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I’m Tasia and this video features my updated favorite free Mac apps for 2019!
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I’m running through this top 9 list in alphabetical order, with a bonus honorable mention at the
end.
First up: Alfred.
Making its debut in 2011, Alfred is an oldie but a goodie.
Think of Alfred like your Spotlight search but a million times more powerful.
A very very quick highlight for you is that you can of course search your Mac, but also
search the web, complete currency conversions, calculate equations, customize your searches,
launch applications, use hotkeys and keywords, and even perform system commands.
These are just some of the features the free version of Alfred can do.
Getting familiar with Alfred will definitely show you why this is an award winning efficiency
app.
You can also upgrade to the Powerpack for between about $25 to $40.
Next up is Bear, offering a suite of apps for iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Think of Bear like a souped-up version of Notes.
I was a big Notes user before finding Bear.
The biggest differences for me are the customization options that Bear offers, the markup options,
as well as the organized tagging system.
For example, with Bear you can use searchable hashtags within the body of your notes to
help you quickly find your other content relating to that topic.
PS - you can also use Bear for to-do lists and so much more than I can cover in a quick
overview.
Now, if you want to sync your notes across all your devices, like the notes app does
automatically for example, you will have to upgrade.
Third on the list is CheatSheet, all one word.
This app is all you’ll need to become a master of keyboard shortcuts.
With CheatSheet, just hold down the command key on your Mac and and you’ll instantly
get a list of shortcuts customized to whatever app you’re in.
Next on the list is my new best friend, my favorite password keeper, Dashlane.
Think of Dashlane like a free lastpass, but prettier, and I think more user friendly.
With the free version, you can manage up to 50 passwords and autofill any personal information
on a device.
It’s the perfect app for my Mac.
Now if you want to sync all your passwords across multiple devices, and manage unlimited
passwords, you can upgrade to the $5 a month version.
Coming in at number 5 on the list is Day One.
If you’re into journaling, you’ll love this free iOS app.
You can setup daily reminders to journal and document big milestones in your life.
You can add pictures, see a map view of where that memory took place, and categorize entries
by tag.
Even cooler is that Day One will remind you of things that happened back on this day.
The next app to make the cut is a message manager called Franz.
With a Z or Z, depending on where you’re from.
Franz allows you to manage all your messenger services in one spot.
We’re talking What’s App, Messenger, Slack, Gmail - that’s right your emails, Skype,
Google Cal, and more.
Forget signing into multiple clients, just continue numerous chats from one central hub.
Yes please!
I’m obsessed.
The next app on my list is a fun one, Giphy Capture.
As you might imagine this is a gif-making app.
All you have to do is drag and re-size the window box over the area you want to capture,
and hit the record button.
You can edit the GIF and either publish it to Giphy or download it.
Voila.
Okay this next app is for all you music lovers out there.
Use Odio to stream your favorite radio stations.
When I’m not editing, I like to listen to music and Odio is a really cool way to find
and listen to stations around the world.
There are a few ways to find stations, like by country, language or tag, and once you
have your stations added, you can easily flip through them with very little lag time.
I live in a place where radio isn’t the best and we’re ofter behind new music by
months, so Odio is a great way for me to add my fave stations from back home and keep up
with what the cool kids are listening to.
Plus I can listen to my news back home too.
Last, but certainly not least is Todoist.
This is a really tough call between Todoist and Wunderlist, but I just love the interface
and some additional features of Todoist so much.
Todoist is the ultimate task manager for Mac.
You can easily setup recurring events just by typing a little reminder like ‘pay visa
bill the first Monday of every month’.
You can easily get a birds eye view of upcoming tasks.
You can also organize your tasks with filters and tags, and create subtasks and headers.
And Todoist even integrates with your Amazon echo device and other apps.
So those are my 9 favorite free Mac apps for 2019, but I did promise you all an honorable
mention and here it is: Chrome.
That's right.
I still use Chrome as my go-to number one browser.
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