Similarly, I hadnвЂ™t updated PDFpen for a while, so I installed the Setapp version (v. Moving back to Calendar has been just fine, possibly because I see the weather and moon phase regularly on my phone. Ultimately, though, itвЂ™s not really a replacement for Calendar because it doesnвЂ™t have an AppleScript dictionary, 2 which is why I hadnвЂ™t updated the version I bought several years ago. I installed Busењњal because I prefer its look to that of AppleвЂ™s Calendar app, particularly the weather and moon phase data. Those that were updated versions of apps I already owned, like Busењњal and PDFpen. Renamer was good for that, but I already own a copy of Better File Rename, and IвЂ™m perfectly comfortable returning to it. I usually rename files at the command line, but sometimes I want a nice GUI preview before going ahead with the renaming. Renamer is the exemplar in this category.

Those that replaced an app I use reasonably often, but which werenвЂ™t that much better than what IвЂ™d been using before.

Returning to youtube-dl wonвЂ™t be a hardship. I kept it installed for the entire year, but didnвЂ™t use it more than 2вЂ“3 times. Those that worked well, often an improvement over some command-line utility, but not used often.The exception was Better Touch Tool, which I really wanted to like and kept installed for at least a month. These were usually uninstalled after a quick trial. Those that had interesting descriptions but were just wrong for me.Over the course of the year, I installed maybe 15вЂ“20 of its apps. But last year, when Setapp was doing a Black Friday sale on a yearвЂ™s subscription, I succumbed. I already owned several of the apps in its inventory, and the great majority of those I didnвЂ™t own werenвЂ™t all that appealing to me. I held off on Setapp for quite a while, despite all the recommendations it got from people I trust. Next post Previous post Good-bye to Setapp

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