macssential: One menu bar toolkit to fix macOS’s little everyday annoyances

macssential is a new menu bar toolkit for macOS that tries to bundle all the little “why is this like that?” quirks into one controllable panel. Each feature is a separate module you can toggle on or off, so you only enable what you actually need. Current modules include pinning the Dock to a specific display in multi‑monitor setups, giving mouse and trackpad independent scroll directions, extending key‑repeat speed beyond Apple’s default cap, redirecting and cleaning up screenshots, and repairing garbled filenames when unzipping archives with Japanese or Korean characters.

Compared with single‑purpose tools like DockAnchor (Dock control only) or Mos (per‑device scrolling), macssential’s pitch is consolidation: multiple small fixes in one native app, with a consistent UI. A key design choice is that it never writes permanent system defaults. All behavior changes live only while the app is running; quit it, and your Mac instantly returns to stock settings, which makes experimentation low‑risk. The app is free, open source, and targets macOS 14 or later. For power users, switchers from Windows, or anyone juggling multiple displays, it offers an appealing way to smooth out everyday friction without diving into Terminal commands and hidden preference panes.