The best apps to get when switching from Mac to Windows New, 138 comments These four utilities can help a Mac vet feel right at home on Microsoft's platform. The 21 best Mac tools for developers Written by Matt Mayer on May 26th, 2015 October 26th, 2015 At the most recent CocoaHeads meetup in Shanghai, I presented 21 of my favorite tools which I use on my Mac.

1. Best Mac Apps For Developers

With Git integration, a debugger for Ruby and JavaScript, an inbuilt terminal with the option for extensions, Aptana Studio is equipped for any purpose. Aptana is available as a stand-alone version or as Eclipse plug-in. The newest web standards are generally supported. What I dislike: a documentation does not seem to be available (anymore) as the link in question leads to another destination. Decided Not to Code?

Fantastical 2 [$39.99] A year later, is still my go-to calendar app. Its natural language entries, and cross-device support ensure that I never again have to — gasp — open the default calendar on the Mac. While I once scoffed at the idea of paying $40 for a calendar app, it’s saved me something far more valuable — time. As someone that relies on a calendar multiple times daily, it’s a purchase that pays me back each day that I use it. With Google Calendar, iCal, and Outlook support, Fantastical can sync with just about anything, and it provides a gorgeous interface and intuitive entry system that’s unmatched anywhere else. The to-do system is also a nice touch, but it’s not as nice as Doo. Giphy Capture [Free] Of all the gif-making tools I use, is the easiest.

Soundtrack your life with Spotify. Subscribe or listen for free. Xee is a streamlined and convenient image viewer and browser. It is similar to Mac OS X's Preview.app, but lets you easily browse the entire contents of folders and archives, move and copy image files quickly, and supports many more image formats. It also shows animation for formats which support this.

You can set due dates for tasks and reminders to help keep you on task. You can also include subtasks for specific projects and leave yourself a note if you need more details. Tag a task as important and it will move to the top of your list. Evernote is like that basket you have next to the couch or that drawer in your kitchen that has everything in it. You can clip web pages, link status updates, add music, store pictures, create new notes, and share anything you want with others. Not only is it the perfect junk drawer for every digital thing you could possibly want to save, but it is also totally organizable so your junk looks more like a perfectionist's desk.

There’s Additionally wealth of software this is right for builders. Right here are some suggestions: Acorn: A powerful photograph editor it’s a fragment of the value of Photoshop BBEdit: Industry favored textual content editor CodeRunner: brilliant alternative to Xcode for mild programming responsibilities. Dev Coloration Picker: Makes getting hues out of packages and into your apps a breeze.

Adobe Photoshop for Mac, free and safe download. Adobe Photoshop latest version: The best image editor with video editing and advanced features. Adobe Photoshop is the most advanced image editor there is, capable of everything from simple ret. Create and enhance your photos, images, and designs with Adobe Photoshop CC, the world's best imaging and photo editing software. Aobe photo shope for mac.

And yet another text editor! Visual Studio Code is slick and extensible. I still do a lot of coding in Vim, but when I want to be lazy and have a nice point-and-click project view, Visual Studio Code's Vim mode is totally acceptable. A text editor. But this one is really special.

LaunchControl has kept up with the OS changes, and is still the most solid and complete tool for managing (and creating) background daemons and agents for macOS. Even if that doesn’t sound interesting to you, trust me, it makes running scheduled and repeating tasks easy.

Right inside the iTunes app on your Mac is a universe of knowledge. There are thousands of specialized courses, which you can download for free, that are lead by professors at some of the most popular colleges in the world. You can learn statistics from Harvard, business from Stanford, psychology from Yale, and much more.

How do you strikethrough text in Mac OS X? Update Cancel. If you are in the mail app, you can press command+T and you will get the fonts window, and the strike-through option is available there. Thank you for your feedback! Assign monospaced font family to selected text with keyboard shortcut in mac os x.

Best Mac Apps For Developers

New users can feel confident that their fonts will import without duplicates, and in the location required by Apple in OS X El Capitan and macOS Sierra.— Jay J. Smart Lighting feature now has a spot-weighted option that’s more powerful and more versatile than using spot metering in your camera. For example, take a shot of an informal portrait of someone standing in front of a window at midday, using your camera’s matrix metering system for the best overall exposure. OpticsPro will find the face, recognize the strong backlight, and then automatically try to brighten the face and balance the backlight. ($179 for the Elite version; $129 for the Essential version.). —William Porter. The marquee feature of ($100 one-year Pro Edition or Business Edition subscription; $80 Standard Edition one-time purchase; $40 Student Edition one-time purchase) is a bundled standalone application called Parallels Toolbox (sold separately for $10).