Have fun modifying the look of your Mac
Change the look of windows, the menu bar, cursors, and icons, plus the sound of your keyboard.
Free Mac apps
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Links to 100% free Mac apps
- A to Z Archive
- Animation
- Audio
- Automation
- Awake
- Backup
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Clipboard
- Clock
- Code Snippets
- Compression
- Converter
- Database
- Deletion
- Dock
- Drawing
- Education
- File Sharing
- Finance
- Finder
- FTP
- Functionality
- Graphics Tool
- Health
- Journal
- Launcher
- Maintenance
- Markdown
- Media Hub
- Media Player
- Menu Bar
- Menu Bar Manager
- Messaging
- Miscellaneous
- Music
- News
- Notes
- Outliner
- Painting
- Photo Editing
- Playful
- Pomodoro
- Presentation
- Screen Capture
- Search
- Security
- Social Media
- Sync
- System Monitor
- Terminal
- Text Editor
- Text Tool
- Three Dimensional
- Timer
- To-Do
- Utilities Misc
- Video
- Wallpaper
- Weather
- Web Browsing
- Window Management
- Word Processor
- Workflow
Categories
- A to Z Archive
- Animation
- Audio
- Automation
- Awake
- Backup
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Clipboard
- Clock
- Code Snippets
- Compression
- Converter
- Database
- Deletion
- Dock
- Drawing
- Education
- File Sharing
- Finance
- Finder
- FTP
- Functionality
- Graphics Tool
- Health
- Journal
- Launcher
- Maintenance
- Markdown
- Media Hub
- Media Player
- Menu Bar
- Menu Bar Manager
- Messaging
- Miscellaneous
- Music
- News
- Notes
- Outliner
- Painting
- Photo Editing
- Playful
- Pomodoro
- Presentation
- Screen Capture
- Search
- Security
- Social Media
- Sync
- System Monitor
- Terminal
- Text Editor
- Text Tool
- Three Dimensional
- Timer
- To-Do
- Utilities Misc
- Video
- Wallpaper
- Weather
- Web Browsing
- Window Management
- Word Processor
- Workflow
Googly Eyes
A pair of eyes in the menu bar follows you cursor wherever it goes, because . . . why not?
Mousecape
Import “capes” that modify your mouse cursors, including this pack inspired by Nintendo’s Wii console.
On This Day
Learn about 10 historical events every day from your menu bar.
Lickable Menu Bar
“We made the buttons on the screen look so good you’ll want to lick them.” — Steve Jobs in 2000. Customize the lick of your menu bar in matte (Mavericks), flat (Catalina) or glossy (Tiger).
Viz
Capture text from images, videos, QR codes and barcodes. Choose from 14 OCR languages. Includes a colour picker for hex and RGB.
Folder Preview
Quick Look extension allows you to peek inside folders, even if they’re zipped.
Startup Manager
Scan your Mac to see what’s starting up when you turn it on. Login items, launch items, browser extensions and more could be slowing things down. Decide whether to delete or disable.
Thock
Make your keyboard sound like a mechanical keyboard with a choice of over a dozen sound effects.
Time Until
Set up countdowns to important events in your menu bar. You can put them in categories, have them repeat, and create corresponding events in Calendar.
AI Actions
Add AI-related actions to the Shortcuts app using an API key from OpenAI or Anthropic, which is securely stored in your keychain. Ollama and Groq are also supported.
Caffeine
The original awake app is back with new developers and an updated code base. It’s as simple as ever — click the coffee cup in the menu bar to turn it on from five minutes to indefinitely.
Pester
Set a timed reminder with options for a message, an alert sound, a dock bounce, or a spoken message. Go by time and date, or countdown. Can be repeated.