10 Mac Apps You Haven't Heard Of (but should be using)
About this video
Jeff Su tours ten lesser-known free Mac apps. One, Itsycal: an extremely lightweight calendar pinned in the menu bar — arrow icons move between months, Command+Shift+T jumps to a specific date, a dot button returns to today, dragging down reveals the next month, you can choose which calendars appear, add events with the plus icon, or open Apple Calendar directly; he screenshots a highlighted week to plan with friends. Two, LocalSend: an open-source, cross-platform AirDrop alternative for iPhone, Android, Mac, Windows, and Linux — install it on both devices, connect to the same Wi-Fi, share the file, and accept or reject on the receiving device, in either direction; Apple-only users can skip it. A Dropbox sponsor segment follows: he uses it for large media uploads and downloads that failed mid-transfer on other services, makes documents available offline or online-only to save disk space, shares freelancer files via links with expiration dates and passwords, and uses Dropbox Replay to draw feedback directly on video edits and compare versions side by side. Four, Transnomino for batch renaming, far beyond Finder’s name-and-date format: drag files in, stack rename steps that insert the creation date (with shorter format options), the last-modified date, the original name, or the containing folder’s name, add conversion steps (uppercase, lowercase, capitalize each word, or remove diacritics from characters so files move cleanly between operating systems), preview every result before renaming, toggle steps off or delete them with Command+Delete, and for photos pull GPS address country and city or EXIF pixel height and width into the filename itself. Five, the ChatGPT desktop app for Mac: he recommends changing the launcher shortcut to Option+C because the default conflicts with Spotlight and Todoist; Command+V attaches a clipboard image straight into a new chat, a text expander fills prompts in seconds (he uses paid Alfred; a free alternative exists), Command+Shift+N opens a temporary chat that won’t appear in history, create memories, or train OpenAI’s models, and voice chat keeps working while you read or work in another window.
Key takeaways
- Itsycal gives you a menu-bar calendar with month arrows, Command+Shift+T to jump to a date, event creation, and screenshots for planning with friends.
- LocalSend is the open-source, cross-platform AirDrop replacement: install on both devices, share the same Wi-Fi, accept or reject on the receiving device.
- Transnomino turns batch renaming into stackable steps — date and metadata tokens, GPS/EXIF fields, case conversion, diacritic removal — with a live preview before you commit.
- In the ChatGPT Mac app, remap the launcher to Option+C, paste clipboard images with Command+V, and use Command+Shift+N for a temporary chat that leaves no history or memories.
- Only Switch consolidates hard-to-reach toggles (desktop icons, Keep Awake, Eject All discs) into one menu — enable only the few you actually use.
Episode details: published August 20, 2024 · 12:42 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Jeff Su’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.
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