Utility Software

BlueHarvest is a Mac utility from zeroonetwenty that automatically removes .DS_Store and ._ AppleDouble files, plus hidden folders like .Trashes, from USB keys, SD cards, file servers, and other non-Mac disks. It runs in the background, adds a Finder "Clean using BlueHarvest" option, and can clean zip archives before they are sent to non-Mac users.

Photos Exif Editor is a metadata editing utility from Systweak Software that reads and writes EXIF, GPS, IPTC, and XMP data across RAW, JPEG, PNG, and TIFF photos. It supports batch processing, GPS map-based location editing, metadata-based batch renaming.

Shottr is a fast, lightweight screenshot and annotation app for Mac, optimized for Apple Silicon, offering scrolling screenshots, built-in OCR text recognition, a screen ruler, pixelation-based redaction, and a color picker. With gradient backgrounds, GIF creation, and S3 upload support, it packs advanced screenshot tools into a tiny, native footprint.

Lyn is a photo browsing and non-destructive editing app for Mac from developer Mirko Viviani, offering native RAW and HDR support, a configurable multi-view browser, geotagging, and direct integration with Aperture, iPhoto, Photos, and Lightroom libraries. Version 2.4.10 is a bug-fix release resolving intermittent equivalent key command issues.

APU Dynamics Optimizer is a standalone loudness-shaping application from APU Software that analyzes an entire audio file up front, then applies a program-dependent gain envelope so the result lands on your chosen average LUFS and dynamic range. With source and target histograms, multiple distribution modes, alternate detector weightings, and a built-in look-ahead limiter, it offers precise control for mastering, broadcast, and long-form content.

MenuBar Stats is a customizable system monitoring app for Mac from seense, covering CPU, Memory, Network, Disk, Battery, GPU, and Bluetooth through modular menu bar and Notification Center displays. Optional Temperature and Fans modules are available via a companion SMC Helper utility, and the app includes top-process monitoring, notifications, and macOS widget support.

Money Pro is a personal finance app for Mac from iBear LLC that combines bill planning, category budgeting, and multi-account tracking in one place. With a bill-due calendar, transaction splitting, account reconciliation, multi-currency support, and iCloud sync across Apple devices, it's built for both home budgeting and small business use.

Barbee - Hide Menu Bar Items is a menu bar management app for Mac, positioned as a Bartender alternative, that lets users hide, show, and organize menu bar icons with one click. With automation rules based on app launches, Focus mode, or CPU usage, notch-compatible spacing, and flexible icon customization, it keeps a cluttered menu bar clean and functional.

Vibe Island is a native macOS utility that turns the MacBook's notch into a Dynamic Island-style control center for AI coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, and Cursor. It shows real-time agent status, lets users approve permissions and answer prompts directly from the panel, and jumps precisely to the exact terminal session with a single click — all processed locally with zero-config setup.

Looq: Preview Files is a macOS Quick Look extension from PARCSE, LLC that renders Markdown, syntax-highlighted code, SQLite databases, diffs, archives, and folders directly in Quick Look. It adds live rendering, extensive theming, a command-line tool, menu bar recent-files access, and integration with AI coding agents like Claude Code and Codex.

Monocle is a native macOS menu bar utility from developer Dominik Kandravý that dims or blurs every background window, leaving only your active app in sharp focus — described by the developer as "noise-cancelling for your screen." With adjustable blur, tint, and grayscale modes, App Groups, multi-display support, and Stage Manager and Raycast integration, it's built to reduce visual distraction without closing or rearranging anything.

Ghost Buster Pro is a focused leftover-file cleanup utility for Mac from independent developer Sascha Simon, finding and deleting files left behind by apps you've already uninstalled. It scans automatically on launch, deletes nothing without consent, supports right-click multi-selection, and is distributed exclusively through the Mac App Store, requiring macOS 15.6 or later.

OmniPlan Pro 4 is a project management application for Mac from The Omni Group, featuring an interactive Gantt chart, auto-leveling, Monte Carlo risk analysis, multi-project dashboards, and multiple baselines for tracking progress against a plan. Version 4.11 improves macOS compatibility and performance when editing tasks with many assigned resources, and a single purchase or subscription covers Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Apple Vision Pro.

Native SQLite Manager is a minimalist SQLite database manager for Mac from developer Krystian Kolodziej, letting users browse, edit, and query SQLite databases with autocompletion, syntax highlighting, and a built-in SQL formatter. It supports SQLCipher encryption, SQLite extensions, and data export/import in CSV, JSON, and XML formats, all within a deliberately clutter-free interface.

iStatistica Pro is an advanced system monitor for Mac from ImageTasks Inc, tracking CPU, RAM, disk, battery, network, and (via the optional Sensors plugin) fan speed and temperature data. It includes storage visualization, customizable menu bar monitors, notifications and alerts, a web-access dashboard, and a REST API, with a recent update adding macOS Tahoe support and a Liquid Glass theme.

Darkroom is a photo and video editor from Bergen Co. that brings AI-powered depth and color masking, RAW editing, curves, selective color, and video color grading to the Mac. Rebuilt in version 7 with a faster rendering engine and new Bloom and Halation effects, it offers a complete, cross-device editing workflow from iPhone and iPad to the desktop.

Taphouse Pro is a native macOS GUI for Homebrew from Multimodal Solutions, letting users browse, install, and manage Homebrew formulae, casks, services, and taps visually instead of via Terminal. Pro features include Adopt Apps (bringing manually installed apps into Homebrew), Mac App Store integration, bulk operations, and menu bar mode with background auto-updates, built natively in SwiftUI for macOS 14+.

Echo is a menu-bar utility from THEODORE HQ that remembers every song, podcast, and video played across a Mac's apps and browser, resuming any of it at the exact moment left off with a single keystroke. With floating video playback, Moments bookmarking, a color-coded daily listening waveform, and fully keyboard-driven controls, it brings one unified media memory to the entire Mac.

Glow is a macOS menu bar manager that adds liquid glass styling, hide-and-reveal items, flexible sections, instant search, and per-display Moods. Version 3.1.0 adds a redesigned welcome window, faster show/hide responsiveness, and multi-display background fixes. It requires macOS 26 or later.

Goldie is a small design utility that places golden ratio, rule-of-thirds and other composition rulers over anything on your Mac screen. It’s for designers, photographers, illustrators and painters who want balanced layouts without doing the math by hand.

Loopback is a cable-free audio routing utility for Mac from Rogue Amoeba that creates custom virtual audio devices to combine and route audio between applications and hardware, supporting up to 64 channels per device. Version 2.5.0 supports macOS 14.5 through macOS 27, and the app includes a visual wiring interface, Dark Mode, full VoiceOver accessibility, and under-one-minute installation.

NeoFinder is a digital asset management and disk cataloging application for Mac from developer Norbert M. Doerner, formerly known as CDFinder and marking 30 years of continuous development. Version 9.3 adds VisionaryAI Tagger support, a new Sharing Menu, Catalog Affinity (.af) functionality, and XiNET WebNative DAM support, and the app catalogs virtually any storage type with full Adobe XMP metadata editing and network-wide catalog sharing.

ForkLift is a dual-pane file manager and file transfer client for Mac from BinaryNights, LLC, connecting to FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, and major cloud services while offering metadata-powered batch renaming and built-in file comparison. Version 4.7.5 restores arrow-key row navigation and fixes several transfer and file-view bugs.

Radio Silence is an invisible, always-active outbound firewall for Mac from developer Juuso Salonen that blocks individual apps from accessing the internet, backed by a real-time network connection monitor. Version 3.4 adds clear inbound/outbound distinction to the connections list.

Reeder is a Mac content-reading app from developer Silvio Rizzi that unifies RSS feeds, videos, podcasts, and social media posts into a single synced timeline. Instead of unread counts, it tracks your exact reading position across devices via iCloud, and lets you build custom filters, save links, and turn any tag into a shareable public feed.

SuperDuper! is a long-trusted Mac backup and disk cloning application from Shirt Pocket that creates fast, bootable copies of a Mac's drive using its signature Smart Update engine. Version 4 adds a rebuilt plain-English interface, Turbocharged incremental backups, flexible scheduling, and support for backing up to encrypted disk images on external or network drives.

Color Folder Pro is a macOS utility that lets users instantly recolor folder icons using solid colors, gradients, custom images, or a library of 700+ built-in templates. It supports batch editing across multiple folders and one-click updates for an entire folder and its subfolders, making large-scale visual organization fast and simple.

Filepane is a macOS file management utility from MyMixApps that turns drag-and-drop into a fast, type-aware action panel for files, images, and text. It handles image editing and format conversion, PDF creation, video/audio trimming, metadata wiping, and quick moves to favorite folders, all triggered by simply dragging content across the screen.

Matte is a native macOS app from developer Jose Saez for recording, editing, and exporting polished app demo videos, supporting iOS Simulator, live device, and window/screen recording. Version 1.6.1 improves video export efficiency and fixes an Intel Mac export crash, and the app includes device frames, on-device auto captions, a multitrack timeline, and 4K/transparent video export.

Version Tracker is a native macOS app that tracks and updates over 100,000 packages across 48 sources including Homebrew, the Mac App Store, npm, pip, Cargo, VS Code extensions, and more from a single local dashboard. It verifies code signing, notarization, and CVE vulnerabilities for every tracked app, runs entirely on-device with no telemetry, and version 1.2.3 focuses on eliminating false "phantom" update reports.

TG Pro is a temperature monitoring and fan control utility for Mac from Tunabelly Software, offering extensive sensor coverage across CPU, GPU, logic board, and more, plus manual and automatic fan control. Version 2.103 adds full support for M5, M5 Pro, and M5 Max Macs, alongside reliability and performance improvements.

Wipr 2 is a Safari ad blocker that removes ads, trackers, cookie banners and popups with almost no setup. It’s for Mac users who want cleaner, faster web pages without tweaking filter lists.

Workspaces is a project-based launcher for Mac from Apptorium that lets you organize apps, files, folders, and URLs into named workspaces so you can open everything for a project with a single click. Version 2.2 includes a redesigned Settings window, a menu bar context menu for quick launching, an in-app What's New window, and several reliability fixes.

Magic Battery is a menu bar utility from Sascha Simon that shows the battery levels of Bluetooth mice, keyboards, trackpads, AirPods, and other supported devices, along with your Mac’s own battery details. Version 11.0.0 shows real battery health on Apple silicon and requires an Apple M1 chip or later.

Speedio is a Mac menu bar utility for testing your download speed, upload speed and latency. The single-threaded testing algorithm is designed to reflect real-world browsing performance. It supports scheduled automatic testing, and exports reports in .txt/.csv format. It can also run tests through Ookla, Netflix, AT&T and Google’s Fiber Speed Test.

Refolder is an AI-based folder organizer for Mac by MacPaw, distributed via Setapp. It watches folders and suggests where to put files. Refolder can sort files automatically or on approval. All moves are previewed before they occur, and completely reversible via instant undo. AI processing is available on-device through Apple Intelligence or via the Setapp AI+ Gateway.

RadarScope is a professional weather radar application from Base Velocity, LLC (DTN) displaying NEXRAD radar data in native format for the United States, United States Territories, Canada, Guam, Denmark, Finland and Germany with storm tracks, severe weather warnings and Spotter Network/mPING integration. Version 5.6 adds a day 3 SPC outlook probabilistic category, and fixes several bugs. Optional Pro subscriptions unlock lightning, satellite, forecast model, and archival radar data.

Quantumult X is a Mac network configuration and debugging tool from Cross Utility Ltd, targeting developers and users who require in-depth proxy control. It supports Shadowsocks and other proxy protocols, rule-based traffic filtering, HTTP request/response logging, MitM HTTPS decryption, and plain-text configuration profiles for precise, scriptable routeing behaviour.

DockFlow is a small menu bar utility that saves different layouts of your Mac’s Dock and switches between them in one click. It’s for people who keep dragging apps in and out of the Dock when they move between coding, design, meetings and personal time.

PCalc is a feature-rich scientific calculator for Mac from developer James Thomson (TLA Systems Ltd.), offering optional RPN mode, a fully customizable button layout editor, extensive unit conversions and constants, and a menu bar widget. Version 4.11.5 fixes a display issue with the menu bar widget, continuing the app's decades-long track record of steady, reliable updates.

BrewStation is a graphical Homebrew manager for Mac from developer hreinssondev that lets users browse, search, install, and manage Homebrew formulae and casks without the terminal. Its standout feature is full application snapshotting, letting users back up their app environment.

AltTab Pro is a MacOS Alt-Tab switcher in Windows style per window by Louis Pontoise. The free core app shows live thumbnail previews of all your open windows and Spaces, while the optional Pro tier adds instant search, multiple switcher styles, and up to nine independent shortcut profiles. Version 11.5.0 is about 50% smaller and has fixed some bugs with window order and crashes.

System Dashboard Pro is a Mac system monitoring tool by developer Sascha Simon that shows live processor, GPU, memory, network, storage, battery and temperature data on one customisable screen. Each panel can be individually switched on or off, and you can get temperature/fan readings using a free Sensors plugin.

Text Workflow is a Mac utility created by developer Georgios Trigonakis that tidies up messy AI and web text and allows users to chain 50+ actions into reusable, one-click workflows. Version 2.8.1 adds a Compare Text feature that shows additions and removals between two versions of text, and includes performance and stability improvements. All processing is done on the device and no text is ever sent to a server.

Bartender is a menu bar manager that hides the icons you don’t need and brings them back when you do. It’s for Mac users with a crowded menu bar, especially on a MacBook where the notch hides icons.

Structured is a daily planner that puts your tasks, events and routines on a single visual timeline, so you can see your whole day at a glance. It’s for anyone who wants a calmer, clearer daily plan, including students, busy professionals and people with ADHD.

MenubarX Pro is a Mac menu bar browser by 6X Studio that lets users pin websites, WebApps, and PWAs as menu bar icons for instant access. Version 1.7.6 adds custom HTTP/Socks5 proxy support and homescreen bookmark management, alongside existing features like device simulators, AdBlock, and custom user-agent switching.

Presentify is a small menu bar app that lets you draw on your Mac screen, highlight your cursor, and zoom in on details while you present. It’s for teachers, trainers, and anyone who shares their screen on calls or records tutorials.

Duplicate Finder and Cleaner is a small Mac utility that scans folders, drives and Photos libraries for duplicate and similar files so you can free up space. It’s for anyone with a cluttered photo library or a drive full of repeated downloads and backups.

Iris: Screen Recorder is a fast, high quality and easy to use Mac screen capture application that records straight to H.264 or Apple ProRes, with GPU acceleration, optional Webcam and multi-source microphone support, complete hotkey support and automatic recording naming/tagging. It's free to try with an in-app purchase to remove the trial watermark.

Downie 4 by Charlie Monroe Software is a macOS video downloader that downloads video and audio from YouTube, Vimeo and more than 1,000 other sites, supporting up to 4K resolution. Version 4.12.11 fixes extraction issues with some major sites and improves parsing of HLS streams. The app is updated roughly every week or two to keep up with sites’ changes.

TunesKit Screen Recorder for Mac is a versatile screen and audio recording program, allowing you to record your screen, webcam, microphone and gameplay with high fidelity. It offers various recording modes, scheduled recording and built-in trimming, and can be used for tutorials, meetings, lectures and game footage. The software is compatible with many macOS versions, and supports many export formats.

Moom is a window management utility for macOS from Many Tricks that enables users to move, zoom, snap and save custom layouts for their windows using a customizable pop-up palette, keyboard shortcuts or drag-based snap zones. Version 4.5.1 is a compatibility and bug-fix release, preparing the app for macOS 27 and fixing a number of layout and third-party app interaction issues.

Boring Old Menu Bar is a small utility for macOS that replaces the transparent and tinted menu bar in modern versions of macOS with a simple, solid color, classic-style menu bar, for better readability. It supports separate styling for light and dark mode, rounded screen corners (optional) and multi-display setups . Version 1.28 adds support for macOS 26 Tahoe and custom image wallpaper.

DaisyDisk is a disc space analyser for Mac that visualises disc usage as an interactive sector map so you can locate and remove bulky, useless files in no time. Supports local, external, network and cloud storage (dropbox, google drive, onedrive, box) Never delete files without explicit confirmation from the user.

WinZip Mac Pro is a file compression and encryption utility for Mac that zips, unzips, and secures files with AES-256 encryption, supports 12+ archive formats, and connects directly to cloud services like iCloud Drive, Dropbox, and Google Drive. The Pro edition adds automated backup tasks, PDF watermarking, and streamlined business deployment on top of the standard feature set.

Raycast replaces Spotlight with a fast, keyboard-driven launcher that also handles clipboard history, window snapping, snippets and thousands of extensions. It’s free for personal use, and a Pro subscription adds AI chat, dictation and cloud sync.

Cleaner for Xcode is a small, free utility that shows how much disk space Xcode is using and helps you delete old caches and leftover files. It’s for iOS and Mac developers whose drive keeps filling up with Xcode data.

Ethernet Status: LAN Monitor is a Mac menu bar utility from AppYogi Software that shows real-time Ethernet, Wi-Fi and other network interface status with a color-coded icon. It displays IP addresses, MAC address, and live upload/download speed, and version 6.0 increases detection accuracy and support for USB-C/Thunderbolt adapters.

QSpace Pro is a multi-pane file manager for macOS by developer Tian Wenda, offering 12 switchable window layouts, deep customization, and built-in archive browsing via its MacZip engine. Optional extensions add remote server connections (FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Dropbox, OneDrive, and more), a floating Stash Shelf, and advanced batch renaming, making it a flexible, feature-rich alternative to Finder.

BetterZip 6.0.2 by Robert Rezabek is a document style archive manager for Mac which lets you open, edit and create Zip, Rar, 7-Zip, Tar and over 30 other archive formats without first extracting them. It is encrypted with AES-256, works with Finder and Quick Look, and can be automated using AppleScript, Shortcuts and a command-line utility.

Magic Disk Cleaner is a lightweight macOS utility that scans for caches and temporary files from browsers, chat apps, mail clients and developer tools, then allows you to choose exactly what to remove. It never deletes files automatically and only ever attacks caches and junk data documents and settings are untouched.

PopClip is a macOS utility that provides an action menu when you select text. You choose the actions you want, like copy, search, translation, etc. and they will be available in any app. Version 2026.7.1 includes iCloud sync, unlimited actions with folder organization, and automatic extension updates, as well as fixes for recognising the Ecosia browser and the Messages extension on macOS 27 beta.

SaneClip is a clipboard manager for Mac that keeps a searchable history of everything you copy, text and images. It’s built for people who copy a lot and worry about passwords or private data ending up in a clipboard app.

MouseBoost Pro adds dozens of extra actions to the right-click menu in Finder, like creating new files, real cut and paste, and opening a terminal in the current folder. It’s for Mac users who wish Finder did more, especially people coming from Windows, and developers.