/MyMacAppsAndTools

A small overview of the apps and tools I am using on my Mac.

The mac apps and tools I use (as an iOS developer)

Although transitioning from one MacBook to another is always a great chance to get rid of unused apps and files, these are the essential tools I always take with me. So, take this mostly as a reference for myself. ;) Oh, and I bet I missed a lot here, so this will grow over time.

Software

  • 1Password Save and share your accounts and logins accross your devices. Unlock the wallet with one master password.
    Link: https://1password.com
    Pricing: Free, monthly subscription

  • Adobe Creative Suite Although I am more of a coder than a designer these days, Photoshop is still the essential tool for any asset/photo editing and retouching I am doing. Illustrator is great for working on complex vector graphics. Hint: Give Adobe Experience Designer a try!
    Link: http://www.adobe.com/creativecloud.html
    Pricing: Many taylor made offers, I am paying 89, - € a month for the full suite

  • Airmail 3 My mail client of choice. Felt much more flexible then Mail.app years ago and still does.
    Link: http://airmailapp.com/features
    Pricing: 10,99 € one time fee for the Mac app

  • Atom Texteditor of choice. Comes in handy for editing anything from Podfile to Fastfile and many more.
    Link: https://atom.io
    Pricing: Free

  • Charles Proxy Great proxy for inspecting network requests. Comes with helpers for tracking SSL traffic, installs certificates for iOS simulators with a single click!
    Link: https://www.charlesproxy.com
    Pricing: $50,- one time fee for a single license

  • Cloak VPN The VPN that turns on automatically when connecting to an untrusted Network. Work from any Starbucks with confidence ;). Comes with Mac and iOS apps
    Link: https://www.getcloak.com
    Pricing: $9,99 a month

  • Paintcode 3 As the name suggests, Paintcode turns your drawings into code. Works great with Swift, check out the "parametric drawings" feature
    Link: https://www.paintcodeapp.com
    Pricing: 105,- € one time fee

  • Deploymate "Deploymate helps you identify unavailable, deprecated and obsolete API usage in your Xcode projects". True story.
    Link: http://www.deploymateapp.com
    Pricing: $19,99 one time fee

  • Dropbox No introduction needed. Although there is many reasons to criticize this service, I have been using Dropbox for years, so I did not feel like moving my gigs and gigs of assets and projects to another platform. Also, it comes with great file history and recovery of deleted files.
    https://www.dropbox.com/
    Pricing: Free for 2GB, I am paying 10,- € a month for 1TB

  • iTerm2 My favorite terminal. Teams up great with zsh.
    Link: https://www.iterm2.com/version3.html
    Pricing: Free

  • Kaleidoscope My tool of choice for diffing and solving merge conflicts. Also compares any files, folders and even images.
    Link: https://www.kaleidoscopeapp.com
    Pricing: $69,99 one time fee

  • MacDown Lightweight, open source Markdown editor. Nice minimalist UI.
    Link: https://macdown.uranusjr.com
    Price: Free

  • Monodraw Powerful ASCII art editor designed for the Mac. My favorite tool for creating diagrams and graphics for documentation and code reviews.
    Link: https://monodraw.helftone.com
    Pricing: 19,99 € one time fee

  • Paste My clipboard history of choice. Nice UI!
    Link: http://pasteapp.me
    Pricing: $9,99

  • Paws "Paw is a full-featured HTTP client that lets you test and describe the APIs you build or consume. It has a beautiful native macOS interface to compose requests, inspect server responses, generate client code and export API definitions". True, and I love the UI!
    Link: https://paw.cloud
    Pricing: 49,99 € on time fee

  • Pocket Bookmarking and reading list synched accross devices. Really shines when used with apps and browser extensions.
    Link: https://getpocket.com/
    Pricing: Free, go premium for 4,95 € a month

  • Sip Lightweight, easy to use color picker which lives in your toolbar. Choose out of a plethora of color representations, from Hex to SwiftRGB
    http://sipapp.io
    Pricing: $9,99

  • Spotify No introduction needed. Focus is the playlist of choice when coding with headphones on, btw.
    Link: http://spotify.com
    Pricing: Free, I am paying 10,- € a month for the ad free service

  • Sketch Fantastic vector based design tool for the digital domain. Compared to Illustrator, it definitely steals the show. I know I have been using lightweight extensively, but it's definitely true with this guy.
    Link: http://sketchapp.com
    Pricing: 99,- € (free updates for one year, renewal required to get updates after that period)

  • Totals 3 That's how I do my bookkeeping. It has a great simple customer&invoice management area, and is customizable to the max
    Link: http://www.kedisoft.com/totals/
    Pricing: 120.78 € one time fee

  • Tower I am the kind of guy who needs a nice GUI for git. Supports almost any git commands you can think of in a nice, accessible way.
    Link: https://www.git-tower.com/mac/
    Pricing: ¢79,- one time fee

  • Vanilla IMHO, this is the best way of getting rid of all the clutter in your toolbar. Nice, minimalistic UI and easy to set up.
    Link: http://matthewpalmer.net/vanilla/
    Pricing: Free, "pro" version for $3,99 one time fee

  • Xcode Although I tried hard getting used to AppCode as of its great editor features, I'll stick with Xcode. There is so many people complaining, but in general Xcode is a great IDE for me. I will skip the links and pricing here, ok? ;)

  • Zeplin That's how you want to get assets from designers! Leaves no questions: all measurements, color values, font styles etc. are documented with this great tool!
    Link: https://zeplin.io
    Pricing: Free for one project, monthly subscriptions offer

Toolbox

to be continued...