Another vote for Cleanshot X (I've used it forever and literally use it daily, the screen videos and long screen auto scroll is amazing)
Airmail (way better email inbox design for multiple email accounts)
Bear (writing, notes app I love for the simplicity)
Fantastical (it's my go to calendar app, used it for years)
The Unarchiver (just does exactly what it needs to)
Pocketcasts (Before Spotify this made Podcast life great and it feels very good to support public radio, it's cheap)
Clockify (my timings app)
Express VPN (makes switching a breeze)
VLC media player (because it's better than quicktime)
Boom (for my sound controls)
I've since simplified work and computer life a lot more so don't need them, but I used to use Duet Display (double screen with my laptop and ipad was great), Bartender, Raindrop, Alfred and Shift which were all great.
Also I'm a hardcore Firefox Dev edition gal, but some friends shifted to Arc and love it - not sure if that counts.
Code and design life: Linear, Protopie, Visual Studio Code, Figma, Adobe suite, Framer, Filezilla (on the design side for something for Indie a couple of my friends have shifted from the Adobe ecosystem to Affinity).
I've since simplified work and computer life a lot more so don't need them, but I used to use Duet Display (double screen with my laptop and ipad was great), Bartender, Raindrop, Alfred and Shift which were all great.
Also I'm a hardcore Firefox Dev edition gal, but some friends shifted to Arc and love it - not sure if that counts.
Code and design life: Linear, Protopie, Visual Studio Code, Figma, Adobe suite, Framer, Filezilla (on the design side for something for Indie a couple of my friends have shifted from the Adobe ecosystem to Affinity).
Awesome answer, big thanks! 🙏 BTW I love Arc 😊