Tools I use on macOS.

1. macOS
   • US keyboard layout with German Umlauts via Option Key
   • Homebrew with Brewfile to manage installed software via a configuration
   • Sensible defaults as needed
2. Terminal
   To run commands I use iTerm.
   • Fish shell
     This shell has great autosuggestions and good performance. I switched to it because all my zsh plugins slowed down the terminal. Fish has great defaults.
   • itermocil
     To open up multiple split windows in a pre-defined configuration.
   • Show command times 2013-08-07-shell-show-time-last-command-took
   • Git-number to quickly refer to files by numbers
3. Knowledge management
   • Obsidian is great for writing notes and managing todos
   • To find information I’m Building a Memex
   • Whimsical for beautiful flow charts
4. Little helpers
   • Rocket app to quickly type emoij
   • Dozer to clean up the menu bar
   • Turbo Boost Switcher Pro to control the fan noise, see How to avoid loud fans on MacBook Pro
   • Alfred to quickly run common tasks or search on GitHub, logs etc
5. Security and privacy
   • Little Snitch Firewall to keep tabs on apps internet connections
   • Gas Mask To block requests to tracking websites etc by adding them to the hosts file. Example block lists
   • 1Password to manage passwords until iCloud passwords can be shared, see Personal email and authentication setup
   • Wipr good and fast ad-block
6. Others
   • ReadKit to have all reading in one place, see Reading news
   • MoneyMoney to manage personal finance in one place
   • Ferdi to group work Slack and email and manage interruptions
   • Run LanguageTool locally on macOS

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