Productivity

Maccy

Lightweight, keyboard-driven clipboard manager that keeps your copy history searchable from the menu bar. Paid on the App Store.

Why macOS doesn’t do this natively is a mystery. But out of all platforms, Maccy has the best UX for it.

Obsidian

Markdown notes stored on your own disk, linked together into a personal knowledge base.

I used it before the AI boom, and I’m glad: Markdown files are so easy to index compared to apps like Samsung Notes, Notion and others.

Super Productivity

To-do list with time tracking, timeboxing and Pomodoro, plus Jira, GitHub and GitLab issue integrations.

Once you take the time to really understand the flow, it’s a great companion. It helps me a lot to avoid forgetting stuff, and it integrates well with Linear, Jira and Google Calendar.

Vorssaint

One menu bar icon doing the job of a dozen paid Mac apps. Local-first.

I’m not kidding: this replaced four other utility apps on my Mac.

Zotero

Collects, organizes and cites your research sources. The browser connector saves papers and pages in one click.

I don’t use it for academic purposes; I use it as my central hub for reading and saving good blog articles.