It is quite incredible how a few cool mac apps can transform your Mac’s usefulness and appeal, by either giving you increased productivity, a cool, exciting new look or maybe a refreshed, streamlined efficiency work platform that will allow you to use your Mac much more efficiently and enjoyably than before.

Without further ado, let us get straight into what we think is the top 7 list of cool mac apps.

7 apps that we think you must have on your Mac!

1. Airmail

Almost every one of us have multiple email accounts. You probably wouldn’t have a very reasonable answer if someone asked you why you would need more than one email but that is just the way it goes for the majority of us.

With Airmail for Macs, you can set up this brilliant mail client to capture mail from all your email accounts, in a client whose interface is an absolute charm to work with. The unified inbox can be a real blessing once you start to use it and don’t have the need to access all your emails separately, remembering all those login and passwords.

With drag and drop versatility, group conversations, a very, very interactive UI, custom notifications, advanced searching and several shortcut enabled commands, this mail client has all the bells and whistles that you can dream of and then some more!

A must have even if you have just two email accounts!

2. f.lux

This is a brilliant app when you really think about the thought process that went into its creation. Here’s the thing. Most computer screens, yes, even your beautiful retina displays, are designed to be astonishingly bright, allowing you to view crystal clear pictures during the day.

However, after nightfall, your awesome retina display is probably doing more damage than good to your eyes that struggle to adjust with the sharp brightness of your Mac’s display.

This is where f.lux comes in. It is free software that uses your internet connection to track when the sun goes down in your neck of the woods. Once the sun is down, f.lux will automatically add a orange hue to your computer screen, a hue that reduces eye strain by astonishing levels.

You really have to try it to believe it! With several custom settings, you can find just the right screen that will allow you to work away at your Mac, all night, without making your eyes water.

3. Pocket

Do you remember the last time you came across something very interesting on the web but just didn’t have the time to read it, watch it or listen to it? While most of us always swear to ourselves that we will find that piece of content again, we never do, thanks to our fried memories that have several other maybe more important things to attend to.

Enter Pocket, an app that is essentially a “Do it Later” app. Though there are several apps that allow you to easily bookmark articles for you to read later, Pocket goes the extra mile, allowing to quickly remember YouTube videos, audio tracks and of course articles and blog posts so you can easily enjoy them later.

Pocket was listed as one of App Store’s best of 2012 apps and is also an App Store’s Editor’s Choice award app. Can’t go wrong with credentials like that!

4. Clean My Mac

By far the best maintenance app for your Mac, Clean My Mac goes above and beyond just maintenance. It is an app that can free up disk space, uninstall useless apps, clean up your iPhoto folder, remove large and old files and allows you to enjoy a Mac that works faster and cleaner, without all the clutter, loading beach balls and general frustration that you can experience with a Mac that hasn’t been maintained or cleaned up at all.

Available for a free trial, Clean My Mac is definitely worth an install as it will always keep your Mac running light-footed, requiring all but a couple of clicks from you.

5. Open Office

Open Office is, believe it or not, the equivalent of Microsoft Office or iWork, but for free. Yes, for free! While you might find it hard to believe that anything can replace Microsoft Office or the iWork suite from Apple, both of which you have to pay quite heftily for, the fact of the matter is that Open Office is as good as if not better than software from the Microsoft or Apple stables, without a price tag.

It is open source (FREE) and continually improved, with an advanced word processor (Writer), spreadsheet software (Calc) , presentation software (Impress), 3d illustrator (Draw), database creator (Base) and even a advanced Math equation generator (Math).

6. Fotor Photo Editor

Is iPhoto not quite cutting it for you? Try Fotor Photo Editor on for size! Offering more advanced photo editing tools than iPhoto, Fotor is surprisingly easy to use as well, giving you several fantastic features like as many as 13 one touch enhancement options, easy effect and borders applications, tilt-shifts and a UI that is fully optimized to make the most of your Mac’s fantastic retina display, if you have it.

With an integrated share feature that quickly allows you to proudly show off your photo editing skills to all the major social networks, you just might get addicted to this app as you try to reinvent all your favorite photos.

7. Alfred

We are not sure if the people who created this app chose “Alfred” to sort of pay homage to a butler who loyally caters to you, as that is exactly what this app does – make your life a whole lot easier. It allows to do a lot of things with very simple steps, things that can be a tad too tedious to do without this app.

You can find applications, files, search for something quickly on the web, import workflows, search iTunes, sync with dropbox, perform fallback searches, export workflows and access your past clipboard pastes and snippets (very useful for coders).

Last but not the least, just like how you would probably have your way with your butler to dress and behave in a certain way, you can “theme” Alfred the way you want it to look on our Mac!

There you have it. Our list of cool mac apps that we hope you will enjoy. If you know of any more cool apps, please do let us know by using the comment box below. We look forward to it!