50 programs for mac os. Useful free apps for macOS that are not in the Mac App Store

This is a traditional article where I talk about all the applications installed on my personal Mac. This year, 58 applications made the list.

This is a traditional article where I talk about all the applications installed on my Mac and MacBook. This year, 58 programs were included in the list: 11 were removed, 16 were added. I marked my favorite apps with a heart ❤️, and new ones with an apple 🍏.

Main source good software for me the Setapp service still remains. It's kind of like an alternative App Store, where for $9.99 per month you get access to 100+ positions, most of which are not in the Apple store.

Perhaps for the “old people” who already have all this software, a subscription does not make much sense. But for beginners this is a real find: you bought a new Mac, installed Setapp and now you have a hundred applications from different categories. In addition, Setapp eliminates the hassle of updating and storing personal licenses.

For this occasion, I divided the selection of my software into 3 sections:

1. Applications from Setapp;
2. applications from the App Store;
3. and applications that have to be downloaded from official websites.

This set of software suits me, but not the fact that it will suit you. At the same time, other people's lists are always inspiring. I am sure you will find something useful for yourself here.

1. Subscription apps from Setapp

Archiver - archiver

Bartender hides unnecessary icons from the menubar

🍏 BetterTouchTool - customize your keyboard and mouse

❤️ CleanMyMac X - cleaning and keeping your Mac in a “fresh” state

Elmedia Player - video player

Flume - Instagram client

CPU load by thread. iStat Menus

❤️ KeyKey - keyboard trainer

❤️ Yoink - file buffer

❤️ DaisyDisk

Things is the friendliest planner I've ever seen. Beautiful and without in-app purchases and subscriptions

1Blocker - ad blocker

❤️ iA Writer - text editor

Alfred helps you launch apps, keep clipboard history, and automate routines

❤️ Arq - backups for Mac

Arq does every hour backups my laptop directly to Dropbox

🍏 Carbon Copy Cloner - disk cloning

❤️ Sketch - vector editor

Buy for $99 per year
Vector editor for Mac. I draw in it new design for the KeyKey keyboard trainer, I do all the illustrations for this blog. Without Sketch it’s like having no hands.

I make illustrations for an article in Sketch

Sublime Text - text editor for programmers

Download for free
Text editor for programmers. I often use it to layout articles and edit theme files for this blog. I've been using the trial version for two years now. It seems to be eternal.

🍏 ScreenFlow - recording screencasts

Buy for $129
Program for recording screencasts. I switched to it from iShowU, since it records better from iPhone and iPad. I bought it recently and in the hope that I will start recording more screencasts :)

Recently, the trend of open source programs for Mac has intensified. There is no shortage of quality options among the emerging software. The names are , Firefox, and are constantly heard. We suggest checking out some other popular and free Mac apps you might need. You will be surprised at how useful these programs can be.

Note: Since the applications from this collection are open source, a message may appear during installation:

"The program cannot be opened because its author is an unidentified developer."

We talked about how to bypass the standard macOS protection process.

IINA – modern audio and video player for Mac

This name hides a modern audio and video player for Mac. The program has a modern design, it supports Force Touch and Touch Bar, as well as the picture-in-picture function. When you open a video, all videos from the same folder are automatically added to the playlist. When listening to an audiobook or podcast, the program allows you to quickly navigate between MP3 sections. There is support for playing online streams and YouTube playlists.

The application interface is minimalistic. There are buttons for playback, selecting music mode, list, picture-in-picture and settings. Available account OpenSubtitles allows you to automatically load subtitles for films.

The program allows you to configure numerous parameters: interface themes, audio/video playback, appearance subtitles, key bindings.

Cyberduck is an FTP client for Mac. It allows you to connect to file servers, view and manage content located in SFTP, WebDAV, Google Drive, One Drive, Dropbox, Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, etc. With its interface, Cyberduck resembles a regular browser, and also imitates it classic functions navigation and sorting.

In structure mode it is convenient to work with numerous branched folders. Function quick view makes it possible to find out the contents of a file without downloading it directly. The program can create bookmarks using simple drag-and-drop elements. It keeps a history of visiting servers.

Uploading files is a simple procedure and is completed in one step. Simply drag your bookmarks into the Finder and bookmark the files for download. Cyberduck makes it possible to synchronize local directories with a remote server. There is Russian localization.

One of the important features of Cyberduck is the integration of the program with Cryptomator. This service can create cloud storage directories and encrypt them, as well as the files inside, using AES-256 encryption keys. The information placed there will be securely and transparently encoded.

This makes it possible to avoid the introduction of backdoors from third parties and ensure the safety of your data located in the clouds. The application itself is very simple. You just need to create your own storage, enter a name and password for it.

Built-in macOS app View Supports working with PDF format and images. However, the free alternative, Skim PDF Reader, is much better. This program has built-in support for AppleScript, LaTeX, BibDesk and much more. On the left side of the main window, you can view page thumbnails or table of contents. And on the right side there is a notes panel that displays all the annotations you have created.

An interesting feature of Skim is the “reading panel”. It allows you to focus on the material being studied. The content panel has received powerful search functionality. It is possible to highlight search results on all pages and group them based on density on the sheet.

If you are working with an impressive book of hundreds of pages, you can split the document into two PDFs or take a reference photo of it. Using thumbnails or a table of contents, you can browse the book faster. And all notes or annotations can be exported to a text file.

Selecting and correctly preparing a bibliography is not an easy task. When implementing it, it is easy to make formatting errors. In this situation on help will come BibDesk program for macOS, which is designed to manage bibliographies and references when writing essays and articles. It can also be used to organize and maintain a document library in PDF format and other formats.

The bibliographic manager BibDesk has improved support for UTF encodings, allows you to expand the bib format with new fields, and allows you to add your own plugins. Does not contain bibliographic styles, but easily integrates with basic LaTeX styles. It naturally includes import/export functions into plain text, RTF, HTML, RSS and such bibliographic formats as BibTeX, RIS, EndNote. This BM makes it possible to link articles with personal computer to your own bibliography.

The application is easy to use. Create your library of articles in Google Scholar, ACM, arXiv, JSTOR, Springer Link and other specialized resources. Each publication requires a citation key, which provides details: type of article, year, author, etc. Just copy this key and BibDesk will automatically receive all the details.

You can drag a PDF file into the program window and fill out the information fields for it. The application allows you to export bibliographic information in the following formats: BibTeX, XML, HTML and others. Or you can simply copy the data from the application and then paste it into your documents.

SelfControl – adding sites to the “black list” in macOS for a while

There are many sites on the Internet that tempt us with something interesting and take away our valuable time. This application will help you fight them. You need to add an unwanted website to the “black list” window. Using the slider, you can set the boundaries of the time block for it, at least 15 minutes. All you have to do is click Start, enter your password and the lock mode will start.

The program allows you to create a “white list” for desired sites.

This simple utility allows you to take screenshots directly from the menu bar. It is possible to take a screenshot using hotkeys. The application then uploads the drawing to an image hosting service. There are several options to choose from, including Imgur and Pomf. If the link seems long, you can shorten it - copy this URL and press another hotkey combination.

Application QuickTime Player makes it possible to record the state of the Mac screen, but the functionality of this solution is limited. Great alternative the Kap program is performing. It is located in the menu bar, making it easy to access.

The cropping tools menu contains six preset presets, including those for 1:1, 4:3, 16:9 and others. But you can manually add custom values ​​or simply capture the entire application window. The program gives useful recommendations for this. Kap can also record mouse movements.

And with a microphone connected to the computer, you can add your own voice to the recording. Recorded videos can be exported to various formats: GIF, MP4, WebM and APNG.

Majority Mac users know that the keyboard shortcut Command (⌘) + W allows you to close a window or tab, and pressing Command (⌘) + Q will close the application itself. Here are just the keys W And Q are located nearby, so it is easy to close the program by mistake.

This small utility after pressing the combination Command (⌘) + Q creates a slight delay. In this way it is possible to avoid accidental pressing. After entering the combination Command (⌘) + Q A countdown timer overlay will appear above the current window. The action is suspended until it is completed. The user can choose the delay time, increasing it from one second to, for example, three. To do this, you need to enter the command in the Terminal:

defaults write com.dteoh.SlowQuitApps delay -int 3000

This simple text formatting app is cross-platform. It supports CommonMark and GitHub Flavored Markdown standards. The application has all the typical features for its family, including support for light and dark themes. There is a standard preview window that replaces syntax symbols with their correct appearance in formatted mode.

The program has various modes that will help you focus on writing articles or code. MarkText has an autocomplete feature for creating parenthesis pairs, and supports emoji and MathJax. You can export your draft to HTML or PDF format.

This program is a simple text or code editor. CotEditor has a clear and easy to understand interface. The program quickly allows you to end lines, understands various file encodings, and supports syntax colors. CotEditor boasts support for almost 60 programming languages, which makes it possible to select the desired text coloring as needed.

Built-in sidebar Info provides detailed information about the text being processed: its encoding, number of characters, and more. CotEditor supports regular expressions, has powerful text search and replacement functionality. This usually only occurs in paid editors.

The working window can be divided into two halves, which makes it possible to place it in one of the parts background information when working in the second window. The application will be very convenient for working with large volumes of text information.

Mac OS is one of the most popular operating systems in the world. It is distinguished by stability, ease of use and a high level of protection against viruses. mac OS comes pre-installed with many system programs, but for comfortable work users download additional ones. Below we will talk about the most useful and popular applications for mac OS that will make it more functional.

Mac has its own archiver, but it only works with files that were created on this OS. They cannot open data from Windows, Linux, Android. Reads almost all existing archive extensions:

• Zip and 7-zip;
• Tar-GZip and so on.

The benefits of The Unarchiver program are as follows:

• It is freely available, free to use, no activation required.
• When unzipping, it accurately saves file names in both Latin and Cyrillic.
• It is possible to select the folder into which the contents of the archive will be moved when unpacking it.

MacID

MacID is a useful utility for those who want to automate password entry. The only limitation is that this program requires an iPhone. You also need to download a similar one to it paid application. The version for PC and laptops is free.

MacID works as follows. After installing the program on your computer and smartphone, both devices are synchronized. When you move away from your PC, it will lock. To log in to the system, you need to go to your computer and unlock your iPhone. The Mac will unlock automatically.

With this application you don’t have to constantly remember and enter complex passwords, also take care of the safety of your gadget. You can log into the system with just one click of your finger on your smartphone.

Slack

Slack- best program for mac OS X for business correspondence. In the application you can not only exchange messages, but also create and conduct entire business projects. Its main advantage is integration with cloud services And social networks. For example, Slack allows you to create, edit, and share Google Docs.

The most interesting features of this utility for Mac include:

• creating an unlimited number of subgroups in one chat;
• uploading data to your own hosting and file sharing;
• search, archive and restore sent messages;
• ability to add built-in plugins and extensions.

VLC Player is an alternative to the standard media player, which has limited functionality and does not support many extensions. VLC Player not only plays most files, but also reads DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and allows video broadcasting.

Features of VLC Player that will simplify your work with audio and video:

• playing videos directly from YouTube;
• converting files from one format to another;
• installing a video as a screensaver on your desktop;
• transcription of audio recordings;
• creating high-quality screenshots while watching a video.

f.lux

Often, using a computer is very harmful to your eyesight. f.lux will help reduce eye strain for Mac users. This utility adapts screen settings depending on the time of day.

Artificial light is warmer than natural light, so the monitor becomes colder in contrast at night. During the day, on the contrary, warm colors return. IN latest version f.lux developers have added an interesting feature. The system selects settings based not only on time, but also on the user’s individual schedule.

There are two more modes available in the utility:

• Movie Mode - for watching movies and long videos.
• Darkroom - for comfortable computer use in the dark.

A very convenient and functional e-reader is included in the list best apps for mac OS. It works with many services, so after installation you can automatically move your reading feed into one program.

ReadKit has the ability to fine-tune the design: not only choose a general theme, but also a font, size, line spacing, paragraph and so on. This feature is especially relevant for visually impaired users.

Also in Ridkit convenient system filtration. Files can be sorted by the following parameters:

• content;
• date added;
• internet link;
• the service from which the content was downloaded;
• read or unread.

Fantastical - a calendar with advanced features. It allows:

• Create event reminders. Each of them is marked with a special color to make it easier to navigate.
• Automatically reschedule scheduled events. For example, if you write “meeting tomorrow at 8,” then the next day the information “meeting today at 8” will appear on the calendar. Please note that reminders must be written in English.
• Add a widget for quick notifications so you don’t miss anything important and instantly create new tasks.

Pocket is a new approach to data storage. It stores not files, but entire pages from the browser. Thanks to this, they can be viewed even when there is no Internet connection. Once installed and registered, Pocket creates a widget that you simply click on to archive the page.

Web pages remain as designed. This means that in offline access you will not see a random set of symbols and pictures, but the same thing that you opened earlier.

As you use programs, some data is stored in your computer's memory. Often this is completely unnecessary information: application cache, installation files and other garbage. It not only clutters the device, but also significantly slows down its operation.

CCleaner can clear unnecessary data. This utility performs the following functions:

• deleting browser cache, bookmarks, downloads and other information;
• uninstalling installed programs;
• setting up applications to autostart when you log in;
• emptying the trash can.

Except antivirus programs a computer that is constantly connected to the Internet requires additional protection For secure connection. For Mac, this will be provided by Little Snitch - a simple and functional firewall.

Initially, the system has its own utility installed, but Little Snitch has several advantages over it:

• the ability to block not only incoming but also outgoing connections;
• available fine settings to select applications whose operation will be monitored;
• scanning network traffic to monitor changes in program operation.

Transmission is a version of the torrent tracker for Mac OS. It is distinguished by its laconic design, ease of use and a variety of useful functions. With Transmission you can:

• create torrent files;
• broadcast data download speed;
• control the speed of file distribution;
• automatically delete downloads after they are installed;
• sort torrents into groups.

Bear

Bear- text editor, made in the best traditions of minimalism. You can create both long entries and short notes in it. The program allows you to format the text as needed: arrange paragraphs, lists, headings, and so on. Records are sorted using tags that the user assigns to each document.

An important advantage of Bear is synchronization with mobile version. You can open and edit files simultaneously on your computer and on your smartphone or tablet.

VOX

VOX is a music player that allows you to listen to music online without saving it to your device's memory. It also works with the iTunes data library, so all files can be imported directly from it.

The main advantages of the VOX media player include:

• simple and clear interface in laconic black and white colors;
• support for many music formats, including ALAC, FLAC, OGG;
• fine-tune the sound using the built-in equalizer;
• control applications by swiping rather than pressing buttons.

This mail client turns messages into tasks for which notifications are sent. You can connect profiles from two systems to it - Gmail and iCloud.

Immediately upon receipt, messages are sorted by volume and importance, read and unread messages. The application is very convenient for working with drafts - they are automatically saved in the Dropbox cloud.

One of the most convenient features is the ability to delay reading. With its help, you indicate that you saw the letter, but will read it later.

GIMP

There are no quality pre-installed image editors on Mac, so their role will be filled by GIMP program. It retains all the basic functions of Photoshop, but the application is completely free.

GIMP offers the following features:

• Creation graphic images any types (drawings, logos, etc.);
• processing photographs and other images using color correction, filters, cropping and distortion;
• drawing from scratch - for this, brushes of various shapes and thicknesses are available, control of layers, their transparency and position, and so on;
• support for scanners and tablets for creating graphics;
• creating animation files and much more.

Paste 2 - clipboard between your Mac and mobile device on iOS. He works in background and allows you to instantly copy a selected object on two gadgets simultaneously.

The buffer storage capacity is unlimited, you can move even heavy files. Selecting and copying is done in any convenient way: using a key combination, dragging, and so on.

Due to the closure of access to some programs by law, programs that provide a secure and private connection have become popular today. For Mac, Betternet is considered the most popular.

The functionality of the application allows you to:

• download applications that are not available in your local region;
• open web pages that are blocked;
• use public networks safely;
• remain completely anonymous while searching the Internet.

Conclusion

There are many available for mac OS useful programs. They improve the speed of your PC, make it safer to use, and simplify the creation and editing of files in a wide variety of formats. Most of the utilities are free, but some require a fixed fee to download or pay for the program once a month.

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A set of standard software on a Mac allows you to solve a large number of tasks and get started within a few minutes after unpacking.

Unfortunately, there are many everyday tasks and scenarios that no Mac out of the box can handle.

So as not to be without desired application in the midst of your work process, I recommend immediately downloading the 10 most useful applications for any Mac.

1. The Unarchiver: Unzip the RAR

In modern realities with large capacity storage devices, clouds and wireless transmission data, many have abandoned the use of archives.

However, you often have to download something from the Internet, receive compressed data by mail, or even download applications from the developer’s website in the archive.

Just install the application The Unarchiver and unpacking will no longer be a problem. The application is not the most sophisticated in its niche, but the basic capabilities are enough for everyone, and the program is absolutely free.

2. VLC or IINA media player: watch any video

The second common problem that every Mac user faces is watching video. Standard QuickTime It does not support all formats and has virtually no settings.

To forget once and for all about codecs, video formats, support audio tracks and subtitles, just install one universal player.

Just a couple of years ago, the leader in this segment was the application VLC, and now this player has a worthy alternative - IINA.

The VLC application has long been familiar to users, is developed for all modern platforms, and the creators of the program have vast accumulated experience.

In turn, IINA is created exclusively for macOS, written in the progressive Swift language, has a lighter design and is not inferior in the number of settings.

3. DaisyDisk: Keep track of space on Mac

The Mac storage space analyzer will always tell you how to quickly and efficiently clean up your computer.

There are no cleaning algorithms, improvers or optimizers here. Just a visual pie chart.

Instead of deleting tens of megabytes, you can immediately find unnecessary data that takes up the lion's share of space. Thoughtful manual cleaning once every six months will free up much more space than any automatic one.

4. TripMode: spend less traffic from your iPhone

A real must-have for Mac owners who move a lot with their computer, work in a cafe, park, plane or train.

The program will be useful during trips abroad or when using iPhone as a modem for Mac.

The utility helps you quickly deny network access to any application. An icon in the menu bar allows you to manage settings with just a click.

This way you can easily save traffic, increase speed on a slow connection, or save battery power when necessary.

5. Tuxera or Paragon NTFS: make friends with flash drives for Windows

No matter how much you surround yourself with Apple technology, you will still have to work with NTFS. operating room Apple system perfectly reads data from another file system, but will not be able to record without additional software.

So as not to rush around in search of best utility To work with NTFS, select the appropriate option in advance.

Recognized leaders in this niche are Tuxera And Paragon NTFS. Each application has its own army of fans, who extol the advantages of the program and do not notice its shortcomings.

In most cases, the utilities do the same job and are not very different from each other.

6. FOLX 5: Upload files conveniently

A convenient and functional download manager that can be used on any Mac. The program can intercept downloads from Safari or Chrome, and can download torrents and videos from YouTube.

The download can be split into several threads for faster loading compared to browsers.

You can pause or resume downloads and download data on a schedule. For example, unload the network during working hours and download at night.

The program has free and paid versions; you can learn more about the differences and other features of FOLX 5.

7. Magnet, Window Tidy or BetterSnapTool: Arrange windows easily

One of the few features from the Windows world that macOS really lacks is sticking windows to the corners of the screen. This way you can quickly arrange programs for comfortable work no switching.

On a Mac, this mode looks poor, has no settings and supports only two applications. If you need more, build it manually.

It is much easier to use one of third party applications and control windows using gestures or hotkeys.

Magnet– the simplest solution with a minimum of settings. Window Tidy– more parameters and options. BetterSnapTool– the most expensive and customizable alternative.

8. CheatSheet: Memorize keyboard shortcuts

The utility will definitely come in handy for novice Mac users. Advanced owners of Apple computers can also learn something new with its help.

The application starts with operating system and at any time displays a list of all hot keys for the active application. You just need to hold down the key Command (⌘) for a few seconds.

This is much faster than searching for the desired action in the menu bar and encourages you to remember useful shortcuts.

9. AppCleaner: clean up junk from programs

A simple utility for complete removal applications on Mac. A simple drag and drop to the trash bin does not delete system data, cache and program settings, but everything unnecessary will be deleted.

Programs can be removed either through the utility interface, or you can configure AppCleaner to launch during the removal of any program in the usual way.

Everything is very simple without unnecessary effects, animations and absolutely free.

10. Franz 5 or All-In-One Messenger: all messengers in one

So you bought your first Mac or successfully installed Hackintosh on your PC, made your first Mac settings OS, but every day you begin to notice some shortcomings of the built-in software. Either the archive is not opened by the built-in archiver, or the video cannot be played in any way by Quick Time, or there is simply nothing to open doc and Excel files with.

To make sure you experience as little inconvenience as possible, I decided to share a set of useful programs that should be included in Mac OS. You may not use them all the time, but their very presence will make your life much easier when needed. So let's get started...

Browser

I won't even go so far as to say that 99% of Mac OS users use Safari browser. This is understandable; it is faster and more convenient in many ways than its competitors. But unfortunately, you will need to have any second browser available - it can be Chrome or Firefox, it’s up to you.

Safari is a great browser, but at times it can refuse to open various sites from the search, due to Apple security concerns, which is really annoying. The list of such sites has not been officially published, but believe me, over the five years of use I have encountered a considerable number of them. Yes, these are not super popular resources, but still, in order not to get into a situation where you really need to open it, but Safari refuses to open pages from the search, it’s worth having any other browser on hand, just in case, as they say.

Smooth Scroll

If you use an Apple Magic Mouse or use a MacBook's touchpad to navigate, you won't need this. But when using a mouse from other manufacturers, users will be disappointed. Scrolling in the system will be far from what you saw in the review; there is no smoothness when viewing pages in Safari and other applications. What's the matter?

And the point is precisely in the devices used - smooth scrolling only works with mice and touchpads made by Apple, and will not work with any other manufacturer. To get smooth scrolling, you will need Smooth Scroll software. The program is paid, at the moment the license costs about $10, if you don’t want to pay, look for it on the internet.

Archiver

The standard archiver opens most archives, but it still does not work with the fairly popular RAR archives. To open RAR archives you will need third party software.

Personally, I use the free version of Win RAR for these purposes, it is available in the App Store quite officially, there is also a PRO version, but I have never needed it. I highly recommend that it be installed on Mac OS, although the number of Win RAR users is decreasing every year, it is still a fairly popular archiver, as is the compression format. And in order not to get into a situation where there is nothing to open the archive, there must be one.

Video player

For those who like to watch videos on a computer, it may be disappointing that in reality the cool Quick Time does not support all video formats. For these purposes, use any other player. I use VLC and it helps me a lot when watching various video tutorials and educational videos downloaded from the internet. Which one you choose is up to you.

HyperDock utility to enhance the Dock functionality

Using the HyperDock prepanel, you can expand the capabilities of the Dock:

• Switch between windows of one application program using visual windows;
• Close unnecessary windows;
• View the contents of the window without activating it;
• Have quick access to view new calendar events;
• Manage iTunes, as well as adjust the volume;
• Etc.

Image compression

Those who like to take screenshots to share online or by mail, and simply to reduce the size of your photos, which in uncompressed form can have a very decent weight, I highly recommend using image compression programs.

If you have a large library of personal photos and you enable synchronization with ICloud, then before you know it, the free 5 gigs provided by Apple will run out, especially if you synchronize not only photos, but also the “Desktop” and “Documents” folders. .

By default, screenshots in Mac OS are saved in PNG format and have a very decent size, which can be inconvenient when uploading to the Internet or sending by mail. You can read how to change the extension of screenshots.

I use Imageoptim, the program is very convenient in that it does not change the image extension and does not duplicate it, but overwrites it, but if desired, this can be changed in the settings. Compression is quite fast and requires just a few clicks to start. The program is absolutely free, Russified.

Clearing cache and temporary files

After some time of using Mac OS, you begin to notice how the disk space begins to decrease, which causes a lot of inconvenience. If the system is cluttered, the system takes longer to load at startup, the system may slow down or become thoughtful, or there may simply be a lack of space to suit your needs. If you use video or photo editors, then reducing space by system disk happens many times faster.

What to clean:

• Browser cache;
• System cache;
• Duplicates of files, photos, attachments in mail, etc.;
• Program caches, which can take up a significant amount of space;
• Temporary program and system files;
• Programs and extensions in autorun, since not all are displayed in system settings;
• Etc. etc….

You can try to clear all this manually, but I dare to assure you that you will not clear everything manually and half of the above will still remain on the disk. Previously, I used the free version of CCleaner and was quite happy with it, but lately it has ceased to fully meet my needs and I switched to CleanMyMac 3, which does all of the above and much more for me automatically, saving me a huge amount of time, as well as protecting necessary files from accidental manual deletion, which can have bad consequences.

CleanMyMac 3 features: clear caches, duplicate files, temporary files, mail, compress images in Photos, clear program and extension caches, manage extensions and much more. The program monitor also constantly monitors the filling of the recycle bin and memory and clears them to save space if you have specified this in the settings. In general, the program is very useful if you want to save time while getting the maximum effect from cleaning - this is what you need. I already use it quite a bit for a long time and very pleased.

The program is paid - the license costs $39 for one Mac, which is currently a little over 2,000 rubles, but it is completely worth it.

Office applications

Very few of us do not use or at least do not encounter Word files or Excel tables. Whatever one may say, most files on the Internet or at work are sent to doc format. These can be books, price lists, various instructions, descriptions, etc. To open these types of files, you have a choice of applications from three developers, but one way or another they perform similar functions.

1. Microsoft Word, Excel and more for Mac. These are standard Microsoft applications, similar to office applications for Windows. These programs will be convenient for users who are accustomed to the program interface in Windows and do not want to experience inconvenience when using other applications. Inconveniences of other programs may include changing hot keys, minor interface inconsistencies, and the like. In general, if you want to work like Windows, then download the package from Microsoft https://products.office.com/ru-RU/mac.
2. LibreOffice- This free analogue office programs Microsoft, but still have differences. Hotkeys may differ, but the interface, spelling, application and functions may not differ significantly. In general, if you just use Word, you won’t feel any discomfort, but to fully work with tables, you’ll have to learn a little. Official website of LibreOffice
3. iWork Apple is a package from Apple developers. Contains several applications. Pages is a powerful text editor for creating documents that look great and read great. It is fully compatible with files created in Microsoft Office and LibreOffice. In the application Numbers Easily create beautiful tables with visual diagrams and illustrations. Powerful Tools and amazing effects Keynote will help you create impressive presentations. And the functions for collaboration in real time will allow your colleagues to simultaneously edit the same file from their Mac, iPad and iPhone. You can even join work from a PC by opening iWork for iCloud in your browser.

In my opinion, the most convenient for poppy are Pages and Numbers, especially since in Numbers you can make really beautiful and informative tables with graphs and various functions. These programs are compatible with Microsoft Office formats, or rather, they open them and it is possible to edit them, but the same Office format Pages will not open, the same applies to Number, you should not forget about this when exporting documents.

You may also notice a difference in the display in Number tables - it can be a beautiful and neat three-column table, but in Excel and LibreOffice it can be displayed as a multi-column document. But it’s still convenient that you can use applications through the ICloud browser and synchronize between Apple devices. For some devices the program may be paid. Download IWork of. Apple website

Temperature tracking app

It wouldn't hurt to have an application on hand to monitor the processor temperature, as sometimes this can help avoid terrible and disastrous consequences for the computer.

For this purpose, I use the free intel power gadget mac os application, which one you use is your choice. There are quite a lot of applications, there are also those that monitor the temperature constantly and when you start the program, choose what you like.

In other cases regular funds Mac OS is quite enough for comfortable work. You may not use all of the listed applications all the time, but to avoid unpleasant situations you should have them on your computer. If Smooth Scroll is a far from essential program and you can safely ignore its installation, then installing others will make your life much easier when needed.

Which instant messengers, social networking applications and the like to use, I think you’ll figure it out just fine without me. Good luck!!!