What are everyone's 'must have' MacOS apps?
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What are everyone's 'must have' MacOS apps? What's the first thing you install with a new setup?
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@andyn Drafts, 1Password.
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What are everyone's 'must have' MacOS apps? What's the first thing you install with a new setup?
Great suggestions everyone, thanks for sharing. Going to have some fun setting up a MacBook Neo tonight now Apple finally shipped it.
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@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 UnreadThere are others, of course, but these are first.
@tantramar This is a good list largely mirrored on my Mac.
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@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.
@tekphloyd @andyn another vote for Bear here
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What are everyone's 'must have' MacOS apps? What's the first thing you install with a new setup?
@andyn
1. e-wallet password (and more) manager2. Super duper! Backup software
3. 1Blocker ad blocker
4. Magnet window manager
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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?
@Chancerubbage @andyn For me, 1Password is worth it because it handles passwords and passkeys (like iCloud Passwords) but also secure notes (vehicle VINs and plates, medical lists), attachments (scanned Drivers License and passports), credit card info (outside of Wallet autofill), API tokens, and more. I don’t use it outside of Apple-world so cross-platform is meh.
I am not happy about the price hike this year, but I haven’t found anything close to its utility.
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What are everyone's 'must have' MacOS apps? What's the first thing you install with a new setup?
@andyn 1Password, VSCode (or your favorite text editor), Raycast, Chrome, Keyboard Maestro, Obsidian. (In that order)
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@tekphloyd @andyn another vote for Bear here
@purplelime @tekphloyd @andyn And another, I use Bear everyday.
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Great suggestions everyone, thanks for sharing. Going to have some fun setting up a MacBook Neo tonight now Apple finally shipped it.
@andyn BetterTouchTool - Nileané from MacStories wrote a great article: https://www.macstories.net/tutorials/three-ways-to-use-bettertouchtool-to-enhance-window-management-with-a-trackpad/
I use this everywhere, so a 3-finger swipe quickly jumps between 2 apps you are using in Stage Manager.
I use a 3-finger tap to close browser tabs or images that popup in Ivory or Discord etcSuch a time saver.
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@andyn 1Password, iStat Menus & Setapp.
@iBender70 @andyn @1password Thank you! Those are ours, too. And Alfred.
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What are everyone's 'must have' MacOS apps? What's the first thing you install with a new setup?
@andyn Just did this with my new Air.
In order: Obsidian, Menu Bar Spacing, CleanupBuddy, Alfred, Arc (or Zen), Things, Spark, Audio Hijack, Fantastical, iA Writer, Ulysses (actually first but only because it’s where I write the novels)
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What are everyone's 'must have' MacOS apps? What's the first thing you install with a new setup?
@andyn Only one macOS app I care about, Baldur’s Gate 3.
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Great suggestions everyone, thanks for sharing. Going to have some fun setting up a MacBook Neo tonight now Apple finally shipped it.
@andyn Oops… a MacBook Neo certainly won’t run Baldur’s Gate 3.
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@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.
@tekphloyd @andyn By all means like what you like, but I’ve found Obsidian mobile to be much improved since the early days, especially in the last year or so. Might be my most improved app period. Maybe give it a look if it’s been awhile.
Or ignore. All good.
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@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.
@tekphloyd @andyn I don’t need a notes app but Bear is a phenomenal app.
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@tekphloyd @andyn I don’t need a notes app but Bear is a phenomenal app.
@Ronnie @tekphloyd @andyn Agree, used to use it, I just don't take enough notes to justify it. If I took notes I'd be using Bear
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What are everyone's 'must have' MacOS apps? What's the first thing you install with a new setup?
@andyn Rocket for emoji!
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What are everyone's 'must have' MacOS apps? What's the first thing you install with a new setup?
@andyn Launchbar, Typinator, Things, Little Snitch, 1Password
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@Ronnie @tekphloyd @andyn Agree, used to use it, I just don't take enough notes to justify it. If I took notes I'd be using Bear
@pauls @Ronnie @tekphloyd I've moved note taking apps far too many times and lost notes so it's Obsidian all the way now!
