While I was researching the best extensions for Google Chrome, I came across a supremely helpful article from Kyle Pearce over at DIYGenius.

In 2020, the necessity to effectively work remotely is crucial to productivity more than ever.

Here at Parallels, we refuse to pretend as if remote work is a new trend.

In 2019, the Business Harvard Review proved that remote employees are found to be more productive, have a lower chance of turnover, and are healthier in both their mental and physical well-being.

The team here at Parallels has researched far and wide to narrow down the most useful macOS apps for everyone who is working remotely.

Now, lets deep dive into how these macOS apps can make your work from home experience more productive.

While there are dozens of tools within Parallels Toolbox, I want to outline the specific tools used to help make my work from home life more productive.

The tools Alarm, Stopwatch, and Timer are all fantastic for time management.

During meetings, the Alarm Tool has found to be wildly helpful to stay on task individually, and I can present without continually looking at the clock and becoming distracted.

The Stopwatch tool in Parallels Toolbox is excellent when managing a large meeting.

This tool gives each presenter the same amount of time, making it helpful to be respectful of everyones time and collective voice.

The Timer tool has become necessary when it comes to time management because I give myself an allocated time for a task before moving to the next item on my to-do list.

The tool, Energy Saver, can be used automatically when disconnected from the charger or when you enable it manually.

Energy Saver consists of several different options to prolong a computers battery life by optimizing resource consumption such as pausing non-essential processes such as Spotlight indexing, AppStore updates check, and macOS updates check.

Additionally, Energy Saver is intelligent enough to eject external devices, pause Time Machine backups, and hide non-active (idle) apps.

It makes the hidden applications go to the built-in macOS App Nap mode, where they consume very little energy.

The Hide Desktop tool hides all the files, folders, and other icons on your desktop when youre doing a presentation, sharing or recording your screen, or taking screenshots with one click.

If youre worried about push notifications that you may have enabled, your Mac going to sleep, or distractions from bouncing icons in your macOS Dock, check out the Parallels Toolbox user favorite, Presentation Mode.

This endlessly helpful tool disables distractions for a better presentation experience.

The Presentation Mode tool can automatically detect external displays and turn them on, too.

Also available for Windows 10, but more Parallels Toolbox tools are available on macOS.

You can instantly enable more profound control your Mac with the Powerpacks third-party app integration such as iTunes, 1Password, Shell.

Plus, endless workflows and themes that make staring at your computer screen for 8-hours a day more enjoyable.

Still, theres a lot of power in Google Chrome that some primary users may not know about or be utilizing.

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