Amazing FREE Mac Apps You Aren’t Using!

In this episode, I show you some of the best Mac apps out there that you haven’t probably heard of. And they’re all free!



00:00 - Cutie Patooties
00:09 - Orion (Browser)
01:55 - Velja
03:40 - Later
04:36 - Dropover
07:07 - Raycast
10:42 - Shottr
14:06 - ImageOptim
16:06 - CopyClip
16:48 - Hidden Bar
18:15 - Hand Mirror
18:57 - QuickShade
19:52 - OnyX
24:20 - One Thing

[seifenspender]

For the first time in one of these tool showcases, I feel like actually downloading the majority of these, because they are actually really useful.

[CorsairMaverick]

What I really appreciated was that you weren't just suggesting the apps, but you went through them, you talked about your use case or the main features of the apps, and THAT makes them really helpful or makes us understand if we would really need an app or not. Thanks Quinn!

[dsquareddan]

Glad to see there’s still some awesome free apps out there in an age of subscription based apps being the default now

[sereneturmoil]

As someone who has, begrudgingly, been using Windows instead of MacOS for about seven years I was interested in what new productivity/convenience apps were available. I was incredibly happy to see some of my old go-tos are still around and the rest of the options Quinn presented looked great. In fact, once my M1 Mini arrives on Monday 10 of these apps are getting installed immediately. Thanks for helping me get off on the right foot, Quinn 👍🏻

[hegedusuk]

I can honestly say that I haven’t heard of any of these utilities and I’m probably going to install most of these now! Thanks for a very informative video!

[filipsardjoski]

Just downloaded shottr and one of the best features, in my opinion, is control + option + cmd + O (default shortcut) which lets you perform the same action as taking a screenshot over a text or QR code and it copies the detected data in your clipboard.

[sound_trail]

00:00 - Cutie Patooties
00:09 - Orion (Browser)
01:55 - Velja
03:40 - Later
04:36 - Dropover
07:07 - Raycast
10:42 - Shottr
14:06 - ImageOptim
16:06 - CopyClip
16:48 - Hidden Bar
18:15 - Hand Mirror
18:57 - QuickShade
19:52 - OnyX
24:20 - One Thing

[Fez_Vrasta]

Velja, the most useful thing you didn't mention is that it allows to open specific links on specific browser profiles, so you can open work-related URLs on the work profile automatically

[sinorcdit]

This has been one of the greatest list so far - and I am really impressed because I did watched most of your previous recommendations, and usually will only download maybe 2-3 out of the list. This time has been pretty awesome, downloaded almost all of them!

[Dresling]

This is by far the best "Mac app video" you've made. The editing, pace and your persona is just great. Thank you. :)

[MrSolenoid]

Shottr and Dropover is awesome. I purchased the pro version of Dropover immediately. Thanks for the tips Snazzy.

[ssundaygirl]

Wow. Out of all the videos I've watched on productivity apps for Mac, this was by far the best. Most of these videos tend to cover the same apps repeatedly and I always skip through trying to find what I'm looking for/never watch the whole thing. This was the first time I actually watched one all the way through without skipping and literally wrote down like every single app to download lol. You showed genuinely helpful apps that I've never heard of before and for stuff that I haven't been able to find the right solution for. & you went into detail and showed us how to use it AND a bunch of different things it can be used for. I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and keep up the great content!

[aelaan]

Orion for the Win, Quinn this is the best application you have recommended. Finally I have icons and text on my bookmark bar. I finished watching your vid in Orion - this is just awsome, all these tools I do use capture quite a bit on my work machine (writing documentation) so I will give Shotr a go as well. Will look at the other tools as well, thanks for putting this together!!

[AbhishekMadhu_online]

For the first time in the "FREE APPS SHOWCASE" world, I am actually downloading more than one tool. These are so useful. Thanks a lot. Stay Snazzy.

[Mockedarche_old]

Man IM LOVING the freebies. Especially raycast I just couldn't get into alfred but now I have something I like more than spotlight. Shottr as well absolutely insane especially for me as I screen shot multiple times a day. Dropover is once again amazing. Orion HOLY love the speed and feel of safari but man the add ons in Firefox is just better imo. Now I have both in one app. Imo this video had better apps than your other videos (not a bash just rather a compliment to this video). I have never watched a video and downloaded this many apps that I truly expect to stay on my Mac forever. I don't mind paying for apps I JUST HATE this subscription model.

[igorcarcanholoiasco]

The Shottr one was so useful, its basically windows native tool for screenshots. Big thank you!!

[cinemaipswich]

I would certainly include "DaVinci Resolve". It's has a free version and does Cinema Camera Editor, Color Grading, Audio Editing, 3D Editing, AV Database and renders out to suit most platforms on the web, all in one program.

[latech]

As a developer I already know I will love Raycast (7:07) as there are already so many Extensions that tap into so many corners of what I do daily. Also love the Keyboard-Based navigation it uses. I have found out about it through this video about 2h ago and am still setting it up with all the stuff I want and it feels absolutely great 😂

[JaimalSingh-jmtg]

This is the best video on YouTube about useful apps for Mac. The best part is he is explaining all the major features of the apps and he is super excited about these apps. I just love it. Thanks for posting it.

[sotosoul]

19:30 There's a better alternative for *true* screen brightness control called MonitorControl. MonitorControl supports Display Data Channel (DDC) in addition to software dimming. Works like a charm. Maybe something to include in your next "macOS free apps you should be using" video?
Cheers :)