PowerBench - Small powerful tools in your menu bar!

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Howdy! I’m the creator of PowerBench, a free menu bar app that gathers the small power tools I kept wishing the Mac had, in one place. Everything is unlocked, with no account, no subscription and no tracking. If you’ve used PowerToys on Windows, some of it will feel familiar, along with a few things I haven’t seen anywhere.

What’s in it (each tool is off until you switch it on):

• Run: Option-Space opens a launcher for apps, files, System Settings pages, sums and unit conversions, and even the text inside your open windows.
• Screen tools: Color Picker, Text Extractor (OCR, done on your Mac), Screen Ruler, Zoom and Draw, and Window Mirror.
• Windows: Zones (snap layouts, Shift-drag), Workspaces, Reopen Closed Window in any app, and a Shortcut Guide for the app in front.
• Finder: PowerRename, Image Resizer, File Locksmith (what’s holding this file open?), New from Template, and one-click Print from the right-click menu.
• File Journal: a running log of every file moved, renamed or trashed, by any app, and you can undo any of them, even after a restart.
• Shortcut Coach: click a menu item that has a shortcut, and it shows you the keys.
• Awake, Mouse Tools, keyboard remapping, a Hosts editor, and Advanced Paste (clipboard history, plain text, Markdown, JSON).
• Stage: A different way to present to an audience with included tools and audience participation. Built with teachers in mind.

Details:

• System: macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon and Intel.
• Permissions: each one is explained before macOS asks, and only the tools you switch on ask for them.
• Privacy: nothing leaves your Mac unless you press Send on Report a Bug or Request a Feature.
• Guide: there’s a full user guide (PDF) on the download page.

Download: https://maketokeep.com/powerbench/


I love feedback and I hope you find this tool useful. My peers that switched from Windows kept clamoring for it and I am Pro Mac, so I made it.
Scott, Stone Technologies