You get the Mac, you do the setup, you think you are done. Then someone shows you a launcher that works in half a second and you realise you have been clicking a dock for years like a person who orders the same thing every time because they have never looked at the rest of the menu.
The list below is three utilities that solved problems you probably stopped noticing. That is the most dangerous kind of problem.
The stack:
- Raycast · the launcher that makes the dock feel embarrassing
- Folders · the file manager the Finder was not going to become
- Loop · the window management that makes grids feel like a choice
1. The Launcher You Should Have Had From Day One
Most Mac users open apps by looking at the dock, finding the icon, and clicking it. This is the equivalent of walking to the filing cabinet every time you need to think of someone's name. Raycast replaces that with a bar that opens in a keystroke, finds what you need in the time it takes to type two or three letters, and disappears.
