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#579: 30 Mac Apps for Under $30

March 14th, 2021 · 102 minutes

The ecosystem of Mac apps is small compared to what's available for iOS and iPadOS, but that doesn't mean there aren't some real gems out there to make working on macOS more productive.

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Feed Wrangler
Instapaper
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DEVONtechnologies
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‎The Wallpaper & Background App on the App Store
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Retrobatch, from Flying Meat
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‎Tomato 2: Pomodoro Timer on the Mac App Store
Moom · Many Tricks
iStat Menus
Dashboard – 512 Pixels
‎Discovery - DNS-SD Browser on the Mac App Store
‎LiquidText on the App Store
‎PDF Viewer - Annotation Expert on the App Store
A Better Finder Rename
‎Cardhop on the Mac App Store
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Service Station – Customize your Right-Click Menu
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Obsidian
Tot
TripMode
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