Here is a list of applications (and some other stuff) that I keep installed on my Mac. This is mostly a reference for myself but maybe this list will be interesting to others as well.
Applications
- 1Password | Essential password management
- Audio Hijack | Record audio from any app on my Mac
- Chrome
- Copilot Money | Personal finance
- DaisyDisk | Disk analyzer
- Deliveries | Package tracking
- Discord | All-purpose chat, video and screenshare
- Docker
- Dropbox | File synchronization
- Element | Matrix client
- Elgato Stream Deck
- Farrago | Soundboard
- Firefox
- Fission | Audio editing
- Forecast | Podcast MP3 Encoder and Editor
- GarageBand | For recording/editing podcasts
- HexWalk | Hex Editor/Viewer/Analyzer
- Ivory | Mastodon client
- Loopback | Audio routing
- Marker | Write and edit markdown files
- MIDI Monitor
- Mona | Fediverse client
- Monal | XMPP client
- Numbers | Mac-native Spreadsheet Tool
- nvALT | Desktop application for editing notes synced with Simplenote
- Obsidian | Knowledge management
- Pages | Mac-native Word Processor
- Proton Mail | Proton mail client
- Proxyman | Web Debugging Proxy
- Save to Pocket
- Slack
- Sloth | Show open files and sockets
- SoundSource | Audio controls
- Stream Deck | Companion Software for device from Elgato
- TextMate | Powerful text editor and IDE
- The Unarchiver
- Timery | Time tracking
- UA Midi Control
- UAD Software | Management software for my audio interface
- Visual Studio Code | Code editing
- VMware Fusion
- Xcode | Mac-native IDE
Homebrew Packages
Package manager for macOS
- nmap: Port scanning utility for large networks
- wget: Internet file retriever
- python3: no longer bundled by default in MacOS
- gnupg: encrypt, decrypt
Other
- Pocket Extension | For saving articles in Safari
- Set up GitHub SSH Keys
- Install Jekyll and run “bundle install”.