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Useful Applications that I use on my Mac

Useful Mac Applications

As a frontend UX Engineer, here is a list of Mac applications that I find useful

Editors / IDE

• Atom / Beta release
• Visual Studio Code

Browser / testing

• Browser ChooserX - Open links in various browsers

Deployment

Docker

• Docker for Mac / Beta release
• Captain - Control docker containers from the Menu Bar

Sketch Plugins

Plugin Manager

• Sketchpacks - Browse, manage, and auto-update your Sketch plugins from the menu bar
• Sketch Toolbox - A super simple plugin manager for Sketch

Workflow

• Sketch Runner - Run sketch commands from the keyboard (like spotlight, alfred)

Tools

• Craft - Library of tools. Integrates with Invision

Colors

• Sketch Palettes - A Sketch plugin that lets you save and load colors into the color picker.

Annotation/Documentation

• Sketch Notebook - Document your designs
• User Flows - use flow diagrams in sketch artboards

Icons

• IconFonts - Use web iconfonts in designs