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Photo : Krisda ( Shutterstock ) There are plenty of ways to launch apps on your Mac—to start with, y ou can pin apps to your dock or use Spotlight to search for and open apps . T here’s an even faster way to launch apps, though: by using a floating dock. There are a couple of apps that allow you to quickly open a dock wherever your mouse cursor is. If you use a large monitor or if you’re using the Trackpad to navigate on your MacBook, these floating dock apps will save you time by using a keyboard shortcut to launch apps . You might especially appreciate this if you’re among users who have been complaining about Spotlight search becoming slower with time:   Even if you replace it with a better alternative , manually typing app names takes more time than using a floating dock app. If this sounds appealing, try downloading Charmstone or Orbital . These apps have a similar feature set, and they’re equally good at allowing you to launch apps fast. Charmstone Screenshot : Pra...

Photo : tinhkhuong ( Shutterstock ) You know all about how to customize your MacBook ’s Dock , but don’t sleep on its Menu Bar, either. Some of your Mac’s best apps s it unassumingly in the M enu B ar and allow you to use all of their best features via a tiny drop-down menu. Not every feature can be used from this spot , but these apps allow you to save time by accessing crucial options with only a couple clicks, enabling you to get things done that much faster. Here are some of the best menu bar apps you should install on your Mac. AlDente S low down the battery drain on your Mac by using AlDente . It lets you set charging limits on your MacBook , which allows you to prevent premature battery aging. If you want to change said limits, its M enu B ar app is all you need. Amphetamine Want to stop your Mac from turning off the display whenever you step away for a minute ? Amphetamine is a free Menu Bar app that keeps your screen on until you say so. You can select how long you...

Screenshot : Khamosh Pathak You’ve probably seen iPhone Home Screens that just look cool , sporting dynamic text, fun images, and custom icons...b ut even with iOS 16's new Lock Screen editor , there’s no way to use Apple’s built-in tools to make them . For that, you’ll need to look outward. Fortunately , there’s a simple way to turn a boring iPhone Home Screen into something interesting and fun, without getting into the whole “Home Screen aesthetic” thing. All you need is a custom widget app like Widgy . Y ou can create your own graphical widget from scratch using the app’s Photoshop-like editor, but that’s pretty   time-consuming. Instead , you can use the power of internet community to shortcut your way around a beautiful Home Screen. The app has an explore page where you can import any widget you like; and w hat’s even better is that there’s a thriving community on Reddit where users share links and codes to their own widget creations, so you can borrow from those befo...

Photo : tinhkhuong ( Shutterstock ) You know all about how to customize your MacBook ’s Dock , but don’t sleep on its Menu Bar, either. Some of your Mac’s best apps s it unassumingly in the M enu B ar and allow you to use all of their best features via a tiny drop-down menu. Not every feature can be used from this spot , but these apps allow you to save time by accessing crucial options with only a couple clicks, enabling you to get things done that much faster. Here are some of the best menu bar apps you should install on your Mac. AlDente S low down the battery drain on your Mac by using AlDente . It lets you set charging limits on your MacBook , which allows you to prevent premature battery aging. If you want to change said limits, its M enu B ar app is all you need. Amphetamine Want to stop your Mac from turning off the display whenever you step away for a minute ? Amphetamine is a free Menu Bar app that keeps your screen on until you say so. You can select how long you...