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New Mac Essentials
The first apps to install when you get a new Mac
  • Discover and listen to music from Hype Machine. Hype Machine is a popular music blog aggregator.
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    Plug
  • Using GrandTotal you can create invoices and estimates in the twinkling of an eye and keep track over the outstanding payments. Detailed statistics and graphs give you an insight into the current state of your business and allow comparison to previous periods.
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  • DaisyDisk is a paid disk space analyzer for macOS. It displays a sunburst diagram of files on a hard drive to help with the location or deletion of large files. It can display previews of files using Quick Look. It also allows the user to look at the file directly in Finder, in order to delete it or move it elsewhere.
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    Daisy Disk
  • Spectacle is a simple utility that allows you to easily organize your windows without using a mouse. Those familiar with similar apps will find Spectacle to be a simple and unobtrusive way to become more productive while using your Mac.
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    Spectacle
  • MacPaw develops and distributes innovative software for macOS and iOS that simplifies the lives of Mac users. Renowned for its meticulously crafted products, such as CleanMyMac, CleanMy®Phone, Setapp, and ClearVPN, and known for its Moonlock cybersecurity division, MacPaw is dedicated to enhancing and securing the Mac user experience. Founded in Kyiv, Ukraine, with a subsidiary office in Boston, MacPaw serves millions of users worldwide.
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    MacPaw
  • Yoink for iPad and iPhone lets you easily and quickly store items you drag, copy, share or download for later use. This way, you can collect items in a central place without having to constantly move back and forth between your source- and destination applications.
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    Yoink
  • The Unarchiver is a proprietary freeware data decompression utility, which supports more formats than Archive Utility (formerly known as BOMArchiveHelper), the built-in archive unpacker program in macOS. It can also handle filenames in various character encodings, created using operating system versions that use those character encodings.
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    Unarchiver
  • iStat Menus covers a huge range of stats, including a CPU monitor, GPU, memory, network usage, disk usage, disk activity, date & time, battery and more. All in a highly optimised, low resource package. iStat Menus is highly configurable, with full support for macOS’ light and dark menubar modes.
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    Istat Menus 6
  • Giphy, styled as GIPHY, is an American online database and search engine that allows users to search for and share short looping videos with no sound, that resemble animated GIF files.
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  • Rocket is a free Mac application that lets you type emoji using Slack-style shortcuts.
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    Rocket
  • MacUpdate is the best way to discover Free Mac Software. Download, install, or update Mac Apps, read user reviews or submit your own.
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    MacUpdate
  • SizeUp allows you to quickly resize and position your windows with keyboard shortcuts or a handy menu bar icon.
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    SizeUp
  • Wallcat is a free app that gives you a beautiful new desktop wallpaper on macOS and Google Chrome Tab.
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    Wallcat
  • Founded in 2013 as a tiny side project, Product Hunt has become the place for makers and companies to launch their latest app, gadget, or physical products to the world. It's a global community of friendly folks sharing and discussing the latest in tech.
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    Product Hunt
  • Paste is a time machine for your clipboard that lets you instantly find anything you've ever copied and use it whenever you need it again.
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    Paste
  • Bartender lets you organize your menu bar icons, by hiding them, rearranging them, show hidden items with a click or keyboard shortcut and have icons show when they update.
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  • Unclutter is a 3-in-1 productivity app to power up your efficiency and comfort on Mac during the day. It’s a smart and super handy place on your desktop for storing notes, files and pasteboard clips. Being just one easy gesture away, Unclutter becomes a surprisingly helpful and convenient tool.
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    Unclutter
  • Magnet keeps your workspace organized. Activated by dragging, customizable keyboard shortcuts or via menu bar, Magnet declutters your screen by snapping windows into organized tiles.
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  • Software that stops your devices from keeping you awake at night. For Mac, Windows, Linux and iOS
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    Flux
  • 1Password is a password manager, digital vault, form filler and secure digital wallet. Easily store and use strong passwords. Log in to sites and fill forms securely with a single click.
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    1Password