The 10 tools I install on every new Mac I get

1

VLC Media Player

VLC - plays everything, has excellent keyboard shortcuts and can in a pinch even record screens for you (free).

#Media Player #Video Player #Audio Player 3 social mentions

2

ProtonVPN

Other essentials are a VPN (I use Mullvad and ProtonVPN), but that's about it.

#VPN #Cloud VPN #Security 310 social mentions

3

Node.js

Node/NPM - many things rely on it (free).

#Runtime #JavaScript Runtime #JavaScript 785 social mentions

4

Mullvad

Other essentials are a VPN (I use Mullvad and ProtonVPN), but that's about it.

#VPN #Security #Cloud VPN 86 social mentions

5

ImageOptim

ImageOptim - file resizing and optimising images, even on the command line (free).

#Image Optimisation #Image Editing #Image Effects 52 social mentions

6

HandBrake

Handbrake - batch conversion of videos made easy (free).

#Video #Video Converter #File Converter 568 social mentions

7

GitHub Desktop

GitHub Desktop - much, much easier than installing and setting up Git yourself (free).

#Git #Git Tools #Code Collaboration 129 social mentions

8

Visual Studio Code

#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1008 social mentions

9

Homebrew

Homebrew - makes installing of low level stuff a breeze (free).

#Package Manager #Windows Tools #Front End Package Manager 877 social mentions