Best Mac products of the year 2026

TrackNotch

LLM usage tracking that lives in your Mac's notch

TrackNotch is a native macOS application that offers real-time monitoring of your AI tool usage, conveniently displayed directly within your MacBook's notch. This innovative app provides instant visibility into your Claude, OpenAI, Cursor, and Codex usage, including context arc, budget tracking, and current rate limits. Designed with privacy as a core principle, all data processing is strictly local to your machine; there are no proxies, no telemetry, and absolutely nothing leaves your device. TrackNotch is completely free and open-source, providing transparency and control over your AI resource consumption.

MacNotch

Turn your MacBook notch into a modular dashboard

MacNotch ingeniously transforms your MacBook's notch into a versatile, modular dashboard, placing essential information and powerful tools directly in your line of sight. Access weather updates, music controls, calendar events, tasks, notes, a Pomodoro timer, Bluetooth device management, system performance monitoring, translation utilities, app shortcuts, reminders, and daily quotes, all at a glance. Furthermore, MacNotch enhances productivity by allowing you to drag files onto the notch for quick AirDrop, zipping, conversion, or sending to iCloud. Crafted with native Swift, this lightweight application is meticulously designed to offer a seamless and integrated macOS experience.

ClipMark

Never lose anything you copy again

ClipMark is an essential clipboard manager meticulously designed for macOS users, ensuring that you never lose any copied content again. It intelligently stores everything you copy, from text and links to code snippets, notes, and even images. With our Quick Recall feature, you can instantly browse your entire clipboard history using a simple shortcut -- just hold, scroll, and release to paste. Effortlessly search for specific items, organize your content with custom tags, and reuse anything in mere seconds. This powerful tool significantly enhances your productivity and workflow by providing reliable, instant access to your entire copying history.

Ditch

App cleaner that lives in your MacBook’s notch

Ditch-2 is an exceptionally lightweight and efficient Mac application cleaner ingeniously designed to reside discreetly within your MacBook's notch, ensuring constant accessibility. Simply drag any unwanted application to the notch, drop it, and Ditch intelligently removes it along with all associated leftover caches, logs, and preferences, ensuring a thorough cleanup. This fast, safe, and fully open-source solution eliminates the need for bloated installers or complex menus, providing an effortless Mac cleanup experience. Key features include its seamless integration into your MacBook notch for instant access, deep cleanup capabilities targeting caches, preferences, logs, and containers, a convenient preview function before deletion, and the assurance that all removed items are safely moved to the Trash. Experience lightning-fast performance and a clutter-free macOS with Ditch-2.

Vista

The image viewer macOS should have built.

Vista is a streamlined image viewer meticulously crafted for macOS, addressing the shortcomings of default options like Preview and Quick Look. Unlike bloated Electron alternatives or full-featured editing suites, Vista focuses purely on rapid image display. It allows swift navigation with simple arrow key controls, offering a clean, fast experience. While deceptively simple on the surface, its underlying architecture is obsessively refined, delivering every intuitive detail expected from a native Mac application, plus a few delightful enhancements, all available for free.

Caret

Press Tab for AI anywhere you type on Mac

Caret is an intelligent autocomplete assistant that seamlessly integrates across every application on your Mac. It diligently learns your unique work patterns, your circle of friends, and your personal writing style over time. As you type, Caret proactively suggests highly accurate completions that genuinely sound like you, anticipating your next words and phrases. By simply pressing the Tab key, you can instantly accept these intelligent suggestions, dramatically increasing your typing speed and overall productivity. Experience a truly personalized and intuitive writing experience that adapts to your individual communication style.

Zzzappy

Science-backed breaks to protect your vision & prevent RSI

Zzzappy is an essential native macOS health guardian meticulously designed to safeguard your well-being by monitoring both screen time and arm input load. It scientifically schedules optimal breaks to protect your vision and proactively prevent Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). Key features include Eye Guard, which implements the 20-20-20 rule with customizable intervals and pre-break reminders with snooze functionality. Arm Guard provides real-time monitoring across five critical input dimensions: keystrokes, mouse clicks, trackpad travel, scroll distance, and continuous use duration. Additional benefits encompass Smart Pause, Immersive Breaks, a comprehensive Health Dashboard, and the assurance of 100% offline operation, ensuring privacy and reliability.

Keeby

Mechanical keyboard sounds for your Mac

Keeby brings the satisfying, authentic experience of a mechanical keyboard directly to your MacBook. Unlike synthesized sounds, every keystroke sound is meticulously recorded from actual switches, offering unparalleled realism. Select from 11 distinct switch profiles, including popular options like Gateron Red, Holy Panda, Alps Blue, and Box Navy, to perfectly match your preference. Immerse yourself with spatial audio, accurately placing left key sounds in your left speaker and right keys in your right. A dynamic, reactive visualizer follows your typing in real time, while precise tone controls allow you to fine-tune the sound from a deep 'thock' to a crisp 'clack.' This privacy-focused app runs entirely offline from your menu bar, collecting no personal data.

StatusStats

Mac Metrics In Your Menu Bar

StatusStats provides instant, comprehensive oversight of your Mac's vital performance metrics, always visible directly in your menu bar. Monitor critical data points including CPU and GPU utilization, memory usage, thermal status, fan speeds, network activity, power consumption, storage capacity, and battery health. A sleek, compact strip positioned near the notch offers an at-a-glance summary, while a simple click expands to reveal detailed metrics and historical data, empowering you with complete control and insight into your system's operation.

Maestri

An infinite canvas where coding agents work in concert

Maestri is an innovative native macOS application offering an infinite canvas environment for developing and orchestrating AI agents. It transforms each terminal into a visual node, which users can freely arrange alongside notes and sketches for a truly intuitive workflow. Agents are connected by simply dragging a line, enabling them to collaborate seamlessly across various harnesses through advanced PTY orchestration. This allows for powerful integrations, such as Claude Code interacting with Codex, or Gemini delegating tasks to OpenCode. Maestri also features Ombro, an on-device AI companion powered by Apple Intelligence, which continuously monitors all activity and provides concise summaries of work performed in your absence. Built with SwiftUI and a custom engine, it guarantees zero cloud reliance, ensures no telemetry data collection, and offers superior privacy.