Free Mac apps
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- Music
- News
- Notes
- Outliners
- Painting
- Photo Editing
- Pomodoro
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- Screen Capture
- Search
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- System Monitors
- Terminal
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- Timers
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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
Text Tools
Aiko
Drop in an audio or video file to get a text transcription, which can be exported for editing. It’s powered by Open AI’s Whisper, but everything runs locally on your Mac. Requires at least 16 GB of RAM.
BarTranslate
Type and translate from the menu bar, using Google or DeepL. Includes a configurable hot key.
Boop
Paste in some text, hit Command-B, and choose what you want done with it. Made for developers, but you can import your own scripts to extend its capabilities.
Easydict
Translate input, screenshots or selections from the menu bar. There are 18 translation services you can choose from. Some require a paid API, but you can disable them in the settings.
espanso
Type a keyword with a colon in front (or whatever you like!), and it expands. Includes special triggers for dates, emojis and shell commands, plus several expansion packages. Can also create templates.
Esse
Choose from dozens of pre-set text transformations, or combine and save your own.
Grab2Text
Capture and copy text from images, then paste it into a text editor. Keeps the history of your last 10 extracted texts. Can also extract QR codes.
JuxtaText
Highlights show differences between two versions of the same text. Easily combine the best parts into a new file. Can also be used for code.
Nisus Thesaurus
Pump up the free TextEdit that comes with your Mac by adding the well-done Nisus Thesaurus. Just select a word, and look it up with your Services submenu.
ProNotes
Apple Notes extension gives you two great improvements: Format text by highlighting it and choosing from a bar or create headings and lists with markdown syntax.
Readability
Analyze any type of writing, from academic papers to blog posts. Get readability scores and suggestions for improvements. Results can be saved for future use.
Rocket
Type a colon, followed by the name of the emoji you want, and voilà — the emoji appears. Anywhere on your Mac.
WordService
Add a number of services to your free TextEdit, along with Nisus Thesaurus, and you’ve pretty much got a free, full-featured text editor. Find a bunch of other freeware you might like at the WordService website.