1Password
System
On screen 24 of 30 days · agents on 17
Uses
The tools, September 2026
Agents 8
Agent infra 4
Code 4
Create 4
Comms 6
- Slack, seen on 21 of 30 days
- Gmail, seen on 20 of 30 days, on the web, at gmail.com, run by agents on 3 days
- Google Drive, seen on 19 of 30 days, on the web, at drive.google.com, run by agents on 10 days
- Mimestream, seen on 18 of 30 days
- Discord, seen on 12 of 30 days
- Quill, in the menu bar, around on 21 days
Notes 6
Browse 6
Design 7
- Figma, seen on 28 of 30 days, run by agents on 9 days, with a note
- Paper, seen on 18 of 30 days, run by agents on 12 days, with a note
- Eagle, seen on 14 of 30 days, with a note
- Typeface, seen on 14 of 30 days
- Variant, seen on 13 of 30 days, on the web, at variant.com
- tldraw, seen on 12 of 30 days, run by agents on 4 days
- IconJar, seen on 5 of 30 days
Utilities 9
- CleanShot X, seen on 28 of 30 days, faceless, called up by a key
- ForkLift, seen on 19 of 30 days
- Updatest, seen on 11 of 30 days, with a note
- Keyboard Maestro, seen on 8 of 30 days
- AppCleaner, seen on 7 of 30 days
- Find Any File, seen on 4 of 30 days
- Dato, in the menu bar, around on 18 days
- Supercharge, in the menu bar, around on 14 days
- Monologue, in the menu bar, around on 11 days
System 6
- Alfred, seen on 29 of 30 days, faceless, called up by a key
- 1Password, seen on 24 of 30 days, faceless, called up by a key, run by agents on 17 days
- Screens, seen on 17 of 30 days
- Tailscale, in the menu bar, around on 17 days
- BetterDisplay, in the menu bar, around on 11 days
- Clamshell, in the menu bar, around on 3 days
Each tool
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AgentsView
Agent infra
On screen 9 of 30 days · agents on 8
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Alfred
System
On screen 29 of 30 days
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Antigravity
Agents
On screen 8 of 30 days · 7 sessions started
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Antinote
Notes
On screen 27 of 30 days
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AppCleaner
Utilities
On screen 7 of 30 days
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Arc
Browse
On screen 25 of 30 days
Arc is The Browser Company’s browser and the one I keep trying to leave. In September I was trying to switch to Zen, without much success.
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BetterDisplay
System · Menu bar
Around 11 of 30 days
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ChatGPT
Agents
On screen 30 of 30 days · 430 sessions started
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Chrome
Browse
On screen 21 of 30 days
Chrome is the browser I open when something simply has to work.
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Clamshell
System · Promoted
Around 3 of 30 days
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Claude
Agents
On screen 28 of 30 days · 270 sessions started
Claude is Anthropic’s assistant, with chat and Claude Code in one desktop app. Opus 5.5 came out in September, and I leaned on Claude more from that week on.
claude.ai -
CleanShot X
Utilities
On screen 28 of 30 days
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Cloudflare
Code
On screen 15 of 30 days · agents on 13
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CodexBar
Agent infra · Menu bar
Around 24 of 30 days
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Cursor
Agents
On screen 18 of 30 days · 53 sessions started
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Dato
Utilities · Menu bar
Around 18 of 30 days
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Descript
Create
On screen 4 of 30 days
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Devin
Agents · Promoted
On screen 4 of 30 days
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Discord
Comms
On screen 12 of 30 days
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Eagle
Design · Promoted
On screen 14 of 30 days
Eagle is a library for collecting images and reference. I use it in bursts, and this one came from building my portfolio, when I needed to gather a lot of reference at once.
eagle.cool -
Figma
Design
On screen 28 of 30 days · agents on 9
Figma is where my past client work lives, so it is where I went to pull much of the content that is now in this portfolio.
figma.com -
Find Any File
Utilities
On screen 4 of 30 days
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Firefox
Browse
On screen 14 of 30 days
Firefox runs on the same engine as Zen and felt like the safer bet of the two.
firefox.com -
ForkLift
Utilities
On screen 19 of 30 days
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Gemini
Agents
On screen 18 of 30 days
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GenMotion
Create · New this month
On screen 7 of 30 days · agents on 4
GenMotion makes video with AI. I ran the trial and used none of what it made, because Opus 5.5 with some clear direction did the job better.
genmotion.dev -
Ghostty
Code
On screen 28 of 30 days
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GitHub
Code
On screen 23 of 30 days · agents on 20
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Gmail
Comms
On screen 20 of 30 days · agents on 3
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Google Drive
Comms
On screen 19 of 30 days · agents on 10
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Hermes
Agents
On screen 5 of 30 days
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HyperFrames
Create · Promoted
Agents ran it on 6 days · on screen 1 day
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iA Writer
Notes
On screen 8 of 30 days
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IconJar
Design · Promoted
On screen 5 of 30 days
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Kagi
Browse
On screen 13 of 30 days
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Keyboard Maestro
Utilities
On screen 8 of 30 days
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Linkding
Browse
On screen 9 of 30 days
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Marked
Notes
On screen 5 of 30 days
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MarkViewer
Notes
On screen 8 of 30 days
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Mimestream
Comms
On screen 18 of 30 days
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Monologue
Utilities · Menu bar
Around 11 of 30 days
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Obsidian
Notes · Promoted
On screen 11 of 30 days
Obsidian is a notes app built on plain Markdown files, with a plugin for nearly everything. It has never become an everyday tool for me. There is too much to tweak, and I have been scared to put in the time to learn it properly, even after spending real money on lessons.
obsidian.md -
OpenCode
Agents
On screen 12 of 30 days · 28 sessions started
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Paper
Design · Promoted
On screen 18 of 30 days · agents on 12
Paper is a design tool built on real HTML and CSS. In September I was designing and building this portfolio from scratch, and I wanted to explore quickly across a wide range of options, which Paper handled better than Figma could have.
paper.design -
Plannotator
Agent infra
On screen 14 of 30 days · agents on 15
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Quill
Comms · Menu bar
Around 21 of 30 days
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Screen Studio
Create
On screen 7 of 30 days
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Screens
System
On screen 17 of 30 days
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Skills Desktop
Agent infra
On screen 4 of 30 days
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Slack
Comms
On screen 21 of 30 days
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Sublime Text
Code
On screen 29 of 30 days
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Supercharge
Utilities · Menu bar
Around 14 of 30 days
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Tailscale
System · Menu bar
Around 17 of 30 days
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Text Diff
Notes
On screen 5 of 30 days
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tldraw
Design
On screen 12 of 30 days · agents on 4
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Typeface
Design
On screen 14 of 30 days
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Updatest
Utilities · Promoted
On screen 11 of 30 days
Updatest checks the apps on the Mac for updates and installs them from one place. It is an app for updating apps, which makes it an odd thing to find on a list of the tools I use.
updatest.app -
Variant
Design
On screen 13 of 30 days
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Zen
Browse
On screen 13 of 30 days
Zen is a Firefox-based browser that I hoped would replace Arc. It came close, apart from how much memory it takes.
zen-browser.app
What changed
60 tools · 1 new · 8 promoted · 0 demoted
New this month
Software installed this month.
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GenMotion
On screen 7 of 30 days · agents on 4
Promoted
Software previously installed that was on screen three or more days.
Demoted
Software previously on the list that was now under three days of screen time.
Nothing to compare yet. This is the first issue.
Most used
By days on screen.
| Rank | Tool | Days | Windows, of 1,291 | Share |
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| 1 | ChatGPT | 30 | 958 | 74% |
| 2 | Alfred | 29 | 659 | 51% |
| 3 | Sublime Text | 29 | 166 | 13% |
| 4 | Figma | 28 | 544 | 42% |
| 5 | Claude | 28 | 541 | 42% |
| 6 | Ghostty | 28 | 237 | 18% |
| 7 | CleanShot X | 28 | 187 | 14% |
| 8 | Antinote | 27 | 135 | 10% |
| 9 | Arc | 25 | 835 | 65% |
| 10 | 1Password | 24 | 53 | 4% |
How this is counted
These counts are compiled from a range of sources and represent which apps were frontmost on my MacBook during the month.
Only tools that appear on three or more days get a tile on the table. This includes some tools that only agents ever use. What changed also lists the ones that fell under three.
A note about my usage may accompany a tool, when merited. Usually those notes will be an explanation for why the tool rose or fell. Or it might be a tip. You’ll just have to read them to find out.