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<h1 id="awesome-mac-apps">Awesome Mac Apps</h1>
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<p>Curated list of awesome mac apps</p>
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<h2 id="creative-and-ideas">Creative and Ideas</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/">Audio Hijack</a> -
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records audio from essentially any device.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html">Camtasia</a> - is a
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screen recorder with some light duty video editing tools.</li>
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<li><a href="http://rogueamoeba.com/fission/">Fission</a> - lossless
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audio editing.</li>
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<li><a href="http://mindnode.com/">Mindnode</a> - is a great way to
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visualize ideas and brainstorm. A good way to connect the dots.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.pagelayers.com/">PageLayers</a> - is an app that
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will take a webpage and convert it into a layered PSD file.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.bohemiancoding.com/sketch/">Sketch</a> -
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lightweight web mock-up tool.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html">VLC</a> - open
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source multimedia and video player.</li>
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<li><a href="http://writer.pro/">Writer Pro</a> - is a minimalist
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notetaking and distraction free writing tool.</li>
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<li><a href="http://xscopeapp.com/">xScope</a> - is engineered for
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measuring, inspecting, and fine tuning graphics.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="utilities">Utilities</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://www.publicspace.net/BetterRename/">A Better Finder
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Rename</a> - is a great way to mass rename files based on predetermined
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sorting and filtering, as well as complex regular expressions.</li>
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<li><a href="http://blog.boastr.net/">Better Snap Tool</a> - allows you
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to quickly resize windows with hotkeys.</li>
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<li><a
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href="http://www.econtechnologies.com/chronosync/overview.html">ChronoSync</a>
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- commercial grade file sync. ChronoSync is a nice GUI with some added
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features on rsync.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.syniumsoftware.com/cleanapp/">CleanApp</a> - is
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essentially a disk clean up and app un-install utility.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.maintain.se/cocktail/">Cocktail</a> - is a
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utility to clear cache, fix permissions, adjust settings, and optimize
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OS X.</li>
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<li><a href="http://mizage.com/divvy/">Divvy</a> - is a nice compliment
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to Better Snap and it has a nice grid structure for arranging multiple
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windows.<br />
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</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.expandrive.com/">ExpanDrive</a> - is a good way
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to connect to S3, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive etc. without
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installing all the standalone apps.</li>
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<li><a href="http://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/">iStat Menus</a> - is a
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system monitor that lives in your menubar. Useful for monitoring network
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traffic and speed, hard drive and cpu status, and apps using significant
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energy.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.zibity.com/macdropany.html">MacDropAny</a> -
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allows you to sync local and external folders with symbolic links to
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services like Dropbox.</li>
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<li><a
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href="http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html">SuperDuper!</a>
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- is a great hard drive cloning and system recovery tool.</li>
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<li><a href="http://panic.com/transmit/">Transmit</a> - makes
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transferring files between servers and cloud services an effortless
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process. This is a great app for integrating with AWS.</li>
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<li><a href="https://github.com/paretoSecurity/pareto-mac/">Pareto
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Security</a> - a MenuBar app to automatically audit your Mac for basic
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security hygiene.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="developer-tools">Developer Tools</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/">BBEdit</a> -
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another minimalist text editor.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.panic.com/coda/">Coda</a> - front-end web code
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IDE.</li>
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<li><a href="http://incident57.com/codekit/">CodeKit</a> - front-end
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code compiler, browser refresh, and ready to rock.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.colorsnapper.com/">ColorSnapper</a> - is an
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easy-to-use app to find the precise color of any pixel on the
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screen.</li>
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<li><a href="http://kodlian.com/apps/icon-slate">Icon Slate</a> - makes
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retina ready favicons in a couple clicks.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.mamp.info/en/mamp-pro/">MAMP PRO</a> - is a good
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solution for developing and testing websites on your local machine.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.sublimetext.com/">Sublime Text</a> - is a great
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working text editor with lots of plugins and community support.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.git-tower.com/">Tower</a> - is elegant and easy
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to use GUI for GIT.</li>
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<li><a href="http://xscopeapp.com/">xScope</a> - is engineered for
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measuring, inspecting, and fine tuning graphics.</li>
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<li><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/">VS Code</a> - excellent
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multipurpose IDE.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="business">Business</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://www.pcalc.com/">PCalc</a> - is a scientific
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calculator with support for lots of complicated conversions and
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tasks.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/">Parallels</a> -
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is a great app for running Linux or Windows virtual machines on your
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Mac.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.wizardmac.com/">Wizard</a> - is a great
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compliment to a spreadsheet program to build predictive models and
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analyze data sets.</li>
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</ul>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/justin-j/awesome-mac-apps">macapps.md
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Github</a></p>
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