Best macOS Apps and Utilities, Tile Acquired by Life360, and Mouse vs Trackpad

We round up our favorite Mac apps and utilities, location tracking service Life360 acquires Tile to compete with Apple's Find My network, and we discuss the pros and cons of using a mouse or trackpad.

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AirTag rival Tile acquired by location tracking platform Life360 in $205M deal

Apple's Self Repair Service parts store to be run by third party

Logitech MX Master 3 - Amazon

AppleVis

Downie - YouTube Video Downloader for macOS

Parcel - Delivery Tracking

Pastel

Default Folder X

OmniOutliner - The Omni Group

OmniFocus 3

Pixelmator

Reeder 5

Things 3

Piezo - Charmingly simple audio recording

Fantastical

Final Draft 12

Bartender 4 - Take control of your Menu bar

Rocket – the best emoji app for Mac

TopNotch for macOS

Super Agent for Safari

PopClip

Hazel by Noodlesoft

Keyboard Maestro for macOS

Hook

PiPifier

OverPicture for Safari

Pastebot

Elgato Stream Deck - Amazon

Adblock Plus for Safari (ABP)

Alfred - Productivity App for macOS

macOs Utility Tweet Thread

Magnet

CleanMyMac X

iStat Menus

Amphetamine for Mac

Caffeine for Mac

TextExpander

Quick Note may be the best new feature in iPadOS 15

Drafts, Where Text Starts

Bear - Write on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Craft | A fresh take on documents

Notion

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