The purpose of this file is to have a backup of my ideal macOS setup so that if/when I upgrade my mac, i'll know exactly what to do.
If it makes sense, i'll eventually create a website to properly showcase everything.
β‘οΈ must haves | π° paid | π subscription | β free
- Brave: A chromium based browser - https://brave.com/ β‘οΈ | β
- Firefox (setup): The king of browsers - https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/ β‘οΈ | β
- Colloquy: IRC Client - https://github.com/colloquy/colloquy β
- Discord: Feature packed VoIP client with endless interesting serves - https://discord.com/ β‘οΈ | β
- Microsoft Outlook: E-mail client of choice - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/outlook/email-and-calendar-software-microsoft-outlook β‘οΈ | π°
- Signal: End-to-end encrypted messaging service - https://signal.org/#signal β‘οΈ | β
- Whatsapp Desktop: macOS Whatsapp wrapper - https://www.whatsapp.com/download β‘οΈ | β
- Adobe Illustrator: Vector graphics - https://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator.html β‘οΈ | π°
- Adobe InDesign: Layout design & desktop publishing - https://www.adobe.com/products/indesign.html β‘οΈ | π°
- Adobe Photoshop: Photo, image & design editing - https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html β‘οΈ | π°
- Apple Books: Ebook reader β‘οΈ
- Calibre: Ebook management: https://calibre-ebook.com/ β‘οΈ | β
- IINA: Open source media player - https://iina.io/ β‘οΈ | β
- Spotify: Music streaming - https://www.spotify.com/ β‘οΈ | π°
- Alfred (setup): A superior Spotlight replacement - https://www.alfredapp.com/ β‘οΈ | π°
- AltTab: An open source, windows style tab switcher - https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/ β‘οΈ | β
- BetterTouchTool: An indispensable input modifier allowing you to take advantage of gestures+hotkeys - https://folivora.ai/ β‘οΈ | π°
- Dropzone 4: A menubar drag and drop enhancer - https://aptonic.com/ π°
- Grid: A window manager with gesture support - https://macgrid.app/ π°
- Bitwarden: Open source password manager - https://bitwarden.com/ β‘οΈ | β
- Hosts File Adblock List: I use this list to block ads system wide - https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ β‘οΈ | β
- Micro Snitch: A microphone & camera activity monitor - https://www.obdev.at/products/microsnitch/index.html π°
- NordVPN: A VPN service - https://nordvpn.com π° | π
- Windscribe: VPN service with free 10gb/month - https://windscribe.com π° | π
- A Better Finder Rename 11: A batch file renamer - https://www.publicspace.net/ABetterFinderRename/index.html π°
- Amphetamine: A keep-wake app for macOS - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/amphetamine/id937984704?mt=12 β
- AppCleaner: A deep cleaning app uninstaller - https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/ β‘οΈ | β
- Bartender 4: Hide menubar items - https://www.macbartender.com/ π°
- BetterDiscord: Customize Discord & install plugins: https://betterdiscord.net β
- cDock: A dock customizer - https://www.macenhance.com/cdock β‘οΈ | π°
- Dropbox: Cloud storage - https://dropbox.com β‘οΈ | β
- Google Drive: Cloud Storage - https://www.google.com/intl/en_in/drive/ β‘οΈ | β
- Keka: Data decompression utility - https://www.keka.io/en/ π°
- MacForge (setup): macOS plugin manager - https://www.macenhance.com/macforge β
- Monosnap: A supercharged screenshot tool - https://monosnap.com/ π°
- Numi: An all-in-one calculator & converter that understands text based questions - https://numi.app/ β
- OwnOCR: Capture text from anything - https://owlocr.com/ β
- OpenInTerminalLite: Open source finder menu shortcut to open current directory in Teminal - https://github.com/Ji4n1ng/OpenInTerminal β
- PopClip: An iOS style copy/paste and more shortcut that appears when text is selected - https://pilotmoon.com/popclip/ β‘οΈ | π°
- SMCFanControler: An open source fan speed controller - https://github.com/hholtmann/smcFanControl β‘οΈ | β
- Apple Notes: My note taking app of choice β‘οΈ | β
- Atom: Open Source text & code editor - https://atom.io/ β
- Microsoft Word: My word processor of choice - https://www.microsoft.com/en/microsoft-365/word β‘οΈ | π°
- Typora: Markdown editor - https://typora.io/ β
Here is my Alfred theme: https://github.com/marmmaz/Alfred/blob/master/Dark%20V2.alfredappearance β
Here are the workflows (plugins) I use:
- Amphetamine Switch: Toggle Amphetamine on/off. β
- Bluetooth Connect: Quick connect to preconfigured bluetooth devices. β
- Bluetooth Control: Toggle bluetooth on/off. β
- Convert: All-in-one converter (units, currency, etc.). β‘οΈ | β
- Directions: Pull up directions to x from current location. β
- Display Brightness: Display brightness control % control. β
- Faker: Generate fake data (email, names, address, text, etc.). β
- Fixum: Fixes broken workflows. β
- Kill Process: Quickly kill process'. β‘οΈ | β
- Last Changed Files: View last changed files. β‘οΈ | β
- Lorem Lpsum: Text generator. β
- Movie and TV Show Search: Search Movies & TV Shows. β
- Search Notes: Search within Apple Notes. β
- TemporaryEmail: Open up a temporary email address. β
- TimeZones: View different timezones. β
- Uninstall with AppCleaner: Quickly uninstall apps with AppCleaner. β‘οΈ | β
- Wi-Fi: Toggle Wi-Fi on/off. β
I run a custom theme
- Theme: https://github.com/marmmaz/FirefoxCSS β‘οΈ | β
- Startpage setup: https://github.com/marmmaz/Group-Speed-Dial β‘οΈ | β
- Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/CY2Dhkn.png
Here are the Firefox addons I use:
- Bitwarden: Open source password manager. β‘οΈ | β
- ClearURLs: Remove tracking elements from URLs. β
- Dark Reader: Dark mode for every website. β
- Decentraleyes: Protection against trackers. β
- Firefox Color: Firefox Theming. β
- Grammarly: Enhance your writing. β
- Group Speed Dial: Custom speed dial/tab page. β‘οΈ | β
- HTTPS Everywhere: Automatically use HTTPS. β
- I don't care about cookies: Remove EU cookies warning. β
- Nano Defender: Adblocking. β
- Privacy Badger: Block trackers. β
- Reddit Enhancement Suite: Enhance the Reddit experience. β
- SponsorBlock for Youtube: Skip sponsorships and more. β
- Tampermonkey: Userscropt manager. β‘οΈ | β
- Translate Web Pages: Real time page translation. β
- Tree Style Tab: Show tabs like a tree. β
- uBlock Origin: Efficient adblocker. β‘οΈ | β
- View Image: Adds Google's "View Image" & "Search by Image". β
- Youtube Watchmarker: Automatically mark watched Youtube videos. β
Here are the Tampermonkey Scripts I use:
- Absolute Enable Right Clich & Copy: Enables right click and copy everywhere. β
- Newspaper Paywall Bypasser: Bypass paywalls. β
- Resize YT to Window Size: Video will take up entire Window. β‘οΈ | β
- Afloat: Customize and add functionality to windows β
- MEMiniMe: Make macOS Big Sur menu bars more compact β‘οΈ | β
- noTitleBar-Terminal: Remove title bar from Terminal β
- spotifyPlus: Add functionality to Spotify dock icon β