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10 of the Best macOS and iOS Apps of 2018

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Plex. Simply the best media player out there, and constantly being updated and improved. Giving you DVR, Live tv, all your music tv shows, movies, pictures, podcasts and more in one app. The best.
 
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Some of the apps I've started using this year:

Numi - This is a great calculator for Mac. It uses almost-natural language input to do basic arithmetics and conversions. It supports variables, comments, and multiple sheets. It is very simple to use and very Mac-like.
For power users, it also supports Javascript extensions for those who want custom constants, units and functions. Lastly, it integrates with Alfred (putting the Spotlight calculator to shame).

Typora - Great markup editor. As of December 2018, there is no iOS app. So if you require syncing between devices, I would recommend iA Writer (for a document-centered approach), or Bear (for a note-centered approach). I use Bear all time, but I still have Typora on my computer for LaTeX equation support.

Fluor - "Fluor is a tool that allows you to automatically change the behavior of the keyboard's fn keys depending on the active application". This is amazing, especially on a TouchBar MacBook Pro in conjunction with BetterTouchTool. It allows the user to make the standard Function keys default in every application, and automatically change it to the TouchBar's custom actions in just some apps.

IINA - The best video/music player on a Mac. It feels and acts like a native application (even more so than QuickTime player). It supports PiP. The first beta version rolled out a couple of months ago, but the app feels very smooth (much more than VLC) since early alpha versions. The only thing it lacks is AirPlay support. If you can live without it, then this is a perfect application to replace QuickTime and VLC.
 
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I don't see any of those applications as "killer" ones. There must be something else to justify the greedy selling price of Apple products, especially macs OR, they are running out of good apps.
 
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2018; I likes these (and i do not represent them)
Brave; possible a more quiet dark browser, rumor has un targeted adds
duckduckGo; you can survive w/o google, un encrypted
 
So much whining about nothing.

Aside from Procreate that’s the worlds most obvious choice, Nightowl is amazing (I paid for it - it’s just amazingly well designed) and so is LumaFusion, that doesn’t get half the credit it deserves as a solid iPad video editor.
 
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tubomac said:
I don't see any of those applications as "killer" ones. There must be something else to justify the greedy selling price of Apple products, especially macs OR, they are running out of good apps.
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There are loads of great apps out there. Two that I use everyday are Omnigraffle 7 and Zengobi's Curio. I'd be lost without those two. Also Lightroom, Maschine 2, FCP X, Slugline, Polarr, when needed.

"...the greedy selling price of Apple products,..."

Greedy selling price? Nope. Very much well-priced. And, great value. As a couple hundred million customers willingly open their wallets to purchase Apple products year after year after year, I suspect many would agree.
 
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i would try some of apps in an easy to use sandbox
but
otherwise just not enough interest. too much work completely un installing
 
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I use Trello EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. It complements my work and personal life nicely and I gladly pay for the subscription. Trello should pop every time anyone drops a "BEST APPS" list. Just my opinion.
 
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you think... the Microsoft store
 
Alto’s frame rate isn’t very good on the new iPad Pros at least. On my Xs Max it’s perfect. So it needs an update.
 
Seems as though there should be a “learn to draw” app that utilizes the Apple Pencil. Rather than just supplying the tools to draw, which it would do, it would also guide you through basic steps. I think it would show photos of simple objects to draw, actually draw them, in steps, and you would imitate what the app is doing. If there is anything like this, I have not seen it.
 
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Errr, isn’t that exactly what the Dev’s Beta Program is? :confused:

Besides, APFS has been baked into OS X for well over a year now; how long does DW need?
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They’re always obnoxiously slow to update their app.
 
Little Snitch (own it since version 2 and I absolutely love it),
Trim Enabler (because it can be nice to have a GUI for Trim and version 3 comes with some nice additional features) and f.lux (for all without Nigh Shift support)
 
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flygbuss said:
Little Snitch (own it since version 2 and I absolutely love it),
Trim Enabler (because it can be nice to have a GUI for Trim and version 3 comes with some nice additional features) and f.lux (for all without Nigh Shift support)
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So how actually the Little Snitch improved your workflow or anything within your mac activity? Have you ever encountered any substantial traffic you wanted to block? How this app can be useful for a regular user?
 
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So how actually the Little Snitch improved your workflow or anything within your mac activity? Have you ever encountered any substantial traffic you wanted to block? How this app can be useful for a regular user?
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I have to transfer a lot of data due to work and the network monitor is a great tool to monitor my connections
(Data rate in Bytes/s or Bits/s for upload and download, data volume, processes, locations, IP).
Also I like the ability to decide which app or background task should be allowed to 'phone home' or at least I like to be asked if the app intends to do so. This is very helpful if you wanna avoid automatic updates for certain applications.
Not every application needs to be online, but nowadays most of them are. I just like the ability to decide.
 
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I used to be a lifelong Windows user since 3.1 when I was 7-8 years old. I can’t believe that I didn’t make the switch to OS X earlier but I must say that after you install the essentials: Adobe CC, Handbrake, VLC, a torrent client, something like Magnet, OpenEmu, Office 2019 and a couple more of that sort there really isn’t much worth installing out there. Maybe TextMate 2 as well for programmers out there. Alfred is no longer necessary, Amphetamine isn’t either.

The majority of recommended apps are simple one function utilities or lesser versions of the gold standard photo/video editing programs and a bunch of alternative text editors.

I would love to install more stuff on my MBP but I know that I would never open them again after the first week.

Apple really needs to attract more devs to the Mac App Store and not just independent ones. It has a lot of potential but it’s embarrassing compared to its iOS counterpart.
 
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There are loads of great apps out there. Two that I use everyday are Omnigraffle 7 and Zengobi's Curio. I'd be lost without those two. Also Lightroom, Maschine 2, FCP X, Slugline, Polarr, when needed.

"...the greedy selling price of Apple products,..."

Greedy selling price? Nope. Very much well-priced. And, great value. As a couple hundred million customers willingly open their wallets to purchase Apple products year after year after year, I suspect many would agree.
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Which Curio version do you have? I could not understand if it worths to invest into the pro version... can you share any pics of actual use?
 
GrimValor is HUGE amounts of fun, but bear in mind this game you pretty much NEED an MFI controller for. I'm part-ways into it, and can't imagine playing this on a touch screen.
 
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GrimValor is fun and is on sale for $2.99. Picked it up and it looks great on the iPP.

MacRumors should do a "best apps of all time." I have no idea what came out in 2018.

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Especially for games, which are incredibly fun. My kids and I are playing Tiny Wings again now that they're older, and it's gameplay still rocks.

One of my kids is still playing scoops, which is only 32-bit.
 
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dfee said:
Anyway, CopyClip2 is interesting (from a comment above). I've never really understood the need for a pasteboard manager, but maybe it's a "you won't understand it til you try it" kinda thing.

Also I spent a few minutes looking at Bartender 3 and Vanilla. I'm hesitant to spend $15 on the first one as I don't want to purchase right before a new revision comes out. I do like the idea, though.
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You understand the importance of a pasteboard manager once you start using one. You'll never have a "**** I copied over something else" moment again.

I bought Bartender 1 years ago and my license still works for Bartender 3, so I wouldn't worry.
 
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