Best apps for a newbie to not miss ? I am going to use my first ever MBP I need recommendations please to make most of the machine

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on reddit.com/r/macapps

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  • Rectangle

    Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas

  • Appwrite

    Appwrite - The Open Source Firebase alternative introduces iOS support. Appwrite is an open source backend server that helps you build native iOS applications much faster with realtime APIs for authentication, databases, files storage, cloud functions and much more!

  • hidden

    An ultra-light MacOS utility that helps hide menu bar icons

  • awesome-macOS

     A curated list of awesome applications, softwares, tools and shiny things for macOS.

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    🚀 Awesome list of open source applications for macOS. https://t.me/s/opensourcemacosapps

  • awesome-macos

    A curated list of awesome software for Apple's macOS. (by phmullins)

  • macports-www

    The MacPorts website

    homebrew is the most popular package manager on MacOS. It's painfully slow compared to linux package managers but it works. Macports is an alternative and Nix works on MacOS as well. They can be used to download both terminal and GUI applications.

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  • hammerspoon

    Staggeringly powerful macOS desktop automation with Lua

    Hammerspoon is something I use for window management, event-based automation, binding global keys, and a bunch of other stuff. Its configs are written in Lua, though you can find a lot of stuff people share online if you don't feel like scripting stuff out yourself.

  • kitty

    Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based terminal

    Maybe a different terminal emulator like iterm2 for one with tons of features or something like kitty or alacritty for a lighter weight terminal.

  • iTerm2

    iTerm2 is a terminal emulator for Mac OS X that does amazing things.

    Maybe a different terminal emulator like iterm2 for one with tons of features or something like kitty or alacritty for a lighter weight terminal.

  • HomeBrew

    🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

    homebrew is the most popular package manager on MacOS. It's painfully slow compared to linux package managers but it works. Macports is an alternative and Nix works on MacOS as well. They can be used to download both terminal and GUI applications.

  • alacritty

    A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.

    Maybe a different terminal emulator like iterm2 for one with tons of features or something like kitty or alacritty for a lighter weight terminal.

  • Soduto

    Soduto is a KDEConnect compatible client for macOS. It allows better integration between your phones, desktops and tablets. (by sannidhyaroy)

    Soduto (awesome app for getting ecosystem features between your android and mac/the official version is outdated so, you can try the forked version from my GitHub Repository)

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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