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All the best desktop application suite on macOS and Windows for prosperous work

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What do I use on macOS and Windows? My list in this post.

Intro

A personal computer is my work tool. And I’m pleased about that. I like that my job is my hobby. I work with corporations and smaller companies creating IT solutions to solve their business problems to implement their business strategies. What do I do every day? To be concise, these are the five components:

  1. Development of IT architecture and design.

  2. Consulting (presentations, workshops, meetings).

  3. Development and implementation of processes (product life cycle, creating the team).

  4. Training.

  5. Programming.

Every day, I use many IT products to solve problems, for entertainment, for self-development, for communication. This text’s idea arose on the spur of the moment when I was working on my portfolio of applications. Why not reveal to you one of the aspects of how I work, namely the technological part.

In this post, I am talking about desktop applications. And since I use macOS and Windows, so there will be two lists.

Application groups

  • IT Architecture

  • Cloud Computing

  • Developer Software

  • Productivity Tools

  • Collaboration

  • Books and Media

  • Business Solutions

  • Design and Content Making

  • Documents

My list of main desktop applications is available in the Notion database and below in this post. Follow this link to open my note containing the list of apps. You do not have to be a registered Notion user; the list is public. Watch, switch between views, leave your comment, share your collections. If you like my way of organizing the application portfolio, you can use it as a template (Duplicate button in the top menu).

Proceed to the list

I will write about my toolkit for iOS, online services, and NAS Synology OS in the following posts.

List of applications I use on macOS.

GroupCategoryNamePrice
Books and Media
Books and MediaBooks CatalogAmazon KindleFree
Books and MediaBooks CatalogApple BooksFree
Books and MediaBooks CatalogCalibreFree
Books and MediaBooks Catalog, Music, Photo Catalog, Video CatalogPlexFree
Books and MediaMusicSpotifyFree
Books and MediaPhoto Catalog, Photo Edit, Video CatalogApple PhotosFree
Books and MediaPodcastsApple PodcastsFree
Collaboration
CollaborationCalendarApple CalendarFree
CollaborationCalendarCalendlyFree
CollaborationContactsApple ContactsFree
CollaborationE-MailProtonMail BridgeFree
CollaborationE-MailSpark Mail AppFree
CollaborationIM ChatiMessagesFree
CollaborationIM ChatTelegram for macOSFree
CollaborationIM ChatWhatsAppFree
CollaborationIM Chat, Virtual EventsMicrosoft Teams$
CollaborationIM Chat, Virtual EventsSkypeFree
CollaborationIM Chat, Virtual EventsSlackFree
CollaborationVirtual EventsFaceTimeFree
CollaborationVirtual EventsZoom Client for MeetingsFree
Design and Content Making
Design and Content MakingDrawing and DesignSketchFree
Design and Content MakingPhoto Books and CardsBlurb BookwrightFree
Design and Content MakingPhoto Books and CardsMimeo PhotosFree
Design and Content MakingPhoto EditGapplinFree
Design and Content MakingPhoto EditGIMPFree
Design and Content MakingPhoto EditOptimageFree
Design and Content MakingPhoto EditSkitchFree
Design and Content MakingVideo MakingDoodly$
Design and Content MakingVideo MakingiMovieFree
Design and Content MakingVideo TranscodingMiro Video ConverterFree
Developer Software
Developer SoftwareAPI ManagementPostman$
Developer SoftwareCodeGit LFSFree
Developer SoftwareCodeGit SCMFree
Developer SoftwareCodeGitHub DesktopFree
Developer SoftwareContainersDocker DesktopFree
Developer SoftwareIDEAzure Data StudioFree
Developer SoftwareIDEAzure Storage ExplorerFree
Developer SoftwareIDERider$
Developer SoftwareIDEVisual Studio CodeFree
Developer SoftwareIDEVisual Studio for macOSFree
Developer SoftwareTerminal Shell etc.iTerm2Free
Developer SoftwareTerminal Shell etc.macOS TerminalFree
Developer SoftwareTerminal Shell etc.Python IDLEFree
Developer SoftwareTerminal Shell etc.Visual Studio Code Integrated TerminalFree
Documents
DocumentsPresentationKeynoteFree
DocumentsPresentationMicrosoft PowerPoint$
DocumentsPresentationOffice Timeline Add-inFree
DocumentsSpreadsheetsMicrosoft Excel$
DocumentsSpreadsheetsNumbersFree
DocumentsTextMicrosoft Word$
DocumentsTextPagesFree
DocumentsTextTyporaFree
DocumentsTextGrammarly Desktop$
IT Architecture
IT ArchitectureModels and DiagramsArchiFree
IT ArchitectureModels and Diagramsdiagrams.netFree
IT ArchitectureModels and Diagramskroki.ioFree
IT ArchitectureModels and DiagramsXMindFree
Productivity Tools
Productivity ToolsAutomationApple AutomatorFree
Productivity ToolsAutomationTogglFree
Productivity ToolsCompareBeyond CompareFree
Productivity ToolsFirewallLuLuFree
Productivity ToolsInternet BrowsersFirefoxFree
Productivity ToolsInternet BrowsersSafariFree
Productivity ToolsNetwork SecurityTenable Nessus® EssentialsFree
Productivity ToolsNotesApple Voice MemosFree
Productivity ToolsNotesNotion$
Productivity ToolsOther ToolkitDuet Display$
Productivity ToolsOther ToolkitParallels Toolbox$
Productivity ToolsPassword Manager1Password$
Productivity ToolsReadingFeedlyFree
Productivity ToolsRemote ControlParallels Access$
Productivity ToolsRemote ControlTeamViewerFree
Productivity ToolsShared DriveApple iCloud DriveFree
Productivity ToolsShared DriveGoogle Backup and SyncFree
Productivity ToolsShared DriveMicrosoft OneDriveFree
Productivity ToolsShared DriveSynology Drive ClientFree
Productivity ToolsSystem CareMacPaw CleanMyMac X$
Productivity ToolsTasks managementTodoist$
Productivity ToolsVirtualizationParallels Desktop$
Productivity ToolsVPN ClientPaloAlto GlobalProtect$
Productivity ToolsWritingGrammarly for MS Office$

List of applications I use on Windows.

GroupCategoryNamePrice
Books and Media
Books and MediaBooks CatalogAmazon KindleFree
Books and MediaBooks CatalogAudibleFree
Books and MediaBooks CatalogCalibreFree
Books and MediaBooks Catalog, Music, Photo Catalog, Video CatalogPlexFree
Books and MediaBooks Catalog, Music, PodcastsiTunesFree
Books and MediaMusicSpotifyFree
Business Platforms
Business PlatformsMicrosoft Dynamics 365 AppFree
Business Platformsmscrm-addons Document Core Pack$
Cloud Computing
Cloud ComputingAzure Portal AppFree
Collaboration
CollaborationCalendarCalendlyFree
CollaborationCalendar, E-MailOutlook Desktop$
CollaborationContactsMicrosoft People AppFree
CollaborationIM ChatTelegram LiteFree
CollaborationIM ChatWhatsAppFree
CollaborationIM Chat, Virtual EventsMicrosoft Teams$
CollaborationIM Chat, Virtual EventsSkypeFree
CollaborationIM Chat, Virtual EventsSlackFree
CollaborationVirtual EventsZoom Client for MeetingsFree
CollaborationWhiteboardingMicrosoft Whiteboard$
Design and Content Making
Design and Content MakingDrawing and DesignInkscapeFree
Design and Content MakingDrawing and DesignLunacyFree
Design and Content MakingDrawing and DesignMicrosoft Whiteboard$
Design and Content MakingPhoto Books and CardsBlurb BookwrightFree
Design and Content MakingPhoto EditAdobe Photoshop ExpressFree
Design and Content MakingPhoto EditGIMPFree
Design and Content MakingPhoto EditIrfanViewFree
Design and Content MakingPhoto EditWindows PhotoFree
Design and Content MakingVideo MakingDoodly$
Design and Content MakingVideo TranscodingMiro Video ConverterFree
Developer Software
Developer SoftwareAPI ManagementPostman$
Developer SoftwareCodeGit LFSFree
Developer SoftwareCodeGit SCMFree
Developer SoftwareCodeGitHub DesktopFree
Developer SoftwareContainersAzure Container RegistryFree
Developer SoftwareContainersAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Free
Developer SoftwareContainersDocker DesktopFree
Developer SoftwareDebugTelerik FiddlerFree
Developer SoftwareIDEAzure Data StudioFree
Developer SoftwareIDEAzure Storage ExplorerFree
Developer SoftwareIDEGitHub Extension for Visual StudioFree
Developer SoftwareIDERider$
Developer SoftwareIDEVisual Studio CodeFree
Developer SoftwareIDEVisual Studio Enterprise$
Developer SoftwareTerminal Shell etc.Python IDLEFree
Developer SoftwareTerminal Shell etc.Visual Studio Code Integrated TerminalFree
Documents
DocumentsPDFAdobe Acrobat ReaderFree
DocumentsPDFPDF WIZFree
DocumentsPresentationMicrosoft PowerPoint$
DocumentsPresentationOffice Timeline Add-inFree
DocumentsSpreadsheetsMicrosoft Excel$
DocumentsTextMicrosoft Word$
DocumentsTextTyporaFree
DocumentsTextGrammarly Desktop$
IT Architecture
IT ArchitectureModels and DiagramsArchiFree
IT ArchitectureModels and Diagramsdiagrams.netFree
IT ArchitectureModels and Diagramskroki.ioFree
IT ArchitectureModels and DiagramsMicrosoft Visio$
IT ArchitectureModels and DiagramsXMindFree
Productivity Tools
Productivity ToolsAutomationSyncToyFree
Productivity ToolsAutomationTogglFree
Productivity ToolsCompareBeyond CompareFree
Productivity ToolsCompareDevart Code CompareFree
Productivity ToolsInternet BrowsersFirefoxFree
Productivity ToolsNetwork SecurityTenable Nessus® EssentialsFree
Productivity ToolsNotesMicrosoft Voice RecorderFree
Productivity ToolsNotesNotion$
Productivity ToolsOther ToolkitDuet Display$
Productivity ToolsOther ToolkitLaunchyFree
Productivity ToolsPassword Manager1Password$
Productivity ToolsReadingFeedlyFree
Productivity ToolsRemote ControlParallels Access$
Productivity ToolsRemote ControlRoyal TS$
Productivity ToolsRemote ControlTeamViewerFree
Productivity ToolsShared DriveApple iCloud DriveFree
Productivity ToolsShared DriveGoogle Backup and SyncFree
Productivity ToolsShared DriveMicrosoft OneDriveFree
Productivity ToolsShared DriveSynology Drive ClientFree
Productivity ToolsSystem CareIObit Advanced SystemCareFree
Productivity ToolsTasks managementTodoist$
Productivity ToolsVPN ClientPaloAlto GlobalProtect$
Productivity ToolsWritingGrammarly for MS Office$

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