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Display Apps
Stay
Stay remembers exactly where you placed every window and restores them instantly, even when you connect or disconnect external displays, so your setup always feels intentional rather than accidental.
Good apps don’t always come with a price tag. These menu bar gems are free — and worth your space.
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Cloud Apps
stts
stts keeps an eye on the status pages of the cloud services you rely on, from Firebase to PagerDuty to Loom, and shows how they’re doing with a single click in your menu bar. It stays out of the way and only speaks up when something goes down or comes back online.
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Weather Apps
Meteorologist
Meteorologist is a free macOS weather app that puts you in control of how forecasts are displayed. View interlaced reports from multiple locations at once and keep changing conditions clearly organized at a glance.
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Audio Apps
Background Music
Background Music is a lightweight macOS audio utility that automatically pauses your music when other sounds play, lets you fine-tune volume per app, and even records system audio, all without requiring a restart. Still in alpha, but already impressively capable.
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Time Tracking Apps
Thyme
Thyme keeps things simple: start tracking, focus on your task, and let it quietly remember where your time went so you do not have to.
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Time Zone Apps
FlagTimes
FlagTimes keeps track of multiple time zones through country flags, so you always know what time it is for colleagues abroad. It’s customizable, lightweight and based on Apple’s own clock.
Collection:
Weather Apps
DatWeatherDoe
This minimal weather app displays current conditions with an elegant icon that supports both dark and light themes beautifully. Choose your location by GPS or zipcode for instant updates.
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System Stats
RunCat
A playful runner lives in your menu bar and speeds up or slows down with your Mac’s CPU usage, turning system monitoring into light entertainment. While exports crawl or builds compile, you watch cats, rockets, penguins or even a tiny steam locomotive race by, all while keeping an eye on performance, battery and network activity.