Mac-OS

A depository showcasing a professional programmer setup to get the most out of your mac and increase your productivity and bring out a bit of your personality and stylistic preferences as well.

Folders

First set

Apps

Some pesonal notes :

I use AppStore as my primary method of searching and buying applications I plan to install on my computer and I suggest you do too.
Having said that, I personally also avoid apps that require a subscription except in rare cases.q
Also, although I pay for all my apps not only to support developers but to ensure in my part these apps continue to provide updates and compatibbility so I don't have to switch or search for new ones to replace them arguably costing me more money and time long term.

Alfred allows you to search your Mac and the web, and be more productive with custom actions to control your Mac.
AntiSleep allows you to take control of sleep mode.
AppCleaner is a simple, elegant and small application which allows you to thoroughly uninstall unwanted apps and files assosiated with them.
Atom is a hackable text editor for the 21st Century. Eveything and anything you need out of a Coding Suite.
AudioSwither is a menu bar that allows you to switch quickly between all available input and output devices.
AutoCleanFolder is an app that just cleans folders for you when they match certain criteria.
Bartender is an app that allows to hide icons from your menu bar.
BoostNote is an intuitive and stylish markdown note app for developers and it's fully open-source.
Brave Browser is my prefered private browser.
CardHop lets you search, add, edit, and interact with your contacts in an interactive way.
cDock - provides dock customization with multiple times the options the Mac dock menu gives you.
Choosy allows you to choose which links open with which browser automatically.
Clearview is an easy-to-use tabbed style ebook reader, equipped with library shelf, supports popular ebook formats as PDF, EPUB (DRM free).
Folder Colorizer assign color to specific folders all at once.
Downie is an app that allows you to easily download videos from thousands of different sites. (Twitch Vods/Clips, Youtube, Soundcloud, Instagram etc.)
Dynamic Wallpaper is an app that allows you to use videos and gifs as your wallpaper.
Enpass is my prefered password manager. It stores backup on Google Drive or any other Cloud Service.
Epubor-krc-converter is able to provide you with the abillity to read your books from Kindle Locally. It also offers multiple file formats.
EyeTimer is the app that reminds you to take a break from your computer every so offen to protect your eyes.
Github Desktop allows you to manage your github repositories from your mac.
Hackernews YC allows you to read Hacker news straight from your desktop.
iBoysoft NTFS allows you to mount NTFS drives to Mac and write, read and copy files to and from them. Useful to move files to and from External drives for windows systems.
Kawa is the modern media player for macOS, and it supports everything VLC does.
KeepPassX is a better input source switcher for OS X, it helps users to switch between keyboard input sources by user-defined shortcuts.
Keka is the offline free, open source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager.
Keyboard Maestro is the premiere mac automation software. It can automate almost anything.
Klib is a new way to manage highlights and notes for Kindle and Apple Books.
Mac Updater is an automated way to keep every app updated on your mac.
Lazy is a the faster way to control your environment.
Lightshot is the fastest way to take a customizable screenshot and share it.
Liteicon is a simple app which allows you to change your system icons quickly and easily.
Monolingual is a tool for removing unnecessary language resources from macOS, in order to reclaim several hundred megabytes of disk space.
Multitouch is an app that allows you to easily add more gestures to macOS and take control of your trackpad.
Mutify is an app that allows you to use a shortcut or the touch bar on any Mac device to quickly mute your microphone.
Name Magler 3 is a blazingly-fast multi-file renaming tool that's incredibly easy to use.
Natural Reader is a free text to speech online app with natural voices, convert text to audio and mp3, for personal and commercial use.
NDM is a desktop GUI Application for npm. Manage npm from the couch.
Newton is a super simple focused email mac app.
NordVPN is a vpn client that encrypts your internet traffic and hides your IP and physical location. Works on 6 devices at once, on every major platform.
Numi is the beautiful adaptive calculator app for Mac and works in every language.
Panellicious is the app that allows you to put static panels on your screen which can include everything from apps to files and folders for quick access.
Permute is the ultimate convertor for media files to various different formats.
Photos Duplicate Cleaner minimizes the tedious efforts used for searching your entire system for duplicate photos. It uses Image Recognition to find duplicate images and delete them for you.
Pixave is the ultimate image organizer. Basically it's a google photo albums alternative with elements that help designers.
PPRows is a code line computing tool that can calculate how many lines of code you write on Mac, but it can also give you comprehensive info about folders (file count by type etc.)
Pushpal automatically shows you all of your phone's notifications right on your computer. This means you can see who's calling or read text messages even if your phone is on silent or in another room. (you can reply to texts as well straight from your computer)
RadioSilence The easiest network monitor and firewall for Mac and easily blocks any app from going online
Sensei is the Next Generation Mac performance tool and a mac cleaner alternative at the same time.
Short Menu is the most powerful URL shortener available for your Mac
SideNotes is an app for note-taking where you put all your buzzing thoughts in a neat, quick and organized way. Enjoy its non-distractive workflow.
Silenz monitors the sounds of your surroundings in a smart way; once it detects a significant sound (e.g. human speech or telephone ringing), it reacts by pausing or adjusting the volume of media players.
Slash Other apps only make to-do lists. Slash slices through them by helping you focus and stay in flow.
Slash A Slide Over browser on your Mac. No more hassle of window switching
Spillo is a powerful, magnificent and amazingly fast bookmarking client for MacOS that syncs with Pinboard.
Tweetbot is a full-featured Twitter client for the Mac. It has a beautiful interface with light & dark themes, multiple-column support and much more.
Typeeto is an app that enables you to use your Mac keyboard as a Bluetooth keyboard for other devices such as iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, Android device, etc. You do not need to install any other apps on your device – just connect it to Mac and start typing.
Unclutter is a new handy place on your desktop for storing notes, files and pasteboard clips.
Typora is a new handy place on your desktop for storing notes, files and pasteboard clips.
TinkerTool is a new handy place on your desktop for storing notes, files and pasteboard clips.
Super Duper! is the wildly acclaimed program that makes recovery painless, because it makes creating a fully bootable backup.
Radio pauses media players when input source change is detected or headphones unplugged.
Thrive
Skhd
MacPaste

Tips and Tricks

First things I do once I get a new Mac

 Change the update check frequency for app store from 7 days to whatever you want
 
     defaults write com.apple.SoftwareUpdate ScheduleFrequency -int [number of days]
     
     I personally like to keep my Mac updated every day so I input 1

GIF

Quick Look

Select a file --> Press Spacebar = Will preview the file without having to open it (press Spacebar again and you will exit preview)

Sidenote : Option (alt) + Cmd (command) + Y for immediate full screen and Esc to exit it

Also you can look into a Zip without Unziping (which is free)
```
   For this you will need the BetterZip Quick Look plugin which can be found here : (https://macitbetter.com/BetterZip-Quick-Look-Generator/)
```

Search in Finder

When searching for a file you have to use "" (e.g. "Screenshot") for only files containing the given search parameter to show up, because Finder searches   
thought meta data by default

App Switcher

Command + Tab (tab to cycle through)
Commad + Q (to close from the app switcher)

Hide all Other Windows

Option (alt) + Command + H will hide all windows except of your active one.

Copy Browser Link

Want to copy the link of the webpage you are in? Command + L

Force Quit Applications

Cmd + Alt + Escape

7. Window Management

Click just under the window management icons to expand a window to your screen. (It does not fullscreen it so you not locked in)

8. Desktop Icons

Most people download and use apps like HiddenMe or Other sort of solution to hide unhide their icons. I for example map it into my Streamdeck and previously into a shorcut of my own.

Hide

defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop false

Unhide

defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop true

Be reminded that you need to restart finder with this option for it to take effect (killall Finder) is the way to do that.

8. Text Manipulation
How to select text the propery way

    Hold Alt Key ---> cursor turns into cross. Now you can select columns instead of getting the whole thing.
  
  How to Search Words
  
    If you like me you probably forget how words are spelled all the time. Well, Mac got you covered, as long as you remember how the word starts you can             type and press F5 to search for all words matching that starting point.
   
  How to Fix Words
  
    If you want to type something like "jk" or "fuck" and you do a mistake press Ctrl + T and Mac will witch the last two letters for you.

9. Whoopies

If you accidentaly closed a window that you needed, most browsers allow the Command + Z  (aka undo) to brind that window back, but that does not work for         other applications. Mac has Cmd + Shift + T which is universal.

10. Duplicate or else known fast copy and paste

Let's say you have two folders open and you want to create a duplicate of one file (copy) into another folder or in your desktop. All you have to do is hold     option and drag the file to its new destination. That will diplicate the file where you want it to.