Files and drop shelves

A drop shelf at the edge of the screen, so you can park files mid-drag and drop them somewhere else.

Paid, one-time: $8.99 / 9,99 € / £8.99, also on Setapp and the Mac App Store

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A floating shelf that appears when you drag files, for stacking, sharing and quick actions.

Paid, also on the Mac App Store

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A dock or notch shelf with actions: move, upload, resize, and your own scripts.

Paid, $35, also on Setapp and the Mac App Store

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Gives the Open and Save dialogs favourite folders, recent files and a much shorter path to the right place.

Paid, $39.95 (a $34.95 price is also listed)

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The free un-zip, un-rar, un-almost-anything utility most Macs end up with.

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A compact archiver that can create and open the formats the Finder still fumbles, including 7z and RAR.

Free from the official site; paying on the App Store or a tip supports it

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A sunburst map of what is eating the disk, so you can clear the big things first.

Paid, one-time or subscription, also on the Mac App Store

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A free treemap of disk use. Plainer than DaisyDisk, and it does the same essential job. Listed on the Mac App Store.

Mac App Store

Drag an app in and it finds the leftover files a plain Trash drag would miss.

Free, donations welcome

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A free, open-source uninstaller and leftover cleaner, actively maintained.

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Checks the apps you have installed and tells you which ones have an update waiting.

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A thorough app-update checker that covers apps the App Store and Sparkle miss.

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Folder rules: when a file arrives, rename it, file it, tag it, or run a script. A Mac classic.

Paid, with a free trial

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Drop images in and it losslessly (or nearly) shrinks them, stripping junk in the process.

Free and open source

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A dual-pane file manager with a lot of remote-server support, for people who outgrow Finder windows.

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