My Mac is a workhorse and I want to get the most out of it. Over the years, I encountered many tools and little tips that boost productivity. But only a few are the true must-haves.
1. Alfred
Named after the legendary butler from Batman, this is a straightforward Spotlight upgrade. Spotlight is already insanely useful and loved by Mac users — Alfred takes it a step further.
Noticeably faster than Spotlight.
Better file indexing and file commands. If you don’t want to open the file you are looking for, prefix its name with find and it will open its parent folder!
System commands like Sleep Displays or Shut Down are at your fingertips
These are just my favorites. Alfred does have a paid Powerpack which unlocks cool things like running scripts, but the free tier is plenty good!
