Hi I am usually skeptical about UA-camrs reccomendation of productivity app cuz they are all paid but I am so impressed with how you take note of that and gave multiple legit reccomendations that I personally use as well! Great job Jeff!!
LMAO with what you're doin, one day you will ;) and I'm sure you'd choose your sponsors wisely 🤞🏽 I am hella cheap so mostly free ones but donating after 😊 rectangle, appcleaner, Alfred although I turned back to spotlight again..
yeah, because the dude has an actual career. Not doing UA-cam thinking he is a smartass just for that (pointing at all tech youtubers without any tech knowledge, degree or career).
I recently switched from Alfred to Raycast, and I love it. The ability to create extensions using React with good system API’s and documentation got me sold. The eco system might be lacking a bit compared to Alfred, but given enough time I think it will surpass it.
🎇 Link to my wallpapers - jeffsu.gumroad.com/l/gradient-wallpaper-pack Check out my Top 10 Productivity Tips for the Mac next 👉🏻 ua-cam.com/video/5B2kPVvyjbU/v-deo.html TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Best Mac Apps for Productivity 00:40 Dropzone to manage files 01:40 AltTab to select a specific window 02:40 Monitor Control to adjust brightness 03:52 Moom to snap windows to different positions 04:43 Numi calculator for unit conversion 05:22 Cheat Sheet to find shortcuts and hotkeys 05:47 AppCleaner to quickly uninstall Mac apps 06:30 CleanShot X as an amazing screenshot tool 08:27 Alfred replaces Spotlight Search 10:56 Logi Options to map buttons on mouse
@@magnusega Wow thanks, going to check all these out Egor!
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MacOS can do almost everything that cleanshotx does. Cmd+Shift+3 and you can annotate, if you cmd+shift+3 and than press spacebar, you can also make a beautiful screenshot of specific window with transparency and rounded corners.
I suggest using cmd+shift+4 so you can drag a rectangle (3 shoots the whole screen at once) when you press ctrl while releasing the mouse the shot lands in the clipboard (not as file on the desk) when you press spacebar you can select a window you‘re hovering over. when you press spacebar AFTER having started to drag an area with the mouse you can move the area around. annotations and drawings are also possible, the only two things that macos can‘t do: -upolad to cloud - pixelate areas in the shot
I've been where you are my friend! I just watched a few of your videos and honestly the apps you picked are awesome! I think some small things you might want to take into account is adding timestamps in the description and linking the apps as well, so it's more viewer-friendly :)
I just wanted to say thank you for the Monitor Control recommendation. I got my first monitor and the dance to adjust brightness is sooooo annoying. I'm a software nerd too but I've been so lazy to find a solution. I nearly cried tears of joy when I downloaded it and IT WORKED!!! No more eye strain. Thank you!!!!
I recently switched to mac from a lifetime of windows and your series of mac apps/tips have saved my life (i.e. very much made the transition more seamless than I expected). Still have some transition pains, but your suggestions are on point and are actually things that I wanted to download immediately, compared to some other videos I’ve found. Anyway, love your humour and presentation style. Followed your channel a couple days ago when I first watched your videos, but I enjoy them so much that I’ve been coming back to them and watching your other ones as well. Thanks for these great vids :)
I love this! As someone who has switched between macOS and Windows myself, I love that you’ve found Mac apps that take all the fan favourite Windows features and bring them to us on macOS. Thanks for the video!
Hey Jeff - I watch your productivity tips and learn so much every day. I have shared and featured some of your videos in my newsletter and with my team, and I got so much value. Thank you for creating productivity tips and content. I love your videos because they are super fun and insightful, and you do a great job simplifying the learning.
Another great video, Jeff ! I love Cleanshot X & Alfred (can't wait for a video on that one!). Will check the other apps for sure! Thanks for everything!
I see slack fading away more & more With google & now Microsoft coming up with more workflow community features less & less companies are pushing to use slack
You know interestingly I've never used Slack because my company uses the Google Workspace suite of tools. And it's even more interesting to hear Elvis say that Slack's value proposition is declining. To my understanding Slack is still pretty popular and does a lot of things better than something like Google Chats or Microsoft teams...?
Just FYI MacOS regular screenshot tool has the feature that lets you take those pictures of a window with the shadow or any menu element like a Dropdown-Menu and stuff like that. Just press space after you hit the selective screenshot shortcut. The icon on you mouse will change into a camera icon and any window or distinct menu element can just be clicked to screenshot that way. (That being said I think the app is more about the notation features which seems great. Stood out to me that this is a native feature, is all. And it’s a tip I had to learn that is super useful in certain situations.)
To complement Hans' hint regarding native snapshots of a window pressing the space bar: - pressing Control while clicking the window will send the capture to the clipboard instead of saving it to a file - pressing Option while clicking the window will take the capture WITHOUT the shadow surrounding the window
Great video as always! You missed a really big feature of Cleanshot, IMO (one of the only reasons I've been looking at buying it) - scrolling screenshots. Being able to capture more than what is currently on the screen in a still image without having to try to combine multiple images together is such a game-changer.
This video is AMAZING! I ended up downloading Monitor Control to use with my LG external monitor, which I never found a way to control the brightness with but by using the actual buttons on the monitor, until now. Thanks so much. I also wanted to download Moom, but ended up installing Rectangle instead because it was free. I've been using macOS for more than 10 years now and I don't know how I was able to go along without such an easy way of resizing app windows. Definitely subcribed!
Surprised better touch tool wasn't mentioned. I love it and it has a built in great clipboard manager and great window snaping, along with a million other features. It is paid but there's a 45 day free trial if you want to try it out. I really do love it and I feel like it's made me so much more efficient.
This is a great video. I’ve seen so many videos like this over the years and only ever caught one or two new apps to try out. Literally every single app in this was new to me and can’t wait to try it out. Thanks Jeff!
Wow I'm glad to hear it Itty! Honestly I thought most people would just take away 1-2 apps from this video. Don't overwhelm yourself though, I recommend using 1-2, getting very familiar with them, then adding more 😁
congratulations Jeff. You are officially the first person for whom I have turned on notifications, and set them to all. only three youtubers have gained this privelage, but you are the first for whom I have set it to show all notifs. the rest are all set to personalized. Love your content man. I also think you should include spark the email client.
Wooohoooo! It was a tough week but thanks for making my evening Akhil! that's AMAZING to hear. Now I just gotta continue making (even) better videos! Is Spark free or Paid? I should check it out
@@JeffSu no problem Jeff! I'm sure your content will only get better as time goes on! Spark has both a free and paid version, but the free version is amazing. The paid version only adds team functionality such as private chats on a per-email basis, and automatic forwarding or cc'ing. The best thing about it is, it has a auto-categorization API that works far better than gmail's one, and has group "mark as read" and mass deletion functionality. You should use it for like a week, it is amazing.
Wow love the alt tab... Instead of Alfred I like raycast even more bc it has many of the paid features there for free and a inbuilt window manager (like moom)...
+1 on this one! Ever since I found Raycast i stopped worrying whether I'll lose something. Just copy it and you can always find it in your clipboard history, plus it's free 👌
The native screenshot features of MacOS does 99% of the CleanShot X features. But that 1% is the blur feature which is worth the bucks since I use a lot of sensitive screenshots in our app where you want to blur customer or personal data before sending it out 🙂
Hey Jeff, loved the video, even though I use a lot of these apps already. Alt-tab was a saviour. I have tried Alfred in the past, but simply could not get myself to learn all of its features. maybe spotlight search does everything I need. As you suggested, a video highlighting what Alfred can do over Spotlight for users (I am sure it is loaded), would be an absolute gem
Loving all the tips! Amazing app - my favorite is Cleanshot X and numi - totally boost up my workflow by 2000%! Would love to see a deeper explanation for Alfred... Have had this app for ages but never got used to it.
I never set up notifications of subscribed channel. And then I came across Mr Su. Concise, efficient, effective, valuable...a pleasure to listen to at normal speed even! Keep up the phenomenal content! You really stand out!
Hi Jeff alfred video would be great and I have one more request, please you could make video about pdf readers. I really like reading on google play books and automaticly created files of annotated and highlighted part but I could not find an app has these features for mac, iPad etc. so far. Have you any suggestions?
Dear Jeff, you can not realise how much your videos have helped me learn things; for example, understanding how to filter messages in Gmail was fantastic. If you want to learn more about Alfred, please see the videos of the productivity shop channel . A big hug from chile
Hey Jeff 👋 Thanks for sharing ! On my side I’m using Alfred for a loooong time and it’s very powerful so I’m curious to know how you are using it 🙄 In my top 5 apps on my Mac : bar tender 4, it’s allow me to clean up the menu bar See you next week ✌️
Okay now I'm worried you know more about Alfred than me so my Alfred video will be useless 😰. Yes Bartender will be featured next week and I heard a free alternative to be Dozer? Or even Vanilla
Thank you Jeff for sharing these apps. I used to be amazed by Alfred until I found Raycast there is free and has a lot of features, I can customize my own scripts and use extensions created by the community. I love how it integrates with some of the apps that I use daily for productivity, like Todoist. It would be really awesome to watch a video with your opinion about Alfred vs Raycast
@@JeffSu I would love to hear your take on Alfred and Raycast. I find Spotlight to be remarkably powerful and haven't jumped into the world of Alfred yet, but I am always intrigued. Specific use cases would be valuable to see.
Rectangle for window management, I got used to the swipe gestures for viewing multiple windows and Raycast, which I think is overall better than Alfred now(although I do love Alfred) because of the way they implemented their extensions feature
@@JeffSu they’ve got a built in store in the search, but you can also just check out the extensions on their site. I gave it a good spin for a couple weeks before making the decision to move and it’s been great
@@JeffSu Yep, might be more applicable on Ipad OS but I'm sure theres some overlap on IOS too. With all your conversations with Tim Apple I see in your vids I'm sure you have a few tricks up your sleeve haha
@@JeffSu Yes! Or you don't even have to select the app. Just press ctrl+cmd and move your mouse cursor to left, right, up, or down on top of the app and it will move.
"I love working at my company, but we are (sigh) very American-centric" - that sigh was really amazing 😂 By the way, I agree with you. How can America adopt such metrics different from the rest of the world? 🤪😵💫
For the clipboard part, you can also save an area to your clipboard by holding ctrl while printing. cmd + shift + 4, select an area, then press ctrl and release your mouse
@@JeffSu On that we agree! But my work computer doesn't allow me to install many things, so we gotta work with what we get. But I didn't know Shottr and might get it to my personal pc.
I know CleanShot X is veeery similar to the native mac screenshot tool but there was always something that bothered me about it. I was literally this week thinking about trying to find a better screenshot tool and for me the pinned screenshot, ability to choose between saving and copying with a button and the beautiful annotations were a win for me. I downloaded the tool without thinking twice after your video, you should get a commission for that ahhahaha
4:17 You should mention here that Moom offers the option to save the arrangement of multiple apps on multiple monitors and then call them up again with a shortcut as long as the apps are open. When everything is messed up, I use a shortcut to hide all the windows, then I use my Moom shortcut to restore my favorite setup of windows. Love it.
Hi there. About numi and alfred. There is workflow for alfred that allows you to do numi calculations right in alfred :) So, you wont need to switch apps just to convert some currency or get time)
Hi Jeff, I've been a Windows user/gamer for decades and finally got a newish Macbook Pro after getting along with an older iMac for years just to keep up with what Apple is doing. Windows might have the best gaming platform and Office suite but Mac is certainly pretty good for everything alse. It's awesome how there's so much good freeware now to tweak and optimise the OS. It's actually catching up to Windows and I dare say doing it more stylishly. Yours is one of the best channels I've found that lists and describes the best apps, tips and tricks. You deserve many more subs man. Cheers
We basically went through the same experience my friend! I only really started using a Mac like 2 years ago but I'm really enjoying the M1 experience so far!
@@JeffSu Yes, the M1 is indeed a powehouse! I still mostly use Windows admittely, (I have 28 in the office and another 5 around the house) as well as linux and now the MB pro. One can never have too many computers right?! 😂
I started this video as evening that this is one of the other Crappy videos and I will know all of the shortcuts and productivity apps that you talk about. But man this is awesome! For the first seven apps, I have never even heard of them.
You should try 'Paste' as your clipboard manager. It has all the features of the best other clipboard managers, and its UI looks as if Apple designed a clipboard manager
@@JeffSu it also has an iPhone app so every text or image you copy on your mac is available on your iPhone I often copy things to my paste clipboard just in case I might need to reference them later but I don’t want to actually add them to a notes app
Long time user of Rectangle and I can confirm that you can move windows between screens. I originally used a different tool for this and once it became no longer maintained by the devs I moved to Rectangle which allowed me to use all of the keyboard shortcuts from the old app so there was zero learning curve. Great app.
2:23 This is possible natively. Command-Tab switches between your active apps. Command-` (tilde key, unshifted, just above the tab key, to the left of 1 along to top of your keyboard) switches between windows of the same app. If you hold down Command and continue to click the ` key, it will cycle you through each open window of the current active app. Just release the keys when you get to the window you want. No third-party tools needed.
@@JeffSu Fair enough. I actually love using Command-Tab and Command-` in combination. That gives me that "switcher window" experience. Thanks for the reply. Continued success to you.
Thanks Jeff. Really useful stuff. There is a Mac inbuilt way to copy a screenshot to the clipboard. CMD + Shift + 4, then hold down Ctrl while you snip it. Cheers
I have a Mac for work now coming from Windows and there are a couple of apps here that are going to make the transition completely seamless (particular window snapping which Windows has built-in, and the alt-tab). Thanks so much fellow Jeff!!!
@@JeffSu I just watched your other video explaining how to set up and navigate the Finder window which solves my other massive issue of navigating the filesystem so you are seriously a godsend
Hi I am usually skeptical about UA-camrs reccomendation of productivity app cuz they are all paid but I am so impressed with how you take note of that and gave multiple legit reccomendations that I personally use as well! Great job Jeff!!
So basically I'm not well-known enough to be sponsored yet 🥲.
Haha just kidding, thank you! Glad you think so! Which apps do you already use?
LMAO with what you're doin, one day you will ;) and I'm sure you'd choose your sponsors wisely 🤞🏽
I am hella cheap so mostly free ones but donating after 😊 rectangle, appcleaner, Alfred although I turned back to spotlight again..
@@naturepower17 Wait why did you go back to spotlight?!
yeah, because the dude has an actual career. Not doing UA-cam thinking he is a smartass just for that (pointing at all tech youtubers without any tech knowledge, degree or career).
I recently switched from Alfred to Raycast, and I love it. The ability to create extensions using React with good system API’s and documentation got me sold. The eco system might be lacking a bit compared to Alfred, but given enough time I think it will surpass it.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing Max!
Can confirm, Raycast is insane - so happy I switched
How is cerebro app?
@@JeffSu one doubt, is these apps all use more RAM? 16GB ram? Native once from apple consumes less?
@@cement006 Haven't used it before! Is it like alfred?
🎇 Link to my wallpapers - jeffsu.gumroad.com/l/gradient-wallpaper-pack
Check out my Top 10 Productivity Tips for the Mac next 👉🏻 ua-cam.com/video/5B2kPVvyjbU/v-deo.html
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Best Mac Apps for Productivity
00:40 Dropzone to manage files
01:40 AltTab to select a specific window
02:40 Monitor Control to adjust brightness
03:52 Moom to snap windows to different positions
04:43 Numi calculator for unit conversion
05:22 Cheat Sheet to find shortcuts and hotkeys
05:47 AppCleaner to quickly uninstall Mac apps
06:30 CleanShot X as an amazing screenshot tool
08:27 Alfred replaces Spotlight Search
10:56 Logi Options to map buttons on mouse
Amazing video can you do one for windows as well 😁😜
@@harshilpatel1478 if I build another windows PC 😂
@@JeffSu 😂😂
Dozer, Clipy, Carrot Weather, Monosnap
@@magnusega Wow thanks, going to check all these out Egor!
MacOS can do almost everything that cleanshotx does. Cmd+Shift+3 and you can annotate, if you cmd+shift+3 and than press spacebar, you can also make a beautiful screenshot of specific window with transparency and rounded corners.
Agreed Štěpán! I used to do all that because I didn't want to use a paid app but now that I can afford it, I can't go back 😂
You cannot upload to cloud storage though. In addition it is convenient uploading into a floating window.
You can't generate link :D
I suggest using cmd+shift+4 so you can drag a rectangle (3 shoots the whole screen at once)
when you press ctrl while releasing the mouse the shot lands in the clipboard (not as file on the desk)
when you press spacebar you can select a window you‘re hovering over.
when you press spacebar AFTER having started to drag an area with the mouse you can move the area around.
annotations and drawings are also possible, the only two things that macos can‘t do:
-upolad to cloud
- pixelate areas in the shot
@@veerpatel6719 though you kind of can? if you use iCloud
Tried making a few of these mac app videos myself but this is just next level production quality. Thanks for the inspiration and a great video!
I've been where you are my friend! I just watched a few of your videos and honestly the apps you picked are awesome! I think some small things you might want to take into account is adding timestamps in the description and linking the apps as well, so it's more viewer-friendly :)
@@JeffSu Will do! Thank you for the feedback!
I just wanted to say thank you for the Monitor Control recommendation. I got my first monitor and the dance to adjust brightness is sooooo annoying. I'm a software nerd too but I've been so lazy to find a solution. I nearly cried tears of joy when I downloaded it and IT WORKED!!! No more eye strain. Thank you!!!!
Hahahaha awesome to hear!!
I recently switched to mac from a lifetime of windows and your series of mac apps/tips have saved my life (i.e. very much made the transition more seamless than I expected). Still have some transition pains, but your suggestions are on point and are actually things that I wanted to download immediately, compared to some other videos I’ve found.
Anyway, love your humour and presentation style. Followed your channel a couple days ago when I first watched your videos, but I enjoy them so much that I’ve been coming back to them and watching your other ones as well. Thanks for these great vids :)
Believe me I can empathize since I was a long-time Windows user as well Inskva! And glad to hear you're enjoying the other videos 😁
yes he had saved my life as well haha thanks Jeff
@@technicallyoutdoors you’re welcome Matt!!
Yes! Alfred video please.
I hear you loud and clear! Will do!
I love this! As someone who has switched between macOS and Windows myself, I love that you’ve found Mac apps that take all the fan favourite Windows features and bring them to us on macOS. Thanks for the video!
I know right? I do miss Windows but I'm basically sucked into the Apple world now 😂
Thanks Jeff for making another productivity video!
I miss your career videos on answering behavioral questions
There are only so many behavioral questions though 😂
alttab was so useful and so under-talked about!!! thanks
I know right?? You're very welcome 😁
Hey Jeff - I watch your productivity tips and learn so much every day. I have shared and featured some of your videos in my newsletter and with my team, and I got so much value. Thank you for creating productivity tips and content. I love your videos because they are super fun and insightful, and you do a great job simplifying the learning.
Wow thank you so much for featuring me Anil, that just made my morning! I hope your team doesn't find my videos/voice too annoying 😂
Another great video, Jeff ! I love Cleanshot X & Alfred (can't wait for a video on that one!). Will check the other apps for sure! Thanks for everything!
The Alfred video is in the pipeline as of now! Didn't know there was such a huge demand for it 😁
Love these Mac App videos - what about a spotlight on slack? I've had it for so long, but I still don't feel like I'm using it to it's full potential.
I see slack fading away more & more
With google & now Microsoft coming up with more workflow community features less & less companies are pushing to use slack
Sorry. That was just my 2 cents
You know interestingly I've never used Slack because my company uses the Google Workspace suite of tools. And it's even more interesting to hear Elvis say that Slack's value proposition is declining. To my understanding Slack is still pretty popular and does a lot of things better than something like Google Chats or Microsoft teams...?
Just FYI MacOS regular screenshot tool has the feature that lets you take those pictures of a window with the shadow or any menu element like a Dropdown-Menu and stuff like that. Just press space after you hit the selective screenshot shortcut. The icon on you mouse will change into a camera icon and any window or distinct menu element can just be clicked to screenshot that way.
(That being said I think the app is more about the notation features which seems great. Stood out to me that this is a native feature, is all. And it’s a tip I had to learn that is super useful in certain situations.)
Ah good point Hans! Thanks for sharing!! 😁
To complement Hans' hint regarding native snapshots of a window pressing the space bar:
- pressing Control while clicking the window will send the capture to the clipboard instead of saving it to a file
- pressing Option while clicking the window will take the capture WITHOUT the shadow surrounding the window
Clear Shot and Monitor Control changed my life! :) Thanks!
They're amazing aren't they?? Thanks for letting me know Diego 😁
alfred video definitely of the best workflows to use!
Got it! Thanks for letting me know Leah 😁
@@JeffSu you're welcome its my favorite app to use i also like using the universal actions and snippets
Great video as always!
You missed a really big feature of Cleanshot, IMO (one of the only reasons I've been looking at buying it) - scrolling screenshots. Being able to capture more than what is currently on the screen in a still image without having to try to combine multiple images together is such a game-changer.
That's a great point!!! I'll be sure to highlight that next time haha
If you are on Chrome, You can take full screenshots through the console commands in Chrome developer mode.
@@ManjulaBandara Thanks for sharing!
If you use Safari, you can always do this on any web page by going to File -> Save as PDF
Shottr also does this
This video is AMAZING! I ended up downloading Monitor Control to use with my LG external monitor, which I never found a way to control the brightness with but by using the actual buttons on the monitor, until now. Thanks so much. I also wanted to download Moom, but ended up installing Rectangle instead because it was free. I've been using macOS for more than 10 years now and I don't know how I was able to go along without such an easy way of resizing app windows. Definitely subcribed!
Niceee! Glad to hear these apps made your life just a bit easier 😁
Hey Jeff, first YOU ARE THE BEST! Second, more of this please.
Thank you
Thank you! Make sure to come back next week 😉
Surprised better touch tool wasn't mentioned. I love it and it has a built in great clipboard manager and great window snaping, along with a million other features. It is paid but there's a 45 day free trial if you want to try it out. I really do love it and I feel like it's made me so much more efficient.
This is a great video. I’ve seen so many videos like this over the years and only ever caught one or two new apps to try out. Literally every single app in this was new to me and can’t wait to try it out. Thanks Jeff!
Wow I'm glad to hear it Itty! Honestly I thought most people would just take away 1-2 apps from this video. Don't overwhelm yourself though, I recommend using 1-2, getting very familiar with them, then adding more 😁
So glad I saw this to learn about Monitor Control ... I NEEDED THIS SO BAD!
It's an amazing app!!
congratulations Jeff. You are officially the first person for whom I have turned on notifications, and set them to all. only three youtubers have gained this privelage, but you are the first for whom I have set it to show all notifs. the rest are all set to personalized.
Love your content man. I also think you should include spark the email client.
Wooohoooo! It was a tough week but thanks for making my evening Akhil! that's AMAZING to hear. Now I just gotta continue making (even) better videos! Is Spark free or Paid? I should check it out
@@JeffSu no problem Jeff! I'm sure your content will only get better as time goes on!
Spark has both a free and paid version, but the free version is amazing. The paid version only adds team functionality such as private chats on a per-email basis, and automatic forwarding or cc'ing. The best thing about it is, it has a auto-categorization API that works far better than gmail's one, and has group "mark as read" and mass deletion functionality. You should use it for like a week, it is amazing.
Let’s go jeff! I’m ready for this one haha
Hope it didn't disappoint!
@@JeffSu Very good brother as per!
awesome video!
btw where did we get your wallpaper? Looks to clean..
Wallhaven cc 😁
Awesome video Jeff!
Thank you David!!! 😁
Wow love the alt tab... Instead of Alfred I like raycast even more bc it has many of the paid features there for free and a inbuilt window manager (like moom)...
Oh really? I should give it a try!
+1 on this one!
Ever since I found Raycast i stopped worrying whether I'll lose something. Just copy it and you can always find it in your clipboard history, plus it's free 👌
The native screenshot features of MacOS does 99% of the CleanShot X features. But that 1% is the blur feature which is worth the bucks since I use a lot of sensitive screenshots in our app where you want to blur customer or personal data before sending it out 🙂
Well and the uploading + hyperlink 😅
Plus annotations, too limited in MacOS
Flameshot doesn't do screen recording but as far as I can tell, it does everything else that CleanShot X does
Thanks!!!! Monitor Control was a life changing!!!
Agreed! Can't believe it's free 😁
Hey Jeff,
Great video as usual ! I’m very interesting to see how you use Alfred !
Will do! It's in the content pipeline 😁
Hey Jeff, loved the video, even though I use a lot of these apps already. Alt-tab was a saviour. I have tried Alfred in the past, but simply could not get myself to learn all of its features. maybe spotlight search does everything I need. As you suggested, a video highlighting what Alfred can do over Spotlight for users (I am sure it is loaded), would be an absolute gem
I'm glad to hear you say it because I just released an Alfred video last week! Check it out 😁
Pls do a detail video on alfred, have installed and uninstalled it multiple times as have never got around setting it up
Would like this too, been too busy to set it up lately but eventually I'll take the time to figure it out.
Trust me I've been there my friends! Will do 😁
Thank you for the AltTab
Glad you found a useful (and free) app!
Man been awhile since I saw someone go straight to the point.
I subscribed ser.
My viewers' time is valuable! Of course! 😁
Loving all the tips! Amazing app - my favorite is Cleanshot X and numi - totally boost up my workflow by 2000%! Would love to see a deeper explanation for Alfred... Have had this app for ages but never got used to it.
Will do Namika 😁
I never set up notifications of subscribed channel. And then I came across Mr Su. Concise, efficient, effective, valuable...a pleasure to listen to at normal speed even! Keep up the phenomenal content! You really stand out!
Wooohoooo thank you so much for the kind words Kandiace! This made my morning 😁
yo clean shot x is mad! I never thought I needed more accuracy for screenshots haha
Yea it's awesome!! One of the few apps I happily pay for!
alfred 4 video please
Will do! It's in the pipeline 😁
Hi Jeff alfred video would be great and I have one more request, please you could make video about pdf readers. I really like reading on google play books and automaticly created files of annotated and highlighted part but I could not find an app has these features for mac, iPad etc. so far. Have you any suggestions?
for PDF readers have you checked out my Microsoft Edge video?
I just received my new macbook and the first thing i wanted to do is search on your channel what setup should i use. always a fan, thank you!
Woohooo that's what I love to hear 😁
Dear Jeff, you can not realise how much your videos have helped me learn things; for example, understanding how to filter messages in Gmail was fantastic. If you want to learn more about Alfred, please see the videos of the productivity shop channel
. A big hug from chile
I'm very very glad to hear it Sebastian, thank you for making my morning 😁. I'll definitely check that video out!
An alfred video would be nice ;)
Will do Julian 😁
Always love your style, and the effort you out while making these videos!
Literally, as soon as a new video comes, I can't wait to watch it!
Wow that's awesome to hear Aveeraj, thank you 😁
+1. Thank you Jeff! 😊
Finally I can alt tab to a specific window. Thanks for the great find with AltTab, loving this app!
I know right??? I was so happy when I first came across it too 😁
Hey Jeff 👋
Thanks for sharing !
On my side I’m using Alfred for a loooong time and it’s very powerful so I’m curious to know how you are using it 🙄
In my top 5 apps on my Mac : bar tender 4, it’s allow me to clean up the menu bar
See you next week ✌️
Okay now I'm worried you know more about Alfred than me so my Alfred video will be useless 😰. Yes Bartender will be featured next week and I heard a free alternative to be Dozer? Or even Vanilla
What about the alternative Raycast?
@@frogical9553 I haven't used Raycast (yet)!
@@JeffSu The app bartender is also such an great tool!
@@alexboettcher That will be featured in next week's video 😁
Thank you Jeff for sharing these apps. I used to be amazed by Alfred until I found Raycast there is free and has a lot of features, I can customize my own scripts and use extensions created by the community. I love how it integrates with some of the apps that I use daily for productivity, like Todoist. It would be really awesome to watch a video with your opinion about Alfred vs Raycast
I've never used Raycast but wow it sounds great!
@@JeffSu I would love to hear your take on Alfred and Raycast. I find Spotlight to be remarkably powerful and haven't jumped into the world of Alfred yet, but I am always intrigued. Specific use cases would be valuable to see.
@@AlexHerder Now I definitely have to make that Alfred deep dive video!
Thanks for mentioning about Raycast!
The video I needed!. Thank you very much. I just change to MacOS for my notebook and I was a little bit lost.
I've been where you are my friend! Definitely took some getting used to but I really do enjoy being "stuck" in the Apple ecosystem haha
Finally Monitor control, I'm in love. Great video man I hope you are fine with the situation there.
Thank you Andrea! So you use Monitor Control as well??
Rectangle for window management, I got used to the swipe gestures for viewing multiple windows and Raycast, which I think is overall better than Alfred now(although I do love Alfred) because of the way they implemented their extensions feature
How does Raycast implement their extensions feature? I'm so curious now haha
@@JeffSu they’ve got a built in store in the search, but you can also just check out the extensions on their site. I gave it a good spin for a couple weeks before making the decision to move and it’s been great
Great video Jeff, really enjoyed the more tech centric video in this one! Maybe a productivity app/workflow tips on IOS would be a cool idea!
You mean on the iPhone? or iPad?
@@JeffSu Yep, might be more applicable on Ipad OS but I'm sure theres some overlap on IOS too. With all your conversations with Tim Apple I see in your vids I'm sure you have a few tricks up your sleeve haha
@@Pyonz24 But he swore me to secrecy with all the advanced new features, relying on the...M5 chip.....🤫
@@JeffSuM5!? We haven’t even reached M2 yet haha. Tell Timmy USB C on iPhone is long overdue lol
@@Pyonz24 Will do
Thank you! Really big help! I will love to watch full tutorial of Alfred.
You're very welcome Julie! Will do 😁
I like your video's man, the right mix between useful tips, slick editing, and humour. LOL for the middle finger to imperial units :D
Hahahahaha glad you caught that joke Tim 😁
Great list! Although I think Rectangle Pro is way better than Moom, mainly due to the ability to use mouse flicks to snap the apps.
Like literally "throw" an app window into a snapped position? 🤯
Same here
@@JeffSu Yes! Or you don't even have to select the app. Just press ctrl+cmd and move your mouse cursor to left, right, up, or down on top of the app and it will move.
"I love working at my company, but we are (sigh) very American-centric" - that sigh was really amazing 😂
By the way, I agree with you. How can America adopt such metrics different from the rest of the world? 🤪😵💫
Because...it came from deep down 🤣. I honestly have no idea how to process feet, yards, ounces....😅
@@JeffSu Neither do I... I'm Brazilian, living in Brazil! 😜😁
this is awesome. Helped a lot since I’m coming from a lifetime windows user
Glad to hear it Igor!! 😁
For the clipboard part, you can also save an area to your clipboard by holding ctrl while printing.
cmd + shift + 4, select an area, then press ctrl and release your mouse
Yes! I just find Cleanshot (or Shottr as a free alternative) to be more powerful than the default screen capture tool 😁
@@JeffSu On that we agree! But my work computer doesn't allow me to install many things, so we gotta work with what we get.
But I didn't know Shottr and might get it to my personal pc.
@@Edyuto Nice!
I know CleanShot X is veeery similar to the native mac screenshot tool but there was always something that bothered me about it. I was literally this week thinking about trying to find a better screenshot tool and for me the pinned screenshot, ability to choose between saving and copying with a button and the beautiful annotations were a win for me. I downloaded the tool without thinking twice after your video, you should get a commission for that ahhahaha
Hahahaha so the developer kindly reached out to me thanking me after this video, but no commission 😭
If you use the Mac screenshot tool, you can press Command + C immediately after taking any screenshot to copy it. Not a lot of people know that.
@@time2livelife Thanks for sharing Sarah!!
@@time2livelife thanks!!!!
@@time2livelife One more now ;-) thanks :)
anyone know what monitors he has?
Sam question
Those are Apple XDR monitors he got it for heavy discount. He explained the desk setup in another video. Check his playlists
One of the best videos on UA-cam, I will give a try of these apps
Awesome, let me know how it goes Gerardo 😁
4:17 You should mention here that Moom offers the option to save the arrangement of multiple apps on multiple monitors and then call them up again with a shortcut as long as the apps are open.
When everything is messed up, I use a shortcut to hide all the windows, then I use my Moom shortcut to restore my favorite setup of windows. Love it.
Oh that's such a great tip, thanks for sharing!!!
Jeff ! We Want Windows productivity apps also 🙂
I'll try my best 😂
@@JeffSu yes please
From a windows user using a Mac, that alt tab app is very helpful! Thanks man!
I know right?? It's pretty awesome 😁
I haven't even completely switched over to Mac from PC yet and I'm already excited to use all these.
Awesome! Let me know when you do start using the Mac more!
first another time 🔥😄
I missed 😂
Not sure if you're the first or Olley over there 😂
@@JeffSu 😂😂😂
Pro Tip: If you need Alt+Tab, then you have no idea how to use a Mac and you need to spend some more time learning it.
Oh how so? 😁
+1 for an Alfred walk-through. Keep up the awesome work.
Got it Joey, thanks for letting me know 😁
OMG Thank you Jeff, I had no idea about the monitor control app. I cannot change my monitor's brightness through settings. THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING
Glad to hear it! That's how I felt when I first came across it too 😁
Dude I love the way you create your tutorials. The quality is amazing, I really need a mentor like you 👍
Thank you so much my friend 😁
The first 30 seconds of the video made me like and subscribe right away. Brilliant way to start the topic presented 👌🏻
Dam. Now I have to live up to that in every future video 🥲
@@JeffSu You can do it, after that 🖐 crack I knew you meant business 😅 keep it up 💪
I like the "Pro Tip" when reviewing each App. Very informative and helpful.
That's what I love to hear! Thanks Craig!! 😁
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I had to use Google translate but thank you my friend 😁
@@JeffSu sorry I just Note for myself
I love monitor control for the brightness!
It's amazing isn't it??
Hi there. About numi and alfred. There is workflow for alfred that allows you to do numi calculations right in alfred :) So, you wont need to switch apps just to convert some currency or get time)
Wait seriously? I gotta check it out!! 😁
Alferd deep dive for the ultimate productivity flow on the fly 👌can not wait for the video 🤘
Definitely!! Will do Amir 😁
Fantastic. Really useful! Alfred alone was worth watching the video. Snappy presentation makes it fun, too. Keep them coming!
Awesome, thanks for the kind words John! I also have an Alfred video up 😁
Hi Jeff, I've been a Windows user/gamer for decades and finally got a newish Macbook Pro after getting along with an older iMac for years just to keep up with what Apple is doing.
Windows might have the best gaming platform and Office suite but Mac is certainly pretty good for everything alse. It's awesome how there's so much good freeware now to tweak and optimise the OS. It's actually catching up to Windows and I dare say doing it more stylishly.
Yours is one of the best channels I've found that lists and describes the best apps, tips and tricks. You deserve many more subs man. Cheers
We basically went through the same experience my friend! I only really started using a Mac like 2 years ago but I'm really enjoying the M1 experience so far!
@@JeffSu Yes, the M1 is indeed a powehouse! I still mostly use Windows admittely, (I have 28 in the office and another 5 around the house) as well as linux and now the MB pro. One can never have too many computers right?! 😂
@@Cyba_IT ok WOW that's a lot! What do you do with all of them? Or are most of these used for work?
Thanks Jeff! I've just started using AltTab. This was something that always bugged me when using a Mac.
Same here! Let me know how it goes james 😁
Thanks man, MonitorControl is absolutely necessary.
It's one of my FAVORITE apps of all time!
Great intro! I thought I'm watching the Stanford speech of Steve Jobs because of the bg music!
Hahaha I saw that video a while back too! I'll take it as a compliment 😁
Awesome video! Downloaded Numi, AppCleaner, Maccy and Shottr
Nice! Let me know how you like them Joe 😁
I started this video as evening that this is one of the other Crappy videos and I will know all of the shortcuts and productivity apps that you talk about. But man this is awesome! For the first seven apps, I have never even heard of them.
Woooohooo that's great to hear Abhishek!! Thanks for letting me know 😁
You should try 'Paste' as your clipboard manager. It has all the features of the best other clipboard managers, and its UI looks as if Apple designed a clipboard manager
Oooo thanks for letting me know! 😁
@@JeffSu it also has an iPhone app so every text or image you copy on your mac is available on your iPhone
I often copy things to my paste clipboard just in case I might need to reference them later but I don’t want to actually add them to a notes app
@@SoImPlayer2 Ah, gotcha!
Great video! Thanks for putting it together Jeff. As a recent Windows convert, I got a lot out of this. Much appreciated.
A fellow ex-windows user! Welcome 😁
Long time user of Rectangle and I can confirm that you can move windows between screens. I originally used a different tool for this and once it became no longer maintained by the devs I moved to Rectangle which allowed me to use all of the keyboard shortcuts from the old app so there was zero learning curve. Great app.
I started using Rectangle hahahaha
2:23 This is possible natively. Command-Tab switches between your active apps. Command-` (tilde key, unshifted, just above the tab key, to the left of 1 along to top of your keyboard) switches between windows of the same app. If you hold down Command and continue to click the ` key, it will cycle you through each open window of the current active app. Just release the keys when you get to the window you want. No third-party tools needed.
Thanks for sharing Robert! I realized that but I like to see the "Switcher window" AltTab provides 😁
@@JeffSu Fair enough. I actually love using Command-Tab and Command-` in combination. That gives me that "switcher window" experience. Thanks for the reply. Continued success to you.
@@robertholtz Of course Robert! Thanks so much for your input 😁
In my opinion, this is a very needed type of discussion. Thank you.
Glad to hear it John! You're welcome 😁
This has to be one of the best lists.
No arguments from me 😁
BIG thanks for Monitor Control!! Its awesome!
And here's a BIG you're welcome in return 😁
you made my day mate wish u make many more like this
I have an entire playlist 😁
@@JeffSu I already checked it mate wish you make more
@@manthanbamrotiya9623 I definitely will :)
Good alternative to Clean Shot X is Flameshot. It’s not that advance like Clean Shot X but it’s pretty powerful. It’s free and open source.
Thanks for sharing Luka!! 😁
Finally a video where someone talked about apps that are actually useful
That's why I'm here 😁
I absolutely LOVE your videos! Keep up with the excellent work, Jeff - you are the BEST!
Thank you Asami!!! 😁😁
Thanks Jeff. Really useful stuff. There is a Mac inbuilt way to copy a screenshot to the clipboard. CMD + Shift + 4, then hold down Ctrl while you snip it. Cheers
Got it, thanks for sharing Amila 😁
Love the quick and dirty option to change the auto-save on desktop for screenshots. Thanks :)
You're very welcome! 😁
I have a Mac for work now coming from Windows and there are a couple of apps here that are going to make the transition completely seamless (particular window snapping which Windows has built-in, and the alt-tab). Thanks so much fellow Jeff!!!
Been there my friend! It seems you're took it much better than me; when I first started using a mac I was like dafuq is this 😂
@@JeffSu I just watched your other video explaining how to set up and navigate the Finder window which solves my other massive issue of navigating the filesystem so you are seriously a godsend
@@JLclickk NICEEEEEEEEEE glad to hear it Jeffrey!!! What a lovely name too btw 😏
Thanks Jeff. Monitor control solves a peave I've had since switching back to mac a year ago.
Nice! Were you using it before this video already? 😁
@@JeffSu no I had no idea it existed. Finally I can make brightness adjustments. :)
@@paullydca Niceeeee
Hi Jeff! Thanks for sharing.
I would love an entire tutorial on Alfred!
You're welcome! Will do 😁
Im loving your channel. You are the funniest creator in this field 😂
That's what I think as well 😉
Your videos are so great! I love organization and apps! Thank you 💛
You're very welcome! Thank you so much 😁