8 Apps to Customize Your Mac

Make your Mac stand out with these eight incredible customization apps!
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🔗 All apps mentioned in the video:
1. Color Folder: apps.apple.com/us/app/color-f...
2. Image2Icon: apps.apple.com/us/app/image2i...
3. Lockera Widgets: apps.apple.com/us/app/lockera...
4. MusicBar: musicbar.inedible.dev
5. Portal - Immersive Escapes: apps.apple.com/us/app/portal-...
6. Folder Peek: apps.apple.com/us/app/folder-...
7. MenubarX: apps.apple.com/us/app/menubar...
8. Pippo: gumroad.com/a/878996947/PYwQk
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📖 Chapters:
00:00 - Change Folder Color in Seconds
00:27 - Expect This - And Much More
00:41 - Next-Level Folder Icons
01:23 - Next-Level Desktop Widgets
02:26 - Now Playing in Your Menu Bar
02:53 - Immersive Wallpaper Videos
04:06 - Add Folders to Your Menu Bar
05:09 - Add iPhone Apps to Your Menu Bar
06:20 - Playback Controls for Picture-in-Picture
06:51 - Don’t Miss These

[@macvince]

Thank you for watching! 😊 You'll find all the mentioned apps linked in the video description. Oh, and I spend hours trying to make each and every new video as concise (and uniquely edited) as possible - so if you like that, feel free to subscribe anytime - it would make my day!

[@momorious]

Is that a Deutsche Akzent? :D

[@oevers]

As German, I was pretty sure it’s a German accent, but still I thought he might be from another european country.

[@golumgolum1]

Yes. He is german 😀

[@CoffeenSpice]

That accent is so strong that it hurts my ears! 😭

[@spargeltyp]

Actually, it took me three videos to get that hes German
Und jetzt esse ich weiter Bier und Brezel

[@BrownBoy_07]

Always bringing something new on the table. Yours videos are never a disappointment. Keep up the good work !!!

[@macvince]

Thanks for the encouragement! I'll try to keep it up :)

[@ericoviche]

Top notch videos every time. 👌 So much helpful stuff, so beaufully presented. Your editing is top notch. Similar to what you've said about features on Mac, the videos you make should be done by Apple themselves, but with your slick editing (and speaking), it may as well be from Apple already. Keep it up bro. 👊

[@macvince]

Man, big thanks! The comparison to Apple's style is as always a huge compliment. 😊 And cheers for watching another video, means a lot!

[@nasastar]

These are so, so, cool! Thank you so much for delivering digestible videos with clear messages. Love the video!

[@macvince]

Thanks for the high praise - means a lot to hear that!

[@superherofan1701]

Great app recommendations . Your video style is just *chefs kiss* too!

[@macvince]

Happy to hear you liked the video! Thank you so much for letting me know! :)

[@salahmahdi3887]

Discovered your channel 3 days ago, and I gotta say it just became my favorite channel on UA-cam!

[@macvince]

Big thanks! So glad you stumbled upon the channel and even more glad it's become your favorite. What a high praise 😊

[@Zariche]

need more videos Vince! always waiting for your releases!

[@macvince]

Thank you, that's motivating to hear! More videos are on the way :D

[@Jamie-rx4yc]

very good apps, thanks

[@roykent2316]

Great video! 😊 I am definitely getting Music Bar and Menu Bar X!

[@macvince]

So glad to hear that! 😊

[@andreavigano6070]

Thank you so so much!!! AMAZING. And Merry Christmas Mac!

[@macvince]

Thank you!!!

[@Christm76]

Super tips as always! Thanks mate! 🍻

[@macvince]

Cheers! :)

[@rishabhkrm]

+1 added to my "New to Mac playlist" 👍👍👍 I love to explore Mac man.

[@macvince]

So great to hear man! 👍🏼 I know that feeling haha, always something new to learn

[@buttercup141312]

This man has been such a huge help as someone who recently purchased a MacBook for the first time. These videos made me feel like a pro (with my MacBook Pro😉) so quick as well as giving me apps and tips that make my life even easier. I literally have a playlist of MacBook tips with mostly his videos in there.
Also! Can we all appreciate this guy’s editing skills? He could work for Apple.

[@macvince]

Thank you so much for the love - and the exceptionally high praise! Made my day!
It's also really motivating to here that you appreciate the editing - it's a lot of work so this means a lot! 😊

[@sok_all1926]

big thanks u, i got some useful apps

[@loloFyrro]

Trop bien la vidéo !

[@Jeyxero]

I have to keep coming back to the comment section to thank you for the quality content. Your style of videos is different while also presenting the apps AND how they would actually be useful. Nice video as always!

[@macvince]

It's so great to hear you're enjoying the content and finding it useful! Thanks for coming back and for your kind words in the comments - always makes my day! 😊

[@jeanbiroute]

Always great advice!

[@macvince]

Much appreciated!

[@theparents23]

Great video. Really useful!! 🤩

[@macvince]

Thank you!! So glad to see you again 😊

[@Gsbansal]

Great content as always. Maybe your next video should be about how u create such awesome videos where u talking is itself the part of the animations. I Meant the editing part. Do u render ur videos 4-5 times before the final export?

[@macvince]

Thank you so much! 😊 Really appreciate your interest in the behind-the-scenes process! Yep, I've got background render enabled, and usually export 5-6 times because I always notice something I wanna change after the "final" export haha

[@ampfromiisy]

You have earned yourself a subscriber! Fluid, concise, straight to the point, I couldn't have asked for more!

[@macvince]

Cheers for the lovely feedback!

[@demons17]

I am a fan of your videos 😀
They are straight to the point ❤
Is there any video for the best shortcuts for mac . I would like to see .
Thanks

[@macvince]

THANK YOU for all the love and your support! Means a lot 😊 You mean keyboard shortcuts? I don't have a video on that, but I always make sure to show a few in all of my videos. If you're talking about the Shortcuts app, I've got two videos about that on my channel :) Thanks again!

[@fadyghali]

Fire video, as per usual. Thanks for all these my man 🙏🏽

[@macvince]

Thank you again, glad you enjoyed this one too! 😊 Man, really means the most!

[@Omineus]

Thanks again

[@b0ieque]

Once again, great cutting skills and awesome video :)

[@macvince]

Thanks again for the props on the editing! Glad you liked this video too :)

[@kobi981]

What a great video!

[@robojobot77]

Must watch content. Some new apps that to try. Thanks dude.

[@macvince]

Thanks for watching and for the positive feedback :) Enjoy the new apps!

[@KhaledMoAdel]

love your videos as always

[@macvince]

Thanks for the love and for watching another video :) Means a lot to me. And also cheers for the idea, definitely something to think about for a future video.

[@aymanmoustadrif7228]

quality content as always👏🏼👏🏼

[@macvince]

Thank you :)

[@DOWER37]

Awesome video! Thank you!

[@macvince]

Thanks for watching and for the awesome feedback! 👍

[@zaidhakim]

Vince knocks it out of the park again. Top notch video every single time.

[@macvince]

Thanks so much! So motivating to hear :)

[@magicmanj32]

Great Video as per usual, lots of useful apps

[@macvince]

Thank you again! :)

[@KratosUmar]

Only youtuber who brings productive apps, thanks a lot for these.

[@macvince]

Thank you for the high praise, means a lot!

[@joeyvpoisonfree]

These are so good man thank you

[@macvince]

So glad to hear that!

[@aregtigranyan]

Amazing content, you deserve much more subs and views

[@macvince]

Thanks so much for the encouragement! 😊

[@Bloxomatic]

Your editing style is amazing and I love it :)

[@macvince]

Thank you :)

[@mrkmg22]

Killing as always ❤ straight away to the points ⚡️

[@macvince]

Man, thanks again for all the love! 😊 So glad you like the concise style. Always great to see you here :)

[@mrkmg22]

@@macvince love you buddy ❤️

[@kevinsmall5232]

This video was pure GOLD

[@macvince]

Much appreciated! :)

[@kforkowskii]

peek folder is a game changer for me !

[@macvince]

So great to hear that! Enjoy the app :)

[@roykent2316]

I have always wanted color-coded folders! 😍Does it sync to iCloud tho? Will it show up the same way on my iPhone?

[@macvince]

Great!! Unfortunately, it doesn't sync to iCloud, so it doesn't show up the same way on iPhone... But at least on the Mac :)

[@LeeStewart]

Awesome vid 👍

[@macvince]

Thank you!

[@kriss12loverap]

Make more of these

[@RoyalLynx7]

Awesome video!

[@macvince]

Thank you again! :)

[@jebaker2]

Thanks Max Headroom!

[@CercleDali]

Hey, how do you edit ? Your screen looks so neat

[@macvince]

Thank you! I edit with Final Cut :)

[@Mr.C0ffee]

Great serie! You must include swish in the next one. I HAVE NEVER payed money for any apps in the 15+ years I have been an Apple user. Swish made me do it. I simply can not use MacOS without it anymore. Give it a shot man. You won’t regret it.

[@sr_0736]

My dude tell us what it is if your gonna promote it 😂

[@macvince]

Thanks for the recommendation man - I actually thought about testing Swish for a UA-cam video and including it in the series, but never actually did. Now, I'll definitely give it a try - sounds like it's worth it :) And cheers for watching!

[@Mr.C0ffee]

@@macvince you won’t regret it man. Thanks for the great videos. Much love from Spain 🇪🇸

[@user-pz3hd5wz6y]

Amazing ❤

[@macvince]

Thank you 😊

[@StefanoV827]

I'm searching for a widget where I can just choose 2 currencies, write directly the amount (example yen) and convert it in euro for example, and with a click just invert the currencies.

[@dnl1827]

3:02 Bis heute wusste ich nicht, dass du Deutscher bist. Wenn du die Videos noch zusätzlich auf Deutsch hochladen würdest, könntest du der größte deutsche UA-camr sein, der Videos zu Apple macht. Zumindest hättest du es bei dem Aufwand und der Qualität auf jeden Fall verdient!

[@macvince]

Vielen Dank für das große Kompliment - freut mich sehr zu hören! Vielleicht kommt in Zukunft ein Zweitkanal noch auf Deutsch, aber zurzeit packe ich das einfach nicht 😅 Und ich versuche mich stetig im Englischen zu verbessern, da hilft der Kanal hier ganz gut!

[@MarcelEsPunkt]

Crazy...Ich bin auch verblüfft xD Ich glaub der Aufwand das auf deutsch zu machen lohnt nicht...

[@yadavom734]

you are awesome 🙌

[@macvince]

[@farzadjahanfard]

Mate i had to return my MacBook but still watch you and enjoy legend 🤘🏼

[@macvince]

Thanks again man! Glad you still enjoy the content 😅 Why's that?

[@farzadjahanfard]

@@macvince financial problems 😂 nothing else after graduation I will come back to the bright side so kind of you for asking 🤘🏼 dankeshoon. Keep going, man; 1 million in no time 🕰️your content is so good you are quick and on point. No filler, no time wasting for the sake of view. Everyone loves it on point and useful. editing is fun to watch as well

[@iamsubham333]

Vince, I need to get inside your brain and know and how you find these apps and customisation settings every time, I’m blown 🤯

[@macvince]

Takes a lot of time to do the research, usually spend days on it for a single video :) Haha so it's really motivating to hear your kind words. Thanks for always watching the new videos and I'm so happy you enjoy watching them as much as I enjoy making them 😊

[@ReasonQuest]

Are you a model? I mean... that jawline! Great content too!

[@macvince]

Haha thanks, means a lot :D

[@32Zn]

Hallo Vincent, ich liebe deine Videos. Mittlerweile habe ich aber (dank dir 😂) zu viele Apps für die MenueBar. Die Notch auf meinem 13zoll MCB Air hilft auch nicht…
Hast du vielleicht ein paar gute Tipps? Apps wie Dozer funktionieren wegen der Notch nicht richtig :(

[@Tim.Schaffhauser]

Schon mal Bartender angeschaut? - Klingt als würde diese App dein Problem lösen :) - Kostet nach 4 Wochen Probezeit allerdinsg fast 20€ was schon echt viel ist. Scheint aber eine wirklich solide App mit vielen Funktionen zu sein.

[@TimurBakibayev]

Ich benutze "say no to notch". Funktioniert einwandfrei.

[@macvince]

@32Zn Hey, danke dir! Freut mich sehr zu hören 😊 Ich selbst benutze Hidden Bar, ist gratis, aber löst das Problem mit der Notch nicht wirklich. Bartender soll wohl die beste App sein und wird immer von allen empfohlen, aber kostet dann leider auch viel Geld... Aber selbst getestet habe ich die App noch nicht. Sorry, dass ich nicht wirklich weiterhelfen konnte 🫤

[@yayarod01]

Bartender 4 (bis macOS Ventura) und Bartender 5 (exklusiv für masOS Sonoma) sind Nr. 1. Billig ist Bartender leider nicht, aber man muß berücksichtigen, daß es mit einer Lizenz möglich ist, die App in allen Macs die man besitzt zu installieren. Außerdem, wenn man man einen Mac kaufen kann, sind 16 US$ nicht zuviel. Habe alle Alternativen getestet, aber keine kommt Bartender nah.

[@32Zn]

@@macvince hey danke dir für deine Antwort. Habe sie leider sehr spät gesehen.
Ich probiere erstmal die gratis Lösung des eine Zuschauers an ansonsten die Lösung des anderen Kollegen. Bartender ist mir auch schon über den Weg gelaufen.

[@KoukeNeko_9100]

Using Mousecape so that you can customize your cursor on macOS 🎉

[@shozaammm9232]

Feels illegal to be this early 😩

[@macvince]

Don't worry, it's more than legal! 😊 Thank you for watching another one and hope you enjoyed this video too :)

[@TheDanEdwards]

"We finally got widgets on the Desktop" - OSX had widgets. Sonoma is another reincarnation of the idea.

[@Vinceundco]

Deutsche Akzent? Ich lach mich schlapp 🤣. Übrigens: nice Videos. Respekt!

[@macvince]

:D Danke dir! Freut mich sehr!

[@Vinceundco]

Übrigens ist es auch Lustig, dass ich auch Vincent heiße 😅

[@macvince]

@@Vinceundco :D Sehr nice!

[@macvince]

@@Vinceundco Ach wie nice! Grüße! :D

[@bruhfishguy]

For some reason I don't have a Terminal app

[@snow5636]

great but menu bar app doesnt work

[@MilkyWay-ru5fx]

"8K video takes over your desktop" as well as your battery

[@FujiXH1]

Hm Color FOlder is ja echt Nice aber man kann nur Ordner auf dem Desktop ändern. Ordner auf anderen Festplatten lassen sich nicht ändern scheinbar. Schade

[@macvince]

Echt? Bei mir klappt das auch mit iCloud foldern und denen auf dem gesamten Mac. Inklusive denen auf externen SSDs...

[@FujiXH1]

Ich habe rausgefunden das es nur geht wenn die externe SSD nicht in EXFAT formatiert ist@@macvince

[@macvince]

@@FujiXH1 Aha! Gut zu wissen, danke!

[@pandhunareswara]

tbh mac customizations are neat, unlike windows

[@thefinalguy55]

Einfach deutsch 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 hab lange gebraucht um das zu checken 😂😂😂

[@macvince]

So ist es! 😂

[@iamsubham333]

Bro you’re gonna put a big hole in my wallet, those recommendations are good 😅

[@macvince]

Haha sorry! But means a lot to hear that!

[@888Winkler]

Ja Daz iz gud ja.

[@macvince]

Dankeschön!

[@msvc23]

This channel needs more exposition

[@macvince]

I'll keep working hard on it - thank you!

[@frogguyguy]

FIRST!

[@iJohn_YT]

ja wer kennt's nicht, is that a "deutscher Akzent" 😂
Aber mal ehrlich, ich kenn niemanden der den deutschen Akzent im Englischen soooo hart verkörpert wie du 😂No front natürlich, ist nur witzig :)

[@lowlife1308]

2:29

[@lowlife1308]

5:12

[@iJohn_YT]

Videoidee:
Ein komplettes Video auf deutsch. Was stellst du in dem Video vor? Eine Transkribierungs oder Übersetzung App. Irgendwie so. Und dann ist das Video gesplittet und wird aufeinmal auf englisch. Irgendwie sowas, das wäre meine grobe Idee

[@abd-aljaleelidlibi5394]

Du hast den besten englisch Akzent für ein deutschen😅

[@macvince]

😅 Danke dir

[@user-bx2xc4ng2o]

Bist du Deutscher??

[@macvince]

Ja!