Feek's macOS useful tools, utilities and applications thread

Cromulent · 14 Sep 2024 at 11:42

ChrisD. said:
Termius is expensive, but it's something I pay for as I find it really useful and it will do SFTP. I would love something like MobaXterm to come to macOS.

I'll check that out. Thank you!

Cromulent · 11 Oct 2024 at 01:32

Found a useful app I havn't heard of before. I've never been very good when it comes to using cURL but this app makes it easy and fast to deal with APIs in a GUI app or website. It is called Postman.

Postman: The World's Leading API Platform | Sign Up for Free

Accelerate API development with Postman's all-in-one platform. Streamline collaboration and simplify the API lifecycle for faster, better results. Learn more.

www.postman.com

Scott C · 11 Oct 2024 at 11:10

Cromulent said:
Found a useful app I havn't heard of before. I've never been very good when it comes to using cURL but this app makes it easy and fast to deal with APIs in a GUI app or website. It is called Postman.

Postman: The World's Leading API Platform | Sign Up for Free

Accelerate API development with Postman's all-in-one platform. Streamline collaboration and simplify the API lifecycle for faster, better results. Learn more.

www.postman.com

Or if you want an open source alternative there’s Insomnia

The Collaborative API Development Platform

Leading Open Source API Development Platform for HTTP, REST, GraphQL, gRPC, SOAP, and WebSockets

insomnia.rest

uvarvu · 11 Oct 2024 at 13:38

We were steered away from Postman after they removed sandboxes, not everyone wants their collections stored in the cloud.
I tried Insomnia as well but didn't get on with the interface.

Anyway, Bruno is where it's at / brew install bruno if you use homebrew.

visibleman · 11 Oct 2024 at 13:57

uvarvu said:
We were steered away from Postman after they removed sandboxes, not everyone wants their collections stored in the cloud.
I tried Insomnia as well but didn't get on with the interface.

Anyway, Bruno is where it's at / brew install bruno if you use homebrew.

Been a Postman and Insomnia user for a while but Bruno looks great; will have to give it a go.

Scott C · 11 Oct 2024 at 14:47

uvarvu said:
We were steered away from Postman after they removed sandboxes, not everyone wants their collections stored in the cloud.
I tried Insomnia as well but didn't get on with the interface.

Anyway, Bruno is where it's at / brew install bruno if you use homebrew.

I wasn’t aware of this, will definitely check it out

Cromulent · 11 Oct 2024 at 16:54

uvarvu said:
We were steered away from Postman after they removed sandboxes, not everyone wants their collections stored in the cloud.
I tried Insomnia as well but didn't get on with the interface.

Anyway, Bruno is where it's at / brew install bruno if you use homebrew.

Thank you! That looks great.

Cromulent · 11 Oct 2024 at 17:13

I installed both bruno and insomnia and I'm going to have a play around with both. Really pleased to know about them as it'll make things much easier.

Cromulent · 14 Oct 2024 at 02:44

Since you guys know your stuff what database (PostgreSQL) tool do you use? I have Jetbrains Datagrip and have tried out DBeaver EE but not over keen on either of them. I was looking at Navicat PostgreSQL Edition and I think that looks like the best option but not sure what other stuff is out there.

Scott C · 14 Oct 2024 at 09:08

Have you tried pgAdmin? https://www.pgadmin.org/

Cromulent · 14 Oct 2024 at 17:42

Scott C said:
Have you tried pgAdmin? https://www.pgadmin.org/

I have but I'm not a major fan of it. I'll stick to Datagrip for the time being as it comes with PyCharm anyway.

Cromulent · 14 Oct 2024 at 20:31

Interesting text editor that looks to take on Visual Studio Code:

Zed - The editor for what's next

Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.

zed.dev

Throrik · 14 Oct 2024 at 22:24

Cromulent said:
Since you guys know your stuff what database (PostgreSQL) tool do you use? I have Jetbrains Datagrip and have tried out DBeaver EE but not over keen on either of them. I was looking at Navicat PostgreSQL Edition and I think that looks like the best option but not sure what other stuff is out there.

I feel like this always seems to be my answer to most of your questions in here, but I've done quite a lot of postgres crud work over the last few years and psql cli has always been my toolset of choice.

Kainz · 18 Oct 2024 at 05:51

Logitech Options+ - This utter tripe of BLOATware, finally began misbehaving on MacOS Sequoaioaoa. I use it to drive my MX Keys and MX Master 2S ratter. Never will I purchase Logitech stuff again since their software is a mess. So much diskspace+ram just to drive 2 bits of hardware...

I am so pleased to be able to replace it with BetterMouse, which does everything above. It has a 7 day trial and then its £7.99 for a lifetime licence.

BetterMouse

Comprehensive mouse utility for macOS

better-mouse.com

Cromulent · 18 Oct 2024 at 07:11

Kainz said:
Logitech Options+ - This utter tripe of BLOATware, finally began misbehaving on MacOS Sequoaioaoa. I use it to drive my MX Keys and MX Master 2S ratter. Never will I purchase Logitech stuff again since their software is a mess. So much diskspace+ram just to drive 2 bits of hardware...

I am so pleased to be able to replace it with BetterMouse, which does everything above. It has a 7 day trial and then its £7.99 for a lifetime licence.

BetterMouse

Comprehensive mouse utility for macOS

better-mouse.com

I'm going to try that. Thank you!

Did you have to do anything special to uninstall the Logitech stuff?

Kainz · 18 Oct 2024 at 07:35

Cromulent said:
I'm going to try that. Thank you!

Did you have to do anything special to uninstall the Logitech stuff?

I use AppCleaner to uninstall stuff, and then this....as there were still a lot of orphaned stuff lying around.

How to completely uninstall Logi Options and Options+

Windows macOS Windows How do I remove Logitech Options & Options+ from my computer? Open Add or Remove Programs on your computer. Find and uninstall Logitech Options/+, if it’s prese...

support.logi.com

Very poor that you have to goto such lengths because they can't write a self contained program.

Cromulent · 18 Oct 2024 at 07:40

Kainz said:
I use AppCleaner to uninstall stuff, and then this....as there were still a lot of orphaned stuff lying around.

How to completely uninstall Logi Options and Options+

Windows macOS Windows How do I remove Logitech Options & Options+ from my computer? Open Add or Remove Programs on your computer. Find and uninstall Logitech Options/+, if it’s prese...

support.logi.com

Very poor that you have to goto such lengths because they can't write a self contained program.

Thank you! BetterMouse seems to be better at moving around but the scrolling feels a little too sensitive. I'll have a play around and see if I can sort it out.

Scott C · 18 Oct 2024 at 07:54

There’s also MacMouseFix

Johnz0r · 18 Oct 2024 at 08:16

Cromulent said:
Thank you! BetterMouse seems to be better at moving around but the scrolling feels a little too sensitive. I'll have a play around and see if I can sort it out.

Pleased it's not just me that thought this - recently upgraded to an MX Master 3s and compared to my 2 it seems to scroll way quicker.

ChrisD. · 19 Oct 2024 at 09:20

I only have issues with Logi options on my work Mac but that has a lot of corporate 'spyware' on it. No issues on my personal Mac although I admit the software is pretty poor.