Free apps

Good apps don’t always come with a price tag. These menu bar gems are free — and worth your space.

Good apps don’t always come with a price tag. These menu bar gems are free — and worth your space.

Cliptools

Cliptools

Access your clipboard history, save clips, use programmable Smart Clips, paste the date or time, insert example text, perform calculations and paste the result or replace the selection, convert numbers to words, sorts lines and much more.

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Spaced

Spaced

The menu bar app Spaced lets you organize your menu bar items into groups for a more streamlined appearance. Comes in handy on larger screens where menu bar space is ample.

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Breakin’

Breakin'

Breakin’ is a menu bar app that periodically reminds you to take a break (and take care of yourself) rather than be in front of your computer. You can trigger a break manually or have Breakin’ do it for you on a recurring time interval.

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Clapet

Clapet

Clamshell mode on your MacBook allows you to keep your Mac awake when you close the lid but it only works when a power adapter is connected.

This menu bar app aims to solve this problem by allowing clamshell mode even on battery.

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Vitals

Vitals

Vitals is a tiny process monitor that keeps track of resource usage. The app shows a per-process CPU graph covering the last 60 seconds. This makes it easier to track down apps that misbehave sporadically.

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