An interesting thing happened. I wanted to try a bigger screen with the iPad, so got the same 27" 4K monitor as my wife. It's great, but showed how limited Stage Manager etc is on iPadOS.
When getting a longer Thunderbolt cable, I found our occasional-use M2 MacBook Air, hooked it up to my dock β with monitor, speakers, split keyboard, trackpad β to try out the latest macOS. Andβ¦ I like it!
So, experimentally and after 8+ years, I'm back on a Mac. Any suggestions for nifty utilities etc?
@mattgemmell Ice, a Menu bar manager. In beta but very capable, less complex than Bartender.
https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice
Will second iStat Menus.
I also Parallels Toolbox that comes with Parallels Desktop, which you can get separately. Lots of nifty, lightweight goodies that have nothing with do with running a VM.
https://www.parallels.com/products/toolbox/
AirBuddy if you also use Airpods, for device connection management but it manages other Apple devices as well.
@mattgemmell Finally, Apparency. Kind of an app launcher, but really provides you with lots of details about the app you're launching. Activate the preview panel and just 1-click on any app to see its details. Kind of addictive.
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