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Mac App Recommendations

Users frequently recommend Alfred and other macOS productivity utilities like Anybox, Fluid, and BetterTouchTools as equivalents or alternatives to the original app discussed in the thread.

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mangeletti ā€¢ Nov 2, 2016 ā€¢ View on HN

Check out the Alfred App for Mac. It's this and it's wonderful.

pkamb ā€¢ Jan 5, 2012 ā€¢ View on HN

Is there anything like this for Mac apps?

3rd3 ā€¢ Mar 8, 2014 ā€¢ View on HN

Iā€™d recommend using Alfred app instead!

digitalzombie ā€¢ Oct 18, 2014 ā€¢ View on HN

I use Alfred... http://www.alfredapp.com/

cpr ā€¢ May 23, 2016 ā€¢ View on HN

On the Mac, Fluid.app might fit some of those requirements.

francisfeng ā€¢ Nov 11, 2022 ā€¢ View on HN

If anyone is looking for a native solution on macOS, check out my app Anybox: https://anybox.app

arvinsim ā€¢ Dec 23, 2019 ā€¢ View on HN

BetterTouchTools for window management and Alfred for feature discovery is indispensable to my MacOS use. I couldn't imagine using MacOS without them.

ed_mercer ā€¢ Jan 23, 2026 ā€¢ View on HN

Checkout Museeks for a solid alternative on Macos.

adrianmn ā€¢ Feb 10, 2013 ā€¢ View on HN

You should check out Alfred for quickly launching apps and many other useful things. Probably the most used app by many mac users.

ThePowerOfFuet ā€¢ Jun 17, 2022 ā€¢ View on HN

Why should I use this over the excellent tools baked right into macOS?