Hey friends my name's Tasia and this video features my top 9 free apps for
Mac. If you're a Mac user and you're not using these apps yet I don't even know
what's wrong with you?Just kidding go ahead and hit that
subscribe button for more content just like this and come on let's get after it!
As to not discriminate against my favorite Mac apps I'm gonna run through
this top 9 list in alphabetical order. That means first up is amphetamine. no
not the drug the Mac app. Amphetamine lives in your menu bar and easily allows
you to temporarily override the Energy Saver settings on your Mac in order to
keep it awake. There's a lot of customization options too like keeping
your Mac awake when specific apps are running or setting a schedule or
activating it when connected to a certain Wi-Fi network. You can even keep
your drives awake and you can change the icon too. The customizations go on and on.
Amphetamine, the Mac app is really helpful when I'm cooking in the kitchen
and following a recipe and I don't want my Mac to go to sleep as quickly as it
normally would. Next up is appcleaner, all one word. As a Mac user you're
probably familiar with just dragging and dropping an app into the trash but that
doesn't necessarily delete the associated files.
That's where app cleaner comes in. All you have to do is open app cleaner and
then open your Applications folder and drag over the app you want to remove. Now
you'll see the app and its associated files and you just have to click the
Remove button.You can also tap the menu button in the top right to search
through your apps to find the one you want to remove. Third on the list is an
oldie but a goodie, Audacity, an Audio Editor and recorder. With audacity you
can edit multitrack projects and add in effects to your tracks. I use audacity a
lot to record and edit all kinds of voice over projects. It's a simple but powerful
tool great for podcasts, recording audio books, or any other v/o work you might be
doing. Next up is the chrome app. Guys if you're not using the chrome app as your
go-to browser I seriously need to know why. No really I do! Leave the reasoning
in the comments below. Chrome integrates perfectly with my
gmail accounts plus its visually more appealing. It sounds silly but it
saves me a lot of time since I'm able to see the icons of all the tabs I have
open, I can quickly navigate between pages. Coming in at number 5 on the list
is dr. cleaner not to be confused with mr. clean.
Now even though Mac's are pretty good at stating off viruses and spyware they can
still get bogged down with things like temporary files and logs. Just like
amphetamine, this app lives in your menu bar for easy access.
Dr. cleaner gives you a snapshot of your CPU usage, network usage, junk files and
memory usage. The app allows you to remove the junk with just a click,
helping to optimize your Mac. The next app on the list finds and removes
duplicate files on your Mac and wait for it,
the name is super original: duplicate file finder remover. Now I'll give credit
where credit is due, the name of this Mac app does exactly what it says,. It finds
duplicate files hiding on your Mac and allows you to remove them. All you have
to do is drag and drop a folder in the duplicate file finder remover window or
click the plus button to add folders and then have it scan for duplicates. From
there you can review and remove any or all duplicate files. The next app to make
the list is KeePassX spelt as one word. This is my go-to password manager. Though
not the prettiest app KeePassX is reliable and gets the job done. It's a
great password protected password manager. You can sort entries by group
and easily add new entries. KeePassX allows you to add a title, so the name of
the site you're saving, you can add the URL so you have quick access to the site,
you can add any necessary comments, and then of course you add your username and
your password. Ok next up is for all you emoji lovers out there. If you want to
use emojis all the time anywhere on your Mac without having to search that
annoying emoji finder then rocket is for you! With this menu bar app installed you
can easily access any emoji by just typing a colon and then the first letter
of what you want to find. It's like a slack style emoji picker for your Mac. So
if I'm writing a YouTube video script then I can write that the rocket app
rocks and then add the rocket emoji. Using the preferences you can set your
skin tone and themes too. Last but
certainly not least is the Shazam app and I know what you're thinking: lady the
Shazam app is a mobile app and you'd partially be right, but I'm not talking
about the Shazam mobile app. I'm talking about the Shazam app for Mac. The Shazam
app for Mac lives in your menu bar and does well the exact same thing that the
Shazam mobile app does. It'll automatically recognize music played on
your Mac, but cooler yet Shazam for Mac will recognize any music playing around
you too. How neat is that? If you don't want it
running all the time in the background you have the option to toggle it on or
off. So those are my 9 favorite free apps for
Mac, now I want to hear from you. Let me know in the comments below what your
favorite mac apps are and hey look what's this? Hit that button right there
to subscribe to my channel. As always thank you so much for watching. If you
like this video I want to know! Give it a like, a share, or leave a comment below!
See you next time.