5 minutes of free productivity software/tools! Efficiency of 300% up!
December 16, 2023
by Lisa Young
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Mac free productivity software/tools recommended
This article is submitted by Li Wenwen, the original address: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/8c-94YhOd… .
1. UTools (Windows/Mac)
Are you still downloading a translation software to translate English?
Still in order to format a JSON text, timestamp conversion and open the url Baidu address?
Still searching your browser for Linux/Redis/Vue documents?
Are you still downloading software or changing hosts files to change them
Still in order to from the time stamp to the second and baidu on the Internet?
Still going online to beat your friends?
That’s what UTools is all about!
Most importantly, it provides an API for users to customize plug-ins to solve repetitive and inefficient operations. All of the above functions are implemented by different plug-ins, and there are many plug-ins, such as clipboard history, password management, Intranet penetration, Todo lists, etc.
Document address: U.tools /docs/ Guide /…
Exchange forum: yuanliao.info/t/utools
Video presentation address: 5 minutes white whao I commonly used free efficiency software/tools! Efficiency of 300% up!
2. Brew (Mac)
The reason for brew is that the MAC appstore is very difficult to use, and the review is very strict, so there are a lot of recognized “legitimate” software, such as openjdk, qq, maven, go, etc., will be released on homebrew. It is a software package management tool on Mac OSX. It can be installed, uninstalled, and upgraded using the command line. Similar to the apt-get function in Ubuntu system. Brew is recommended for many software installations because it helps you with installation dependencies. For example, if you want to download command line tools like Go and Maven, you need to configure other environments, and brew does that for you.
One interesting fact is that the homebrew author was rejected by Google for not being able to flip binary trees. I found a twitter chart from 2015…
Home page address: brew.sh/index_zh-cn
Support command line install software list: formulae. The brew. Sh/formula /
List of supported desktop software: formulae.brew.sh/cask/
Command line software, such as GO, OpenJDK, Maven, and Python. The basic commands used are:brew install openjdk
Desktop software: Such as QQ, wechat, netease Cloud Music and other desktop software. The basic commands used are:brew cask install qqThere’s just one morecaskParameters.
Common commands are summarized as follows. The following commands can be added with the cask parameter:
brew search name: Whether the networking search software exists in BREW
brew install name: Install software
brew upgrade name: Update software
brew uninstall name: Uninstall software
brew reinstall name: Reinstalls the software
brew info name: View the software installation address
brew cleanup: Clears the cache
brew doctor: View suggestions, such as upgrade
Iterm2 + ZSH +json_pp (Mac)
This is a combination of my packages, each of which can be used separately, but they are very efficient to use together.
ITerm2 is a macOS terminal emulator that supports multiple sessions on one interface, etc. You can think of it as a SecureCRT command line version, but supports various custom configurations. ZSH is short for oh-my-zsh. By default, we use the bash terminal, which does not support autofill and highlight commands. Json_pp is used to format the results of the curl command line. For example, when testing a restful interface, the returned JSON will be automatically formatted for you on the command line.
These three software all matchbrewThe installation
When ZSH is installed, you can switch the default shell in vscode/idea
The command prompt is highlighted to show the current Git branch
4. Itsycal (Mac)
In the time bar on the upper left corner of Mac, you can only see the current time but not the calendar, which is very inconvenient. Therefore, many software supports clicking the time on the upper left corner to display the calendar. However, Itsycal is the most convenient and lightweight free software I have ever used.
Supports various shortcut keys, including creating events, quickly display small calendar, etc.
You can highlight a week and set the first day of the week to Monday or Sunday.
Custom dateFormat: yyyY-MM-DD EE HH: MM :ss
Support dark mode, but I set it to follow the system theme, white during the day, black at night automatically switch.
Address: www.mowglii.com/itsycal/
Download:brew cask install itsycal
5. Xnip Pro + QQ (Mac)
Yes, this QQ is our usual QQ chat software. In computer screenshots, some of the features I often use include scrolling through long sections, taking quick screenshots, recognizing text in images, and making a quick video of a computer operation. In these operations, XNIP supports scroll truncates, I personally used several, although there are good, but are charged, and xNIP free version of scroll screenshots will only have a watermark. QQ screenshots is combined with screenshots, OCR recognition and video recording as one of the super function! Sometimes the token in the screenshot, or the phone number, or the bank card, is very convenient, and the identification is very accurate! In addition, qq screenshots have a small skill, screenshots double click will intercept the edge of the current software, without their own manual drag.
Snip address: zh.xnipapp.com/
QQ address: im.qq.com/macqq/
QQ screenshot OCR identification:
6. Sparrow (Windows/Mac)
My way of taking notes, from baijiao daoyun notes, to a senior member who bought evernote for a year, and finally to buy Ali Cloud server and homemade ant note server, my way of taking notes is all the way, and finally I found that the Sparrow is in line with my understanding of the integration of note knowledge. This post was also posted on The Finch.
The interface is fresh and the client starts quickly. Unlike Evernote, the startup is slow, but it will still card after running for a long time. And there are a lot of features I don’t need there.
Support popular card notes such as flow charts, video links, mind maps, etc.
Quick release, generate blog posts, accessible links for quick sharing of good gay friends, and support for multiple files to form a folder hierarchy after directory.
Free use of OSS storage, including pictures, videos, mind maps, free storage and separate link access (personal version 90 GB storage space is sufficient)
Personal feeling sparrow is still very sweet! It’s a great way to take notes on your own or as a blog.
Home page: www.yuque.com/
User manual: www.yuque.com/yuque/help
7. Tencent -lemon (Mac)
Tencent lemon cleaning, the basic target is CleanMyMac, I personally have not used CleanMyMac, but feel Tencent home this product is very useful, in the private test has been used, the product in the community has been listening to users’ opinions to improve, holding the status bar to show the current memory occupancy, network speed, etc., is enough for me.
Home page address: lemon.qq.com/
Address: community support.qq.com/products/36…
Download:brew cask install tencent-lemon
8. Oss – brower (Windows/Mac)
This is only suitable for the use of Ali Cloud OSS users, it is quick and convenient for users to their oss operation management, but also the permission function, I usually are computer screenshots, and then drag pictures to OSS-Brower inside, and then obtain the address. In addition, the product is open source, and I had a hard time believing it was an Ali product at first.
Home address: github.com/aliyun/oss-…
Chinese documents: github.com/aliyun/oss-…
9. ScreenTime (Mac)
Apple’s built-in screen time, and you might be wondering, how long have I been using the various apps on the Mac and the Iphone, and you probably know about the Iphone, and you probably don’t care about the Mac, but the Mac screen time is much more convenient and powerful, Because it can get the total time on all devices based on icloud, or on other devices like watch?? Usage time.
10. Background Music (Mac)
This software is used to set a separate volume for each application. Software that’s fine when you don’t install it, but once you do install it, you rely heavily on it. It is open source software with active community and frequent updates. The known bug in my use is that the sound will not be heard in the process of opening and closing, but I set it to boot on the boot.
When I’m at work, I want to set my music app to be quiet and my office app to be loud. It can do that.
At home, I want to set the small web pages to sound louder and the office software prompts to sound smaller, and it can do that.
I want to set the sound to be louder in the left ear and smaller in the right ear (I haven’t used this feature yet).
Mainly to facilitate their own Mac remote connection good gay friends Win computer, to do the operation. However, since TeamVierwer exposed a major security loophole before, now mobile phone number verification is required in China, but it does not affect our use of the free version.
Home page: www.teamviewer.cn/cn/
Download:brew cask install teamviewer
12. Another Redis Desktop Manager (Windows/Mac)
Visual Redis management software, open source software. Visual Redis management software with high appearance level, many functions and fast update by the author.
I found it on Github. It can play all the current video formats. It has all the basic functions of setting speed, flipping, etc. I use it as a universal player.
Home page: github.com/iina/iina
Download:brew cask install iina
14. Ffmpeg (Windows/Mac)
Command line tool for video operations such as video format conversion, video to GIF, and video compression. The basic software of the player now uses the code of this warehouse. I usually use it to compress video, for example, the video of introducing uTools chapter, the original video is 23M, and then compress 8M through it, convenient and fast. The downside is that the command line is complex, requires a lot of training, and I use it less.
