What are everyone's 'must have' MacOS apps?

[andyn@social.lol]

@brennan ah, nice, thank you.

[tekphloyd@social.lol]

@andyn 1Password, Synology Drive and Bear

[andyn@social.lol]

@tekphloyd two votes for Bear is interesting. I never hear people talking about it these days.

[tekphloyd@social.lol]

@andyn Bear is a lovely notes app. Why Bear? Because I don’t like Apple Notes, and in my opinion, the Obsidian mobile app is terrible. Unfortunately, there is no Bear for Android.

[martind@mastodon.online]

@andyn CleanShotX is a must.

[chancerubbage@mastodon.social]

@andyn

General question for those listing 1password as a must have first install …

Are you cross platform on a daily basis, using windows as much as any Apple device?

Do you prefer a browser that doesn’t support Apples password apps or passkeys?

[andyn@social.lol]

@Chancerubbage I use BitWarden for this, so I'm covered on that front

[gracjan@mastodon.online]

@andyn If you’re gonna use Safari, I’d recommend the Wipr 2 extension by @mipstian. It’s a very set-and-forget app for blocking ads, trackers, cookie notices and other junk on websites.

Tapestry by @Iconfactory is a great way to follow various online sources (RSS, Mastodon, Bluesky, YouTube, Reddit, etc.) in one place.

[mako@social.seattle.wa.us]

@andyn @gedeonm Things, IA Writer, Cleanshot X

[ibender70@mastodon.social]

@andyn 1Password, iStat Menus & Setapp.

@1password @bjango

[tantramar@zeroes.ca]

@andyn In alphabetical order:

Affinity
@bbedit
BetterSnapTool
Carbon Copy Cloner
@devontechnologies DEVONthink
@drafts
Due
Final Cut Pro
Hookmark
Keyboard Maestro
Keynote
LaunchBar
MAMP Pro
Numbers
@OmniFocus
@OmniGraffle
@OmniOutliner
Pages
PanoramaX
@jamesthomson PCalc
SpamSieve
TextExpander
Transmit
@unread Unread

There are others, of course, but these are first.

[radishtm@mastodon.social]

@andyn AdGuard for macOS.

[jlamoree@infosec.exchange]

@andyn Bitwarden, Orion, eM Client, Keyboard Maestro, iTerm2, Homebrew, iStat Menus.

[blf_tpe@phpc.social]

@andyn Brew! And then there’s a command called “brew bundle install” and it installs literally all my apps and terminal stuff . (For passwords KeepassXC is excellent with custom fields and TOTP filling).

[walt@social.basilweb.net]

@andyn @gedeonm MarsEdit, BBEdit, iA Writer, Mona, NetNewsWire.

[jemostrom@mastodonsweden.se]

@maique @andyn bbedit, alfred, 1Password, DEVONthink, iterm, typinator, little snitch, 1Blocker

[andyn@social.lol]

Great suggestions everyone, thanks for sharing. Going to have some fun setting up a MacBook Neo tonight now Apple finally shipped it.

[elb@fosstodon.org]

@tantramar This is a good list largely mirrored on my Mac.

[purplelime@mastodon.social]

@tekphloyd @andyn another vote for Bear here

[dfgomes@mastodon.social]

@andyn
1. e-wallet password (and more) manager

2. Super duper! Backup software

3. 1Blocker ad blocker

4. Magnet window manager