@@Subaaker sending it via email to the address you emailed me from. Really appreciate the compliment and hope to see you stick around for future content!
@@Christomshack I look forward to receiving it soon. I really appreciate your prompt response and attention to detail. It's great to see someone who takes pride in their work and is dedicated to providing excellent service. Looking forward to staying in touch and seeing what else you have in store. Have a great day!
Just a tip on app cleaner: there's an option called smart delete under settings that kicks in the clean up process automatically when you delete an app without you having to open the app + drag and drop
Man, this is by far the most useful Mac recommendation apps video I've ever come across on TH-cam. I'm a minimalist and I can't tell you the number of times I have to always clear up my desktop. Hidden Me will come in very handy. Thanks a lot!
You didn't mention it but one of my favorites is Scroll Reverser. If you use both a trackpad and mouse this allows you to control the scrolling direction for each independently.
I got my first MacBook a month ago and couldn't believe this crap! Wtf? Lol. How did apple never get feedback that people don't want to use the mouse and the track pad with the same scroll direction?
You are 100% correct on how many times you install an app based on a review and then deleting it after a few days of never ever using it. The apps that I find I can't live without are Wipr, Darkreader for Safari, AltTab and Rectangle.
Great list, i'd like to add these apps as well: 1. Clipy - free 2. Shottr - free 3. ALDente -paid 4. NightFall - free 5. DarkNight -free 6. App Tamer -paid 7. NearDrop - still in early phase, but has potential
If I may, this list could be tasty indeed, were you to include a brief description of what each app does. I could be wrong, but I suspect I'm not alone in feeling reluctant to go hunting each one not knowing if it's applicable to my needs and habits. Thanks for your consideration!
Really good video! Tempbox seems to be cool! Thanks. Here are some alternatives: Raycast (free) - Alfred Raycast (Window Management Extension) - Rectangle Raycast (Clipboard History Extension) - CopyClip Hidden Bar (free) - Bartender BetterDisplay - MonitorControl
Rectangle is one of my favorite app for Mac. Simple yet effective, makes my workflow much easier. And thanks for the recommendations, loved your video!
I love rectangle and bartender! I often find myself needing to split screen or resize windows and it just makes it so much easier to do that. Also, bartender is pretty much essential for the m2 macbooks because of the notch hiding all the other icons.
Every time a new version of MacOS drops I ask “did Apple finally figure out window management?” Nope. Too hard for them, I guess. Oh well, at least there are third-party apps.
@@stillmattwest Apple has a ton of money so Microsoft is much more willing to litigate with them. With Linux distros there is no money to be had so why bother. I don’t have definitive evidence of this, compared to I have read that there are patent issues.
Great set of tools. Rectangle is super nice. On a note, Elephas AI is one of the cool AI tools for Mac that you may want to include. There are other AI tools like MacGPT, but Elephas supports customizing AI with users' data.
I've been using Rectangle for more than 5 years, but recently I found a better alternative: Raycast with Window Management extension (one of built-in extensions). Also Raycast itself is a much better alternative to Alfred
Hi Chris, Helpful vid. Just started using a Mac this week. Quick question if you dont mind. Are you using all the free versions of the apps mentioned in the video? Thanks.
At the time of recording, I had been using the free versions of the apps for several years. I recently upgraded upgraded to the full version of Alfred and CleanshotX (not mentioned in this vid)
Man, what a great video and list. So input for you / others: - I love HiddenMe, use it for the exact reason you mentioned. Although it has been a bit buggy for me; I find I have to relaunch it pretty often. - Hidden Bar: which seems pretty similar to Bar Tender; pretty sure it's free. - Moom: another window organizer, super powerful. - Ejectify: I use a MacBook on a docking stating with an external drive attached - this helps automatically eject the drive when I put the machine to sleep, thus cutting down on those irritating "didn't eject drive before disconnecting" notifications. - Amphetamine: another good task bar utility that keeps the machine awake, just in case you're running a task that you want to be sure doesn't get interrupted. I don't use it often, but it's great when you need it. One last thought: I don't understand Alfred!! Seems kind of unnecessary to me. Maybe I need to give it another try?
Greatly appreciate the reccs! I will check out those apps this week. Alfred settings are unnecessarily complex, soI’m with you. If you’re interested, checkout my latest video on Alfred! It goes over Alfred setup, several extremely powerful features, and I’m even giving away 5 PowerPack licenses for the app in the video. I guarantee it will help smoothen the learning curve and you’ll be using Alfred more often 🤝🏼
Raycast replaces Alfred, Rectangle and others, trust me. I still use Alfred because I bought the lifetime license but Raycast is becoming way more powerful. My favorite from your list is Bartender 4, love it!
I was coming in the comment to write exactly that 😂 Raycast has been a life changer for my productivity and eliminating so many little apps with it. It’s truly Alfred on steroids and way more powerful and customizable until your heart’s content 😀
@@yashashgaurav There's basically no setup to Raycast. You install it and it starts teaching you how to use it. Then, it's just a matter of going into the app's Settings and Store to discover commands and features that are useful to you. Alfred has some deep stuff around automation that I'm not sure Raycast is able to do, but for 99% of people, Raycast has every useful Alfred feature, for free, and with a much nicer user experience.
Rectangle is definitely my favorite. I just got my first MacBook Air(M1 base model) and on my (linux) desktop i use a tiling window manager so it felt very natural moving over.
I absolutely love Rectangle. A fantastic app. Not only short cut keys, but you can drag the windows to the corners of the monitor for resizing and placement
My favourite macOS app is Keyboard Maestro. And lately I've acquired the Stream Deck app which runs on both macOS and iOS which means I can turn my iPhone into a Stream Deck simulator. By the way, these two apps are designed to work together, so I can use KM to control the SD app icons.
Just bought my first macbook today, coming from windows, I think Alfred and bartender are very helpful. I still have a hard time figuring out some stuff.
Hey Chris, I would pick Monitor Control, it's extremely useful with a second display, and in case you didn't know, it works also if you are connected to a tv at work in meeting rooms
in addition, I'd like to highly recommend 2 of my favorites: 1) CleanShot X - it's an app for making and instant editing screenshots, screen video recordings, and GIFs - PAID, but it is worth it! 2) DeepL - it's an ML-powered app for translations. You select some text and press Cmd+C+C (like a copy but press C 2 times) and it will immediately open a window with the selected text, translated to any pre-selected language. - FREE
@@Christomshack btw, there is one more - CopyClip - it stores some amount (it's configurable) of your recently copied text - pretty useful if you need to copy one by one, e.g., 3 text lines from one app into another. For not to switch between apps 3 times you could just copy that lines one by one, then switch to another app and paste them from the app's tray icon
i appreciate you for making this video, for someone who is new on the mac ive been trying to find the easy and simple apps i can use for my daily use. well done !
This was really insightful and helpful information. Thank you for taking the time to research and present the material in such a handy way. Can't wait to try these out!
"Rectangle" is the best app according to me because I am student and I often have to do multitasking but in apple one two windows can be opened so if I use rectangle for that purpose it will be easier for me to multitask and switch between windows while coding in VS Code and designing new using Xcode and also to check the webpage designed. Thank you for posting this video this is really helpful for me or students like me.
Appreciate your videos, they have helped me with setting up my laptop as a first time mac user. Love the Alfred app, but the most useful app for me is probably going to be the Cheatsheet app to learn all necessary shortcuts. Your channel is a hidden gem, great videos!
I love the recommendations. I’ve downloaded Alfred before but I found it a little confusing with all the settings and I didn’t feel it did anything more than spotlight does. I’m probably using it wrong. But I’ll give it another shot.
It’s definitely confusing at first with all the features/settings it has. I’m actually almost finished with a video walkthrough of the best Alfred workflows and shortcuts for productivity to help everyone get the most out of it. As soon as I get over this gnarly case of Covid it will get finished and uploaded. Also giving away 5 PowerPack plans in the video 🤝
WAS a long time Alfred user. Tried the latest Raycast, and it's in a whole different and better world. The Pro version with built-in AI (ChatGPT) is great. Many, many more extensions and it's getting rapid release features. Alfred by comparison is old, barely any new features, and the UI IMHO looks terrible. I tried Raycast when it first launched a couple of years ago and went back to Alfred. But last month I tried Raycast again, loved it so much, I immediately bought Pro and dumped Alfred in the trashcan. Haven't missed it since.
I think the app swish is doing a better job at window managment, than rectangle especially when you don't use a mouse and just the trackpad. You can manage your windows through swipe gestures and I just love this app.
Yes, very nice presentation with good recommendations. For me, Hidden Me was the surprise app. I didn't realise I really wanted it until I had it! Love Alfred, Thanks
I love betterDisplay for my M1 Pro. I can use it (pro version with one Time payment) to make use of the higher nits of the internal display and can also change the brightness and contrast settings of the external display very easily. Which is great since changing it on the monitor itself is quite the hassle!
Rectangle is hands down a necessity but I’ll definitely be downloading hand mirror. Never heard of it before now but will be super helpful in eliminating distractions during screen sharing
App 3: You don't have to hold the full screen button in macOS to do splitscreen just hover over it. Also the native multi-desktop is kind of useful when you understand how it works. But Rectangle seems really cool. Thank you for the video.
I am not commenting to win the gift card (if I do manage to win pick someone else xd), I am commenting to tell you I am impressed with your video quality. It's nice, non-distracting, webcam elements add personal touch that feels "welcoming" and you show how to install each app for people that may not be tech savvy. I am impressed and I hope you keep it up in the future and that the algorithm will be nice to you because you made a video better than 99% of videos out there. Huge props!
Your comment means a lot, thanks a ton. Doing my best to put out quality content over quantity and its comments like yours that keep the motivation up! Cheers
Morning! Oddly enough, you mentioned that you didn't comment to win the gift card... And you won the drawing! Send an email to Chris@firstphase.dev (also shown in the About section of my Channel page for verification) so I can send you the gift card. If you would like to forego winning, let me know and I will draw another winner!
@@Christomshack feel free to give it to someone else - wasn't lying about the "not wanting to win the gift card" part :) I just think you have a lot of talent and wanted to motivate you - no financial incentive! Also cool thing of you that you kept your word! Definitely keep going :)
This was definitely an extremely helpful video! The Alfred program is a great find and I am very grateful for your work and help. I look forward to new videos 🙌✨
As I have just bought my first Mac after using Windows since early 1986 , I found your clip very interesting . Thank you. I will start with Alfred and see from there.
Hey man i have been following you for a while now, I am Lovette a Software Enginneer too and I just started creating content too and I have to confess I like your Content design ideas and shots man. Keep up with the beautiful ideas. Before I forget thanks for this video
Chris, I, too, have watched a ton of those videos. I found your video to be quick and helpful. I have also loved Alfred for years; it is the first thing I download on a new Mac. Thanks for the other suggestions. I definitely need some of these apps.
I recently bought a new Mac and hasn't been using a Mac for a couple of years. Now when I'm back :) I ended up using most of the apps you recommended. So thank you for that. This review was very informative and explained well. Thank you.
Best Mac app recommendation video I’ve ever watched on TH-cam. And believe me, I’ve watched them all. As soon as you started talking about the “countless hours” you’ve spent on recommendation videos, I was like “oh this guy gets me”
You bet! If you’re interested, checkout my latest video on Alfred! It goes over some extremely powerful Alfred features and I’m giving away 5 PowerPack licenses for the app 🤝🏼
Definitely downloading Alfred! And keep sharing productivity tools. I’d love to learn more about how to maximize the Chrome Tabs for cleaner repetitive work
💯 If interested, check out my latest video for a complete walkthrough of Alfred’s best features and a chance to win one of 5 Alfred PowerPack licenses 🤝🏼
Damn dude, so much value in your videos I love it. Got my first Mac and they are so helpful. Also, 4 months ago 155 subs!? You're on 26k now and deserve way more, you're killing it! Had to let you know, thanks for the quality vids
Alfred is my favorite one. game changer!
Hey Suli, You won the giveaway! Send me an email to Chris@firstphase.dev and let's get you the gift card!
@@Subaaker sending it via email to the address you emailed me from. Really appreciate the compliment and hope to see you stick around for future content!
@@Christomshack I look forward to receiving it soon. I really appreciate your prompt response and attention to detail. It's great to see someone who takes pride in their work and is dedicated to providing excellent service. Looking forward to staying in touch and seeing what else you have in store. Have a great day!
@@Subaaker Sent 🤝
@@Christomshack I use Alfred custom workflow to split the screen. No need for extra apps. Thanks for the cool video!
Just a tip on app cleaner: there's an option called smart delete under settings that kicks in the clean up process automatically when you delete an app without you having to open the app + drag and drop
Man, this is by far the most useful Mac recommendation apps video I've ever come across on TH-cam. I'm a minimalist and I can't tell you the number of times I have to always clear up my desktop. Hidden Me will come in very handy. Thanks a lot!
How about opening a new desktop space. It does the same, if the zoom meeting is over, you can go back to work.
You didn't mention it but one of my favorites is Scroll Reverser. If you use both a trackpad and mouse this allows you to control the scrolling direction for each independently.
Definitely going to check it out. Thanks for the recc 🤝
is it free?
@@rakshityadav840 yes, it's free. by Pilot Moon.
I got my first MacBook a month ago and couldn't believe this crap! Wtf? Lol. How did apple never get feedback that people don't want to use the mouse and the track pad with the same scroll direction?
Rectangle. Very much underrated
I just got my Mac today. Everything you showed me, Alfred, rectangle, and Bartender. All all are great.
I like #1, #6 and #10 in your presentation since I’m retired and found them useful for day computing. Thank you for sharing with the public, Ken
You are 100% correct on how many times you install an app based on a review and then deleting it after a few days of never ever using it. The apps that I find I can't live without are Wipr, Darkreader for Safari, AltTab and Rectangle.
Great list, i'd like to add these apps as well:
1. Clipy - free
2. Shottr - free
3. ALDente -paid
4. NightFall - free
5. DarkNight -free
6. App Tamer -paid
7. NearDrop - still in early phase, but has potential
If I may, this list could be tasty indeed, were you to include a brief description of what each app does. I could be wrong, but I suspect I'm not alone in feeling reluctant to go hunting each one not knowing if it's applicable to my needs and habits. Thanks for your consideration!
NearDrop is good, thanks for sharing.
@@hughmac13 right...
Really good video! Tempbox seems to be cool! Thanks.
Here are some alternatives:
Raycast (free) - Alfred
Raycast (Window Management Extension) - Rectangle
Raycast (Clipboard History Extension) - CopyClip
Hidden Bar (free) - Bartender
BetterDisplay - MonitorControl
Appreciate the recommendations!
I've been a pc guy all my life. Picked up my first mac 3 days ago, so this was super helpful! thanks for making this!!
Same here. Picked up a mac 3 days ago. PC guy.
Raycast is another good one - it is an Alfred alternative that also has built-in window management.
Rectangle is one of my favorite app for Mac. Simple yet effective, makes my workflow much easier. And thanks for the recommendations, loved your video!
Glad you like it and thanks!
are you using another monitor ? would you recommend it using an ultrawide monitor?
@@jajasaria Yep - Both monitors are linked here: 💻 Desk setup & accessories - geni.us/kITyMuj
@@Christomshack thanks for the quick reply.
I love rectangle and bartender! I often find myself needing to split screen or resize windows and it just makes it so much easier to do that. Also, bartender is pretty much essential for the m2 macbooks because of the notch hiding all the other icons.
Totally agree. I feel the same way about MacBooks that have the notch
Every time a new version of MacOS drops I ask “did Apple finally figure out window management?” Nope. Too hard for them, I guess. Oh well, at least there are third-party apps.
@@stillmattwestif I am not mistaken there are patent reasons why Mac OS isn’t as good at windows management compared to windows.
@@otwer22 why do you say that? Doesn’t seem to affect any of the Linux orgs like Canonical or System 76.
@@stillmattwest Apple has a ton of money so Microsoft is much more willing to litigate with them. With Linux distros there is no money to be had so why bother. I don’t have definitive evidence of this, compared to I have read that there are patent issues.
my favorite is Alfred OMG I can't go back to normal now
Why what makes it unique?
Excellent presentation, Chris. The obvious favorite for me is Alfred. Thank-you for your work...
Great set of tools. Rectangle is super nice. On a note, Elephas AI is one of the cool AI tools for Mac that you may want to include. There are other AI tools like MacGPT, but Elephas supports customizing AI with users' data.
I am downloading Rectangle as you speak, this will save me so much time!! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Finally, a Mac tutorial that is actually useful and doesn't make me feel stupid. Thank you, and greetings from the UK.
Glad to hear! Thanks for the comment. Cheers
Agree with so many others here: Rectangle everytime.
I've been using Rectangle for more than 5 years, but recently I found a better alternative: Raycast with Window Management extension (one of built-in extensions). Also Raycast itself is a much better alternative to Alfred
I have been using Magnet for a few years already. Something like that is a must
Trueeee
Since apple released Stagemanager I just don’t use it that often anymore.
Rectangle lacks of ability to change focus between windows and trust me if u have lot of them its bullshit
Hi Chris, Helpful vid. Just started using a Mac this week. Quick question if you dont mind. Are you using all the free versions of the apps mentioned in the video? Thanks.
At the time of recording, I had been using the free versions of the apps for several years. I recently upgraded upgraded to the full version of Alfred and CleanshotX (not mentioned in this vid)
Man, what a great video and list. So input for you / others:
- I love HiddenMe, use it for the exact reason you mentioned. Although it has been a bit buggy for me; I find I have to relaunch it pretty often.
- Hidden Bar: which seems pretty similar to Bar Tender; pretty sure it's free.
- Moom: another window organizer, super powerful.
- Ejectify: I use a MacBook on a docking stating with an external drive attached - this helps automatically eject the drive when I put the machine to sleep, thus cutting down on those irritating "didn't eject drive before disconnecting" notifications.
- Amphetamine: another good task bar utility that keeps the machine awake, just in case you're running a task that you want to be sure doesn't get interrupted. I don't use it often, but it's great when you need it.
One last thought: I don't understand Alfred!! Seems kind of unnecessary to me. Maybe I need to give it another try?
Greatly appreciate the reccs! I will check out those apps this week.
Alfred settings are unnecessarily complex, soI’m with you. If you’re interested, checkout my latest video on Alfred! It goes over Alfred setup, several extremely powerful features, and I’m even giving away 5 PowerPack licenses for the app in the video.
I guarantee it will help smoothen the learning curve and you’ll be using Alfred more often 🤝🏼
The "Hiden Me" app was exactly what I was looking for. I love your channel and am excited for more of your videos!
Glad to hear, thanks! More videos to come
Raycast replaces Alfred, Rectangle and others, trust me.
I still use Alfred because I bought the lifetime license but Raycast is becoming way more powerful.
My favorite from your list is Bartender 4, love it!
Raycast setup videos needed.
I was coming in the comment to write exactly that 😂 Raycast has been a life changer for my productivity and eliminating so many little apps with it. It’s truly Alfred on steroids and way more powerful and customizable until your heart’s content 😀
@@yashashgaurav There's basically no setup to Raycast. You install it and it starts teaching you how to use it. Then, it's just a matter of going into the app's Settings and Store to discover commands and features that are useful to you.
Alfred has some deep stuff around automation that I'm not sure Raycast is able to do, but for 99% of people, Raycast has every useful Alfred feature, for free, and with a much nicer user experience.
Raycast is brilliant. For me Craft and Raycast are the big game changer apps which truly turned me over to MacOS
Thanks for making an amazing video on very useful apps. Bartender is my favorite among the list. Now I like my mac even more.
I am new to Mac and have been watching videos for hours and this is the best video I have come across. Thank you!!
daaaam bro went from 115 subs to 58.1k in one year
congratulations
Rectangle is definitely my favorite. I just got my first MacBook Air(M1 base model) and on my (linux) desktop i use a tiling window manager so it felt very natural moving over.
Simp
Thank you for providing this! every mac user should know this since it makes your experience convenient
My pleasure. Glad you liked it!
It's incredible how a little more than a month you jumped from 155 to 8,36 K subscribers. Impressive - Keep doing great videos!
Much appreciated, Juan! Cheers
I hope to get my very first MacBook today and will be using your videos to help me setup my computer and get the most use at of it. Thanks.
Thank you for sharing, I loved Hand mirror!
I absolutely love Rectangle. A fantastic app. Not only short cut keys, but you can drag the windows to the corners of the monitor for resizing and placement
How do you remove the icon on the desktop though?
Rectangle is really a game changer for Mac OS! Coming from windows this program is a necessity
My favourite macOS app is Keyboard Maestro. And lately I've acquired the Stream Deck app which runs on both macOS and iOS which means I can turn my iPhone into a Stream Deck simulator. By the way, these two apps are designed to work together, so I can use KM to control the SD app icons.
Alfred was indeed a game changer.
Any recommended apps for M3 Mac?
Just bought my first macbook today, coming from windows, I think Alfred and bartender are very helpful. I still have a hard time figuring out some stuff.
Hey Chris, I would pick Monitor Control, it's extremely useful with a second display, and in case you didn't know, it works also if you are connected to a tv at work in meeting rooms
Great to know, thanks for sharing!
in addition, I'd like to highly recommend 2 of my favorites:
1) CleanShot X - it's an app for making and instant editing screenshots, screen video recordings, and GIFs - PAID, but it is worth it!
2) DeepL - it's an ML-powered app for translations. You select some text and press Cmd+C+C (like a copy but press C 2 times) and it will immediately open a window with the selected text, translated to any pre-selected language. - FREE
Thanks for the reccs!
I bought CleanshotX too and use it ALL the time - Big fan!
Looking forward to checking out DeepL🤝🏼
@@Christomshack I'm sure you'll love it🖤
@@Christomshack btw, there is one more - CopyClip - it stores some amount (it's configurable) of your recently copied text - pretty useful if you need to copy one by one, e.g., 3 text lines from one app into another. For not to switch between apps 3 times you could just copy that lines one by one, then switch to another app and paste them from the app's tray icon
i appreciate you for making this video, for someone who is new on the mac ive been trying to find the easy and simple apps i can use for my daily use. well done !
Awesome! Alfred is my favourite so far.
Same here 🤝🏼
This was really insightful and helpful information. Thank you for taking the time to research and present the material in such a handy way. Can't wait to try these out!
"Rectangle" is the best app according to me because I am student and I often have to do multitasking but in apple one two windows can be opened so if I use rectangle for that purpose it will be easier for me to multitask and switch between windows while coding in VS Code and designing new using Xcode and also to check the webpage designed. Thank you for posting this video this is really helpful for me or students like me.
Happy to hear the video was helpful. Good luck on your software engineering journey!
Appreciate your videos, they have helped me with setting up my laptop as a first time mac user. Love the Alfred app, but the most useful app for me is probably going to be the Cheatsheet app to learn all necessary shortcuts. Your channel is a hidden gem, great videos!
Many thanks Leonardo. Happy to hear my videos have been helpful! Cheers
Vielen Dank für die wertvollen Informationen und die beste TempBox-Anwendung
I downloaded 6 of your 10 best Mac apps. Thanks, they have been useful 💪🏻
I love the recommendations. I’ve downloaded Alfred before but I found it a little confusing with all the settings and I didn’t feel it did anything more than spotlight does. I’m probably using it wrong. But I’ll give it another shot.
It’s definitely confusing at first with all the features/settings it has. I’m actually almost finished with a video walkthrough of the best Alfred workflows and shortcuts for productivity to help everyone get the most out of it. As soon as I get over this gnarly case of Covid it will get finished and uploaded.
Also giving away 5 PowerPack plans in the video 🤝
WAS a long time Alfred user. Tried the latest Raycast, and it's in a whole different and better world. The Pro version with built-in AI (ChatGPT) is great. Many, many more extensions and it's getting rapid release features. Alfred by comparison is old, barely any new features, and the UI IMHO looks terrible. I tried Raycast when it first launched a couple of years ago and went back to Alfred. But last month I tried Raycast again, loved it so much, I immediately bought Pro and dumped Alfred in the trashcan. Haven't missed it since.
I think the app swish is doing a better job at window managment, than rectangle especially when you don't use a mouse and just the trackpad. You can manage your windows through swipe gestures and I just love this app.
Thanks for sharing, I will check out swish this weekend 🤝
I agree I’ve tried them all, and I landed on swish. It has cool gesture capabilities, but the keyboard shortcuts are what I like.
Yes, very nice presentation with good recommendations. For me, Hidden Me was the surprise app. I didn't realise I really wanted it until I had it! Love Alfred, Thanks
Alfred for definite awesome recommendations thanks😊
I love betterDisplay for my M1 Pro. I can use it (pro version with one Time payment) to make use of the higher nits of the internal display and can also change the brightness and contrast settings of the external display very easily. Which is great since changing it on the monitor itself is quite the hassle!
Trying get it to work with my dell ultra sharp so I can adjust volume of desk speakers connected the dell hub. Any suggestions?
@@robertf863 sorry, Never had to make it work with audio
Rectangle is hands down a necessity but I’ll definitely be downloading hand mirror. Never heard of it before now but will be super helpful in eliminating distractions during screen sharing
coming from linux, definitely something that will boost my productivity.
kudos!
So great to see someone make massive jumps in their channel! Keeps me super motivated to keep going! That cheatsheet app is an absolute blessing!
Thanks Mario, we both need to keep going!
This is to acknowledge that the list is really really useful. You have done a great job man and you have earned a subscriber for sure.
Much appreciated! Thanks for subbing and taking the time to leave a comment 🤝🏼
This whole video is all about Alfred. Thank you, Alfred 👌
App 3: You don't have to hold the full screen button in macOS to do splitscreen just hover over it. Also the native multi-desktop is kind of useful when you understand how it works. But Rectangle seems really cool. Thank you for the video.
Am I missing something? This doesn’t work for me..
I am not commenting to win the gift card (if I do manage to win pick someone else xd), I am commenting to tell you I am impressed with your video quality. It's nice, non-distracting, webcam elements add personal touch that feels "welcoming" and you show how to install each app for people that may not be tech savvy. I am impressed and I hope you keep it up in the future and that the algorithm will be nice to you because you made a video better than 99% of videos out there. Huge props!
Your comment means a lot, thanks a ton. Doing my best to put out quality content over quantity and its comments like yours that keep the motivation up! Cheers
Morning! Oddly enough, you mentioned that you didn't comment to win the gift card... And you won the drawing! Send an email to Chris@firstphase.dev (also shown in the About section of my Channel page for verification) so I can send you the gift card. If you would like to forego winning, let me know and I will draw another winner!
@@Christomshack feel free to give it to someone else - wasn't lying about the "not wanting to win the gift card" part :) I just think you have a lot of talent and wanted to motivate you - no financial incentive! Also cool thing of you that you kept your word! Definitely keep going :)
This was definitely an extremely helpful video! The Alfred program is a great find and I am very grateful for your work and help. I look forward to new videos 🙌✨
Alfred, can't live without it and love the workflows
Awesome tips :) loving some of the apps shared
You just gained a new subscriber 💥.
Need more this type vids 💨
1st time macbook owner and NEEDED this! Know I will be downloading Alfred and Rectangle FIRST! Thanks much!
I was in shock when you said that you only had 155 subs when you made this. This video is so professional and informational.
Great job. I've already downloaded most of them. Thank you very much.
As I have just bought my first Mac after using Windows since early 1986 , I found your clip very interesting . Thank you. I will start with Alfred and see from there.
Haven't used Alfred for a while so thanks for the reminder
You are good brother, I mean one of the best I have seen in a long time. Hope you hit 100k soon. Subscribed!
Alfred for sure is the game winner. Why has this been the best kept secret?! Thanks for sharing. Bartender is a close runner-up for me also.
Totally agree! Uploading an Alfred walkthrough video today for maximizing productivity & giving away 5 PowerPack licenses too 🤝
@@Christomshack I want one!
Hey man i have been following you for a while now, I am Lovette a Software Enginneer too and I just started creating content too and I have to confess I like your Content design ideas and shots man. Keep up with the beautiful ideas. Before I forget thanks for this video
Alfred is definitely the best as well as the rectangle. Thanks for the recommendations.
Chris, I, too, have watched a ton of those videos. I found your video to be quick and helpful. I have also loved Alfred for years; it is the first thing I download on a new Mac. Thanks for the other suggestions. I definitely need some of these apps.
HiddenMe alt: Sys Settings > Hot Corners > pick a corner > show desktop. Free and already built in.
I recently bought a new Mac and hasn't been using a Mac for a couple of years. Now when I'm back :) I ended up using most of the apps you recommended. So thank you for that. This review was very informative and explained well. Thank you.
Wow, never knew Alfred could make things so much easier. Thanks for the tip.
Have been using Macbook for more than a year. Got to know about a lot of new apps. Thank you Chris!
This is the best video on TH-cam about must have Mac apps. Thank you.
Great video. Just put Alfred on my new Mac. Works great!
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Happy To Learn more from you ❤🙏
Best Mac app recommendation video I’ve ever watched on TH-cam. And believe me, I’ve watched them all. As soon as you started talking about the “countless hours” you’ve spent on recommendation videos, I was like “oh this guy gets me”
Awesome vid buddy !
Love Alfred. I haven’t subscribed for the PowerPacks, though. Am I missing much? Great vid!
The power pack features take Alfred to the next level. Highly worth it IMO!
Good review that comes from an actual Mac power-user and not some marketing department. I've been using Alfred myself for years.
Alfred! Thanks for the video!
You bet!
If you’re interested, checkout my latest video on Alfred! It goes over some extremely powerful Alfred features and I’m giving away 5 PowerPack licenses for the app 🤝🏼
Thanks a lot for the Monitor Control!
I got a new MacMini and a good monitor but controlling its brightness was a must.
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Definitely downloading Alfred! And keep sharing productivity tools. I’d love to learn more about how to maximize the Chrome Tabs for cleaner repetitive work
Love you Chris, your videos have helped me a lot. I can finally get rid of the annoying search and plit screen functions on my Mac😊
downloaded all the apps! love it! thanks for sharing
Great video! Did you find anything for clipboard history?
Yes, Alfred! I uploaded a video dedicated to Alfred recently🙌🏼
@@Christomshack thank you very much. I've heard good things about Alfred from my colleagues as well. I'll give it a go soon.
I reckon I will install them all but Alfred for the best use one. Thanks for a fantastic video ❤
Thanks for the recommendations. How do you safely remove them from your system if you find you don’t need them?
I use App Cleaner to uninstall unused apps and files
Alfred is fabulous Chris! Thanks!
Loving all these recommendations. Alfred will definitely be the first one I’ll download
Tempbox ❤! Killer list and video! Thx . Good luck with your channel! You’re unique in your style of content!😊
I’m in love with Alfred!
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If interested, check out my latest video for a complete walkthrough of Alfred’s best features and a chance to win one of 5 Alfred PowerPack licenses 🤝🏼
Great video. Alfred is awesome. Like the way you give both paid and free options.
Great video Chris. Thanks
Thanks for watching!
Damn dude, so much value in your videos I love it. Got my first Mac and they are so helpful. Also, 4 months ago 155 subs!? You're on 26k now and deserve way more, you're killing it! Had to let you know, thanks for the quality vids
This helped me a lot! Thank you for sharing!
Glad it helped!
Good stuff. Thank you.
Alfred is really helpful , I think it’s the best