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- iStat Menus, because I like monitoring my system in realtime

- Alfred, for better Spotlight (though Spotlight is actually OK) and clipboard management.

- Bartender, to control the menu bar

- Path Finder, for a decent orthodox file manager

- Sublime Text

- NetNewsWire, an excellent Mac-only RSS reader.

- 1Blocker has served me well for ad blocking in Safari

- Amphetamine to keep the system awake for long operations

- Onyx, for occasional system maintenance

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(No horse in this race) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40584606 seems to strongly suggest that Bartender's no longer trustworthy.

The former owner chimed in to discuss the ownership change and how it was handled: https://surteesstudios.com/a-new-chapter/

I can’t say the software is untrustworthy anymore but the whole ownership change was poorly handled and I can’t blame anyone wanting to jump ship after that.

Did we really know the previous owners then any more? But somehow trust was extended to them. Maybe the incentives to keep the gold goose brand alive selling the same products and upgrades outweighs the temporary potential value of a security researcher finding your Mac utility was actually trojaned to be a clandestine intelligence gathering app or a boiler-room ransomware vector. Not everyone is a malicious FOSS contributor and paranoia shouldn't be the first instinct.

I saw that as well, but haven't had time to think much about it or explore alternatives. Thanks for reminding me.

ICE https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice is an amazing alternative for Bartender.

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