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Recommend me some of your must have Mac apps

 

Hello everyone, just got my Mac last week, I’ve set it up and it’s ready to go, this is my first time using a Mac, can y’all recommend some must have apps and what they do, and if y’all have tips and general knowledge for new Mac user, I’d appreciate that too, ps: free apps are more preferable, thanks 🙏🏿

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sindresorhus•3mo ago

You may like some of my free apps:

 https://sindresorhus.com/apps/free

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Artiste212•3mo ago

I’m using a number of his free apps and a paid app and I love them all. Usually, they’re simple apps that do one or a few things very well. Highly recommended.

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JackWillSire•3mo ago

So this is you, the author of many of my favorite apps.

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Temporary-Ad-6002OP•3mo ago

Wow, that’s a lot of apps, thanks, I’ll share your link with anyone who needs them

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Luqqas66•3mo ago

Thanks. I found a couple of nice free apps. Right now, I’m paying for Dato. Thanks for creating it.

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EttVenter•3mo ago

Hey dude, I’ve been using a couple of your apps for a while! I didn’t know you made them all. I just went through your site and found one or two more. Thanks for all your hard work!

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BluesMaster•3mo ago

Search this sub with ‘favorite apps’:and you find plenty of great suggestions

 https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/search?q=favorite+apps&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all 

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Geartheworld•3mo ago

I think my post is gonna help you select some great and free apps

https://new.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/18qv7qw/a_collection_of_free_and_efficient_mac_apps_for/

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OwlBebula•3mo ago•Edited 3mo ago

Some of my recent faves:  Orion Browser  

Rectangle Window Manager  

HyperKey  

Alfred (not recent but I think is the app I could not live without now) 

Soulver 3  

AltTab 

Bartender 5 (not recent but I love it) 

Menu World Time (I work with 5-6 different time zones and this make it so easy to manage) 

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MaxGaav•3mo ago

• Thoroughly uninstall apps ()

AppCleaner free

• Window switcher ()

AltTab free

• Text expander ()

aText v.2

• Simple, easy-to-use word processor ()

Bean free

• Downloader/converter for many online video sites ()

ClipGrab free

• Check your battery health ()

Coconut Battery free

• Prevents your Mac from being stolen while you’re away ()

Clyde free

• Make folders colorful ()

Colorful Folder freemium

• Drag and resize windows freely ()

Easy Move+Resize free

• Advanced search tool ()

FindAnyFile freemium

• Show/hide menu bar items ()

HiddenBar free

• Modern media player for macOS ()

Iina free

• Mini calendar in menu bar ()

ItsyCal free

• Advanced file archiver ()

Keka free

• Software Update Checker ()

Latest free

• Window management ()

Loop free

• App updater for all your apps

Macupdater 

• Download Manager ()

NeatDownloadManager free

• Menubar calculator that supports text input ()

Numi free

• Clipboard Manager

PasteNow 

• Feature loaded PDF app ()

PDFgear free

• image viewer & video player ()

Pixea free

• Move and resize windows in macOS ()

Rectangle free

• Broadband speedtest ()

Speedtest free

• Bootable backups

SuperDuper! 

• Batch rename utility ()

Transnomino free

• Powerful browser picker ()

Velja free

• Navigation menu/s ()

XMenu free

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RemarkableAgent1350•3mo ago

In no particular order:

1Password

Raycast

Backblaze

Fantastical

ChatGPT (official)

Mimestream

Audio Hijack

SteerMouse

AppCleaner

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timmyboom•3mo ago

Curiousity question: I tried backblaze a few years ago and found my computer would always be running fans and the upload was molasses and seemed really not worth it as a tool. What has your experience been with the tool? And, why would you use backblaze as opposed to Drive or Dropbox?

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Tangbuster•3mo ago•Edited 3mo ago

Honestly, I think the must-have for a newcomer to macOS is probably a window manager. There are loads. My personal preference is for. I actually use Rectangle Pro since there are custom layouts with shortcut keys which I like for my workflow. There are alternatives such as Magnet, Swish, Moom and Wins. There are also quite a few examples of apps that have window management functionality amongst one of their many features: Keyboard Maestro, Raycast, BetterTouchTool, but I believe starting off with a simpler window manager at the beginning would be a good choice.

 Rectangle

Otherwise there are plenty of amazing apps. I couldn’t live without Alfred, Shottr or Maccy. But I think it’s wise to get to know the base OS for now and then supplant with utilities and apps that will plug in the areas you think need added functionality. Hidden Bar, Keyboard Maestro and Dato I would add to that list of must haves as well to be honest.

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empty23_•3mo ago

You can checkout, a Dock replacement that adds a lot of nice features. Especially if you are coming from Windows you might find it more convenient than the standard Dock.

 Sidebar

But I might be biased since I‘m the author :)

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aaronag•3mo ago

I believe you’ll be happier having something for these areas (with what I use and/or notesin parentheses):

Folder management (Hazel)

Menubar management (Bartender)

Clipboard Manager (maccy is free, versions come with Keyboard Maestro, BetterTouchTool, Alfred and Raycast, plus many many other standalone and package apps - use whatever you like, but avoid paying a subscription unless it’s for a feature you know you can’t get anywhere)

tab switching - (there’s AltTab, but also look into App Launchers in packages like Raycast - the native Spotlight sucks - and/or using Mission Control)

File Tree Explorer (Qspace - Finder sucks)

Network Firewall (Little Sneak - turn off backchannel communication, like to Qspace developers in China, if you’re working inclined)

Moving stuff around (Dropover - though I’m finding I use this less as I have more Hazel automations)

Also, if you’re a coder or otherwise technically inclined, kitty or iterm2 for a better terminal, and homebrew for CLI based application app downloading and uploading.

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lattepeach•3mo ago

Swish and Paste, almost feel like they should be native apps/functions to macOSx but unfortunately not

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antourage•3mo ago

I find PearCleaner quite useful

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BertOnLit•3mo ago

SoundSource, a “simple” audio mixer like the one in windows: you can lower the youtube volume while listening to a zoom call at max volume and mute the audio from apple music.

Basic stuff but IOS won’t allow you to do so with the vanilla os

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forurspam•3mo ago

Rectangle

AltTab

Touch-Tab

MiddleClick

All of them are free and open-source

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PercentageMajestic17•3mo ago

It kinda depends on what you want to do. But my go to free and paid softwares are:

BitWarden for Password management (But the Apple native one is good as well)

Firefox if you dont like Safari. I would avoid chrome at any and all cost from today due to them amking adblocking impossible.

If you have a messy download folder or desktop, I recommend Folder Tidy.

LuLu for more advanced firewall features. If you dont know why you would need that, then you don’t need it.

Foxit PDF Reader is nice.

FileZilla Pro if you ever need to move a large amount of files to and from DropBox, OneCloud Amason S3 etc.

DaVinci Resolve if you need a video editor and do not want to pay 299 for FCPX

For Photoshop replacement look at Affinityu Photo and Affinity Designer. Vectornator is good too.

DiskDiet for finding out what is eating up your diskspace. Or DaisyDisk.

Gemini 2 is great in finding duplicate files but if you want a free option go for DupeGuru.

Magnet for managing window tiling.

Loopback and SoundSource from Rouge Amoeba are the best tools you will get for managing sound and routing sounds. Must have for anyone creative like streamers, youtubers, musicians etc.

Scrivener for writing books, and doing research. Pages is nice but this is better, and it offline.

SimpleMind for mindmapping.

Alfred for better Spotlight (that’s what Search is called on Mac) results.

If you want to do any gaming and have steam games that are only Windows, then get GeForce NOW for streaming games to your mac.

that should get you started

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Dramatic_Law_4239•3mo ago

Keyboard maestro, cleanshot x

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EttVenter•3mo ago

KM is a non-negotiable for me at this point. I use it a million times a day.

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Mean_Economist_7357•3mo ago

I’ve found Hidden Bar quite useful

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hidden-bar/id1452453066?mt=12

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GeriatricTech•3mo ago

I’ll give you my complete suite I install on MacOS from another post.

Raycast, little snitch, bartender, betterzip, AltTab, dockview, amphetamine, scroll reverser, CleanShot X, Dropzone, MacUpdater, MonitorControl, New File Menu, OnyX, Parallels, Pastepal, Permute, Photomator, Popclip, Rectangle, Sensible Mouse Buttons, Sleeve, TextSniper, TG Pro, TinkerTool, TrashMe, Upscayl and all Proton apps.

These things all add up to make it an incredible experience.

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Temporary-Ad-6002OP•3mo ago

Thanks 😊

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FreQRiDeR•3mo ago

Homebrew, Git, command line tools (xCode) Adobe CS, FCP, Ableton Live, Logic.

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Erdapfell•3mo ago

Noir- dark mode for unsupported safari pages Middle- click-adds mouse middle click to trackpad Soundsource- change volume to every app separately

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No_Revolution1284•3mo ago

Whisky, Hush, Rectangle, BetterDisplay, AppCleaner and Maccy are good

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Medical_Time1567•3mo ago

Try this one

https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/18lai5m/i_built_an_app_hidden_under_the_notch_on_your_mac/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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IntrepidWatercress22•3mo ago

For me, Raycast is the ultimate choice. Many of the apps mentioned here are built into Raycast, and it’s free.

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Temporary-Ad-6002OP•3mo ago

Yep, I got raycast and I have to admit it’s a pretty awesome app

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MI081970•3mo ago

If you come from Windows tryAnd I am surprised that nobody mentioned FindAnyFiles

 taskbar 

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Temporary-Ad-6002OP•3mo ago

Ok, what does findanyfiles do?

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BonSim•3mo ago

Mos - To fix the issue with scrollbar when connecting external mouse Maccy - clipboard manager EqMac - Equilizer

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RenegadeUK•3mo ago

Checkout these posts:

https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1919nf1/what_are_your_favourite_apps_on_macbook/

https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/18mtpma/a_collection_of_keyboardfirst_mac_apps/

https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/18ltdcy/fun_little_apps/

https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/189nc0h/best_tweaking_apps/

https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1c0mo33/my_list_of_bestmost_useful_macos_apps_to_have/

https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/186atmk/favorite_apps_that_very_few_people_seem_to_know/

https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/198sjd9/what_mac_apps_surprised_you_by_becoming_essential/

Also keep an eye on this:

https://www.artisanalsoftwarefestival.com/

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No-Willingness469•3mo ago

Devonthink for organizing your important information in life. Paprika - by far the best recipe app around. syncs with iphone and ipad as well.

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vishalroygeek•3mo ago

This one :

 https://vishalroygeek.gumroad.com/l/nesleep

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ShameSuperb7099•3mo ago

Popclip

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Diirge•3mo ago

I’m probably biased as the developer behind it, but I useevery day. Just copies 2 factor auth SMS codes to your clipboard so you can paste them into any field or browser.

 2Fhey.com 

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pdxmike-•3mo ago

I’ve used Itsycal for years and it’s one of the first things I put on my macs. Solo dev, super tiny app, does one thing really well. Awesome little calendar viewer app.

https://www.mowglii.com/itsycal/

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Excellent-Second3849•3mo ago

https://github.com/jaywcjlove/awesome-mac

72.3k starred github project.

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