The best Mac Apps to unlock your max potential (recommended by users of r/MacOs )

1. chatgpt-mac

   1 19 6,367 3.2 JavaScript

   ChatGPT for Mac, living in your menubar.

   

2. SaaSHub

   www.saashub.com featured

   SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

   

3. Quicksilver

   2 17 2,753 4.8 Objective-C

   Quicksilver Project Source

   

   Should add Quicksilver. It's the first app I install on my Macs

4. obsidian-releases

   3 1,691 10,224 9.9 JavaScript

   Community plugins list, theme list, and releases of Obsidian.

   

5. hammerspoon

   4 122 12,379 8.5 Objective-C

   Staggeringly powerful macOS desktop automation with Lua

   

   - Hammerspoon for macOS automation

6. Bitwarden

   5 1,061 16,004 9.9 C#

   Bitwarden infrastructure/backend (API, database, Docker, etc). (by bitwarden)

   

   Bitwarden - great password management app.

7. alt-tab-macos

   6 317 11,503 9.5 Swift

   Windows alt-tab on macOS

   

   AltTab - for people that want an Alt-Tab behavior similar to Windows.

8. Cork

   7 9 2,452 9.6 Swift

   A fast GUI for Homebrew written in SwiftUI

   

   Because you mentioned Homebrew, I’d recommend everyone who doesn’t want to use it through the terminal to look into Cork, which is a very nice GUI for it. It’s still pretty new, but I’m impressed with it. It also adds some pretty nifty features that Homebrew doesn’t have (like package tagging, or clearing Homebrew folders that don’t get cleared by it)

9. LuLu

   8 47 10,262 8.8 Objective-C

   LuLu is the free open-source macOS firewall

   

   LuLu is a free alternative for LittleSnitch

10. iina

    9 233 39,031 9.5 Swift

    The modern video player for macOS.

    

    IINA media player- https://iina.io

11. askai

    10 1,774 86 10.0 TypeScript

    Command Line Interface for OpenAi ChatGPT (by yudax42)

    you can enter in your browser here: https://chat.openai.com

12. Latest

    11 25 3,352 6.9 Swift

    A small utility app for macOS that makes sure you know about all the latest updates to the apps you use.

    

    Latest (Open source) - A lightweight app to keep all other apps updated, even the ones that weren't installed from the Mac App Store. Works like a charm.

13. mackup

    12 31 14,758 5.7 Python

    Keep your application settings in sync (OS X/Linux)

    

    Yeah, I went through a similar process when I finally upgraded my MBP after 8 years on a 2013 MBP. In light of the transition from Intel to Apple Silicon, I decided to do some spring cleaning with a fresh install. I ended up curating my own setup/bootstrap scripts as well as using mackup to backup and sync my dotfiles and app configs.

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