🔁 Useful Apps

Mac Apps

Scrcpy

• Mirror Android devices on Desktop
  • USB 3.0 ⬆️
  • Enable USB Debugging in Developer options for use
  • Enter the command scrcpy in terminal
  • Shortcuts
  • Wireless Connection
• (Recommend) OTG Mode: scrcpy --otg -s <Android-Serial-Number> --always-on-top --no-audio
  • Control your devices using mouse and keyboard
  • Cmd to switch
  • Only works if the device is connected over USB
  • script file (for Mac OS)
    • Modify script and Export as application and Move to application folder

Syncthing

• Continuous file synchronization program (free)
  • Mac $\leftrightarrow$ Android $\leftrightarrow$ Win

Ferdium

• All your services in one place, built by the community

DeskPad

• A virtual monitor for screen sharing

Launchie

• The Launchpad Replacement macOS 26 Deserves

Paralles Desktop

• Run Windows on Mac
  • Expensive but high performance
  • Use Windows Pro Key and Paralles Windows Image ¹

Adguard

• ad Blocker

Annotate

• Annotation tool for macOS

Tailscale

• Mesh Network for SMB or Share

Amphetamine

• Keep-awake Utility

CPDT Benchmark

• Diskmark

NeoHtop

• System monitoring on steroids

eqMac

• System Audio processing
• Ranking - Over-ear and In-ear headphones

BudsManager

• An unofficial manager for the Buds, Buds+, Buds Live and Buds Pro

Krabiner

• A powerful and stable keyboard customizer
  • For Paralles and VNC language switcher
  • source: blog.naver.com/hankboy/221200885234
    • mirror (archive)

KeyboardCleanTool

• Block all Keyboard and TouchBar input

LinearMouse

• Customize Mouse and Trackpad

Pock

• Widgets manager for MacBook Touch Bar

Runcat

• System Info in menu bar

Coconut Battery

• Battery Info

Macs Fan Control

• Monitor and control fans Not for Macbook Air

Monitor Control

• Controls your external display brightness and volume and shows native OSD

Rectangle

• Move and resize windows in macOS using keyboard shortcuts or snap areas

CCleaner

• Clean up Software

Appcleaner

• Uninstall your apps easily

MakeMKV

• For Ripping Blu-ray or DVD to MKV

Handbrake

• The open source video transcoder
  • Use this with MakeMKV

Inkscape

• Converter for .svg → .pdf

yt-dlp

• A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader

ExifTool

• ExifTool meta information reader/writer

qpdf

• A content-preserving PDF document transformer

Footnotes

1. Don’t download Windows from microsoft homepage. ↩