**Exploring Productivity Apps for Mac Users**

As a productivity enthusiast, I'm always on the lookout for apps that can streamline my workflow and make my life easier. In this article, we'll explore some of the top productivity apps for Mac users, including those that unlock new features and enhance our overall computing experience.

**Forklift: A Power Tool for Mac Users**

One of my favorite productivity apps is Forklift, which goes beyond just an FTP app. With its user-friendly interface and robust feature set, Forklift has become a staple in my workflow. One of the standout features I love is the "Mini" mode, which allows me to access a condensed version of the app's features at a glance. This little feature has saved me countless hours in the past when I need quick access to common tasks. The link to download Forklift can be found in the description below.

**Unlocks: Unlocking Your Mac with Ease**

Another app that's made a significant impact on my productivity is Unlocks, formerly known as Mac ID. This app lets you unlock your Mac using Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode, all from the comfort of your iPhone. One of the features I appreciate most is the use of interactive notifications, which means I don't have to worry about manually unlocking my iOS device before accessing my Mac. Additionally, Unlocks offers features like 3D touch shortcuts and the ability to work with multiple Macs simultaneously. The app's user interface is clean and intuitive, making it easy to navigate.

**Power Menu for Finder: Streamlining Your Workflow**

For those who use Finder frequently, Power Menu for Finder is a must-have app. This workflow-enhancing finder extension adds new actions to the right-click menu and toolbar, allowing you to quickly move and copy files, convert images, and create new documents. One of my favorite features is the ability to see a list of your most-used folders when right-clicking on a file – it's like having a shortcut to frequently used destinations at your fingertips. With Power Menu for Finder, I can focus more on my work rather than navigating through multiple folders.

**There: Simplifying Time Zones and Scheduling**

Staying organized across different time zones has always been a challenge, especially in team-based projects. That's where There comes in – an app that makes it easy to manage time zones without the hassle of manual calculations. With its clean interface and intuitive design, I can easily see what time it is for colleagues around the world. The app also allows me to schedule meetings that work for everyone and set focus hours to minimize distractions. Whether you're a team lead or just looking to boost your productivity, There is an essential tool for anyone who needs to collaborate with global teams.

**Veer: Mastering Window Management**

For those who struggle with window management, Veer has become my go-to app. This Windows Manager offers a range of features that make it easy to organize and focus on tasks without getting bogged down by cluttered windows. With its intuitive interface and customizable shortcuts, I can quickly minimize, maximize, or switch between windows without having to click and drag. Whether you're working on a project with multiple screens or just need to clean up your workspace, Veer has made window management a breeze.

**Cylons with a Z: Enhanced Focus for Music Lovers**

As someone who values music while working, I'm always excited about apps that enhance my focus without sacrificing the music experience. Cylons with a Z is an innovative app that uses AI-powered noise-cancellation technology to create a distraction-free environment. By detecting sounds around me and adjusting volume accordingly, this app lets me listen to music or other content without interruptions. The ability to adjust gain and threshold settings also gives me more control over the experience.

**IP Man: Quick Access to Your IP Address**

Lastly, I want to introduce you to IP Man – a simple yet useful app that provides quick access to your IP address. Whether you need it for networking or security purposes, this app has got you covered. With its sleek design and easy-to-use interface, IP Man is the perfect addition to any Mac user's toolkit.

**Conclusion**

As I conclude this article, I want to encourage you to explore these productivity apps further and discover how they can enhance your workflow. Whether it's streamlining your Finder experience or creating a distraction-free environment for focused work, there's something here for everyone. With the right tools at our disposal, we can unlock new levels of productivity and efficiency in our computing lives.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey it's Chris and I don't know if you realize this but the very first episode of unbelievably useful was unbelievably useful Mac apps number one and today I have a really awesome successor to that video because there's a lot of cool stuff today you guys know I'm always finding cool accessories for the videos I'm working on I found some really great budget Mac accessories I'll link them up down below so check those out also I'm still getting away $100 worth of iTunes gift cards so if you want to get entered for that for this month in May then go check that out in the description as well the first app I want to show you today is called phat train and it's a super simple app that's designed to do exactly one thing and that is replace all the sticky notes that you might have laying around on your desk so it's like this just click on the icon write a couple quick notes and then look it just lives in your menu bar and Scrolls through your thoughts so you can reference them any time and so you don't forget so whether you've been using sticky notes or not this is a great place to put stuff that maybe isn't permanent that doesn't necessarily need to go into your full fledge and completely organized notes app this is just really lightweight now I can see you sitting there maybe thinking yourself like maybe that scrolling is annoying but honestly it's not if I'm just looking at something working I don't notice it at all but if my I kind of like drifts up to the top of the screen I'll see it there a little bit but it's not annoying it's just really useful so I really like this the best part is that you can pay whatever you want so I just paid one dollar next up I want to show you a really interesting alternative to Apple notes which is called agenda now agenda is free but you can't purchase some upgrades inside but what's really different about it is that it's date focused so it's really helpful when you're planning and documenting your projects so instead of just folders on the left and then notes on the right like you've seen a million times you also get a calendar view on the far right along with some tasks that are shown contextually in terms of when they're due one thing that's really cool and I've never seen this anywhere else before is that you can link your notes to your calendar events which is crazy that's awesome now the one thing holding this back right now is that it's Mac only they're working on an iPhone or iOS app it's coming soon so it's not quite a replacement for my Apple notes yet but maybe in the future today's sponsor is forklift which is a Mac app for anybody who works with lots of files and wants to manage them more easily whether locally or remote if you either don't like finder or you want more features than it has then this is the app for you the killer feature here is the dual pane outlay which lets you quickly and easily move your stuff around between two locations without needing multiple windows or tabs forklift is a lot more than just an ftp app it does so much I can't even talk about it all here although I definitely love that forklift mini feature that's one of my favorites hit the link down in the description to check it out this next app is called unlocks and it's spelled a little bit weird so I'll link it up down in the description but it's the successor to what used to be known as mac ID so basically what it does is really simple it lets you unlock your Mac with your iPhone using face ID touch ID your passcode etc what's great is that it uses interactive notification so you don't even have to unlock your iOS device and yes it will still automatically lock your Mac as soon as it goes out of range so in terms of security that's a great feature there's a lot of fun extras here too you can see your Mac's battery percentage in the widget there's 3d touch shortcuts and it works with multiple Macs at once now I'm really excited about what this next one can do it's called power menu for a finder and it's a workflow enhancing finder extension so basically this app adds some extra actions to the right-click menu in the toolbar within finder which makes it quicker and easier to do stuff like move and copy files convert images or create new documents and more one of the best features is right clicking on a file and then seeing a list of some of your most used folders which you can set so it's like a shortcut for moving stuff around to places that you do frequently like I hate when I download something and I gotta find it and if I want to move it onto an external hard drive or something got to click through all kinds of different folders instead I can just shortcut right to the folder that I want another great app that I'm really glad I stumbled upon recently is called there and it makes it so you don't have to worry about figuring out time zones anymore which is the best so for instance if you're working with a bunch of people who are distributed all over the globe which is a lot of teams these days and you don't know what time it is for Jack over in London you can just click up on the icon and see Jack's picture and what time it is for him along with everybody else on the team plus it makes it really easy to set up meetings that work for everybody and you can also set focus hours so that people won't bug you when you've got your head down another app that I love that I discovered recently is called veer and it's my new go-to Windows Manager now if you remember back in the first episode I was using this app called magnet to quickly organize all windows well veer does that plus some extra fun cool stuff so for instance I love how you can just right-click anywhere on a window to minimize it or how you can use the arrow keys or the wast keys as shortcuts to organize your windows right for right left for left no clicking and dragging required now the stuff that this app does is simple but honestly it's a Productivity powerhouse it really makes a difference in my actual workflow the next app that I want to demo is called Cylons with a Z and it's actually pretty unique so this is for anybody who pops on the headphones and listens to Andy Mineo or whatever music you listen to to help you focus in a nutshell silence mixes in the sounds around you while you're wearing your headphones but in a smart way so you can listen to music but if it detects somebody talking to you or a phone ringing then it will pause and then adjust the volume so that you can hear it's pretty brilliant and it's cool that you can change the gain and the threshold and tweak some important settings as well now this next app I'm not even gonna show you I'm just gonna tell you about it and you'll see why in just a second it's called IP man and it's just a little mini bar app that when you click on it shows you your IP address and you can quickly copy it and use it wherever you need to which comes in handy every now and then so that's it for this episode let me know if any of these apps are gonna become new additions to your Mac which was your favorite what did I leave out is there anything new that we should feature in the next episode let me know all that stuff also don't forget to check out those items that I linked up down in the description some great accessories that are great for your budget for your Mac also don't forget to enter that giveaway I'm giving away $100 worth of iTunes gift cards you don't want to miss out also I'm on Twitter and Instagram I'm at daily tag spell daily tek k in both of those places so check me out there too and i'll catch you in the next video laterhey it's Chris and I don't know if you realize this but the very first episode of unbelievably useful was unbelievably useful Mac apps number one and today I have a really awesome successor to that video because there's a lot of cool stuff today you guys know I'm always finding cool accessories for the videos I'm working on I found some really great budget Mac accessories I'll link them up down below so check those out also I'm still getting away $100 worth of iTunes gift cards so if you want to get entered for that for this month in May then go check that out in the description as well the first app I want to show you today is called phat train and it's a super simple app that's designed to do exactly one thing and that is replace all the sticky notes that you might have laying around on your desk so it's like this just click on the icon write a couple quick notes and then look it just lives in your menu bar and Scrolls through your thoughts so you can reference them any time and so you don't forget so whether you've been using sticky notes or not this is a great place to put stuff that maybe isn't permanent that doesn't necessarily need to go into your full fledge and completely organized notes app this is just really lightweight now I can see you sitting there maybe thinking yourself like maybe that scrolling is annoying but honestly it's not if I'm just looking at something working I don't notice it at all but if my I kind of like drifts up to the top of the screen I'll see it there a little bit but it's not annoying it's just really useful so I really like this the best part is that you can pay whatever you want so I just paid one dollar next up I want to show you a really interesting alternative to Apple notes which is called agenda now agenda is free but you can't purchase some upgrades inside but what's really different about it is that it's date focused so it's really helpful when you're planning and documenting your projects so instead of just folders on the left and then notes on the right like you've seen a million times you also get a calendar view on the far right along with some tasks that are shown contextually in terms of when they're due one thing that's really cool and I've never seen this anywhere else before is that you can link your notes to your calendar events which is crazy that's awesome now the one thing holding this back right now is that it's Mac only they're working on an iPhone or iOS app it's coming soon so it's not quite a replacement for my Apple notes yet but maybe in the future today's sponsor is forklift which is a Mac app for anybody who works with lots of files and wants to manage them more easily whether locally or remote if you either don't like finder or you want more features than it has then this is the app for you the killer feature here is the dual pane outlay which lets you quickly and easily move your stuff around between two locations without needing multiple windows or tabs forklift is a lot more than just an ftp app it does so much I can't even talk about it all here although I definitely love that forklift mini feature that's one of my favorites hit the link down in the description to check it out this next app is called unlocks and it's spelled a little bit weird so I'll link it up down in the description but it's the successor to what used to be known as mac ID so basically what it does is really simple it lets you unlock your Mac with your iPhone using face ID touch ID your passcode etc what's great is that it uses interactive notification so you don't even have to unlock your iOS device and yes it will still automatically lock your Mac as soon as it goes out of range so in terms of security that's a great feature there's a lot of fun extras here too you can see your Mac's battery percentage in the widget there's 3d touch shortcuts and it works with multiple Macs at once now I'm really excited about what this next one can do it's called power menu for a finder and it's a workflow enhancing finder extension so basically this app adds some extra actions to the right-click menu in the toolbar within finder which makes it quicker and easier to do stuff like move and copy files convert images or create new documents and more one of the best features is right clicking on a file and then seeing a list of some of your most used folders which you can set so it's like a shortcut for moving stuff around to places that you do frequently like I hate when I download something and I gotta find it and if I want to move it onto an external hard drive or something got to click through all kinds of different folders instead I can just shortcut right to the folder that I want another great app that I'm really glad I stumbled upon recently is called there and it makes it so you don't have to worry about figuring out time zones anymore which is the best so for instance if you're working with a bunch of people who are distributed all over the globe which is a lot of teams these days and you don't know what time it is for Jack over in London you can just click up on the icon and see Jack's picture and what time it is for him along with everybody else on the team plus it makes it really easy to set up meetings that work for everybody and you can also set focus hours so that people won't bug you when you've got your head down another app that I love that I discovered recently is called veer and it's my new go-to Windows Manager now if you remember back in the first episode I was using this app called magnet to quickly organize all windows well veer does that plus some extra fun cool stuff so for instance I love how you can just right-click anywhere on a window to minimize it or how you can use the arrow keys or the wast keys as shortcuts to organize your windows right for right left for left no clicking and dragging required now the stuff that this app does is simple but honestly it's a Productivity powerhouse it really makes a difference in my actual workflow the next app that I want to demo is called Cylons with a Z and it's actually pretty unique so this is for anybody who pops on the headphones and listens to Andy Mineo or whatever music you listen to to help you focus in a nutshell silence mixes in the sounds around you while you're wearing your headphones but in a smart way so you can listen to music but if it detects somebody talking to you or a phone ringing then it will pause and then adjust the volume so that you can hear it's pretty brilliant and it's cool that you can change the gain and the threshold and tweak some important settings as well now this next app I'm not even gonna show you I'm just gonna tell you about it and you'll see why in just a second it's called IP man and it's just a little mini bar app that when you click on it shows you your IP address and you can quickly copy it and use it wherever you need to which comes in handy every now and then so that's it for this episode let me know if any of these apps are gonna become new additions to your Mac which was your favorite what did I leave out is there anything new that we should feature in the next episode let me know all that stuff also don't forget to check out those items that I linked up down in the description some great accessories that are great for your budget for your Mac also don't forget to enter that giveaway I'm giving away $100 worth of iTunes gift cards you don't want to miss out also I'm on Twitter and Instagram I'm at daily tag spell daily tek k in both of those places so check me out there too and i'll catch you in the next video later\n"