Utilities
Miscellaneous macOS utilities for managing apps, files, and system behavior.
- Applite — GUI front-end for Homebrew Cask; browse, install, and update third-party apps
- PureMac — free, open-source (MIT) app manager and system cleaner; heuristic file matching for complete app removal, cache cleanup, Xcode artifact removal; SwiftUI, macOS 13+
- Sensei — Mac performance and maintenance tool with disk cleaner, app uninstaller, and hardware monitor
- ImageOptim — open-source image compression tool that strips metadata and reduces file size losslessly
- Ejectify — automatically ejects external drives when your Mac sleeps to prevent “disk not ejected properly” errors
- Hazel — rule-based file organization automation; watches folders and applies actions on matching files
- Open Screen — share your Mac screen to a phone or tablet over the local network via a browser
- Wispr Flow — AI voice dictation that transcribes speech into edited text in any app; auto-removes filler words, learns personal vocabulary, supports 100+ languages
Curated app lists
Section titled “Curated app lists”- my-mac-os by nikitavoloboev — personal macOS setup with apps, tools, and Alfred workflows
- my-mac-os by obahareth — another curated macOS setup with annotated app picks
- awesome-mac — community-curated list of macOS apps and tools organized by category