iTerm2 and Oh-my-zsh – terminal replacement with extensibility, back outta retirement
CleanShot – Ultimate screen capturing tool
Dropbox – mostly used to access files between devices (no more emailing yourself attachments)
Homebrew – install mac system apps with ease
Screen.studio
Bruno
Affinity Photo – flat rate $49 photoshop replacement
Web apps
GitHub – code repositories
Business Tools
Bench – Bookkeeping for online businesses
Gusto – Payroll for online businesses
HelpScout – customer support tools for online businesses
Opinionated Dev Tools
Node – Javascript is the future
Yarn
Other
Apple Music – new curated playlists every Friday
iCal
Retired
(haven’t used in >6 months)
Chrome – dislike the company, but it’s the best dev option available as of September 2022
Hyper – terminal written in JavaScript
Smallchat – live chat from website to slack channel
ChurnBuster – credit card dunning with prewritten emails and templates
ConvertKit – newsletters with better tagging and segmenting than MailChimp
TunnelBear – snuggly VPN to keep you safe and secure
nvalt (retired, replaced by Things) – the note-taking and scheduling app that has clicked for me
Alfred – huge productivity booster for me, easy launch just about anything (notes, calculations, definitions, snippets, multi clipboards. A++++)
Moom by ManyTricks – move and resize windows to preset dimensions
Local by Flywheel – best way to one-click setup a local WordPress environment
Flux – gotta protect your eyes from that blue light
Propellerhead Reason – music production
Easy Digital Downloads – the best way to sell digital products with WordPress
Arq – automated backups to the cloud
Momentum for Chrome – mostly just like the pretty images on new tabs.
Virtualbox
Vagrant
Ansible
GraphiQL
Composer
SequelPro – use to manage local and remote relational databases.
Screenflow – use to record screen for demos, tutorials, gifs etc.
SaverScreensson – my favorite screensaver
Postman – organize, test, and perform HTTP requests from a local GUI
VS Code – beautiful, functional, and free code editor with plugins galore
Arc – hipster Chrome