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Hi, can anyone recommend apps (and shed some light?) (self.macapps)

submitted 2 weeks ago by spiritsong to c/macapps

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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?)

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[–] TragicNotCute 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Happy to have you in Mac land. For me:

VLC video player is a must. Free, open source, and just an absolute powerhouse of an app.
Parsec is another I generally install right off the bat. Lets you connect to a windows computer (or other host OS) over the network. Like a low latency Remote Desktop, but for gaming (so it’s faster)
Visual studio code is also a first install kinda app. If you do any coding, it’s pretty capable and I like it. Personal taste factors in for sure though.
Orion is my preferred browser, primarily for its iOS app that allows you to ad block on mobile. I use it on desktop too so I can share tabs across all my devices.

If you tell me what other things you intend to do with it, I have more suggestions. Don’t wanna go to deep into development type apps unless you care.

[–] spiritsong 1 points 2 weeks ago

Hi there!

Oh right, VLC. Yeah I forgot about this good old servant. I've used parsec before, and yeah I think I'll give it a whirl. I don't do coding, but I'll definitely put visual studio code into the list Aha. I'm mainly a firefox guy, but I'll give Orion a whirl. I mean no harm trying new stuffs. I mainly use it as a "bring as much work as possible". So i also had to install Google suite and Microsoft suite (because my work relies on those).

As for other things, I'm probably toying around with Local LLMs, so I'm using JAN AI (they have an app that really utilizes metal, but the app is not written in apple's language, I think, or I may be wrong, but it is one of the fewer LLM frontends (and backends) that really makes use of Apple hardware (such as MLX). I also use a lot of Lumafusion, and I'm also using that on the MacBook, but maybe I'll try using something like Da Vinci, until I can justify buying or needing Final Cut Pro and other Apple creative suite. (I'm just using that because in the past i had an iPad Pro, and it was the best "on machine" video editing device I can use with almost no downtime.

Thanks again!