This is the apps for macOS that I would recommend to anyone who just got a Mac ! Some are the default that Apple offers but I tried to offers you free alternative to escape Apple Wall Garden if you need or want to
The same list for https://alternativeto.net/software/windows-10/ & https://alternativeto.net/software/windows-11/ : https://alternativeto.net/list/29653/my-windows-setup/ https://alternativeto.net/software/linux-kernel/about/ (GUI apps only) : https://alternativeto.net/list/29661/my-linux-setup/
A full fledged GUI integration for the most award winning open-source android screen mirroring system -- scrcpy located on https://github.com/genymobile/scrcpy/ by @rom1v - srevinsaju/guiscrcpy
If you want to interact or record your
Android screen from your Mac.
Capture any audio with precision. Compatible with macOS, Audio Hijack records from apps and devices, offers real-time monitoring, and customizable effects.
If you want to record audio from specific apps !
NearDrop is a partial implementation of Google's Nearby Share for macOS. The app lives in your menu bar and saves files to your downloads folder. It's that simple, really.
If you use Google
Quick Share [Google] on your mobile device this is a great open source app to have.
Soduto for macOS allows your computer to communicate and share information with other devices: Android, Linux or other Macs. Want to copy-paste content across your devices? Browse remote files? Send SMS straight from the desktop? Or maybe simply share a link?
If you have an
Worth mentioning :
KDE Connect
Snapdrop WebApp
Share files, host sites, and chat securely and anonymously via Tor using direct, password-protected onion services. No third-party servers or metadata stored.
Share large file anonymously over the Tor Network.
An open-source mac app cleaner inspired by Freemacsoft's AppCleaner and Sun Knudsen's Privacy Guides post on his app-cleaner script. This project was born out of wanting to learn more. There's probably parts of the code that could be done better as I'm fairly new...
An open source app cleaner for mac
To properly remove apps and their files.
Li-ion and polymer batteries (like the one in your MacBook) last the longest when operating between 30% and 80% percent. Keeping your battery at 100% at all times can shorten the lifespan of your notebook significantly.
To limit the charge of your battery to 80% to preserve it's lifespan.
Lightweight macOS utility offering real-time CPU, GPU, memory, disk, network, battery stats, sensor readings, fan control, Bluetooth and clock.
For the nerds who wants to have a quick menu with cpu temp and other infos. Allow you to manually control fans speed !
Worth mentioning :
Hot
Emulate a scroll wheel click with three finger Click or Tap on MacBook trackpad and Magic Mouse with macOS Sonoma support!.
By default, macOS doesn't provide previews and thumbnails for WebP, a modern image format providing superior, lossless and lossy compression for images on the web. WebPQuickLook fills this gap by allowing you to see previews and thumbnails of .webp images on your Mac.
If you're a web dev you might want to be able to preview WebP pictures on your mac !
KeyboardCleanTool is a super simple little tool which blocks all Keyboard and TouchBar input.
To disable your keyboard for cleaning time !
To have your favorite folders and a peek of what's inside in your Menu Bar
Compress media when coping them or sharing them to optimize space
SpaceRadar allows interactive visualization of disk space and memory. It currently supports Sunburst, Treemap, and Flamegraph charts.
To identify the large files on your disk !
Menu Bar Dock shows MacOS apps in the menu bar. With a click of the app icon, you can open the app straight from the menu bar.
To have your dock and runing apps in your menu bar on top with some customization
Link Unshortener is a Mac app that expands shortened web links, following redirects until it reveals the destination URL.
Create bootable Windows USB drives on macOS with support for UEFI, Legacy BIOS, and bypassing TPM and Secure Boot checks. Quick, simple process.
If you need sometimes to create Windows Installation Drive but don't use Windows this is for you !
SD Card Formatter is a program that provides quick and easy access to all memory card formats like SD, SDHC and SCXC, and has been designed so that you can get rid of all the content stored on your SD card in one go.
The name says it all ! If your SD card looks dead to your computer this tool can potentially fix it !
Swift Quit enables automatic quitting of macOS apps when closing their last window (clicking the red x). It can be configured to quit when the last window of any app closed, or restricted to a specific list of apps.
Native macOS app for instant video compression, format conversion, upscaling, reframing, animated keyframe cropping, and aspect ratio presets for social media.
If you have a server or have to use FTP this is the macOS client of choice.
Seamlessly run your favorite Windows applications and devices, on any Intel-based Mac. Built from the ground up for the Mac, VMware Fusion is the easiest way to switch to Mac—letting you bring all of your Windows applications with you, making the most of your Windows software...
Windows or Linux Virtual Machine on your Mac
Worth mentioning :
UTM The best for performance
VirtualBox The OG
Parallels Desktop Good enough for some Windows gaming
Comments
Please consider removing
Mole its adoption rate is alarming for how long the project has been around (under a year)
Here are some of my recommendations
LM Studio - GUI for local LLMs. Can download directly from HuggingFaces, even supports image recognition
DiffusionBee - For Local Image Generation
MacDroid - For connecting and transferring files between andriod and mac
qbittorrent - obvious
RPCS3 - PS3 emulator
VMWare Fusion - for running Windows on Apple Silicon
Heroic Game Launcher - For running Windows Games on Mac, supports Wine Crossover and Porting toolkit
Jetbrains products - Many are free now
Cot Editor- like having Notepad++
Thanks for this list, wanted to suggest an alternative to Photopea which is Pixlr, I like it a lot.
You're doing God's work with your lists!
Thanks. :-)
There is newly realeased lists on my profile that you might wanna check ;) Just sayin