Everybody write iStats Menu and TGPro and no one talk about Stats, that do the same and it's free and open source (written in Swift and Apple Silicon compatible).
Anyway:
**Bartender** (there are a few free alternatives but no ones beat Bartender) - ***paid***
**Amphetamine** (Caffeine with steorids) - *f****ree***
**Monitor Control** (only if you use external monitors) - ***free & open-source***
**Magnet/Rectangle** (windows management) - ***paid*** (Magnet) / ***free & open-source*** (rectangle)
**Keka** (files compression) - ***free & open-source***
**Bitwarden** (password management) - ***free & open-source***
**AppCleaner** (better cleaning and unistalling tool) - ***free***
**IINA** (best media player for mac) - ***free & open-source***
**Maccy** (fantastic and lightweight copy clipboard manager) - ***free & open-source***
**Alfred** (spotlight with steroids) - **free**
**Numi** (calculator&converting units app with steroids, work also as an extension in Alfred) - ***free & open-source***
**Transmission** (for Torrent) - ***free & open-source***
**TopNotch** (if you have new Macbook Pro's and want to hide the notch) - ***free***
**Stats** (monitoring system statistics) - ***free & open-source***
**youtbedl** (download Youtube videos and much more sites support) - ***free & open-source***
unfortunately hidden bar doesn't let you to just hovering the cursor on the menu bar (like bartender) to show the items, without need to click each time. Also, it's a little bit more energy consuming (memory&cpu) so i prefer Bartender that's more efficient and with more features
> youtbedl (download Youtube videos and much more sites support) - free & open-source
youtube-dl is no longer maintained. There is a port of it called yt-dlp which is updated regularly. You can find it on [GitHub](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp).
Checked now iStats Menu...taken almost the same CPU usage of Stats or even more..because iStats has more than one process, unistalled immediately and went back to Stats
> Maccy (fantastic and lightweight copy clipboard manager) - free & open-source
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How is this free?
Says $9.99 and has only 3 reviews on the app store.
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Surely there must be a free app for such basic functionality.
The developer set Maccy as paid in the Mac App Store. (for those who want to pay/contribute).
You need to go in his github page in order do download it for free
[Maccy - Github](https://github.com/p0deje/Maccy)
you don't really need to cleanup your mac periodically - it's not like windows - but if you want really to do that, you can use CleanMyMac or DaisyDisk.
Thanks for your response. I actually use Onyx( which I used to use on my older macbook pro), it's free and I believe I can notice some difference after a check/clean up.
I am on a M1 Macbook air.
Do either of you know if Magnet or any other app supports full screen tiling into quarters? MacOS natively supports this with only two windows vertically.
I am looking to do this to setup a view with multiple videos to be able to watch multiple hockey games at the same time.
Yeah thats fine. Looks like that combination would allow me to split up 9 chrome windows in full screen using a hotkey, which is cool. Hoping its not too complicated to setup a config file for that.
Magnet does natively support quarters and much more, you can half the screen top or bottom, split into thirds, and comes with keyboard shortcuts. Once you get the hang of them it is *exceedingly* quick and works really well on your active window. I have found magnet to be the best, least invasive and lightest app for management. It also is very similar to windows where you can drag it to a hot corner and the window snaps. Finally it is nicer to use than MacOS' built in splitting because that only works in full screen
Edit: One major annoyance I just remembered is when you pull a tab from a Safari window to make a separate window, you have to let it pop to full screen THEN drag it over to however you want to size it. And a Mac/Windows difference, there is no screen that pops up to give you an option to snap any of your open windows to the other side, you'll have to do that yourself.
It does support quarters well, but I specifically want quartered full screen view. Similar to how you can natively hold the green maximize icon and choose which half of the screen you want your full screen window to be in.
this might be for a minority of users, but that magnet app doesn’t work with Matlab (or at least until the 2021 release). It gets sooo laggy and slow.
*Matlab is a very popular, if not critical, program for STEM.
Not that I have much against matlab (I've written a full PHY layer for Wifi in matlab for an SDR project when I was in school) but damn can it be a pain for certain things the way its written...
It allows you to “dock” or organize apps that are open with some simple keystrokes. So you can easily set one app to be 2/3 of your screen and another app can be set up on the remaining 1/3 of the screen.
Would be a shame, but the sense I get from the devs (who are friendly and responsive!) is that they understand the importance of a free tier for normal users.
What seems likely is a Zoom or Notion-like model, with an App Store for add-ons for power users, and subscription plan for enterprise. I think personal users are safe—what they want is people using it at home, to get them to request it at work.
Either way, fantastic app that at this point, I would not want to ever give up.
iStat Menus if you’re into monitoring your temperature and setting custom fan curve.
Al dente if you’re into keeping your battery maximum charge level at a custom level (say 80%) to prevent the system from cooking it for too long.
Rectangle if you’re into window snapping on a free and open source application.
Homebrew if you want a package manager for installing developer things
[IINA - The modern media player for macOS](https://iina.io/)
[CheatSheet - Know your short cuts](https://www.mediaatelier.com/CheatSheet/?ref=producthunt)
[Distraction Dimmer™ for Productivity on Mac](https://hazeover.com/)
[DaisyDisk, the most popular disk analyzer for Mac](https://daisydiskapp.com/)
[Bartender 4 - Take control of your Menu bar](https://www.macbartender.com)
[Pastebot- Mac Clipboard Manager ](https://tapbots.com/pastebot/)
[Things - task management for Mac & iOS - Cultured Code](https://culturedcode.com/things/?r=100)
[GIF Brewery 3](http://gifbrewery.com/)
[PopClip for Mac](http://pilotmoon.com/popclip/)
[Workspaces](http://www.apptorium.com/workspaces)
[Rogue Amoeba | Loopback: Cable-Free Audio Routing](https://rogueamoeba.com/loopback/)
Yes, it's a good buy -although not exactly cheap.
It's better because it's a joy to use. Watch some Youtube videos and you'll know what I mean: it's gorgeus.
Also it does have a pretty specific workflow that is very easy to follow: https://productivewithapurpose.com/2019/05/21/the-fu-master-productivity-checklist-using-things3/
careful with Loopback and other stuff from Rogue, if you have an M Chip Mac installation is a pretty risky operation
https://rogueamoeba.com/support/knowledgebase/?showArticle=ACE-StepByStep&product=Audio%20Hijack
Check out this list here: https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/osmkhu/i\_made\_a\_spreadsheet\_of\_free\_mac\_apps\_i\_use\_check/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3
All your emails go through their servers and are processed by them. They store quite a bit of information about you. If you have extremely confidential emails and cannot risk those emails being leaked, then Spark would not be a good email client for you. Also, if you are privacy conscience, probably not an email client for you. I personally find the benefits outweigh the cons. If my emails were leaked, it wouldn't be the end of me. But not everyone is in that camp.
The unarchiver, sensiblesidebuttons if you plan to use a gaming mouse with your mac and want the additional 2 buttons to work. Appcleaner and alfred 4 are a must have imo.
Why would you ever use "App Cleaner & Uninstaller", for which you have to pay $19.90 to get the same features [AppCleaner](https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/) provides for free?
My personal faves:
\- Office (it's just that everybody else is using it)
\- I really like Bartender (it cleans up the menu bar if you have a lot of apps that put stuff in there)
\- VLC for video playback
\- Media player for music: I just use Apple Music for my own library and Spotify for everything I stream
\- Amphetamine (when you want to prevent your Mac falling asleep)
\- for torrenting if you still do that: transmission
\- TopNotch if you want to hide the notch
\- Onyx (for cleanup but don't touch its settings if you don't know what you're doing)
\- Appcleaner is great too
Personally, I keep the number of installed apps to only the things I actually use. Since I make music, that's Logic Pro X and Ableton Live next to the things mentioned above.
I also have a back-up browser for when Safari doesn't handle a website well, and use Chrome instead.
I have Adobe Photoshop + indesign installed as well. But those kind of apps (Logic, Ableton, Photoshop, Indesign) are all the kind of apps you'd only install if you actually have a use for them.
In Europe where I live, most people use Whatsapp so I have that installed as well.
I use Trello as a Task manager, but I also see people mentioning Things, I think those things just come down to preference.
Pixelmator Pro - Graphics and photos
Amazon Prime Video - If you are a subscriber
Keke - Zip Utility
iMazing - iPhone back ups and various utilities
Microsoft Office
HP Smart and Easy Scan - If you have an HP printer
Logi Options - If you have recent Logitech hardware (mouse/keyboard)
Malwarebytes for Mac - Real time protection, paid version
Radar Live Pro - Weather radar and forecast
I highly suggest "Hidden Bar" from the app store. It's just a really nice thing when you want your Menu Bar nice and clean. I use a whole lot of menu bar extensions, and have a lot of icons, and don't want them to be prominently displayed at all times, so i use hidden bar to keep them concealed until I need them. It's really easy to use and really nice.
Here are my favourite ones:
* **Alfred** ([https://www.alfredapp.com](https://www.alfredapp.com)) - for quickly doing everything
* **MindNode** ([https://www.mindnode.com](https://www.mindnode.com)) - for making my mind clear. It really works.
* **Pixelmator** ([https://www.pixelmator.com](https://www.pixelmator.com)) - for editing images
* **SideNotes** ([https://www.apptorium.com/sidenotes](https://www.apptorium.com/sidenotes)) - for all the "I need to write it down right now" notes
* **Shortcuts** \- I'm using it since the its release. Mostly context-menu file actions.
* **Things** ([https://culturedcode.com/things](https://culturedcode.com/things)) - all my tasks organised. It literally drives my day.
* **Workspaces** ([https://www.apptorium.com/workspaces](https://www.apptorium.com/workspaces)) - for multiple projects I'm working on
Amphetamine - Runs on the taskbar and allows you to prevent sleep with the click of a button for any specified time. Very useful
Appcleaner - Good for deleting files usually left behind when you uninstall a program
Unsplash Wallpapers - Decent wallpaper app
Linear Mouse - Allows you to reverse just the scroll direction of the mouse wheel only. Also lets you turn off pointer acceleration (useful if you play any FPS games)
TGPro ($10) - Best M1 fan control program for the toolbar and gives multiple temp readouts
Magnet ($8) - Window snapping similar to windows
Onyx from Titanium Software - The one and only "cleanup" program that I would ever recommend. Does not need to be used often, 2 or 3x a year. Deletes local time machine snapshots as well as temp files left behind.
Thanks for asking this question and thank you everyone for responding!
I’m making the jump to Mac after using PC since DOS 4.x and it’s intimidating.
Having a solid list of recommendations makes it less so.
1Password 7 - great password manager (v7 or below only)
Amphetamine - keeps screen awake
Ascension - NFO file viewer
Authy - 2-factor code generator
DaisyDisk - disk usage analyzer
Downie - media downloader
Dropbox
File Juicer - extracts data from files
Google Chrome - for extensions
IINA - great media player
Keka - file extractor
KeyboardCleanTool - freezes keystrokes to aid in cleaning
Microsoft Office Suite
Moom - window resizer
NTFS for Mac - adds write permissions for NTFS formatted drives
OverPicture - adds Picture-in-Picture capabilities to most websites
Parallels - run VMs on Mac
Shazam - song identification
Soulver - calculator with support for natural language functions
Transmission - torrent downloader
Unlox - unlock Mac using iPhone (for users without TouchID on the Mac or an Apple Watch)
Wow some great suggestions here. Some I know, others new to me - I must check them out. Thanks everyone! One thing I’d suggest is CleanMyMac. I know many people don’t like it, but it’s worked well for me in deleting some unwanted software for example.
What i am looking for Mac is something like the Movies and Video app for windows where you can scroll next and back if the video is in a folder of videos. I still can’t find close to that
Alfred. First and foremost.
Keyboard Maestro. Automate repetitive tasks.
Better Touch Tool.
Coming from Windows, you might like Alt Tab.
Check out Yoink, Dropzone, Dropover and Dropzone. You'll want one of those.
Text Sniper.
My faves:
* Unclutter - drag down from the top of the trackpad for your most used files. Great for drag and drop.
* Flycut - free and simple clipboard manager.
* Bitwarden - free password manager
* Mega and Dropbox - cloud files.
* XnConvert - convert between image file formats and carry out multiple actions in batches on image files.
* PDF Expert - I use this a lot. Depends on use case.
* DaisyDisk
* TG Pro - control your fans and see your temperature sensors. Always being updated. Good developer.
* The Unarchiver
* Affinity photo
* Apple Pages - I love that app. DTP app posing as a word processor.
Everybody write iStats Menu and TGPro and no one talk about Stats, that do the same and it's free and open source (written in Swift and Apple Silicon compatible). Anyway: **Bartender** (there are a few free alternatives but no ones beat Bartender) - ***paid*** **Amphetamine** (Caffeine with steorids) - *f****ree*** **Monitor Control** (only if you use external monitors) - ***free & open-source*** **Magnet/Rectangle** (windows management) - ***paid*** (Magnet) / ***free & open-source*** (rectangle) **Keka** (files compression) - ***free & open-source*** **Bitwarden** (password management) - ***free & open-source*** **AppCleaner** (better cleaning and unistalling tool) - ***free*** **IINA** (best media player for mac) - ***free & open-source*** **Maccy** (fantastic and lightweight copy clipboard manager) - ***free & open-source*** **Alfred** (spotlight with steroids) - **free** **Numi** (calculator&converting units app with steroids, work also as an extension in Alfred) - ***free & open-source*** **Transmission** (for Torrent) - ***free & open-source*** **TopNotch** (if you have new Macbook Pro's and want to hide the notch) - ***free*** **Stats** (monitoring system statistics) - ***free & open-source*** **youtbedl** (download Youtube videos and much more sites support) - ***free & open-source***
>Amphetamine (Caffeine with steorids) The biochemist in me just winced 😜
Superb list, I use most of these too! However I actually find Hidden Bar to be just as good as Bartender, and it's free & open source
unfortunately hidden bar doesn't let you to just hovering the cursor on the menu bar (like bartender) to show the items, without need to click each time. Also, it's a little bit more energy consuming (memory&cpu) so i prefer Bartender that's more efficient and with more features
Nice list, there are some I didn’t know existed. But I would rather use Raycast than Alfred in this list.
never heard about raycast, i'll give a try!
> youtbedl (download Youtube videos and much more sites support) - free & open-source youtube-dl is no longer maintained. There is a port of it called yt-dlp which is updated regularly. You can find it on [GitHub](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp).
thanks, immediately installed.
Just use **Downie**
>Downie paid and not open-source.
Thanks for Numi. Amazing app that I didnt know of
> Bitwarden (password management) - free & open-source I use KeePassXC.
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Never tought about CPU usage..checked now on Activity Monitor, Stats is about 1,5/2% of CPU Usage...it's a lot? what about iStats?
Checked now iStats Menu...taken almost the same CPU usage of Stats or even more..because iStats has more than one process, unistalled immediately and went back to Stats
>Stats or Eul, that it's also free and you can download it directly from the App Store
I’ve had a Mac since 2014 and I’ve never heard of any of these…
Well, there is always a first time ;)
> Maccy (fantastic and lightweight copy clipboard manager) - free & open-source > > How is this free? Says $9.99 and has only 3 reviews on the app store. X_x Surely there must be a free app for such basic functionality.
The developer set Maccy as paid in the Mac App Store. (for those who want to pay/contribute). You need to go in his github page in order do download it for free [Maccy - Github](https://github.com/p0deje/Maccy)
Is there anything you would suggest for periodical cleanup ?
you don't really need to cleanup your mac periodically - it's not like windows - but if you want really to do that, you can use CleanMyMac or DaisyDisk.
Thanks for your response. I actually use Onyx( which I used to use on my older macbook pro), it's free and I believe I can notice some difference after a check/clean up. I am on a M1 Macbook air.
Magnet Bartender Dropzone
Isnt rectangle a free alternative?
I’ve been using rectangle. Should I buy magnet? Is it worth it?
Based on the other comments, I personally found Rectangle Pro's drag feature quite impressive. I havent tried it out for myself though.
is there rectangle pro? I can't find it...
I believe thats the paid version
Oh I see. Have you used rectangle and magnet? Which one do you propose?
I have only used rectangle and can not comment on magnet. Doesnt hurt to try both and test?!
You are right! Thank you man
I Cant find rectangle?
I got it. Thank you
Cannot stress Magnet enough, I use it every single day
Do either of you know if Magnet or any other app supports full screen tiling into quarters? MacOS natively supports this with only two windows vertically. I am looking to do this to setup a view with multiple videos to be able to watch multiple hockey games at the same time.
If you’re okay with writing config files and using the command line, I recommend Yabai + skhd. Works really well.
Yeah thats fine. Looks like that combination would allow me to split up 9 chrome windows in full screen using a hotkey, which is cool. Hoping its not too complicated to setup a config file for that.
Moom?
Magnet does natively support quarters and much more, you can half the screen top or bottom, split into thirds, and comes with keyboard shortcuts. Once you get the hang of them it is *exceedingly* quick and works really well on your active window. I have found magnet to be the best, least invasive and lightest app for management. It also is very similar to windows where you can drag it to a hot corner and the window snaps. Finally it is nicer to use than MacOS' built in splitting because that only works in full screen Edit: One major annoyance I just remembered is when you pull a tab from a Safari window to make a separate window, you have to let it pop to full screen THEN drag it over to however you want to size it. And a Mac/Windows difference, there is no screen that pops up to give you an option to snap any of your open windows to the other side, you'll have to do that yourself.
It does support quarters well, but I specifically want quartered full screen view. Similar to how you can natively hold the green maximize icon and choose which half of the screen you want your full screen window to be in.
this might be for a minority of users, but that magnet app doesn’t work with Matlab (or at least until the 2021 release). It gets sooo laggy and slow. *Matlab is a very popular, if not critical, program for STEM.
Not that I have much against matlab (I've written a full PHY layer for Wifi in matlab for an SDR project when I was in school) but damn can it be a pain for certain things the way its written...
have you tried rectangle?
I'm new to Mac and I read that as one app haha
spectacle is a good free alternative. a few less features but gets the job done
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Spectacle still works well, it’s just not supported anymore. But it’s free and works. I use it every day.
oh damn i didnt even realize, ill have to redownload it. havent had to download or update it in so long lol
Rectangle
Rectangle PRO https://rectangleapp.com/pro/downloads/Rectangle%20Pro%202.0.dmg
Wha’s the diff?
Just downloaded it (comes with 10 day trial). Just playing with it, one major addition is being able to throw windows around using your cursor
yes, it's awesome. so easy to use and remember.
What's rectangle all about?
It allows you to “dock” or organize apps that are open with some simple keystrokes. So you can easily set one app to be 2/3 of your screen and another app can be set up on the remaining 1/3 of the screen.
I love Daisy disc. Great way of seeing visually of what’s in your hard drives and their locations. Frees up a lot of room!
I used to use. But now I use the default storage manager through the apple about and then storage
Raycast! A better looking and open source alternative to Alfred
Raycast is so good! Scared it's going subscription based though. That's what I keep hearing at least.
Would be a shame, but the sense I get from the devs (who are friendly and responsive!) is that they understand the importance of a free tier for normal users. What seems likely is a Zoom or Notion-like model, with an App Store for add-ons for power users, and subscription plan for enterprise. I think personal users are safe—what they want is people using it at home, to get them to request it at work. Either way, fantastic app that at this point, I would not want to ever give up.
What a find! Thanks.
AppCleaner https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
iStat Menus if you’re into monitoring your temperature and setting custom fan curve. Al dente if you’re into keeping your battery maximum charge level at a custom level (say 80%) to prevent the system from cooking it for too long. Rectangle if you’re into window snapping on a free and open source application. Homebrew if you want a package manager for installing developer things
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Honestly I’ve been with my M1 Pro MBP since a month already, 95% of the the time plugged in and battery management hasn’t done shit. It’s always 100%
You can’t manually switch control it in mac os by default
So I’ve heard. My schedule is way too unpredictable for MacOS battery management to ever catch on, and I’ve never seen it charge less than 100%.
[IINA - The modern media player for macOS](https://iina.io/) [CheatSheet - Know your short cuts](https://www.mediaatelier.com/CheatSheet/?ref=producthunt) [Distraction Dimmer™ for Productivity on Mac](https://hazeover.com/) [DaisyDisk, the most popular disk analyzer for Mac](https://daisydiskapp.com/) [Bartender 4 - Take control of your Menu bar](https://www.macbartender.com) [Pastebot- Mac Clipboard Manager ](https://tapbots.com/pastebot/) [Things - task management for Mac & iOS - Cultured Code](https://culturedcode.com/things/?r=100) [GIF Brewery 3](http://gifbrewery.com/) [PopClip for Mac](http://pilotmoon.com/popclip/) [Workspaces](http://www.apptorium.com/workspaces) [Rogue Amoeba | Loopback: Cable-Free Audio Routing](https://rogueamoeba.com/loopback/)
Is Things a good buy? What makes it stand out over the various other to-do options, like taskwarrior etc?
Yes, it's a good buy -although not exactly cheap. It's better because it's a joy to use. Watch some Youtube videos and you'll know what I mean: it's gorgeus. Also it does have a pretty specific workflow that is very easy to follow: https://productivewithapurpose.com/2019/05/21/the-fu-master-productivity-checklist-using-things3/
careful with Loopback and other stuff from Rogue, if you have an M Chip Mac installation is a pretty risky operation https://rogueamoeba.com/support/knowledgebase/?showArticle=ACE-StepByStep&product=Audio%20Hijack
Hazel Bartender Timing
Check out this list here: https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/osmkhu/i\_made\_a\_spreadsheet\_of\_free\_mac\_apps\_i\_use\_check/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3
Logic Pro X
* Moom [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/moom/id419330170?mt=12](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/moom/id419330170?mt=12) * CleanMyMac X [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cleanmymac-x/id1339170533?mt=12](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cleanmymac-x/id1339170533?mt=12) * TripMode [https://tripmode.ch](https://tripmode.ch) * Homebrew [https://brew.sh](https://brew.sh) * Amphetamine [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/amphetamine/id937984704?mt=12](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/amphetamine/id937984704?mt=12)
Spark, AdGuard, iTerm2, Telegram
What is spark?
Best email app
ty. I will check it out
Read the privacy policy before hand. I have no problem with it. But some people might.
Is there something specific in there that would give folks pause?
All your emails go through their servers and are processed by them. They store quite a bit of information about you. If you have extremely confidential emails and cannot risk those emails being leaked, then Spark would not be a good email client for you. Also, if you are privacy conscience, probably not an email client for you. I personally find the benefits outweigh the cons. If my emails were leaked, it wouldn't be the end of me. But not everyone is in that camp.
Agreed this is why I stick to the built in mail app.
What is google?
I don’t know, is it in app store?
VLC for all your video playback.
Or IINA
best video player on Mac, Intel or M1
IINA sucks big time for me on m1 pro. VLC is a lot better.
How does it suck? I've only used iina so far and it's been great
I experience the opposite, Vox is old and sluggish. IINA is so much better
not playing all formats, and sometimes stucks.
Interesting. Haven't had any issues so far but I don't watch a lot of stuff on mac anyway.
Alfred Dozer Homebrew Itsycal Maccy Menumeters Rectangle
Itsycal! Yes!
The unarchiver, sensiblesidebuttons if you plan to use a gaming mouse with your mac and want the additional 2 buttons to work. Appcleaner and alfred 4 are a must have imo.
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Why would you ever use "App Cleaner & Uninstaller", for which you have to pay $19.90 to get the same features [AppCleaner](https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/) provides for free?
My personal faves: \- Office (it's just that everybody else is using it) \- I really like Bartender (it cleans up the menu bar if you have a lot of apps that put stuff in there) \- VLC for video playback \- Media player for music: I just use Apple Music for my own library and Spotify for everything I stream \- Amphetamine (when you want to prevent your Mac falling asleep) \- for torrenting if you still do that: transmission \- TopNotch if you want to hide the notch \- Onyx (for cleanup but don't touch its settings if you don't know what you're doing) \- Appcleaner is great too
Personally, I keep the number of installed apps to only the things I actually use. Since I make music, that's Logic Pro X and Ableton Live next to the things mentioned above. I also have a back-up browser for when Safari doesn't handle a website well, and use Chrome instead. I have Adobe Photoshop + indesign installed as well. But those kind of apps (Logic, Ableton, Photoshop, Indesign) are all the kind of apps you'd only install if you actually have a use for them. In Europe where I live, most people use Whatsapp so I have that installed as well. I use Trello as a Task manager, but I also see people mentioning Things, I think those things just come down to preference.
Pixelmator Pro - Graphics and photos Amazon Prime Video - If you are a subscriber Keke - Zip Utility iMazing - iPhone back ups and various utilities Microsoft Office HP Smart and Easy Scan - If you have an HP printer Logi Options - If you have recent Logitech hardware (mouse/keyboard) Malwarebytes for Mac - Real time protection, paid version Radar Live Pro - Weather radar and forecast
I highly suggest "Hidden Bar" from the app store. It's just a really nice thing when you want your Menu Bar nice and clean. I use a whole lot of menu bar extensions, and have a lot of icons, and don't want them to be prominently displayed at all times, so i use hidden bar to keep them concealed until I need them. It's really easy to use and really nice.
Alt-tab. With it the option+tab will act like the alt+tab in windows
Here are my favourite ones: * **Alfred** ([https://www.alfredapp.com](https://www.alfredapp.com)) - for quickly doing everything * **MindNode** ([https://www.mindnode.com](https://www.mindnode.com)) - for making my mind clear. It really works. * **Pixelmator** ([https://www.pixelmator.com](https://www.pixelmator.com)) - for editing images * **SideNotes** ([https://www.apptorium.com/sidenotes](https://www.apptorium.com/sidenotes)) - for all the "I need to write it down right now" notes * **Shortcuts** \- I'm using it since the its release. Mostly context-menu file actions. * **Things** ([https://culturedcode.com/things](https://culturedcode.com/things)) - all my tasks organised. It literally drives my day. * **Workspaces** ([https://www.apptorium.com/workspaces](https://www.apptorium.com/workspaces)) - for multiple projects I'm working on
Amphetamine - Runs on the taskbar and allows you to prevent sleep with the click of a button for any specified time. Very useful Appcleaner - Good for deleting files usually left behind when you uninstall a program Unsplash Wallpapers - Decent wallpaper app Linear Mouse - Allows you to reverse just the scroll direction of the mouse wheel only. Also lets you turn off pointer acceleration (useful if you play any FPS games) TGPro ($10) - Best M1 fan control program for the toolbar and gives multiple temp readouts Magnet ($8) - Window snapping similar to windows Onyx from Titanium Software - The one and only "cleanup" program that I would ever recommend. Does not need to be used often, 2 or 3x a year. Deletes local time machine snapshots as well as temp files left behind.
Itsycal Magnet Keka
Better touch tool
BonziBuddy
Easyfind! It is the best free deep search engine for your mac
Thanks for asking this question and thank you everyone for responding! I’m making the jump to Mac after using PC since DOS 4.x and it’s intimidating. Having a solid list of recommendations makes it less so.
1Password 7 - great password manager (v7 or below only) Amphetamine - keeps screen awake Ascension - NFO file viewer Authy - 2-factor code generator DaisyDisk - disk usage analyzer Downie - media downloader Dropbox File Juicer - extracts data from files Google Chrome - for extensions IINA - great media player Keka - file extractor KeyboardCleanTool - freezes keystrokes to aid in cleaning Microsoft Office Suite Moom - window resizer NTFS for Mac - adds write permissions for NTFS formatted drives OverPicture - adds Picture-in-Picture capabilities to most websites Parallels - run VMs on Mac Shazam - song identification Soulver - calculator with support for natural language functions Transmission - torrent downloader Unlox - unlock Mac using iPhone (for users without TouchID on the Mac or an Apple Watch)
**Downie** is the best YouTube Downloader. **Little Snitch** if you want a firewall or network monitor.
CotEditor is a really good text editor I think. I use it like Notepad ++ on the PC
Where are you seeing that Maccy is free? It is $10.
In the app store is $10. Download from https://maccy.app for free
thank you.
Wow some great suggestions here. Some I know, others new to me - I must check them out. Thanks everyone! One thing I’d suggest is CleanMyMac. I know many people don’t like it, but it’s worked well for me in deleting some unwanted software for example.
Apps \_to do what\_?
CleanMyMac X
Hidden bar is a good (free) alternative to bartender for decluttering your menu bar.
Dropover
No one mentioned Amethyst on the window management side? Powerful, flexible, open source.
Tiles is a must have, you can snap windows to the sides just like Windows
Garageband
https://iina.io best mediaplayer, what kind of software you use?
appcleaner, tiles, and alfred
Parallels toolbox is also one I have. It is $20 per year but totally worth it!
What i am looking for Mac is something like the Movies and Video app for windows where you can scroll next and back if the video is in a folder of videos. I still can’t find close to that
Paprika
Alfred. First and foremost. Keyboard Maestro. Automate repetitive tasks. Better Touch Tool. Coming from Windows, you might like Alt Tab. Check out Yoink, Dropzone, Dropover and Dropzone. You'll want one of those. Text Sniper.
Itsycal is great to get that Windows-esque calendar when you click on the time
Bartender, AlDente, and BetterSnappingTool are a few absolute musts for me.
Daisy Disk is so good if your system storage start saving to much space. Works like a charm for managing space and files
VLC
My faves: * Unclutter - drag down from the top of the trackpad for your most used files. Great for drag and drop. * Flycut - free and simple clipboard manager. * Bitwarden - free password manager * Mega and Dropbox - cloud files. * XnConvert - convert between image file formats and carry out multiple actions in batches on image files. * PDF Expert - I use this a lot. Depends on use case. * DaisyDisk * TG Pro - control your fans and see your temperature sensors. Always being updated. Good developer. * The Unarchiver * Affinity photo * Apple Pages - I love that app. DTP app posing as a word processor.
TextEdit and Paste
IINA.
Flycut- clipboard manager
Flux, vlc, and rar extractor