Download this list of 12 amazing MacOS utilities that will be available in 2022 to help your Mac work faster and more efficiently.
I’ve a reviewed a bunch of great macOS utilities in the following articles:
But there are even more awesome utilities out there that you’re gonna love.
DaisyDisk
DaisyDisk gives a beautiful graphical view of how the storage space is being used.
Price: $9.99
There
There™ – Work across timezones efficiently & remotely
If you’re looking for a way to keep track of what time it is for your friends and colleagues in different time zones, There.pm is a great option.
It’s a menu-bar app for macOS that lets you quickly and easily view the timezones of your contacts. You can add a photo thumbnail for each person, or use the default flag thumbnail for their country.
Price: free
Noir
Noir is a Safari extension for iOS that automatically makes every website you visit dark. It’s great for browsing the web at night.
Noir quickly analyzes a website as soon as you start loading it and creates a custom dark mode that looks great. And the best part is that you won’t even notice it’s happening - by the time the page is loaded, Noir will already be done.
Noir doesn’t bother with collecting any information.
CheatSheet
Keyboard shortcuts are awesome, but different apps use different ones, so trying to remember them all can be frustrating. With CheatSheet, just hold down the ⌘-Key and a list of all active shortcuts for the current application will pop up. Easy, right?
Price: free
CustomCheatSheet
Use CustomShortcuts to add keyboard shortcuts to menu items in most Mac applications. Most Mac applications support user-defined keyboard shortcuts. CustomShortcuts makes it easy to add your own shortcuts.
Price: free
HoudahSpot
HoudahSpot is an awesome search tool for your Mac. It’s way more powerful than Finder or Spotlight, so you can easily find exactly what you’re looking for.
HoudahSpot is the best way to find files fast. It lets you combine different criteria and search across specific locations. You can also preview files, save searches as templates, and more.
Price: $34 + tax for a single license, or $52 + tax for a family license
Hazel
Hazel automatically organizes your files based on rules you choose. Hazel can move files by name, date, type, and more.
Hazel opens, archives, tags, and uploads. Hazel may rename or sort files by name, date, or other criteria. You can design workflows to process your files using Hazel’s strong pattern matching.
Hazel can delete old files and empty the trash when it gets too full. Applications can leave behind support files when deleted. Hazel’s App Sweep detects when you delete an app and offers to delete its support files.
Price: $42 for single license, or $65 for a family license
Meeter
Meeter is a Mac software that manages video calls from BlueJeans, FaceTime, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Zoom, and over 30 more services. During the COVID-19 outbreak, Meeter is a handy program for anyone who routinely makes video conversations. The free version links to your calendar and automatically pulls in details for forthcoming calls, making it easy to see what’s coming up and join with a single click. No more digging through your email for the proper meeting link.
Price: $3.99 (early bird), or $7.99
NoNotify
NoNotify is a straightforward application that, when required, puts your Mac in Do Not Disturb mode. NoNotify allows you to choose the programs where you need to concentrate and activates “do not disturb” while you are using such programs. Enjoy the quiet time to concentrate!
Price: Free
Hook
In today’s world, we are bombarded with information from a variety of sources. PDFs, eMails, web pages, task managers, calendars, information managers, mind maps, and more can make it difficult to stay organized and find the information we need.
Hook is an app that connects digital data and allows you to open linked items without having to search for their physical locations. This app has the potential to change the way people work by making it easier to access the information they need.
It’s easy to share Hook links. Just open the Hook app and copy the link you want to share. You can copy a link to a website, web page, or file. Then paste it into another program or share it with other Hook users. When they click on the link, it will open the website, web page, or file you shared.
Hook’s bookmarking feature allows you to search for any hooked file. Simply type your search terms, select your desired item, and you’re done! No more tedious physical searches required.
Benefits to using Hook:
- copy links to anything (even to emails and files)
- use these links anywhere (notes, todo lists, calendar, etc)
- link to specific locations deep within a PDF
- use two-way links to navigate to related files.
- share links with others to save time.
- all hooks are automatically bookmarked.
Hook can be used to create a hyperlink to anything on your Mac, which is more powerful than the default MacOS file link.
Creating a two-way link can be really helpful- like if you’re using a task manager and you have a link to a Safari web page. You can link it back to the task manager so you can easily go back and forth between the two. In your task manager, just create a link to the task with Hook and you’re all set!
Price: free for the lite version, $29.99 for Essentials, and $69.99 for Pro.
QuitAll
QuitAll helps you end all running apps so you can start from scratch without restarting your Mac. You can quit one, some, or all your apps. Before closing, apps will have the chance to ask you if you want to save any unsaved work.
If an application isn’t responding, you can force it to quit using QuitAll. You can also set it to automatically terminate after a period of inactivity.
Price: $10
Hazel
Hazel automatically organizes your files based on rules you choose. Hazel can move files by name, date, type, and more.
Hazel opens, archives, tags, and uploads. Hazel may rename or sort files by name, date, or other criteria. You can design workflows to process your files using Hazel’s strong pattern matching.
Hazel can delete old files and empty the trash when it gets too full. Applications can leave behind support files when deleted. Hazel’s App Sweep detects when you delete an app and offers to delete its support files.
Price: $42 for a single license or $65 for a family license
Meeter
Meeter is a Mac software that manages video calls from BlueJeans, FaceTime, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Zoom, and over 30 more services. During the COVID-19 outbreak, Meeter is a handy program for anyone who routinely makes video conversations. The free version links to your calendar and automatically pulls in details for forthcoming calls, making it easy to see what’s coming up and join with a single click. No more digging through your email for the proper meeting link.
Price: $3.99(early bird) or $7.99
NoNotify
NoNotify is a straightforward application that, when required, puts your Mac in Do Not Disturb mode. NoNotify allows you to choose the programs where you need to concentrate and activates “do not disturb” while you are using such programs. Enjoy the quiet time to concentrate!
Price: freeware
Hook
In today’s world, we are bombarded with information from a variety of sources. PDFs, eMails, web pages, task managers, calendars, information managers, mind maps, and more can make it difficult to stay organized and find the information we need.
Hook is an app that connects digital data and allows you to open linked items without having to search for their physical locations. This app has the potential to change the way people work by making it easier to access the information they need.
It’s easy to share Hook links. Just open the Hook app and copy the link you want to share. You can copy a link to a website, web page, or file. Then paste it into another program or share it with other Hook users. When they click on the link, it will open the website, web page, or file you shared.
Hook’s bookmarking feature allows you to search for any hooked file. Simply type your search terms, select your desired item, and you’re done! No more tedious physical searches required.
Benefits to using Hook:
- copy links to anything (even to emails and files)
- use these links anywhere (notes, todo lists, calendar, etc)
- link to specific locations deep within a PDF
- use two-way links to navigate to related files.
- share links with others to save time.
- all hooks are automatically bookmarked.
Hook can be used to create a hyperlink to anything on your Mac, which is more powerful than the default MacOS file link.
Creating a two-way link can be really helpful- like if you’re using a task manager and you have a link to a Safari web page. You can link it back to the task manager so you can easily go back and forth between the two. In your task manager, just create a link to the task with Hook and you’re all set!
Price: $29.99 for Essentials and $69.99 for Pro.
QuitAll
QuitAll helps you end all running apps so you can start from scratch without restarting your Mac. You can quit one, some, or all your apps. Before closing, apps will have the chance to ask you if you want to save any unsaved work.
If an application isn’t responding, you can force it to quit using QuitAll. You can also set it to automatically terminate after a period of inactivity.
Price: $10
Boom3D
It’s easy to share Hook links. Just open the Hook app and copy the link you want to share. You can copy a link to a website, web page, or file. Then paste it into another program or share it with other Hook users. When they click on the link, it will open the website, web page, or file you shared.
It has an advanced 31-band equalizer for precise audio tuning and ships with some presets to match different genres and tastes. It also includes a volume booster to increase the volume beyond the regular limits without compromising audio quality.
Price: $14.99
Try out these sweet Mac utilities — they’ll make your life easier, more organized, and generally more awesome.
