I’m late getting my “Top Apps of 2021” post out. I almost wasn’t going to do it this year, mostly out of just being frequently and excessively tired of late. But I figured I’d keep it short and make it manageable, and at least let you know what I think are the cream of the crop Mac apps this year. This is nowhere close to a comprehensive list of apps I like, but rather apps I love that were new or substantially updated in 2021.
hookmark, learning, macos, tools
This is not a Christmas post. I kind of forgot it was Christmas Eve until my mom called just now. So I edited this post to start with “Merry Christmas.” I hope that brings cheer to your life.
fish, terminal
You’ve probably heard me mention fzf before. It’s an amazing command line tool created by Junegunn Choi. It takes a list of data and turns it into a command line menu with fuzzy searching, multi-select, and can even preview each item in whatever way is appropriate. I’ve been using it in all kinds of scripts — where I used to have rudimentary numbered menus, I now have much friendlier and more flexible terminal navigation.
fish, git, terminal
Bunch 1.4.6 is out now for automatic update (Bunch->Check for Updates) and for download . It’s been in beta for a couple months, and I’ve added some cool new stuff in the process. See the changelog for a full list of new features, fixes, and improvements.
bunch
Thanks to TextExpander for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this week! I hate posting two sponsor posts in a row with nothing between, but I’ve been working hard on a few projects and haven’t had time to write any of them up since the last sponsorship. Fun updates coming soon! In the meantime, here’s a word from my favorite sponsor with a fresh new release to share.
sponsor, textexpander
A few years back I wrote a little script called to make getting info about an installed application a little simpler (and prettier). It’s served me well over the years. I added a couple of things to it today and figured I’d mention it again.
scripting, support, terminal
First of all, there have been some major updates to Doing over the last few weeks (changelog), so be sure to update to the latest version (). If you don’t know what Doing is and started reading this post anyway, go check it out first.
doing, prompt, scripting, shell, status
I’ve done a lot of coding in the last two weeks. Playing with projects, adding features, fixing bugs, writing tests. I’ve done a lot of learning Vim (I’m writing this post in Vim, I think I like it). Some day I’ll feel like I’ve learned something in Vim that would actually surprise anybody and I’ll write it up. For now, I’m just playing catch up.
bunch, fish, howzit, personal, quickquestion, tools, vim, writing
Thanks to TextExpander for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com again this week! They sponsor me every month, and they’re one of my favorite sponsors1, but they’re behind on getting me copy this week. It’s totally ok, I have stuff I want to tell you anyway.
email, shortcuts, snippet, sponsor, textexpander
