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While some apps come and go, I've found these to be the top apps I can't live without: - Raycast: Spotlight replacement, window management, and much more - Shottr: For better screenshots and copying text from images - Sip: Colour picker - Dropover: Drag and drop - Contexts: Command + Tab replacement (though seems like it might not be as well maintained these days) - Things 3: Todos - 1Password: Password manager - Notion I just finished a new setup and feeling pleased, but wondering what others are using and if there is something I should be trying! 256 comments (1 new)shareunsavegive awardreportcrosspost top 250 commentsshow all 256navigate by subscribe sorted by: best formatting helpcontent policy save [–]PeterGarrettChanting 47 points 22 hours ago Firefox and Bitwarden permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Special_Abrocoma4641 [S] 11 points 22 hours ago Oh yeah forgot to mention Firefox. Haven’t used Bitwarden before permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]CuriousAndOutraged 17 points 14 hours ago moved to Bitwarden after years using others, and asked myself why it took me so long to find this pearl... permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Silvestre074 3 points 14 hours ago Does it also can be used as a 2fa? permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Usurp4t0r 4 points 14 hours ago Yes permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]councilmember 1 point 8 hours ago What do you like about it? permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]veritas2884 3 points 7 hours ago Open source, self host-able permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply load more comments (1 reply) [–]ComputerSoup MacBook Pro (M1) 5 points 9 hours ago I love that the bitwarden app can be unlocked with touch ID permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]tornado99_ 0 points 8 hours ago Used to love Ffox, but Opera is so much better for window management. You have just 1 window and can switch between sets of tabs from simple icons on the sidebar. Amazing for having an uncluttered desktop. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]6ft9 [score hidden] just now Did you try Vivaldi? Excellent window/tab management. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Suspicious-Produce95 1 point 11 hours ago I prefer permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]feline99 74 points 22 hours ago Homebrew (it’s package manager, don’t know if it can be called an app) permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]bricked3ds 7 points 16 hours ago what homebrew packages do you install first on any new mac lol permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Andedrift 15 points 10 hours ago Oh-my-zsh permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]letsjustbefriendz 5 points 7 hours ago Absolutely love oh-my-zsh as a shell. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]chiralboots 1 point 3 hours ago I’ve been on Zim for a while now and it’s been great. Much leaner & quicker than omz for me https://github.com/zimfw/zimfw permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]PM_ME_Y0UR_BOOBZ 9 points 10 hours ago Docker, nvm, cmake, git, etc. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]bastibe 1 point 4 hours ago fish shell permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Maleficent_Fudge3124 7 points 12 hours ago* Any of you try tea? https://github.com/teaxyz tea is a unified packaging infrastructure from the creator of brew permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]luche 4 points 5 hours ago every morning while I'm checking email. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]klausness 10 points 21 hours ago I still prefer MacPorts. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]maxbucknell 1 point 14 hours ago Why? permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]taejavu 2 points 13 hours ago Homebrew doesn’t deal well with multiple users on the one machine. Macports is fine with it. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]kbn_ 2 points 4 hours ago Mac in general has that problem. It’s not like /Applications is a user-specific directory. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply load more comments (1 reply) [–]klausness 1 point 1 hour ago It handles dependencies better. Homebrew relies on MacOS’s versions of shared dependencies (such as Python) whenever it can. MacPorts will install the exact version that another program depends on and never rely on MacOS’s versions. The down side of this is that you may end up needlessly installing multiple versions of things. The up side is that you always use the exact requested version of a dependency, which makes conflicts less likely, and you don’t risk having an OS update break things. Also, until recently, Homebrew installed everything into /usr/local by default, which could potentially cause conflicts. I believe on Apple Silicon, it now uses /opt/local (same as MacPorts). permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]shadowpavement 89 points 22 hours ago I always get a program called Monolingual, to remove the unused languages from the system. It opens up about 4 gigs of space. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]MosesKyle [🍰] 6 points 18 hours ago ​ Sounds cool. I can't find anything online about support for M1 or M2 Macs. Just intel. Any ideas??? permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]mattbisme Mac Studio 1 point 2 hours ago Shouldn’t matter, Rosetta should handle it. Most things are structured the same in the system, regardless of architecture (homebrew being an exception). permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]HH93 1 point 2 hours ago just installed on my MBA M1 and it removed 225mb of unused languages. I didn't touch anything on the architecture tab though, as I wasn't sure permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]TechExpert2910 11 points 19 hours ago owo does it work on Ventura without disabling SIP? permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]shadowpavement 5 points 18 hours ago That’s a good question, and I don’t know. I haven’t tried it with Ventura yet. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Minimum-Name 16 points 17 hours ago* I'm trying it now. I'll let you know how it works out. Edit: Not really that great of space savings. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]mattsledge 4 points 17 hours ago Worked fine for me - it deleted 1.68 GB of files. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Minimum-Name 2 points 17 hours ago Interesting. It deleted even less on my MacBook Air. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]mattsledge 2 points 17 hours ago It also deleted the languages from Microsoft Office, and that took up a good chunk. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Minimum-Name 7 points 17 hours ago Ah, I don’t have any MSFT applications installed. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply load more comments (1 reply) [–]IamVerrrryPoor 3 points 13 hours ago 450mb is a lot if you have a 256 gb mac 😭 permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Minimum-Name 2 points 6 hours ago My MacBook Air M1 is a second hand 128gb educational model so I know where you’re coming from. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply load more comments (1 reply) [–]Davidthejuicy MacBook Air (Intel) 1 point 7 hours ago Cocktail deletes way more way more! permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply load more comments (1 reply) [–]homelaberator 10 points 15 hours ago I'm the opposite. I enable all the language and download all the voices and then get different voices to read different stuff for comedic effect. Hours of entertainment. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Special_Abrocoma4641 [S] 1 point 22 hours ago Oh wow that’s awesome! permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Silvestre074 0 points 20 hours ago Awesome permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]dontmindme12345 1 point 13 hours ago Awesome! 2 gigs removed for me permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]tunghoy 1 point 10 hours ago That's cool, but when I went to Github, the latest version was 4 years old. Have you tried it on Ventura? permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]hehrherhrh 1 point 9 hours ago It gives problems with adobe software so I never used it again permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]smithairport 1 point 8 hours ago Thanks for reminding me … used it for years. Lost it. Forgot about it. Will add it. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]trammeloratreasure 32 points 21 hours ago AdGuard. I can’t use the internet without an ad blocker. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Minimum-Name 2 points 5 hours ago Setup a PiHole and never look back. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]JoyRide008 2 points 5 hours ago but what if you are browsing away from home? I have AdGuard DNS running on a Mac mini at home but I use Wipr on my machines so I can have a cleaner web on the go permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Minimum-Name 1 point 5 hours ago I use Wipr when I’m off my network and CloudFlare WARP. When I’m on my network, I don’t use either as I have upstream DNS set to CloudFlare with malware blocking as well. No ads on any of my devices. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]graflig 1 point 3 hours ago Tailscale is what I use for this permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]_horsehead_ -21 points 18 hours ago You can use browsers (such as Brave) which blocks all ads by default! :) permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]bricked3ds 23 points 16 hours ago hey maybe they just really wanna use Safari permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]_horsehead_ -23 points 16 hours ago Well I mean if people insist on getting tracked I can’t stop them, that’s their freedom of choice 😂 permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]bricked3ds 30 points 16 hours ago brave sucks, they got that crypto shit built in you can't turn off and it overall uses way too much ram. firefox with extensions is way better. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]_horsehead_ -21 points 16 hours ago You can turn it off, I managed to turn it off permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Weak-Jello7530 22 points 14 hours ago Brave is a web browser from an ad company. Firefox is a browser from a non-profit organization. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply load more comments (2 replies) [–]SourceScope 9 points 13 hours ago You shouldn't have to. lol. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]EttVenter 8 points 14 hours ago Or they just don't want to use Brave. There's no need to build straw men like this. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]CuriousAndOutraged 2 points 14 hours ago I installed uBlock origin on Brave, just in case. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]JimmyTheHuman 27 points 19 hours ago Bettertouchtool - window snapping, touchpad tweaks. ITsyscal (why the hell isnt this built into macos yet?). Little snitch - block these apps from sharing and tracking your data Airbuddy - profiles for different sets of headphones and alarm to charge your devices as they get low. Newsflash - a SIMPLE news reader. Signal - secure cross platform imessage equivalent, all the android owners i know use it. Appcleaner permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]RVNSN 16 points 18 hours ago Little snitch This program can not be suggested enough, absolutely first thing to install! If only they also made a windows version *sigh*. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]M-2-Marek 9 points 12 hours ago Lulu > it is free alternative permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]coladoir 6 points 13 hours ago https://www.glasswire.com/ permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]RVNSN 1 point 6 hours ago I have installed that but haven't gotten into it much. Netlimiter is pretty decent, Little Snitch is still better, and Netlimiter is subscription based, whereas LS is one time purchase (once needed to pay to upgrade because of a new comp/os). Even after the trial expires, you can still use Netlimiter, but the block permanently feature is not available. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]BobbybinoMacbook Pro 8 points 17 hours ago Signal - secure cross platform imessage equivalent, all the android owners i know use it. "Your" android owners come from an entirely different cross-section of the population than "my" android owners. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]bricked3ds 3 points 16 hours ago if you know any android users willing to put in some extra legwork (and some money to buy an old mac mini) highly recommend checking out AirMessage they have an accompanying android app that lets you use imessage on android by forwarding the messages through a mac mini. or any mac really. I use it myself to get iMessages on my windows PC when i'm gaming off the mac permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]JimmyTheHuman 2 points 15 hours ago I'm intrigued, please tell me. Dont the trendy kids like it? permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]bricked3ds 1 point 3 hours ago Signal is just another messaging app but the developers have been really vocal about their end to end encryption and security. It’s like WhatsApp but not owned by Facebook/Meta. Really popular in other countries besides the US. Second to WhatsApp but it’s growing in market share as more and more people move away from Facebook. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]coladoir 3 points 13 hours ago an alternative to little snitch is LuLu. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]wuhkay 15 points 21 hours ago If you have a Mac with the notch, or just want a cleaner menubar, Bartender is lovely. I also enjoy iStat menus. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]EttVenter 5 points 14 hours ago Bartender is lovely If you don't want to pay for this, you can use Hiddenbar. I'm a bartender user myself, but Hiddenbar does the job too. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]dlccyes 1 point 9 hours ago You don't have to pay tho, just ignore the popup permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]EttVenter 2 points 9 hours ago OMG really? Hahah. My bartender license was bought for me by a kind stranger on Reddit, so I have no idea how it works when it isn't licensed. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]dlccyes 2 points 9 hours ago Lol what how can I meet this kind stranger permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]EttVenter 2 points 8 hours ago I know right? Dude saw a screenshot of mine with a bust menubar and decided I need bartender and bought me a license. This must’ve been 8 years ago, and it’s lived on my Mac ever since. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]MasterGamer9595 2 points 6 hours ago i use, stats, its like istat menus but free and the dev adds almost every feature that is requested! permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]hetty_sorrel 14 points 18 hours ago First installs for me are apps from Mac security guru Patrick Wardle (Objective-See). At minimum I always install Oversight for camera/mic monitor and Lulu for outbound firewall. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]DavidthejuicyMacBook Air (Intel) -3 points 7 hours ago Patrick Wardle Ahhhhh yes. Let's download freeware from the NSA spook permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]LavaCreeperBOSSBMacbook Pro 36 points 18 hours ago AlDente AltTab Amphetamine AppCleaner Bartender 4 Batteries CleanShot X Duplicate File Finder Handbrake Keka Maccy Microsoft Edge Mist MonitorControl Pock Rectangle Speedtest Transmit permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Silvestre074 7 points 14 hours ago Descriptions ? 🥹 permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]DarkerMyLove 26 points 14 hours ago ChatGPT to the rescue! Here's a brief description of each of the Mac apps you mentioned: AlDente: AlDente is a timer app that helps you cook pasta perfectly by providing recommended cooking times for various pasta types. AltTab: AltTab is a productivity app that enhances the macOS app switching experience. It allows you to quickly switch between open applications using customizable keyboard shortcuts. Amphetamine: Amphetamine is a utility app that prevents your Mac from going to sleep, dimming the screen, or activating the screen saver. It is useful when you want to keep your Mac awake for a certain period of time. AppCleaner: AppCleaner is an uninstaller utility that helps you completely remove unwanted applications from your Mac. It ensures that all associated files and folders are deleted to free up disk space. Bartender 4: Bartender 4 is a menu bar management app that allows you to organize and hide menu bar icons on your Mac. It helps declutter your menu bar and provides easy access to the icons you need. Batteries: Batteries is a battery monitoring app that displays detailed information about your Mac’s battery health, status, and power usage. It helps you keep track of your battery’s performance. CleanShot X: CleanShot X is a powerful screenshot and screen recording app. It offers various capture options, annotation tools, and screen recording features to help you capture and share visual content. Duplicate File Finder: Duplicate File Finder is a utility app that scans your Mac for duplicate files and helps you delete them. It saves disk space by identifying and removing identical or similar files. Handbrake: Handbrake is a popular open-source video transcoder. It allows you to convert videos from one format to another, with support for various codecs and presets. Keka: Keka is a file compression and extraction utility for macOS. It supports a wide range of compression formats, including ZIP, RAR, 7z, and more, making it easy to compress or extract files and folders. Maccy: Maccy is a clipboard manager that keeps track of your copied text and allows you to access previous clipboard contents. It provides a history of copied items for easy retrieval. Microsoft Edge: Microsoft Edge is a web browser developed by Microsoft. It is available for macOS and offers features like tab management, privacy controls, extensions, and seamless integration with Microsoft services. Mist: Mist is a weather app that provides current weather conditions, forecasts, and radar maps. It delivers real-time weather information and helps you plan your activities accordingly. MonitorControl: MonitorControl is a utility app that allows you to control external monitor settings directly from the macOS menu bar. It enables adjustment of brightness, contrast, and volume on compatible monitors. Pock: Pock is a utility app that brings the macOS Dock to the Touch Bar of your MacBook Pro. It provides quick access to your favorite apps, system controls, and notifications on the Touch Bar. Rectangle: Rectangle is a window management app that offers advanced window resizing and positioning features. It allows you to easily organize and arrange open windows on your Mac's desktop. Speedtest: Speedtest is an app that measures the speed and performance of your internet connection. It provides accurate results for your download and upload speeds, as well as ping latency. Transmit: Transmit is a file transfer app for macOS that supports various protocols like FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, and Amazon S3. It allows you to securely upload, download, and manage files on remote servers. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Lucathebest39 19 points 10 hours ago Yeah that’s definitely AlDente 😭😭 permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]DarkerMyLove 11 points 10 hours ago And people worry AI will take over the world… Here’s the real AlDante in case anyone’s wondering https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/63002/aldente permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]traveler19395 9 points 9 hours ago AlDente: AlDente is a timer app that helps you cook pasta perfectly by providing recommended cooking times for various pasta types. All the other ones that I'm familiar with are reasonably well summarized, but it's way off on AlDente! It's a fairly new app, and ChatGPT data is from 2021. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]adelaide_flowerpot 4 points 13 hours ago Good bot permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]WhyNotCollegeBoard 5 points 13 hours ago Are you sure about that? Because I am 99.99933% sure that DarkerMyLove is not a bot. I am a neural network being trained to detect spammers | Summon me with !isbot | /r/spambotdetector | Optout | Original Github permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]moneybagsukulele 3 points 13 hours ago They identify as a bot. I would think that Reddit bots would be more inclusive 🙄. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]InadoverMacBook Pro (M1 Pro) 8 points 9 hours ago Actual descriptions instead of the AI garbage (only for the ones I know/use, though): Aldente: lets you control the max charge level of your mac, so that if it's surpassed, it will stop charging and use the charger as the power source, among other smaller features. It's like the native charging optimization but being actually useful. AltTab: It's the cmd+tab feature that lets you change between recents apps, but mixing some Windows features and, overall, being much, much better. Free and 100% worth the install. Amphetamine: Allows you to keep the screen awake and control various settings around it. It also has a helper app that, if you want, can prevent the macbook from going to sleep when you close the lid. Useful if you want to use it in clamshell mode but don't have the charger at hand or you want to avoid it from going to sleep if you disconnect the charger. AppCleaner: Uninstalls the app you chose and lets you choose if you want to delete files (and which ones) related to that app. Basically, like a deep cleaning of that app. Bartender: Allows you to hide menubar items. While there are a bunch of similar apps, I think bartender is the only one that in macbooks with a Notch will display a "fake" secondary menubar right below the original one when you want to see the hidden items. Batteries: I think it lets you show the battery level of bluetooth stuff in the menubar, as well as sending notifications when they reach critical levels CleanshotX: Advanced screenshot app. It has a ton of stuff and I love it, though it's a paid one. If you want a free alternative with many of its features (though it lacks all of the video related ones), try Shottr. Keka: App for managing compressed files, basically. If you need something better than the default (and very lacking) finder tool (I think it's Archive utility?), Keka is perfect for the job. Open source too. Microsoft Edge: Browser. Rectangle: Window manager. Basically to resize and move windows to ease the process of putting them side by side, tile them, etc. Free. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]donthavenick 1 point 14 hours ago According to Bard: AlDente: Controls charging speed of your MacBook to prevent battery damage. AltTab: Lets you switch between apps using the keyboard. Amphetamine: Keeps your Mac awake for a specified amount of time. AppCleaner: Uninstalls apps and removes all associated files. Bartender 4: Organizes menu bar icons. Batteries: Displays battery information for all connected devices. CleanShot X: Takes screenshots and screen recordings. Duplicate File Finder: Finds and removes duplicate files. Handbrake: Converts video files to different formats. Keka: Compresses and decompresses files. Maccy: A clipboard manager. Microsoft Edge: A web browser. Mist: A password manager. MonitorControl: Lets you adjust monitor settings. Pock: A system information widget. Rectangle: A window manager. Speedtest: Tests internet speed. Transmit: A file transfer app. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]traveler19395 4 points 9 hours ago Well right off the bat, Bard wins, because AlDente has nothing to do with pasta. It makes sense though, the ChatGPT data set is up to Sept. 2021 and AlDente is pretty new. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]jadenalvin 1 point 3 hours ago Mist is not a Password Manager it's a firmware donwloader for macos permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Maleficent_Fudge3124 -1 points 12 hours ago Why Bartender over HiddenBar? Is Amphetamine different than KeepYouAwake? Microsoft Edge wtf? Ever try Dupeguru instead of Duplicate File Finder? permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]LavaCreeperBOSSBMacbook Pro 3 points 3 hours ago I can click the bar instead of a button More customizability I can use Bing Chat and get the rewards points No and I don’t necessarily want to since duplicate file finder is a native app and works good for what I want permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Maleficent_Fudge3124 [score hidden] 42 minutes ago Fair answers thanks for replying permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]KakaakoKid 11 points 19 hours ago Default Folder X.... It's been available for many years (decades would be my guess) and is still regularly updated. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]SmokingFromage 4 points 8 hours ago that shit is so ugly 😂 permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]DavidthejuicyMacBook Air (Intel) 1 point 7 hours ago Default Folder X For real Path Finder is way better permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]SmokingFromage 1 point 5 hours ago finder needs a UI/UX face lift thats for sure. i like that its still barebones and rudimentary, but i can't understand why we don't have file/folder pinning, path view, and a search that actually works permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply load more comments (1 reply) [–]funnelbc 3 points 15 hours ago Another vote for Default Folder X - absolutely essential install. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Silvestre074 3 points 14 hours ago What does desfilar folder x do? permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]DaBigJoe1023 8 points 17 hours ago Xcode command line tools permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]bricked3ds 2 points 3 hours ago and brew permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]DaBigJoe1023 2 points 2 hours ago This is the way permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]ccalabro 21 points 20 hours ago App cleaner permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Special_Abrocoma4641[S] 2 points 16 hours ago What does it do? permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]ccalabro 11 points 16 hours ago Removes an installed app but cleans up all the leftover files that remain also so it’s completely gone. Dragging app to trash doesn’t do this. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]AustraliaActs1986 6 points 19 hours ago Karabiner, because I need my custom shortcut keys. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]EttVenter 3 points 14 hours ago Meteorologist I'm kind of shocked at how far I had to go before I found this. Karabiner is probably the most important app on my mac. The control it gives me and the ability to set up amazing shortcuts is priceless. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]throw_away_17381 2 points 9 hours ago the only thing I hate about firefox is I can't configure Next Tab and Previous tab to be Cmd+ left/right arrow. Can Karabiner do that? permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Majjki 1 point 4 hours ago Yes, you can do that. Karabiner will let you have different keybindings depending on what window/application you have focused permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]bricked3ds 1 point 3 hours ago I used to use karabiner to get to the F keys much faster on a touchbar mac, solid program permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]0000GKP 23 points 22 hours ago 1Password so I can get into everything else. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Silvestre074 4 points 20 hours ago Is better than iCloud chain? permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Responsible-Bread996 23 points 18 hours ago I never really used keychain since it doesn’t work with third party browsers permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]PeterDTown 2 points 14 hours ago Yes. BitWarden is a solid choice too. Both infinitely better than keychain. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]A_SnoopyLover 2 points 13 hours ago How so? permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]pacogavavla 12 points 11 hours ago From my point of view, Keychain might be OK if you only ever use Apple devices. If you have even one device that runs on Windows, Android, or Linux, a cross-platform password manager becomes essential. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]TangoDua 2 points 7 hours ago In fact, iCloud Keychain is now accessible on Windows via Apple supplied program and extension. Works well, and you can create new passwords. Only negative for me is that it doesn't work for passkeys, which is likely to be an issue in future. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]SmokingFromage 2 points 7 hours ago lmao how is it infinitely better. all your reasoning is because it's a closed system- which doesn't mean anything for features. keychain has the power of the apple ecosystem which is actually infinitely better than any password manager and safer. noones hacking into keychain anytime soon but password managers are and have been targetted many times. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]TexButtery 1 point 8 hours ago Cross-platform, but also can have a separate password from your device. If someone gets into your phone, they can't get into your passwords. It also stores a lot more than passwords. I have my id in there, copy of passport, credit cards with all related info (phone number on the back), secure notes. Been using it since 2011. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]djames4242 1 point 4 hours ago I’ll add that Keychain is fine for basic password management, but 1P adds and integrates 2FA. It also allows storing bank account details (not just credit cards), membership numbers, secure notes, software licenses, and so on. It also catches reused passwords and alerts when account details may have been compromised. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Lance-Harper 4 points 16 hours ago BTT permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]iaregraeme 3 points 10 hours ago This thread rules. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]bricked3ds 7 points 16 hours ago* Rectangle - Windows like window management with snap areas Shifty - Control nightshift (on and off and a slider) in the menubar iStat menus - I use it to look at memory and cpu usage and cpu temps in the menu bar Klack - emulates the sound of a mechanical keyboard Bartender - easily hide and reveal menubar items and even adjust the spacing to cram more in there. 1password - me too lol shottr- also me too MonitorControl- use the native DDC/CI of external monitors to control their brightness and contrast and volume through the menu bar rather than the physical monitor controls NameChanger - really powerful batch file name editing utility Soundsource - per app volume control just like windows Amphetamine - mac sleep utility (keep mac awake for a set time, and even jiggle the mouse too) IINA - VLC/Quicktime/video player alternative KEKA - unarchive utility (it opens rar and 7z, i used to have troubles with the native mac unarchiver crashing or hanging on zip files. never a problem with keka) Screens for mac - Mac VNC utility, i use it to remote into my headless mac server and the phone version to connect from outside my network. it has way more features than the native apple screen sharing app 4k video downloader - i bought the license on a black friday sale after using the trial version for so long. it's a really good video downloader app that works on a ton of different websites. way faster than those website youtube downloaders and has more options like saving subtitles and automatically converting AV1 to mp4 Media human audio converter - convert audio files. I usually use it to turn FLACs into v0 mp3s Suspicious Package - scope out package files BEFORE you install them, warns you if i a package does anything sus to your computer Apparency - the same as the previous one but with apps app cleaner - deletes apps and all their extra files hidden in the library folder ​ ​ bonus time - safari extensions: adguard for safari - ad blocker sponsor block - almost like TiVo for youtube. it skips through the built in sponsor segments that youtubers put into their videos. (cross buy with ios/ipad) dark night - darkmode alternative to darkreader. it's also crossbuy with iOS/ipad pipifier - adds a PIP button to the tool bar to PIP any video on any site usercripts - lets you use userscripts in safari. (main one i use is anti-adblock killer and a twitch adblocker) permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]SmokingFromage 3 points 7 hours ago Your list is elite imo . ive been a mac user for so long and never heard of Shifty. Thats unbelievable . and some of the others are incredible too. thank you ! permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]bricked3ds 2 points 3 hours ago happy to help! 😄 I got some from Reddit recommendations over the years and a lot from SnazzyLabs on YouTube. He makes this video series where he just goes through mac apps he wants to showcase. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]seb_red_ 2 points 7 hours ago PiPifier never worked reliably for me. But you can right click the speaker icon in the URL bar and there‘s an option for PiP. Otherwise I can highly recommend Baking Soda, which forces every website to use the native macOS media player, which has a PiP button and often allows downloading videos. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Ultim8Chaos06MacBook Air (M1) 9 points 18 hours ago* How I install apps on a new machine is as follows: First, open terminal.app & install homebrew /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)" Next download --cask (via homebrew) to install apps via homebrew brew install cask Next open Safari.app as it is the only web browser installed, find my GitHub gist named applications.txt (need to update) Save the file, then inside terminal again, run xargs brew install < applications.txt Whereever you saved that file (i recommend doucments) do the following: Next open rew install < '/Users/{user}/Documents/applications.txt' This command reads the list of applications from the applications.txt file and passes them as arguments to the `brew install` command using the xargs utility. This will allow you to install multiple applications with a single command. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Special_Abrocoma4641[S] 4 points 18 hours ago Wow this is rad. Will need to do this for next time, the manual installation really takes a while permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Ultim8Chaos06MacBook Air (M1) 4 points 18 hours ago It really is pretty cool, you can use the following command ls search /opt/homebrew/Caskroom/ To see ALL installed apps via homebrew, alternatively, you can use brew ls to search EVERYTHING installed via homebrew (casks & formula) Anyway, what I'm saying is homebrew is powerful! permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Special_Abrocoma4641[S] 1 point 17 hours ago Mine for next time :p https://gist.github.com/NicHaley/9cca8f5eececcc7a8c0a896f86c186b2 permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]davidolrik 2 points 9 hours ago You should checkout Homebrew bundle and create a Brewfile instead. That will let you install both stuff from brew, casks and Mac AppStore apps in one go. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Ultim8Chaos06MacBook Air (M1) 1 point 9 hours ago I totally didn't forget that was a feature... I knew it, I was just testing you! 🤣 You would still need to upload it to GitHub or another streaming service, but that makes it way faster + installing formulae is very useful. Thanks for the reminder! permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]davidolrik 1 point 9 hours ago No worries 😁 You would probably also like Chezmoi for managing all your config files as well. You can then have Chezmoi install everything you need, except for a small shell script with Homebrew etc. to bootstrap it all. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply load more comments (1 reply) [–]Particular_Trifle816 3 points 19 hours ago swish permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Special_Abrocoma4641[S] 1 point 17 hours ago How log did it take you to get into it? I tried it briefly but it didn't immediately click for me. Also not sure if it's worth using when using a mouse? permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Particular_Trifle816 1 point 17 hours ago Oh yeah it's amazing if you use the trackpad/gestures Idk if too useful if you always use mouse permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]FuckBruceArians 3 points 19 hours ago Copy Clip. Copy Paste History TextSniper. grab text on screen via screenshot. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]BobbybinoMacbook Pro 3 points 17 hours ago I'm not sure which apps I copy over first. I leave that up to Migration Assistant. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]M-2-Marek 3 points 12 hours ago Why do you need separate color picker app when you already installed Raycast? There is an extension just for that... permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]TigerKR 7 points 19 hours ago 1Password for password management Backblaze for offsite backup BetterSnapTool for window snapping and resizing Brave Browser for web browsing (with extensions: 1password, dark reader, privacy badger, duckduckgo, adblock) iStat Menus for menubar CPU, RAM, SSD, NET info at a glance itsycal for menubar access to calendar Little Snitch for outbound firewall Malwarebytes for real-time protection Meteorologist for menubar weather data PopClip for iOS like copy, paste, and other shortcuts ProtonVPN for privacy, adblocking, and malware prevention SteerMouse for trackball button and mouse speed customization Todoist for to-do lists permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]vingeran 2 points 19 hours ago Things is just my favourite, but I use it on my phone. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Numerous-View 2 points 18 hours ago Mine are following: Microsoft 365 (shared family license - Word, Excel, Powerpoint, OneNote, Teams - not Outlook) Keka (compression/decompression) Microsoft Edge Bitwarden (free password manager) Itsycal (free menu mini calendar) Onedrive (Included in MS 365/ cloud storage/sync) Shottr (free screen capture) OnyX (free system maintenance) Rectangle (free window management) Raycast/ Afred (free search version) Zoom (free version) Foxit reader (free PDF reader - just to use callout annotation) permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]WingedGeek 2 points 18 hours ago Acrobat Pro Office BBEdit CleanText Viscosity Firefox Things Endicia The Equity font Gimp NextCloud CyberDuck My terminal preferences My SSH keys and .config file Brew permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Perfect_Revenue7473 2 points 17 hours ago Boom 2 / Boom 3D permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]osures 2 points 17 hours ago - Linear Mouse - Rectangle - Chrome, Edge and Firefox - yt-dlp with dependencies like ffmpeg - homebrew - Xcode command line tools and other dev stuff permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]EvlG 1 point 7 hours ago Linear Mouse is a life saver! permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Osama_Omar 2 points 15 hours ago* Try the Arc browser! Also, rectangle. Coming from windows, I really appreciate having easy to use window snapping Edit: here’s an invitation link to Arc. 5 uses left. https://arc.net/gift/m/969cbc14 permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]not-a_lizard 1 point 4 hours ago Yes I also recommend Arc! And rectangle is nice. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]PeterDTown 2 points 14 hours ago BetterTouchTool HyperDock permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]dfjdejulio 2 points 7 hours ago Of the apps you listed, just 1Password for me. I also install Homebrew relatively quickly, partially to get Emacs on there. Been using that as a text editor since the late 1980s, no reason to change now. Let's see, what else... Reeder, and some VM or emulator software, which changes over time. (Back in the PowerPC days, I installed VirtualPC. For a while, I installed VMWare. Now that I have an M1 mac, it's been Parallels.) Oh, yeah, Steam and GOG Galaxy, those too. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]DavidthejuicyMacBook Air (Intel) 1 point 6 hours ago Give Text Mate a 10 minute chance, and I promise you'll never go back to Emacs: https://macromates.com/ permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]dfjdejulio 1 point 4 hours ago* Many text editors have been recommended to me over the years, and none have really gotten me to switch. I'm pretty sure I have tried TextMate before, and "Sublime Text", and SubEthaEdit, BBEdit, and many others. More power to the people who like 'em, but I keep going back to Emacs myself. (I don't always want a GUI, and it works with many operating systems with nothing more than a local terminal emulator.) EDIT: I will try it again, just in case recent versions have added something that pushes me over the line. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]FreQRiDeR 2 points 19 hours ago Homebrew, Lulu. Probably test Ableton Live first and foremost. :) permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]jtvliveandrawMacBook Pro (M1 Pro) 2 points 19 hours ago BitDefender and BitDefender VPN. Wipr with Wipr Extra disabled. Magnet. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Film32 2 points 18 hours ago Is there any reason to disable Wipr Extra? permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]jtvliveandrawMacBook Pro (M1 Pro) 2 points 16 hours ago Two reasons. First, all it does is block YouTube ads, and I don’t need that. Second, it requires Wipr to be able to check the contents of web pages, which is a privacy risk. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]meta_mon 2 points 14 hours ago You can enable ‘extra’ on YouTube only. Does the trick for me. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]agent007bond 1 point 17 hours ago AltTab (by lwouis) and Tiles (by Sempliva) Mock me all you want, but window management in Windows is miles ahead for productivity. macOS has a lot of catching up to do. And no, I don't want "Genie effect". I want proper maximize and minimize controls. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]EttVenter 1 point 14 hours ago Tiles (by Sempliva You tried Amethyst? I've used pretty much all the window managers, and amethyst seems like a winner for me. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]agent007bond 1 point 14 hours ago I don't think I want that. It seems quite heavy on keyboard shortcuts and doesn't support snapping with the mouse (if it does, maybe it's rudimentary). Even the review video of Amethyst said to use Magnet (similar to Tiles) if you're a mouse-heavy user. So I guess Amethyst doesn't support dragging windows to the edges of the screen to snap them into corners or sides. And I don't want to remember a bunch of keyboard shortcuts for this. I like keyboard shortcuts but I reserve my memory of them for the more frequently used things. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Temponautics 1 point 11 hours ago Have you checked out Divvy? permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]agent007bond 1 point 11 hours ago Seems like a cool idea but it's not something I'm used to. I really don't need such complexity to arrange windows in a 36-cell grid (WOW!). All I really want is to throw a window to the screen edge/corner and have it resize to half or quarter of the screen. I can do some finer adjustments afterwards by simply resizing the edges closer to screen center. Also I rarely do this (I mean very rarely, like once in a blue moon), and I'm used to how it just works out of the box in Windows. So I just wanted that experience to be available in macOS. That's it. (Have you checked out Tiles?) permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]EttVenter 1 point 11 hours ago makes total sense. i’m a keyboard heavy user instead of mouse heavy, so amethyst makes more sense to me, but i get you! permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]SugarNewYork -5 points 21 hours ago Chrome. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]aerothony 0 points 14 hours ago As a programmer… Xcode! permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]torbenibsen -1 points 15 hours ago* Bitdefender. Then "Keep It" which is the database app where we keep all our data. Basically all the files you would otherwise put into the "Documents" folder. Much better for organizing, search, OCR. Then 1Blocker and the various non-Apple apps like PDF Expert, Affinity Designer, Notability and so on. - The data for these apps are already there. Either in "Keep It" or in the app's own iCloud folder. - Then CleanMyMac X. Then I just wait while everything synchonizes down from iCloud. I don't install a ton of helper apps. MacOS is enough for me. And because all data are in iCloud I don't use Migration assistant either. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Kraizelburg -1 points 14 hours ago Brave browser, coconut battery, app cleaner and office 2021 permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]themaddoc_ 1 point 18 hours ago On top of what people have said: Mos, Mounty, Lunar, VLC, Horo Also, why is there no timer on Mac lol permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]not-a_lizard 1 point 4 hours ago There is a good timer extension in Raycast permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Forsaken_Alps_2138 1 point 17 hours ago Paste and bartender permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Mike_Underwood 1 point 17 hours ago Onyx get utility, been using it for years now https://titanium-software.fr/en/onyx.html permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]phatty720 1 point 17 hours ago I always install TG Pro so I can monitor temperatures (usually CPU and battery) and also boost the fan speeds if I need it a bit cooler. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]faslane22MacBook Pro (M1 Pro) 1 point 16 hours ago Moom, BetterDisplay, Boom2D (careful not to blow your speakers) Qbitorrent and my vpn, and Adobe Suite. Those are my first installs, the res cone as I find em or need em. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]usernotfoundplstry 1 point 16 hours ago qbittorrent, VLC Media Player, Amphetamine, Plex, and Logic Pro. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Slight-Locksmith-337 1 point 16 hours ago* Appcleaner - for uninstalling apps & associated files CarbonCopyCloner - backup / copy files & disks Little Snitch - outbound firewall and network traffic monitor MacUpdater - for managing application updates The Unarchiver - you can guess what this does ;-) permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]rhconway 1 point 16 hours ago 1Password VPN Bartender TextExpander Switch browser search to DDG Brave permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]DavidthejuicyMacBook Air (Intel) 1 point 7 hours ago You'll like Rocket Typist way better than TE permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]megablast 1 point 16 hours ago Easyres to change rez of macbook screen. Make it higher. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Kumbala80 1 point 16 hours ago Jetbrains Toolbox permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]homelaberator 1 point 15 hours ago firefox and associated plugins permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Piipperi800 1 point 15 hours ago* iStat Menus Keka Pixelmator Pro Intel Power Gadget HandBrake permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Laicure 1 point 15 hours ago Onyx, AppCleaner, Copyless 2, MonoLingual then the specific ones like MS Office, etc permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]jerieljan 1 point 14 hours ago Homebrew, iTerm2 and AppCleaner permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]eightbillionofus 1 point 14 hours ago LibreOffice, Firefox, Gimp, VirtualBox, Audacity, VLC, HandBrake, Xcode, Thunderbird, Carbon Copy Cloner Edit: Also TG Pro permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]KatiesAlienAbduction 1 point 13 hours ago LuLu. I'll not allow apps to make outgoing connections without my permission! permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]jdb10 1 point 13 hours ago BetterDisplay - Custom resolutions, extra brightness, dummy displays, picture in picture, display overrides and more. Krisp - Magically cancels the voices of coworkers and family members talking in your background. Meeter - Join all your scheduled meetings directly from the menu bar. Get notification when meeting starts and join by clicking notification. Magnet - Magnet declutters your screen by snapping windows into organized tiles. Caffeinated - Caffeinated prevents your Mac from going to sleep, dimming your screen or starting the screensaver. Hidden Bar - Hidden Bar lets your hide menu bar items to give your Mac a cleaner look. Pure Paste - Pure Paste lets you paste as plain text by default. Free app by Sindre Sorhus. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]baretbh 1 point 13 hours ago* Appcleaner, batchmod., Steel series exact mouse and Karabiner Elements permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]SourceScope 1 point 13 hours ago I use mine mostly for school... but: Obisidan - best notes app. period. alttab (alt tabbing like in windows. mac defaults to tabbing between applications. alt tab includes multiple windows of the same app, and it even shows a little preview so you can see which window is which) spotx for mac (adblocked spotify) browser that isn't safari. (safari aint bad - its just not as good. i want proper extension support, and i also want to share my bookmarks between my windows pc, phone.. and the macbook) Rustdesk (for remotely using my windows pc, helping a couple of family members etc) I have planned on using a password manager - currently i just use the one windows made. it works nicely for me. Maybe ill give bitwarden a try. visual studio code, xcode etc Raycast (Spotlight search replacement which is pretty cool. ive only used it a tiny bit so far though. its still new) discord so im not sure which one i install first. i guess it depends. but these are the ones i install. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]HeartyBeast 1 point 13 hours ago MS Office permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]schacks 1 point 13 hours ago Homebrew, which I then use to install most everything else. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]forurspam 1 point 13 hours ago Touch-Tab and MiddleClick permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Smooth_Club_6592 1 point 12 hours ago OwlOCR (Free): Copy text in multiple languages from anywhere your eyes can see on the screen, not just media. Mos: For mouse users without Magic Mouse. Let’s you invert direction, adjust speed, etc. Alfred: It’s come to the point that I find my Mac unusable without Alfred. I find it more comfortable to use than Raycast. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]dsaddons 1 point 12 hours ago Magnet! Amazing program permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]ekirkim 1 point 11 hours ago NordVPN permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Gamer_Tekk08Hackintosh 1 point 11 hours ago Fish (For terminal) Rectangle (For Window Snapping) uBlock Origin (Adblock) Homebrew and MacPorts permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]throw_away_17381 1 point 11 hours ago PasteBot Popclip permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]CrispyCactii 1 point 11 hours ago Firefox, Sublime, Rectangle, Office365 and Teams (have to for work 😔), Tableau, EasyDataTransform, Amphetamine, Termius, VLC, zGallery permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]__builtin_trap 1 point 11 hours ago Vallum: much cheaper alternative to Little Snitch permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]dgorp 1 point 11 hours ago Brew permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]art0s-web 1 point 11 hours ago Brew, amethyst ❤ permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Bulky-Patience-6106 1 point 11 hours ago clash for Windows：better VPN，a rule-based network tunnel，in China permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]bigblackshaq 1 point 10 hours ago Magnet, FireFox, Mullvad, AlDente permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]UserXCIV 1 point 10 hours ago Magnet It simplifies window management, allowing you to easily organize and arrange windows on your desktop for efficient multitasking. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Nic2334 1 point 10 hours ago For me I always make sure GarageBand is installed and up-to-date as much as possible permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]ur_a_biznatch 1 point 9 hours ago Silicio (MiniPlayer I use for Spotify) permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]katleene 1 point 9 hours ago Yabai (tiling window manager) - https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]BerennErchamion 1 point 8 hours ago 1Password Alfred Wipr BetterTouchTool AppCleaner Hazel Devonthink Obsidian The Unarchiver Recently I’ve been using a lot Dato to replace Fantastical menu bar, and Hyperduck to replace my use for iCloud Tabs. Those will probably be in future macOS installs for me as well. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]ilikecorn500 1 point 8 hours ago Alfred - Spotlight alternative Hidden Bar - Hide menu bar items Rectangle - Windows-like window snapping eqMac - EQ for Mac audio, a paid subscription, but I use it a lot Firefox - my work browser of choice Chrome - my personal browser of choice Arc - a browser I’m trying to use more 1Password - password manager Mactracker - get detailed info on all Apple products I’m probably missing quite a few of my essentials, I’m not at my Mac right now. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Prophet_Comstock 1 point 8 hours ago Magnet permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]pinkpanter555 1 point 8 hours ago Little snitch permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Monkeythumbz 1 point 8 hours ago Default Folder X permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]asiledeneg 1 point 7 hours ago Emacs is the first one. Lots of config files to edit. Homebrew is next. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]banger030 1 point 7 hours ago MS Office Suite Craft (note taking app) Things 3 (to-do app) PDF Expert (Pdf app) Amphetamine (keeps the display awake - FREE) Shottr (screenshot taking app - FREE) Whatsapp for mac - FREE) Appcleaner (removes all apps better) Magnet (window management app - best app and almost for free) permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]mrjayviper 1 point 7 hours ago Home brew permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]paul_dsouza 1 point 7 hours ago Just came here to say I am a amazed that no one mentioned any photo/video management software. We take a lot of pictures and was wondering if it is better to do in on the laptop or through saas services like Google Photos? permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]DavidthejuicyMacBook Air (Intel) 2 points 6 hours ago What's your use case? I mentioned some down below in my comment. I'm a tool nerd so tell me what you're doing and I'll have the solution for ya permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]paul_dsouza 1 point 6 hours ago More around managing of tons of pics/videos, forwards from whatsapp groups etc. and needing a place where it can be de-duped, compressed (if possible) and shared online or casted to a smart TV and/or apple TV. We all use multiple OSs so it would have to be something that works with android/iOS/mac OS. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]DavidthejuicyMacBook Air (Intel) 2 points 5 hours ago If it's for business and you want the best this is the tool: https://cloudinary.com/products/digital_asset_management If you need something more low key, but it doesn't have optimizations: https://www.pcloud.com/digital-asset-management/ To convert and other optimizations in bulk you can check out this: https://software.charliemonroe.net/permute/ and this https://imageoptim.com/ permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]coupl4nd 1 point 7 hours ago Aldente!!!! Save that battery permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Luna259 1 point 6 hours ago None. Eventually Final Cut makes it on there permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]DavidthejuicyMacBook Air (Intel) 1 point 6 hours ago Buckle up. Part #1. Part #2 below. I'm Tweaking: Browserosaurus: A browser prompter for macOS. It allows you to select a browser every time you click on a link outside of a browser. Espanso: A cross-platform text expander, allowing users to define their own custom shortcuts. EtreCheckPro: A macOS utility to help detect issues and improve system performance. FAF-debug-2.4b14: Debug version of the Find Any File (FAF) app but can also search using scripts and javascript. FAF is a tool for locating files on your system. Find Any File: A utility for macOS that helps you locate files based on a variety of search criteria. (CAN BE RUN WITH ROOT SO YOU FIND EVERYTHING) Find Empty Folders: A simple utility for locating empty directories on your system. Geekbench 6: A cross-platform processor benchmarking tool, it measures your system's power and tells you whether your computer is ready to roar. ***: Simple app to tell you when your CPU is about to get throttled due to thermal issues LaunchControl: A launchd(8) service management GUI, it allows you to manage and debug system and user services on your Mac. PrefEdit: An application to manage nearly all aspects of the preference system contained in every macOS installation. TinkerTool System: A system maintenance tool, allows you to change advanced operating system settings. TinkerTool: An application that gives you access to additional preference settings Apple has built into macOS. Little Snitch: A host-based application firewall for macOS, can be used to monitor and control outgoing and incoming network traffic. Cocktail: A general purpose utility for macOS that lets you clean, repair and optimize your Mac. Macs Fan Control: It allows you to monitor and control almost any aspect of your computer's fans. Obsidian: A powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files. Rectangle: A window management tool that allows you to quickly and easily reposition and resize your windows. brew: Also known as Homebrew, it's a free and open-source software package management system that simplifies the installation of software on Apple's macOS. The Fuck: An brew package that corrects errors in previous console commands. MUST HAVE Tea: Package manager GUI for brew Textmate: A versatile plain text editor with a unique and innovative feature set. Intel Power Gadget: A software-based power usage monitoring tool enabled for Intel Core processors. iTerm2: An open-source replacement for Apple's Terminal and the successor to iTerm. It has many features that can increase productivity. Fig: Better than oh-my-zsh with way better features! Archives.prefPane: Preference pane in System Settings for managing archived files and how they are opened. I'm Grinding: WriteMage: ChatGPT based text editor / writing tool. Text Workflow: A powerful and easy-to-use tool that will help you transform your text. Text Workflow removes the need to perform repetitive tasks manually on your text. GPT 4 ALL: This seems to reference a tool or service leveraging GPT-4 AI model, but specifics are not clear. Firefox Nightly: A pre-release version of the Firefox web browser. It is updated daily and is aimed at developers and early adopters. Chrome Canary: The cutting-edge version of the Google Chrome browser, offering the latest features but can be unstable as it is a testing version. Screaming Frog SEO Spider: A powerful and flexible site crawler, able to crawl both small and very large websites efficiently. SEO Powersuite: A comprehensive SEO tool suite that combines several functions such as keyword research, link building, competitive analysis, and more. Slack: A team collaboration tool offering real-time messaging, file sharing, and powerful search. Element: A messaging app emphasizing end-to-end encryption and privacy. ImageOptim: A free and open-source macOS app that optimizes the images you feed it by reducing their file size. News Explorer (RSS reader): A newsreader application that supports RSS, RDF, Atom and JSON-Feed. SlideNotes or Slidepad: Both are note-taking / productivity tools that speeds up your workflow. Best NA #1: Nvidia GeForce NOW: A cloud gaming service that allows users to run games on server-based graphics cards and stream them to their devices. Shadow PC: A high-performance cloud-based computer system that can be accessed from multiple devices. Discord: A VoIP, instant messaging and digital distribution platform designed for creating communities and gamers. Logitech G Hub: Software for customizing Logitech G gaming devices, including mice, keyboards, and headsets. Setapp Apps: CleanMyMac X: An all-in-one package to optimize your Mac, it cleans megatons of junk and makes your computer run faster. CleanShot X: A macOS app that provides a superior screen capturing experience. Meeter: An app for managing and joining upcoming video calls from various providers that links with your calendars. Paste: A clipboard history manager for macOS, it stores everything you copy and keeps your clipboard organized across all your devices. Path Finder: A file browser that provides additional functionality and enhancements over the default macOS Finder app. PopClip: An app that appears when you select text with your mouse on your Mac, giving you context-specific actions such as copy & paste, plus extensions. Rocket Typist: A text expansion app that lets you store and replay frequently used phrases and templates. TextSniper: A macOS app that extracts text from images and other digital documents in seconds. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]DavidthejuicyMacBook Air (Intel) 1 point 6 hours ago Security Hacking: Apparency: A macOS utility that provides detailed information about application bundles, installer packages, and other types of files. Archaeology: Even a file in a well-known format often contains data blobs encoded in one of the other formats — such as an app's preferences property list, which might contain URL bookmarks or an archive of serialized objects. This will let you dig deep. KnockKnock: An application that reveals persistently installed software (e.g., kernel extensions, launch agents, etc.) in macOS. PermissionScanner: An app that can scan for files with improper permissions so you can fix them. SilentKnight: A utility for checking the status of security features and updates on macOS. Suspicious Package: An app for inspecting macOS installer packages (.pkg files) before you install them. Extra Command Line Tools: Apple Developer Profile: This refers to your profile on Apple's Developer portal, used for a variety of tasks including code signing, app submission, etc. X-Code Command Line: A set of tools that enable UNIX-style development within Terminal by installing command line developer tools, as well as macOS SDK frameworks and headers. 64BitConversion, Cocoa64.tops, ConvertCocoa64-aux tops, CoderFormatVerifier, ConvertCocoa64: Command-line utilities related for code conversion to take 32-bit apps to 64-bit. CrashReporterPrefs: A utility for setting preferences for crash reports. Help Indexer: Used to create Apple Help indexes. lORegistryExplorer: Explore the I/O Registry to fix errors and debug. OpenGL Driver Monitor and OpenGL Profiler: Tools for debugging and profiling OpenGL applications. PacketLogger: A tool that can log and monitor network packets. Network Link Conditioner.prefPane: A tool that lets you simulate different network conditions. There's a few more but I got tired of bolding and typing hahah. Let me know if you have any questions and I'll be happy to help ya out. permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]DavidthejuicyMacBook Air (Intel) 1 point 6 hours ago And if you're really into security, this website has everything you need: https://eclecticlight.co/ permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]mike-foley 1 point 6 hours ago The first thing I install on a new Mac. PopClip. PopClip appears when you select text with your mouse on your Mac. Instantly copy & paste, and access actions like search, spelling, dictionary and many, many more. https://pilotmoon.com/popclip/ permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]GenericUsername412 1 point 6 hours ago im just going to mention a few: iterm 2 brew rectangle alfred wechsel balance lock neardrop permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Hakiroto 1 point 5 hours ago I just set up a new Mac yesterday, and the first things I installed were: Raycast 1Password Backblaze Capture One NetNewsWire Bear Day One 1Blocker Things Amphetamine Visual Studio Code iTerm2 permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]AccumulatedFilthiMac (Intel) 1 point 5 hours ago Rectangle (Better Snap Tool) permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]3nc0d3d_ 1 point 2 hours ago I love Rectangle since I found it. Had Karabiner, but it wasn’t what I was looking for permalinkembedsaveparentreportgive awardreply [–]Kzukzu 1 point 4 hours ago Chrome 1Password Alfred permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]venicerocco 1 point 4 hours ago Itsical permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]kappesante 1 point 4 hours ago ps and ai typeface default folder vinegar wipr colorslurp local little snitch onyx permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]AustinBaze 1 point 3 hours ago 1Password manager I have been using since LastPass killed itself LaunchBar - Launcher I have been using since before spotlight got better SpamSieve - Bayesian spamkiller with 99% accuracy. killed 120k spam messages since 2014 TeamViewer remote desktop VLC media player that plays everything DropBox (v 174.4.5852 and I am NOT upgrading to "new"MacOS version) Also, I have a lot of appcrap I never use. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Yeah-I-didnt-reddit 1 point 3 hours ago Is there an app that will scan through system files on the operating system and see any have been deleted, or any need to be? Kind of like a virus scanner or some thing. I’ve been thinking about reformatting, just because I’ve had it for a while, but if there is something that will just replace files or let me know and maybe I can use that. It might be a total stretch; I don’t know jack about computers. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]markdecesare621 1 point 2 hours ago What's wrong with spotlight default? I feel like that's the highest praised feature of the modern macs today. I'm new to mac and I swear it's all I hear coming over to the - IMO - light side ;) permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Sebetter 1 point 2 hours ago* Karabiner Elements. I downloaded "maps buttons 5 to left desktop switch, 4 to right desktop switch" for this functionality: I use a mouse that has side buttons. I use mouse buttons 5 and 4 to change between apps. It's a really nice QoL feature for me that matches the functionality of the three-finger-swipe gesture on the trackpad for app switching. Bartender 4 -> tidies up the menubar. Maestral -> dropbox app replacer. Dropbox's client sucks ass and it hogs resources. Maestral is a lightweight replacement Scroll Reverser -> additional nice functionality with karabiner elements. 1Password -> my preference for password manager. Backblaze -> online backup solution. Using time machine as a network backup can be quite funky, and I don't like having an external drive on my desk at all times. Firefox -> I switched to firefox in uni because the citation manager I used, Zotero, had minimal support and functionality for Safari at the time. This has since been fixed, but now I don't really need Zotero. Additionally, installing and updating ublock origin on safari is a pain. That said, I'll stick with Firefox for as long as it continues to be a good browser that doesn't hog resources. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]theweirdcheesepersonMacbook Pro 1 point 2 hours ago Homebrew - amazing package manager Spectacle - even though it's really outdated now, best and simplest window tiler imo Firefox - web browser CopyClip - clipboard manager permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]3nc0d3d_ 1 point 2 hours ago Homebrew, Firefox, Rectangle (for tiling), R & RStudio, Slack, Word & Excel (the rest of Microsoft Office I use online) permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]soonwai 1 point 1 hour ago 1Password - Password Manager Aerial - Screensaver Alfred - https://www.alfredapp.com Bettertouchtool - https://folivora.ai Homebrew - Package Manager Fantastical - Calendar Little Snitch - Application level firewall Peakhour - Menu bar SNMP monitor Skitch - Screenshot & Markup Util Textsniper - Grab text off bitmaps Things - ToDo List *not including essential apps and cloud stuff. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]Dramatic_Law_4239 1 point 1 hour ago Keyboard Maestro and Cheat Sheet. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]billypigeons 1 point 1 hour ago Better snap tool is my go too always. permalinkembedsavereportgive awardreply [–]bpeezy789 1 point 1 hour ago One of my favorites is called rectangle. 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