Essential Mac Apps

By MacRumors Staff

Essential Mac Apps Articles

maxresdefault

Useful Mac Apps Worth Checking Out - April 2022

Friday April 29, 2022 1:36 pm PDT by
Mac apps often don't receive as much attention as apps designed for iPhones and iPads, so we have a regular video series that is designed to highlight some of the useful Mac apps that we've come across over the past few months. Our April picks feature apps for quickly accessing websites, adjusting external display settings from the menu bar, using a Windows-like "alt-tab" tool, and more. Subscr ...
maxresdefault

5 Useful Apps for Boosting Your Productivity in 2022

Tuesday January 4, 2022 1:18 pm PST by
January is when many of us make New Year's resolutions for improvements that we want to enact in the new year, and if you're looking to bolster your productivity and adopt new habits, we have a great list of iOS and Mac apps that you might want to check out. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. We've outlined the apps, provided links, and listed app pricing below, but...
maxresdefault

Useful Mac Apps Worth Checking Out - August 2021

Tuesday August 31, 2021 3:16 pm PDT by
Apps created for the Mac don't often receive as much attention as apps designed for iPhones and iPads, so we have a video series that highlights useful Mac apps worth checking out. Our August picks feature apps for drawing with the trackpad, managing music, keeping track of passwords, and more. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. SigmaOS ($10/Month) - SigmaOS is a...
maxresdefault

Five Mac Apps Worth Checking Out - February 2021

Tuesday February 23, 2021 8:42 am PST by
Apps developed for the Mac don't typically receive as much attention as apps designed for iPhones and iPads, so we've created a series at MacRumors that highlights useful Mac apps worth checking out. This month's picks feature new apps for managing email, organizing calendar events, enhancing productivity, and more. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. Shareful...
maxresdefault

Five Mac Apps Worth Checking Out - August 2020

Tuesday August 18, 2020 3:46 pm PDT by
Apps designed for the Mac don't often receive as much coverage as apps designed for iPhones and iPads, which is why we have a series here at MacRumors that highlights interesting Mac apps worth checking out. This month's picks feature productivity and organization tools along with a couple of fun but useful apps. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. Panelicious...
maxresdefault

Five Mac Apps Worth Checking Out - July 2020

Tuesday July 14, 2020 3:34 pm PDT by
Apps created for Macs don't typically receive as much coverage as apps designed for iPhones and iPads, so we crated a series here at MacRumors to highlight interesting Mac apps worth checking out. This month's apps focus on productivity and feature great tools for working from home. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. Twobird (Free) - Twobird is an email app from...
maxresdefault

Five Mac Apps Worth Checking Out - June 2020

Tuesday June 2, 2020 3:25 pm PDT by
Apps developed for the Mac often don't receive as much coverage as apps designed for iPhones and iPads, so we have a series at MacRumors that highlights interesting Mac apps that are worth taking a look at. This month's apps are designed to make working from home a little bit easier. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. Meeter (Free) - Working from home often...
maxresdefault

Five Mac Apps Worth Checking Out - March 2020

Tuesday March 10, 2020 11:30 am PDT by
Apps designed for the Mac don't typically receive as much attention as apps designed for iPhones and iPads, so we have a series here at MacRumors that highlights useful and interesting Mac apps that are worth checking out. This month's picks are all about making your life easier. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. Tab Space ($0.99) - Tab Space is a handy little...
maxresdefault

Five Mac Apps Worth Checking Out - January 2020

Thursday January 16, 2020 2:16 pm PST by
Apps designed for the Mac often don't receive as much attention as apps designed for iPhones and iPads, so we have a series here at MacRumors that highlights useful and interesting Macs worth checking out. This month's picks include apps for optimizing your Mac, learning keyboard shortcuts, searching cloud services, and watching streaming video. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel ...
maxresdefault

10 of the Best macOS and iOS Apps of 2019

Thursday December 26, 2019 1:23 pm PST by
2019 is coming to a close in just a few days, and we thought we'd share some of our favorite apps this year. Over the course of the 2019, we've highlighted useful Mac and iOS apps primarily picked out by MacRumors readers in a YouTube series. For today's video, we've rounded up five iOS apps and five Mac apps that MacRumors readers found most useful from those videos. Subscribe to the ...
maxresdefault

Mac Catalyst Apps: Our Favorites So Far

Thursday October 24, 2019 2:29 pm PDT by
macOS Catalina includes a new Mac Catalyst feature that's designed to make it simple for developers to bring their apps created for the iPad over to the Mac App Store. Several developers have taken advantage of the new capabilities in Catalina to create Mac Catalyst apps for the ‌Mac App Store‌, and we thought we'd round up the most useful of these for those who are wondering how Mac Catalyst...
maxresdefault

Five Mac Apps Worth Checking Out - September 2019

Wednesday September 4, 2019 3:03 pm PDT by
Apps designed for the Mac don't often receive as much attention as apps made for iPhones and iPads, so we have a series here at MacRumors designed to highlight useful and interesting Mac apps worth checking out. This month's picks include apps for revamping your dock, discovering new music, making GIFs, annotating and managing screenshots, and more. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel ...
maxresdefault

Five Mac Apps Worth Checking Out - August 2019

Friday August 2, 2019 3:11 pm PDT by
Apps designed for the Mac don't typically receive as much attention as apps made for iPhones and iPads, so we have a series here at MacRumors designed to highlight useful and interesting Mac apps worth checking out and potentially investing in. This month's picks include apps for overhauling your Touch Bar, updating forgotten Mac apps, controlling music, managing windows, and more, with many...
maxresdefault

Five Mac Apps Worth Checking Out - July 2019

Tuesday July 2, 2019 3:46 pm PDT by
Apps designed for the Mac often don't receive as much attention as apps made for iOS devices, so we have a series here at MacRumors that's designed to highlight useful and interesting Mac apps that are worth checking out and potentially investing in. This month's picks include apps for making your Touch Bar more functional, adding quick switches to the Menu bar, creating to-do lists, replacing ...
maxresdefault

Five Mac Apps Worth Checking Out - April 2019

Wednesday April 10, 2019 4:34 pm PDT by
Apps designed for the Mac often don't receive as much attention as apps made for iOS devices, so we have a series here at MacRumors that's designed to highlight useful and interesting Mac apps that are worth checking out and potentially investing in. This month's picks include apps for sharing files, organizing web apps, monitoring internet traffic, fixing repeating keys on a broken MacBook...
maxresdefault

Five Interesting Mac Apps Worth Checking Out - August 2018

Monday August 27, 2018 3:46 pm PDT by
Apps created for the Mac don't receive as much attention as apps made for iOS devices, so we have a bi-monthly series here at MacRumors that's designed to highlight useful and interesting Mac apps that are worth checking out and potentially investing in. This week's picks include apps for streamlining your email, focusing on tasks, checking the weather, cleaning up your Mac, and managing all...
maxresdefault

Five Interesting Mac Apps Worth Checking Out - June 2018

Thursday June 28, 2018 4:03 pm PDT by
Apps developed for the Mac often don't receive as much attention as apps made for iOS devices, so we've been doing a monthly series here at MacRumors that highlights useful, interesting Mac apps that are worth checking out and investing in. This month's picks include apps for revamping your dock, finding duplicate files, keeping track of your copy paste history, tweeting quickly from the...
maxresdefault

Five Useful Mac Apps Worth Checking Out - May 2018

Thursday May 31, 2018 3:36 pm PDT by
Apps designed for the Mac often don't receive as much attention as apps for iOS devices, so we've launched a monthly series that highlights useful, interesting Mac apps that are worth checking out. This month's app selection, outlined in the video and the post below, includes apps for managing and backing up your iPhone, transferring music between services, watching Netflix, keeping track of...
maxresdefault

Five Useful Mac Apps Worth Checking Out - April 2018

Friday April 27, 2018 3:23 pm PDT by
Apps designed for the Mac don't typically receive as much attention as apps for iOS devices, so we've launched a monthly series that highlights useful, interesting Mac apps that are worth checking out. This month's app selection, outlined in the video and the post below, includes apps for managing and organizing your files, getting info about your Mac, accessing your favorite content quickly,...
maxresdefault

Five Interesting Mac Apps Worth Checking Out - March 2018

Friday March 30, 2018 2:24 pm PDT by
Apps designed for the Mac don't often receive as much attention as apps for iOS, so we've launched a monthly series that highlights useful, interesting Mac apps that are worth checking out. This month's app selection, outlined in the video and the post below, includes apps for cleaning up apps on your Mac, finding new wallpaper, reading the news, and more. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube ...