Free Mac apps
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Links to 100% free Mac apps
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- Animation
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- Automation
- Backup
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Clipboards
- Code Snippets
- Compression
- Converters
- Deletion
- Dock
- Drawing
- Education
- File Sharing
- Finance
- FTP
- Functionality
- Graphics Tools
- Health
- Journals
- Launchers
- Maintenance
- Markdown
- Media Hubs
- Media Players
- Menu Bar Apps
- Menu Bar Managers
- Messaging
- Miscellaneous
- Music
- News
- Notes
- Outliners
- Painting
- Photo Editing
- Pomodoro
- Presentation
- Screen Capture
- Search
- Security
- Social Media
- System Monitors
- Terminal
- Text Editors
- Text Tools
- Three Dimensional
- Timers
- To-Do
- Utilities Misc
- Video
- Wallpaper
- Weather
- Web Browsing
- Window Management
- Word Processors
- Workflows
Categories
- A to Z Archive
- Animation
- Audio
- Automation
- Backup
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Clipboards
- Code Snippets
- Compression
- Converters
- Deletion
- Dock
- Drawing
- Education
- File Sharing
- Finance
- FTP
- Functionality
- Graphics Tools
- Health
- Journals
- Launchers
- Maintenance
- Markdown
- Media Hubs
- Media Players
- Menu Bar Apps
- Menu Bar Managers
- Messaging
- Miscellaneous
- Music
- News
- Notes
- Outliners
- Painting
- Photo Editing
- Pomodoro
- Presentation
- Screen Capture
- Search
- Security
- Social Media
- System Monitors
- Terminal
- Text Editors
- Text Tools
- Three Dimensional
- Timers
- To-Do
- Utilities Misc
- Video
- Wallpaper
- Weather
- Web Browsing
- Window Management
- Word Processors
- Workflows
Functionality
Blurred
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Reduce distraction by blurring out your inactive apps. Use a slider in the menu bar to choose opacity.
CapsLockNoDelay
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The caps lock key won’t work unless you hold it down for about half a second. For some people, this is half a second too long. If you’re one of them, this app is for you.
Command X
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Cut and paste files the Windows way. Highlight, hit Command-X, go to destination and use Command-V. The Mac way? Command-C, then Command-Option-V.
Cursorcerer
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Hide your cursor at any time with a global hot key. Handy for those times it gets in the way when you’re watching a video.
CustomShortcuts
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Create keyboard shortcuts for most Mac programs. Helps you navigate menu hierarchies and get the titles right. Works with KeyClu, which lists all active shortcuts of the current application.
Displaperture
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Now that macOS has rounded corners on the icons, windows and folders, why not also on your display?
Dropshelf
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Drag-and-drop helper keeps track of files while you’re moving them. Shelves can be placed at any edge of the screen. Free for now.
FreshBatch
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Batch rename files and extensions — just tell it what folder you want to modify, what about the filename you need to change, and what you want to change it to.
Gladys
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Set aside stuff on a shelf for use later on — links, text snippets, map locations, contacts, images, photos, emails, messages, and more.
HideSwitch
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A super simple way to show and hide system files. Just use the toggle on a semi-transparent bezel.
Hyperkey
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Remap the caps lock key to shift, control, option and command — all combined — to create a new modifier key. Great for those who never use caps lock for its intended purpose.
Karabiner-Elements
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Customize your Mac keyboard — simply change normal keys to other keys or set up complex rules.
LinearMouse
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Set up scrolling direction, pointer acceleration, pointer speed and modifier keys — separately for each device. Your mouse and trackpad can be customized differently.
Macarte
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Switch apps from the menu bar. You can also enable tooltips showing information about the running apps. Hidden apps are dimmed in the menu.
MagicQuit
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Have your apps quit after a certain amount of time that can be customized in the settings. You can uncheck the ones you don’t want to quit. They won’t quit if there is unsaved data.
Manila
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Change the colour of your folders with this Finder extension using a context menu.
Marta
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Dual-pane file manager allows you to copy files by dragging them from one pane to another. An actions panel gives you access to a huge number of actions and their hotkeys.
MonitorControl
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Control the brightness and volume on external displays from the menu bar with controls that fit right in with your Mac’s look and feel.
Mos
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Set the direction of your Mac’s touch pad and mouse wheel separately — plus, make scrolling smoother than ever. Apps can be managed individually.
Muzzle
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Automatically turn off those annoying, and possibly embarrassing, notifications when you’re screen sharing.
NameChanger
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Rename a list of files quickly and easily — and see the changes as you type. Options for changing names include: replace first occurrence, replace last occurrence, replace all, wildcard, prepend, append, character removal, sequence and date.
Nimble Commander
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Dual-pane file manager with features including file search, file viewer, batch renaming, and lots more advanced stuff aimed at power users.
OnlySwitch
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Choose from dozens of switches you can access from the menu bar with a couple of clicks. Includes hide desktop icons, dark mode, hide notch, and many more.
Pock
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Get the most out of your MacBook’s touch bar with this widgets manager.
Remote Mouse
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Turn your iPhone, iPad or iPod into a wireless remote control for your Mac or PC — just like working with a real mouse and keyboard. Useful for presentations.
SelfControl
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Block access to distracting websites, mail servers or anything else on the Internet for any period of time you like. They stay block until the time is up — even if you restart your computer or delete the application.
Shareful
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Add extra powers to the share menu: copy, save as, open in, and more. Available in any app that has a share button.
Shortcat
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You may never need your mouse again. Access your Mac’s user interface from a command palette — click buttons, focus text fields, invoke menu commands, switch windows, and more.
Spaceman
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View your spaces in the menu bar in one of four different styles. Rectangles, numbers, rectangles with numbers, or named spaces. Icons indicate whether a space is active.
Transnomino
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Batch rename many files at once — from simple to complex using regular expressions. This app can monitor a folder and automatically run a recipe when files are dropped in it. Extensive support for AppleScript.
Unclack
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Mute your mic while you type and no one will know you’re busy on your keyboard during a Zoom meeting. Allows for pausing so you can type and talk. Three icons to choose from.
Whisky
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A Wine wrapper that allows you to run Windows programs and games on your Mac with Apple’s game porting toolkit. Requires Apple Silicon and macOS Sonoma (14.0) or later.