Mac: You might know Parallels best as a tool to run Windows on a Mac, but the company also have a menu bar app called Parallels Toolbox that crams a bunch of utilities, like hiding the desktop and muting a mic, into a single app.
Parallels Toolbox is essentially a menu bar app filled a bunch of micro-apps. With it, you can:
- Block you camera, take a photo or start a recording a video
- Archive or unarchive a file
- Record your screen
- Take screenshots
- Set an alarm, date countdown, stopwatch or timer
- Convert a video
- Set a do not disturb
- Set your computer to not sleep
- Download a video by just dropping in the URL
- Eject all volumes
- Hide all the files on the desktop
- Lock your screen
- Mute your mic
- Record audio
Of course, you can do nearly all of this already in macOS, but it is handy to have all these utilities in a single menu bar app. You also can try Parallels Toolbox out for free for seven days to decide if you want to buy it.
Parallels Toolbox ($12.95)
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