SMALL APPS THAT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE

Yoink

From £5.99 FROM Eternal Storms Software, eternalstorms.at

Needs iOS 11/OS X 10.10 or later

Moving files around your Mac and clipboard can be a real hassle, but not with Yoink. It creates a virtual ‘shelf’ to store your items – just drag a file to the side of your screen and drop it on the shelf, switch apps and drag it from the shelf to the new destination.

One Switch

$4.99 (about £4)

FROM Fireball, fireball.studio Needs macOS 10.14 or later

One Switch is a genius time-saver. Instead of digging through System Prefs every time you need to change something, this app displays your Mac’s most important settings with toggles to turn them on or off. Click its menu bar icon and away you go.

Bartender

$15 (about £12) FROM Surtees Studio, macbartender.com

Needs macOS 10.12 or later

App icons can take up a lot of space in your Mac’s menu bar, but you can hide them with Bartender. It lets you conceal menu bar icons permanently or temporarily with a click or keyboard shortcut, rearrange them, search through them and more.

Slidepad

$9.99 (about £8)

FROM Potter Dai, slidepad.xyz Needs macOS 10.13.4 or later

Love the iPad’s Slide Over feature? Now you can do it on your Mac with Slidepad. Connect a web app like Notes or Slack, then every time you move your pointer to the side of the screen the app slides over. It’s perfect for clutter-free multitasking.