There are plenty more completely gratis options to choose from
Encrypto
FROM macpaw.com
ALSO ON Windows
Worried about security when emailing or otherwise sharing documents – or simply want to password-protect them while they’re on your Mac or portable drive – download Encrypto.
You can drop a file on to the Encrypto app, set a password and have it protected by AES- 256 encryption. Ideal if you regularly carry sensitive files on a flash drive.
IINA
FROM iina.io
ALSO ON Mac only
If you don’t like the popular VLC media player – and your Mac is recent enough – IINA is a great also-free alternative. Like VLC, it can play pretty-much any video file you throw at it, but unlike its main rival, it has a sleek, minimalist interface that looks right at home on the Mac.
It has some great features that VLC lacks too, such as Dark Mode, Picture in Picture and Touch Bar support.
IINC’s customisable interface is a joy to use. You can change the aspect ratio, crop the video you’re viewing and if it’s not the right way up, rotate it too. If the audio isn’t in sync you can adjust it, you can change the playback speed and there’s even a graphic equaliser in there for you to tweak. It’s a great alternative to VLC.
TinkerTool
FROM bresink.com/osx/TinkerTool.html
ALSO ON Mac only
Here’s one you’ll never see on the Mac App Store. TinkerTool lets you get under the hood with your Mac, changing settings and preferences you aren’t supposed to see. For example, you can show hidden files, disable sound effects and more. In the Dock, you can dim icons for hidden apps (why on earth isn’t this offered in System Settings?), change the Mac’s default fonts, customise Dark Mode and exclude specific apps from it and more.
The Unarchiver
FROM theunarchiver.com
ALSO ON Mac only
It’s amazing how many archiving formats there has been over the years. Remember Stuffit? PK Zip? RAR? Chances are you have archived files in some of these formats tucked away on a backup drive somewhere, but how do you open them on a modern Mac? Simple – download The Unarchiver. It’s nothing flashy or exciting, but it can unarchive almost any compressed file you can throw at it. It can even unpack legacy Amiga formats.
TextPal
FROM textpal.app
ALSO ON Mac only
It’s the easy way to use emoticons. Download TextPal for any amount of money you want (including nothing at all, if you want it for free), and you can access a simple emoji picker by tapping a trigger key and then typing the name of an emoji. You don’t have to type the whole name – a single letter will do. You can then choose your emoji
