Long time PC Laptop user buys his first MacBook Air

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Homebrew

#Package Manager #Front End Package Manager #Windows Tools 880 social mentions

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SensibleSideButtons

Sensible Side Buttons: https://sensible-side-buttons.archagon.net/ Free. This lets your additional mouse buttons, like back and forward, work the same way on Mac as on Windows.

#Mac Tools #Window Manager #Automation 20 social mentions

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Caldis MOS

Mos: https://mos.caldis.me/ Free. Mouse scrolling on Mac is jumpy and uneven. This app will let you enable smooth scrolling and also reverse the direction of the mouse wheel.

#Automation #Note Taking #Mac Tools 87 social mentions

Better Touch Tool: https://folivora.ai/ 20 USD for liftetime license. This app is extremely useful if you're using an external keyboard with your Mac. By default, numlock is enabled, so I use it to map the num pad to the arrow keys as well as a few other things. It has a ton of other uses too.

#Window Manager #Mac Tools #OSX Tools 185 social mentions

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DriveDx

Other mentions: If you're like me and like to keep an eye on your system, TG Pro (https://www.tunabellysoftware.com/tgpro/) will let you monitor system temperatures. If you want to keep an eye on your SSD drive, there's DriveDX (https://binaryfruit.com/drivedx). It will show the health of your SSD as well as how much data has been written to it. These 2 apps are not free. I purchased them because they're useful to me. Both have a free trial though.

#Utilities #Backup & Restore #Data Recovery Software 70 social mentions

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CleanMyMac X

I would recommend CleanmymacX for some basic maintenance and malware protection. There's quite a few crappy maintenance apps that are not really worth it but this is definitely worth the subscription price. Check it out and run the demo and see if you like it.

#Utilities #Data Cleansing #Monitoring Tools 24 social mentions