OS

macOS

• SCIMKiller Fixes the rainbow beach ball and UI freezes caused by input methods in a flash.
• Bob Quick translation tool; older versions are open source.
• SpaceLauncher A productivity tool built around the Space key.
• AltTab Window switching.
• iStat Menus Menu bar status monitoring.
• IINA Open source video player.
• App Cleaner & Uninstaller Uninstall tool.
• Alfred Productivity tool.
• AlDente Battery protection.
• Mac Mouse Fix Mouse enhancement tool.
• Espanso Fast text expansion for phrases.
• Tabby Terminal.
• uPic Image hosting upload tool.
• MessAuto Fills SMS verification codes received on iPhone into the browser.
• Bartender Menu bar management.
• Surge Powerful network tool.
• Rectangle Pro Window management tool. **Rectangle** is open source and free.
• Longshot Screenshot tool.
• Itsycal Menu bar calendar.
• Homebrew Package management.
• XLD Music conversion.
• QSpace Pro Finder enhancement.
• OmniGraffle Flowchart tool.
• Bandizip Archive extraction.
• PDF Expert PDF reading and editing.
• Typora Excellent Markdown editor
• Parsec Streaming software.
• Imagine Image compression.
• Reeder RSS reader.
• Rocket Fast emoji input tool
• LinkLiar Customize your MAC address
• stats Menu bar system monitor
• Spark Mail Email client
• UU Remote Free remote control software
• TokenTracker Token monitoring
• Obsidian Great note-taking app
• iShot Screenshot software
• Mole Mac cleanup, software and status tool
• RCDefaultApp 2.1 Default app management
• Cockpit Tools Universal account manager for AI IDEs
• Crisp: open source alternative to BetterDisplay
• Clop: a macOS compression tool that supports images and video

Tips:

1. Use sudo xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/you.app to fix apps that won't open.
2. You can use a few commands to disable macOS's lengthy animations; see **this discussion**.
3. Use defaults write com.apple.dock mineffect -string suck && killall Dock to enable the suck zoom effect.
4. Use sudo spctl --master-disable to enable the “Anywhere” option.

Windows

• Parsec Streaming software.
• Microsoft PowerToys Microsoft's official power-user utilities.
• Microsoft Sysinternals Suite Microsoft's official troubleshooting toolkit.
• MacType Windows font rendering tool.
• Traffic Monitor Taskbar status monitoring.
• EveryThing Fast full-disk search.
• WinRAR, 7-Zip, Bandizip compression software.
• PotPlayer Audio/video player.
• CPU-Z & GPU-Z & HWiNFO & AIDA64 hardware detection and monitoring software.
• Visual C++ Runtime All-in-One Pack — one-click installer for the essential system runtimes.
• Adobe by vposy
• DISM++ System utility from the Chuyu Team
• Typora Excellent Markdown editor

Tips:

1. In PowerShell, run powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61 to enable Ultimate Performance mode.
2. In PowerShell, run reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings" /v FlightSettingsMaxPauseDays /t reg_dword /d 3000 /f to pause updates for 3000 days.