![]() ![]() At the simplest level, this Mac add-on/app lets you divvy your screen into two instantly. ![]() If you’re working with a limited amount of screen real estate, BetterSnapTool makes organizing your windows a breeze. If you’re a multitasker, especially on a notebook, this one is indispensable. If you’re not content with OS X’s built-in notifications sidebar-and why should you be?-power up Growl and decide exactly how you want to be notified of the endless cascade of potential social and app data that streams your way.ĭecide how each pop-up will act: where it will appear, what sounds it will make when and what exactly what those should look like. More of a platform than a single purpose add-on, Growl enables customized notifications for everything from Messages to Spotify. Conjure up Jumpcut’s menu, a transparent overlay triggered by a keyboard command (in my case Command + S), and you’ll be able to scroll through a hundred items, like handy URLs, email addresses and passwords that you might need at your fingertips. There are a few apps out there that expand your Mac’s inherent copy/paste skills, but Jumpcut is elegant, simple and so well executed that your fingers will rely on its custom shortcuts within minutes. But imagine if your computer’s capacity for recall worked a little more like your brain’s working memory, scrolling through recently relevant items and surfacing the one you need. We’re used to copying and pasting one item at a time-that’s just the way it works. A handful of these add-ons can make tasks that were previously awkward at best a breeze. Most of these tools for OS X are free and the rest are cheap-and all of them are essentials in our book. ![]() You can change the design of the preview overlays and even set application specific snapping sizes!īetterSnapTool works with almost every application, only some apps with non-standard windows can't be supported.If you feel like your daily computer grind could use a little oomph, we’ve got some. It supports multiple monitors, hidden docks etc.
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