I’m on a quest. I want to find the absolute perfect utility for Mac users; the one software tool that has the most value to the most number of Mac owners. It’s easier said than done. Think of it this way. If you could have only one non-Apple utility on your Mac, what would it be?

The first and most obvious answer would be, “It depends.” Yes, it does, but there still must be a single Mac utility that would be high on the list of most Mac users. That’s what I’m after. My quest is not without some planning, effort, judgement, and criteria.

That’s a fair question and requires a qualified response. How would you define a utility on your Mac?

A Mac is made up of many files, but, generally, we could classify those files we interact with as documents, applications, or utilities.

A document is a file created by an application (or a file manipulated or modified by an application). An application creates a document. Mail is an application because it creates a document.

What about Safari? Yes, it can create a document, but the primary purpose is to rea