQp20d2-2022-03-31T15:46:02.377Z-cl1f65ngp00js0bs66w18hz67)

### Paid Apps

* [Bartender](https://www.macbartender.com/) - For managing your menu bar. I used to use [Vanilla](https://matthewpalmer.net/vanilla/), but with the notch in newer MacBook Pros, Bartender made the menubar more usable when dealing with lots of menubar icons.
* [Webcam Settings](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/webcam-settings/id533696630) - Helps me prevent my Logitech webcam from losing focus. I also use it for zooming in on my webcam.

 ![Webcam Settings App Advanced Settings screen](https://cdn.hackernoon.com//images/too6UlyK1RTQqOrRsiS7PVQp20d2-2022-03-31T15:46:02.372Z-cl1f65ngk00jp0bs61xmx2bgr)

* [CleanMyMac X](https://macpaw.com/cleanmymac) - All I can say about CleanMyMac X is it has so many great tools for keeping your Mac running in tip-top shape.

 ![CleanMyMac X main screen](https://cdn.hackernoon.com//images/too6UlyK1RTQqOrRsiS7PVQp20d2-2022-03-31T15:46:02.372Z-cl1f65ngl00jq0bs6bylnalf9)

* [Cleanshot X](https://cleanshot.com/) - For better screenshots and screen recordings. I've found this super useful, and the UX is great. And to top it off, there is a great editor to modify your images.

 ![Cleanshot X image editor](https://cdn.hackernoon.com//images/too6UlyK1RTQqOrRsiS7PVQp20d2-2022-03-31T15:46:02.378Z-cl1f65ngq00ju0bs6903s79j1)

## OS Agnostic

* [Starship](https://starship.rs/) - A customizable cross shell prompt. I love the extra info out of the box it provides for the shell prompt.

 ![Starship shell prompt in action](https://cdn.hackernoon.com//images/too6UlyK1RTQqOrRsiS7PVQp20d2-2022-03-31T15:46:02.377Z-cl1f65ngp00jt0bs60gd20hti)

* [mcfly](https://github.com/cantino/mcfly) - An enhance search for your shell history. Super charged <kbd>CTRL</kbd> + <kbd>R</kbd>!

 ![mcfly shell history search in action](https://cdn.hackernoon.com//images/too6UlyK1RTQqOrRsiS7PVQp20d2-2022-03-31T15:46:02.376Z-cl1f65ngo00jr0bs61z0w36ze)

Check out my [uses page](https://iamdeveloper.com/uses) if you want to see everything in my toolbox.

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