If you want to do a good job, you must sharpen your tools first. What leaders have said to us most is to improve work efficiency. Productivity is built on tools, and the best way to improve productivity is to use the right tools. Being a programmer for so many years has left nothing but a treasure trove of efficient tools to use in work. As a Mac user and face-obsessed programmer, here are some of the most beautiful and powerful tools on the Mac. It’s really the bottom of the box. I recommend it all to you.

No1 . PicGif Lite


PicGif Lite is a video or multiple image Gif conversion tool, you can customize Gif playback speed, size and time, etc. Oh, and special effects.

This is very useful for people who do we media or like to write articles, usually when we need to do a presentation, the video is too big or the presentation is not that convenient, we can convert it to GIF. And converted Gif is very high definition, unlike some other software export paste.

In addition to video to Gif, there is a function to combine multiple photos into GIFs. Each piece is a frame of a GIF. As you can see, the toolbar on the right can add a lot of special effects, which is really cool.


No2. MWeb


MWeb, a very powerful MarkDown writing software, as you can see, I use it to write my blog or official account articles, and then distribute them to the blogging platform. Not only the appearance level is high and powerful, can switch between multiple modes, but also support map bed (set up map bed related information can refer to the article (MWeb Mac and iOS version of the full guide to use pictures and map bed))


If the map bed is configured, you can upload pictures to the map bed, you can easily copy the Markdown format of the article, to blog platform and public account published.

No3. Sip


Sip is a color picking/toning tool, one of my favorite software, the icon is a water drop, the appearance level is very high, look at its official website, you will think it is very artistic. And the color will help you save, convenient to check again later, so it can be used as a tool for you to collect colors.


It also has a palette feature, the palette provides a new way to create, organize and share colors with everyone, which can be used to organize anything in your life that has color. Check out the official website for more details and interesting features.

Website: https://sipapp.io/

No4. Xmind


Xmind is a powerful mind mapping software, if you want to create a variety of styles of high appearance level mind mapping, then Xmind is your answer. Whether it’s note-taking, work reports, or article illustrations, I really love the built-in styles. Like this:


In addition, Xmind also provides another pattern of overdue tasks, commonly known as fish bones because it looks like a fish, this pattern is suitable for a task planning, because each step is planned and has a definite time point. Help us stay on schedule.


No5. MindeNode


Compared to XMind, MindeNode is a different style mind map with a very high level of appearance. Which one you like depends on your preference. Personally, I use both, depending on the scene and mood, haha!

No6. OmniGraffle


OmniGraffle is a drawing software created by The Omni Group, which has won an Apple Design Award. OmniGraffle can support flow chart, logical diagram or web product model design, etc., very powerful. The counterpart to Graffle is MS Visio, which is widely used on Windows platforms (the word Graffle is said to have been coined to distinguish it from Visio)


Website: https://www.omnigroup.com/omnigraffle

No7. Charles


Charles is a bag grab magic software, logo is a vase, looks very elegant. Charles can see all of the interface requests and see if there are any errors. This is much easier than checking for code debugging errors.

Interface error, and sometimes the back-end (or front) other students, the debate is a result of the problem or a problem with the front after the fault, all said their code no problem, this time, open the Charles scratch my bag, you can directly see problems, what is the evidence to the other side face, make the family, but also happy thing?


For a package capture setup or Charles capture tutorial, see: Charles Capture Tutorial on Mac

Charles’s official website: https://www.charlesproxy.com/

No8. Evernote


Impression of notes is a cloud notes + add writing software, in fact I early is the impression a fan of the note, it really looks very comfortable, UI interface and powerful, words, pictures, video, voice can be recorded, the free version support 2 devices to share at the same time, it is enough for most people, PC + mobile phone.


Markdown’s support has always been a pain point for Evernote users, especially for those who love to write articles and code words. For this reason, I have tried other software like Youdao Cloud Note, but eventually I switched back, because other software has too many advertisements, which are not so pure. It’s not as easy to use as Evernote. Now you don’t have to worry because Evernote already supported Markdown last year.

Website address: https://www.yinxiang.com/

No9. Sketch


One Sketch and one PHOTOSHOP are two powerful tools for designers. Photoshop is too complicated and too professional. Let’s talk about Sketch for a moment. Skech is small and beautiful, but it also has powerful functions. As programmers, Sketch is enough for us. We can use Sketch to make illustrations, especially for students who love writing articles or doing we media, we can use Sketch to make cover pictures or illustrations.

Of course, this is only the tip of the iceberg of Sketch features, other design professional features not to mention, if necessary to explore their own.

Website: https://www.scketch.com/

No10. iTerm2


ITerm2 is a very powerful terminal software, the original Mac has its own Iterm, personally feel not very easy to use. Before using Git, are using SourceTree and other graphical interface software, until encountered iterm2. I couldn’t stop because I found typing commands on Iterm2 much more fun than clicking on the icon menu.

Iterm2 is very beautiful, you can set a lot of style themes, iterm2 + Oh My Zsh, can create a powerful beautiful terminal. ITerm2 + Oh My Zsh: iTerm2 + Oh My Zsh


For more details, please visit https://www.iterm2.com/

The last

Well, that’s the end of this article. There are a lot of efficient and interesting software tools in Seeger’s collection. Others have the opportunity to share it with you!

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