Hi.

I’m just going to ask here. Not so recently (about nearly a month now, technically this is my third weekend) I received my long awaited on hold 13" Touchbar Macbook Pro M2.

So, let me preface this, I (think) I’m an iPad Pro power user, but I have zero knowledge on Mac OS. I’ve been playing around to get loads done (and it does get loads done), what are some of the apps that you good fellows would use in your Macs?

I’m trying to get inspiration. Initially I didn’t install anything, then I over-installed got got chastised by a good friend as “I’m turning my mac into windows” and then I dialed the dialer back.

For now, I think I have -bash (because it was required for something, even though I know nothing) -lots of python (because the apps require it to run -BetterTouchTool (I’m using goldenchaos config as a base, still learning) -Raycast (I find it… amusing. I’m still trying to marry the functions of Raycast and BetterTouchTool)

Of course there are other apps, but I’ll like to hear what Mac users of the Fediverse use. I’ve seen a lot of apps get mentioned, but some I think are very old, so I’m not sure how they hold up in 2024.

Thanks for responding!

(yes I’m just trying my luck, but who knows if anyone can/will respond?)

  • @FrozenTroutEnglish
    1•3 days ago

    A few random thoughts that haven’t been mentioned yet:

    Tot is a menubar app for quickly storing and accessing notes, and there’s an iOS version it can sync with.

    The Unarchiver is a handy tool that supports a lot more formats than the system does, including rar and 7zip files.

    1Blocker is the Safari adblocker I use. Works well on Mac, but noteworthy is that the iOS version has a “firewall” that uses a local VPN profile (doesn’t actually connect to an outside service) to block trackers in Safari as well as native iOS apps.

    If you work with text in almost any capacity, BBEdit is still essential 32 years later.

    Acorn and Pixelmator Pro are both great image editing apps; Apple just acquired Pixelmator though, so it’s not clear what’s going to happen with it in the long term.

    Transmit is a great file transfer app, Panic makes absolute top tier software.

    • SpiritsongOPEnglish
      1•3 days ago

      Great recommendations! The Unarchiver is godsent! :D