macOS 计算机上的许多预装默认应用程序实际上都非常好(on a macOS computer is actually really good)。但就像任何新计算机一样，您总是可以添加新的东西来让您的用户体验更好一点。
在我使用Mac(Mac)电脑的七年中，有一些应用程序是“一开始就爱上”的案例。我现在想与你分享这份爱。
大多数Mac用户都满足于使用Spotlight来启动他们的应用程序。毕竟，Spotlight已经默认内置在 macOS 中。但是，如果您想要更强大的引擎盖，那么请考虑升级到Alfred。
如果您允许它访问您计算机的所有区域，当您输入搜索词时，它会在任何地方搜索您——您的Finder文件、已安装的应用程序、联系人、日历、电子邮件、浏览器书签等等。您还可以使用Alfred控制您的(Alfred)Spotify音乐和 iTunes 音乐。
Alfred的应用程序启动器部分是免费的。付费升级仅适用于您想使用(if you want to use extra features)“工作流程”等额外功能（类似于 MacOS 的Automator应用程序或iOS 的快捷方式(iOS’s Shortcuts)）。
我强烈建议你为这个额外的功能付钱，因为一旦你掌握了工作流程之类的东西，你就永远不会再碰那个触控板或鼠标了。
苯丙胺(Amphetamine)
不，不是药。在这种情况下，安非他明(Amphetamine)是一个小型 macOS 应用程序，可以阻止屏幕进入睡眠状态或切换到屏幕保护程序。
由于笔记本电脑电池的使用寿命（假设您有一台Mac笔记本电脑）是通过其定期断电的能力来衡量的，因此您不应该一直使用安非他明(Amphetamine)。
但是对于那些睡眠模式或屏幕保护程序会带来巨大不便的时刻，这是一个不错的免费小应用程序，可以随时待命。
应用清理器(AppCleaner)
任何计算机存在的祸根是离开的已卸载文件留下的垃圾文件。即使您认为已卸载应用程序的所有残余物都消失了，但肯定会有一些位和字节隐藏在 macOS 管道上(a few bits and bytes hiding out clogging up the macOS pipes)。
AppCleaner通过正确卸载应用程序巧妙地解决了这个问题。将其视为Mac(Macs)的Revo 卸载(Revo Uninstaller)程序。通过将您要卸载的应用程序拖到AppCleaner上，它会搜索您的整个计算机硬盘驱动器并向您显示每个连接的文件，然后您可以安全地删除这些文件。
调酒师(Bartender)
您安装的程序越多，时钟旁边的顶部栏就会越拥挤。对于像我这样的极简主义者来说，这可能会变得非常有压力。
Bartender是一个应用程序，它将所有正在运行的程序图标并将它们组合在一起，将它们隐藏起来。它们仍然存在——您只需单击调酒师(Bartender)图标，隐藏的图标就会显示出来。
一个非常简单的工具，但一旦你拥有它，你会想知道没有它你是如何管理的。
伊西卡尔(ItsyCal)
Apple 日历(Apple Calendar)应用程序运行良好。但如果我只需要检查日期，我并不总是希望打开日历应用程序。这有点像使用火箭筒杀死嗡嗡作响的昆虫——杀戮过度。
如果您需要一些小的、不显眼的东西，并且可以显示您下周左右的约会，请查看免费的轻量级ItsyCal。它会在您的时钟旁边显示日期，单击它会显示日历和下面的约会（从您选择的日历同步 - 我的是Google 日历(Google Calendar)）。
5 Apps That Will Take Your New Mac To The Next Level
Much of the рreinstalled default apps on a macOS computer is actually really good. But like any new computer, there is always new stuff you can add to make your user experience just that little bit better.
During the seven years I have used a Mac computer, there are some apps which were a case of “love at first install”. I would now like to share that love with you.
Most Mac users are content with using Spotlight for launching their apps. After all, Spotlight is already built into macOS by default. But if you want something a bit more powerful under the hood, then consider upgrading to Alfred.
If you give it access to all areas of your computer, it will search everywhere for you when you put in a search term – your Finder files, installed apps, contacts, calendar, email, browser bookmarks, the whole lot. You can also control your Spotify music and iTunes music using Alfred.
The app launcher part of Alfred is free. The paid upgrade is only if you want to use extra features such as “workflows” (similar to MacOS’s Automator app or iOS’s Shortcuts).
I highly recommend you pay the money for this extra function because once you get the hang of things like the workflows, you will never touch that trackpad or mouse ever again.
No, not the drug. Amphetamine, in this case, is a small macOS app that stops the screen from going to sleep or switching over to the screensaver.
Since the longevity of your laptop battery (assuming you have a Mac laptop) is measured by its ability to power down on a regular basis, you should not have Amphetamine on all the time.
But for those moments when sleep mode or the screensaver would be a huge inconvenience, this is a nice little free app to have standing by.
The bane of any computer’s existence is the crap files left behind by a departing uninstalled file. Even though you think all of the remnants of the uninstalled app are gone, there are bound to be a few bits and bytes hiding out clogging up the macOS pipes.
AppCleaner solves this problem neatly by uninstalling apps properly. Consider it the Revo Uninstaller of Macs. By dragging the app you want to uninstall onto AppCleaner, it will hunt your entire computer hard drive and present to you every connected file which you can then safely delete.
The more programs you install, the more crowded that top bar next to the clock is going to get. For minimalists like myself, that can become very stressful.
Bartender is an app that takes all of those running program icons and groups them together, hiding them from view. They are still there – you just have to click the Bartender icon and the hidden icons will be revealed.
A very simple tool but once you have it, you’ll wonder how you managed without it.
The Apple Calendar app is OK as it goes. But I don’t always want to have to open the calendar app if I only need to check a date. That’s a bit like using a bazooka to kill a buzzing insect – overkill.
If you need something small, unobtrusive, and which shows you your appointments for the next week or so, check out the free lightweight ItsyCal. It shows the date next to your clock, and clicking on it shows a calendar and your appointments underneath (synced from your calendar of choice – mine is Google Calendar).
