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

BlockBlock

BlockBlock

BlockBlock is a menu bar app that warns of persistently installed software. In other words, it looks for software that’s installing itself in such a way that it will always be running and will fire up again after a system reboot.

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Soduto

Soduto

This menu bar app is probably the only open-source alternative to Apple’s “Continuity“. Want to copy-paste content across your devices or simply share a link? Browse remote files? All of this and more is possible with Soduto. Also supports Android and Linux. Soduto seems to work fine on a M1 MacBook Pro (Big Sur 11.2.2).

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Today

Today

View today’s schedule right from the menu bar. Just the events for today. Click an event to show it in the Calendar app.

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