Today we'll be looking at my personal top 15 Mac apps. I'm actually quite a minimalist in installing and keeping apps, so these 15 are the only "extra" apps I'm using on my device. My profile: - Developer - Multi-device user - Blogger Let's get started with the list. 1. 1Password I literally can't live without 1Password. As developers we tend to make the most awful and bad passwords ourselves. So 1Password to the rescue for generating and managing this for us. Install 1Password 2. Google Chrome Jeez, Chrome should really be pre-installed. It's the first app I install on my brand new machine! I Can't do my job the same without it. Install Chrome for Mac 3. Spotify As a developer and writer, it's essential to get in the zone. What best to do so than Spotify. Listen to a cool podcast or epic playlist. Install Spotify 4. Spark I use Gmail for most of my email addresses, and Spark is just amazing in keeping track of all these in one maintainable inbox. It's a big advocate for , just like me. inbox zero Install Spark 5. Visual Studio Code I went from Dreamweaver to Atom to JetBrains to Visual Studio Code, and I have zero regrets! It's just fantastic software! Visual Studio Code, for me, is the only good product for Mac Microsoft made. Install Visual Studio Code 6. iTerm2 The default terminal for Mac is not bad, but once you go iTerm2 you can't go back. It's just packed with all those little extra's you'll ever need! Install iTerm 7. Cyberduck FTP might be a bit old-school, but every now and then we need it. Cyberduck is fantastic and clean, way better than a FileZilla, for instance. Install Cyberduck 8. Postman I switch between Postman and Insomnia, but Postman is cool because it collaborates well for teams. You can test your API's and keep track of them. I love their environment setups. Install Postman 9. RunJs Ever needed to run just a small JavaScript snippet and too lazy to open a project or Codepen. This little app does just that for you. Install RunJs 10. Notion When it comes to writing and keeping track of my projects, Notion helps me a lot. It's by far the best note keeping and project management tool I've ever seen. Install Notion 11. Grammarly English is not my native tongue, so Grammarly helps me a lot, making sense of my writing. And it's good at picking up nuances in my texts. Install Grammarly 12. iA Writer My blog is written in Markdown, and I use iA Writer to track my blog articles' cross-device. I start items on my Mac and will swap to my iPad or Phone sometimes to finish them. Install iA Writer 13. Sketch Sketch is not my golden go to, but it's what I paid for and use for all my design stuff. Making banners, designs, and cropping images. Install Sketch 14. Loom Did you ever need to do a quick review or feedback visually? Loom is your guy! It's amazingly quick and fast to record a session. Install Loom 15. OBS If Loom is not sufficient enough, you can always go to OBS, an amazing tool to capture all kinds of screen recordings. It works super well and has so many options that it scares me sometimes. Install OBS What are you favourites? Let me know on Twitter what your favourite apps for Mac are? Thank you for reading, and let's connect! Thank you for reading my blog. Feel free to subscribe to my email newsletter and connect on or Facebook Twitter

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