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14 Best Apps for Macs in 2022 614g6l

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See the best apps for Mac and Macbook that bring more productivity, ease of everyday life or familiarity for ex-Windows s.

The computers of Apple they are excellent computers and there is no doubt about that, but native applications alone do not make them interesting on their own. Having only recently come into with Apple computers, it was difficult to adapt at first, but some Mac applications help make this transition easier and make everyday work easier. Whether you are a newcomer to the MacOS coming from Windows or anyone wanting to improve their experience, this list of apps for Mac mini, MacStudio, Mac Pro, iMac e MacBook will change the way you use your computer completely. 4y2u2j

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Bear 3xe23

An improved version of Notes, with the possibility to use images from websites and synchronization with iPhone and iPad (Photo: Shiny Frog Ltd.)

If you're tired of the native note app of iOS e MacOS, Apple Watch.

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An enhanced version of the MacBook's native calendar apps or those of competitors such as Google Calendar, Fantastical offers many interesting features even in its free version, such as weather forecast 3 days in advance (in the paid version, there are 10 days of weather forecast).

One of the productivity apps for macOS, Fantastical is highly awarded for its quality (Photo: Screenshot)

In its version, Fantastical brings many new features, such as the option to schedule events with suggested times based on other appointments in your calendar, creation of polls, integration with meeting applications such as Zoom and Meet, integration with another application from the same company Cardhop, which allows group use for events, visualization of relationships between s, interactions between s, business cards, among other options.

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One of the best apps for MacBook for you to follow the pomodoro technique of productivity (Photo: Handout Gestimer)

We often lose track of the time we spend using the computer or we need to control to avoid procrastinating tasks that we need to do and this is an excellent app to do just that. Without a free version and costing BRL 22,90 on the App Store, the gestimer is one of the best productivity apps for MacBook, allowing you to set alarms to remind yourself of your obligations, being very useful to follow the pomodoro technique in which you work with focus for a short period of time, rest a little and then resume your activities or then to rest your eyes and body after sitting for a very long time.

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If you manage files on different platforms in the cloud or folders inside your computer, this application brings together all these files in the same interface (Photo: Disclosure)

In a world where more and more files are saved in the cloud or we need to them to some online repository such as Google Drive, Youtube, etc., know where our files are to access them can become a very complicated task. O DropZone 4 it helps a lot in all these tasks, including making the task of ing a file to a platform very practical, just by dragging the file from its source folder to the icon to send it within the application menu.

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Great for those who copy a lot, Paste stores everything you copy (Photo: Disclosure)

a great tool for the who copies a lot, be it text, files, images, links or messages, paste allows you to have all the things you copy saved in it, with ease of finding them through search. The app only offers a 14-day trial version for free, but after this period, it becomes paid and can also be used in sync with mobile devices.

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An app for MacBook that lets you quickly access notes, frequently used files and recently copied things

For a who repeatedly uses the same files, notes or want to keep a history of things copied on your computer, unclutter it is an ideal app. The convenience of finding this recurring usage information in an organized way makes Unclutter worth its slightly steep price of R$109,90 on the Brazilian App Store.

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Great for using email in a professional environment, Spark is one of the best productivity-oriented MacBook apps.

Better than the native macOS app for email, Spark is one of the best apps for MacBook from email management in the Apple environment, being compatible and synchronized with both your computer and cell phone. It allows several people to simultaneously manage the same , which is great for a professional environment where several people can access the same company or for a group of students in a class.

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Meeter, an app for MacBook focused on managing all your meetings on the most different platforms (Photo: Disclosure)

In a world with more and more remote activities such as distance learning classes, work home office, online meetings with friends or family who live far away, the Meter It's a great option to have all your meeting appointments in one place and not miss any event in your daily life. It accesses your online calendar and saves all the events you've accepted, making it easy to find links to meetings on various platforms like Zoom, Teams and Meet.

Applications for s coming from Windows 641966

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One of the first apps for any accustomed to Windows, Alttab makes switching the app in use more familiar in the macOS environment.

As a who only recently switched to a macOS computer, Altab was the first application I installed on my PC, as the shortcut Alt + tab, which works on both Windows and Linux, to switch windows in use was in my blood and finding it didn't work on MacBooks left me orphaned of its practicality. It also improves the usability of the macOS native shortcut (command + tab), since he shows the different “windows” of the same application that are open, while the native one groups them all in the same icon, forcing the to select this icon to then display the other open applications.

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With functionality similar to Cortana on Windows, Alfred 4 will help you find things on your computer and on the internet (Photo: Disclosure)

For those who are used to using Cortana on Windows to find files, folders, and even look up information on the internet, Finder can be hard to get used to, but that's where alfred 4 goes into. He is an excellent assistant, being able to Make s basic, launch installed applications on MacBook, look up word definitions and also how to write them. In its paid version, it can create streams to run, shortcuts, customize its appearance, play iTunes music, etc.

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Making completely uninstalling something from your computer a simpler task, AppZapper is a great option for ex-Windows s

An application that serves both ex-Windows s and as an improvement to the functionality of the system itself, the AppZapper serves for completely uninstall an application from your computer, a task that is more difficult than it should be on macOS. Used to having Windows doing everything for me, it was much more complicated when, when I needed to uninstall an application from my MacBook, I had to keep hunting for all the configuration files that the system spreads through the storage and AppZapper makes this task much simpler and is great for all macOS computer s.

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A complete application for monitoring your MacBook, iStat Menus is very useful (Photo: Disclosure)

For you to control the status of your MacBook in depth, the iStat Menus is a great app to install where you can view your U usage, GPU usage, fans, storage, internet connection, battery, weather, etc. Its paid version by monthly subscription comes with several other applications, including Meeter, already mentioned in this list and CleanMyMac X, an option to the aforementioned AppZapper.

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Cross-platform and free, this is one of the best apps to play audio and video files (Photo: Disclosure)

This is an application that is almost mandatory to use when you are watching videos or music in files saved on your machine. Free and compatible with the most diverse types of video and music files available on the market, VLC is one of the applications that you need to install on your MacBook if you don't use platforms a lot. streaming.

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Very useful for those who work a lot with images, TextSniper allows you to copy information from screen prints (Photo: Disclosure)

The MacBook allows you to copy text from image natively to some types of media, but the TextSniper lets you bring information from an image and paste immediately into a note or in a text, even in files that macOS does not this functionality. In addition, it also allows you to read QR code, barcode and even “read” text on your speakers for you in up to 7 different languages ​​that the app recognizes.

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Sources: Tom's Guide e Mac O'Clock.

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