Mac app alternatives

AlDente is a menu bar app that stops a MacBook charging at a level you choose. MrFixable’s Battery Charge Limit is an AlDente alternative for that core job: it holds the charge at 50% to 95%, charges to 100% once when you ask, and pauses charging while your Mac sleeps. AlDente has more battery tools.

An AltTab alternative for Mac is MrFixable's Window Switcher. Hold ⌥ and press Tab to see the open windows on your current desktop, with a preview of each, and let go to switch. AltTab is free and open source, also lists minimized windows and other desktops, and adds more in AltTab Pro. MrFixable costs $19.99 once.

Amphetamine is a free Mac App Store app that keeps your Mac awake, with timed sessions, automatic triggers and a closed-lid mode. MrFixable's Keep Awake is a simpler switch: on until you turn it off, or for 1 or 3 hours, with or without the display. If keeping awake is all you need, Amphetamine is free and does more.

AppCleaner is a free download from FreeMacSoft: drop an app on its window and it finds the related files so you can delete them together. MrFixable's App Uninstaller does the same job, shows each leftover with its size and a tick box, and moves the app and its files to the Trash, so you can still put them back.

Bartender is a paid Mac menu bar manager with many tools: a Bartender Bar, search, triggers, profiles and styles. As a simpler Bartender alternative, MrFixable’s Hide Menu Bar Icons tucks the icons you choose behind an arrow, and Fit More Menu Bar Icons puts icons closer together, so fewer disappear behind the notch.

A BetterTouchTool alternative for Mac makes sense if you only use it for a few common jobs. BetterTouchTool lets you build almost any gesture, shortcut or automation yourself. MrFixable gives you ready-made fixes instead, like Window Snapping, Window Switcher, Clipboard History and Mouse Back & Forward, each turned on with one switch, for $19.99 once.

BlackHole is a free, open-source virtual audio driver that passes sound from one Mac app to another. Many people use it to record the Mac’s own sound. MrFixable’s Record Screen with Sound records that sound directly, with nothing to install or switch. But BlackHole routes audio between apps, and MrFixable doesn’t do that.

CleanMyMac is MacPaw's all-in-one Mac cleaner, sold as a subscription from $3.33 a month on its site. MrFixable covers two of its jobs: App Uninstaller removes apps with their leftovers, and Free Up Space clears app caches, Xcode build files, old Downloads and the Trash. Both come with MrFixable's other fixes for $19.99 once.

CopyClip is a menu bar clipboard manager from FIPLAB. The original is free, and CopyClip 2 costs $7.99, with search, pinning and up to 9,999 text clippings. MrFixable's Clipboard History opens with ⌘⇧V where you're typing, keeps text, images and files, and skips password managers. It costs $19.99 once, with 67 other fixes.

DockDoor is a free, open-source app that shows previews of an app’s windows when you hover over its Dock icon, plus a window switcher. MrFixable’s Dock Window Previews is a DockDoor alternative for the hover previews, minimized windows included, and its Window Switcher adds ⌥Tab. DockDoor has more options and costs nothing.

eqMac is a free system-wide equalizer for Mac, with Pro features from $3 a month, $30 a year or $40 once. MrFixable's System Equalizer does the core job: a 10-band equalizer with presets for everything your Mac plays. eqMac offers more, like headphone presets and unlimited bands in Pro. MrFixable bundles its equalizer with 67 other fixes.

HazeOver is a $4.99 Mac app that dims background windows so the active window stands out. MrFixable's Dim Background Windows does the same core job: it darkens everything behind the window you're working in, from 10% to 70%, and clicks still pass through. HazeOver has more controls, such as a shortcut and per-display highlighting.

Hidden Bar is a free, open-source Mac app that hides menu bar icons behind an arrow. MrFixable’s Hide Menu Bar Icons works the same way: ⌘-drag icons left of a divider and click the arrow. Hidden Bar adds a shortcut and an always-hidden section. MrFixable adds Fit More Menu Bar Icons, which puts icons closer together.

iStat Menus is a detailed menu bar system monitor from Bjango, $11.99 for a single license with a 14-day free trial. MrFixable's System Stats in Menu Bar covers the core: CPU, GPU, temperature, memory and network speed in the menu bar, plus the apps using the most, with a Quit button. iStat Menus shows far more.

Itsycal is a free, open-source menu bar calendar for Mac: click its date and a month view with your events opens. MrFixable’s Calendar in the Menu Bar does the same core job, with the month and each day’s events from the Calendar app. Itsycal does more with events. MrFixable adds 67 other fixes for $19.99 once.

Karabiner-Elements is a free, powerful keyboard customizer for Mac, with complex rules, per-app conditions and a virtual keyboard driver. MrFixable’s Remap Keys is a lighter Karabiner-Elements alternative for one-for-one swaps: Caps Lock to Escape, ⌘ and ⌥ on a Windows keyboard, Home, End or §, with no driver and no permission to grant.

Mac Mouse Fix is a $2.99 app, free for 30 days, that adds gestures, custom button actions and smooth scrolling to a mouse. MrFixable's Mouse Back & Forward does one part of that: it makes your mouse's side buttons go back and forward in Safari, Finder, Mail and other apps. Smooth scrolling is a separate MrFixable fix.

Maccy is a free, open-source clipboard manager for Mac that keeps your copy history and lets you search and paste from it. MrFixable’s Clipboard History is a Maccy alternative for the same core job: press ⌘⇧V, type to search, and paste. Maccy adds pinned items; MrFixable never keeps copies from password manager apps.

A Magnet alternative for Mac is MrFixable's Window Snapping. It snaps the front window to halves, quarters or the full screen, or moves it to your next display, with keyboard shortcuts. Magnet costs $4.99 on the Mac App Store and also snaps windows you drag to a screen edge. MrFixable costs $19.99 once, with 67 other fixes.

A MonitorControl alternative for Mac is MrFixable's External Display Brightness. It sets an external monitor's real brightness over DDC/CI, from a slider in the menu bar or your keyboard's brightness keys. MonitorControl is free and open source, and also controls volume and contrast. MrFixable costs $19.99 once and adds 67 other fixes.

The best OnyX alternative for Mac depends on what you use OnyX for. OnyX is a free utility that checks your disk, rebuilds indexes, clears caches and changes many hidden settings. MrFixable covers the everyday parts as simple switches, such as Free Up Space, App Uninstaller, Show Hidden Files and Screenshot Settings, for $19.99 once.

Paste is a clipboard manager for Mac, iPhone and iPad, sold as a subscription from $2.49 a month or $29.99 a year. MrFixable's Clipboard History is Mac only and simpler: press ⌘⇧V, search your recent copies and paste one. It keeps up to 500 copies on your Mac, with no sync, and costs $19.99 once.

PastePal is a clipboard manager for Mac, iPhone and iPad with unlimited history, collections and iCloud sync, sold as a $14.99 one-time Pro unlock. MrFixable's Clipboard History is simpler and Mac only: press ⌘⇧V, pick a recent copy, and it's pasted where you're typing. It costs $19.99 once, with 67 other fixes.

A Rectangle alternative for Mac is MrFixable's Window Snapping. It snaps the front window to halves, quarters or the full screen, or moves it to your next display, with keyboard shortcuts. Rectangle is free, open source and does more, including drag-to-snap and thirds. MrFixable makes sense if you'd also use its 67 other fixes.

Scroll Reverser is a free, open-source app that sets the scroll direction for each trackpad, mouse or other device. MrFixable’s Separate Scroll Direction is a Scroll Reverser alternative for the usual case: reverse the mouse wheel and keep natural scrolling on the trackpad. It works with Smooth Mouse Scrolling. Scroll Reverser has finer control.

SoundSource from Rogue Amoeba is a $49 Mac app for per-app volume, output routing and audio effects. MrFixable's App Volume covers the core: a slider for each app, mute, and a boost to 300%. It can't send apps to different outputs or add per-app effects. MrFixable costs $19.99 once and also includes a System Equalizer.

TextSniper is a paid Mac app that copies text from anything on screen: drag over an image, video or PDF and the text lands on your clipboard. MrFixable’s Copy Text from Screen does the same core job with the same ⇧⌘2 shortcut. TextSniper adds QR code reading, text to speech and iPhone camera capture.

The Unarchiver is a free app from MacPaw that opens RAR, 7z and dozens of other archive formats, including password-protected ones. MrFixable's Open RAR & 7z Files uses the decoder already in macOS to extract RAR, 7z and a few other formats with a double-click or Extract Here in Finder. It can't open password-protected archives yet.

TinkerTool is a free Mac app that switches on hidden macOS settings, such as showing hidden files or changing the screenshot format. Several MrFixable fixes change the same settings with one switch each. TinkerTool covers far more settings. MrFixable’s 68 fixes also include features that run, like Window Snapping, which no hidden setting can add.