mac_software_to_install.md

Software to install (for the MacOSX® environment)

• Installer & updater of apps
  • Homebrew: package & installer manager for macOS
  • Latest: updater of installed applications
• Backup
  • Duplicati: backup software with multiple options: schedule tasks, data encryption, etc.
  • Google Backup and sync: cloud-based backup tool
  • Syncalicious: system's preferences backup & restore
• Firewall
  • LuLu: block unknown outgoing connections, unless explicitly approved by the final user
• Security
  • KnockKnock
  • BlockBlock
  • RansomWhere?; more info can be found here
• Hardware profiler
  • MachineProfile
• Text editor (multipurpose)
  • Beam
  • CotEditor
  • Brackets
  • Esse: multiple text transformation
  • Zettlr: markdown editor which integrates CSL, BibLaTeX, Pandoc and many other tools
• Compressors
  • 7-Zip: multi-format file types handler
  • Peazip: compressor and handler of compressed files
  • HJSplit: multipart zip processor
  • Keka: file compressor handler
• Data backup
  • ImgBurn: CD/DVD/DVD/Blu-ray burning application
  • Free ISO Creator: create ISO image from your files and folders
  • IsoCreator: creates ISO 9660 Joliet images
  • Iso Recorder: creates ISO 9660 Joliet images
  • OSFMount: mount ISO images from mac environment on Windows
• Uninstaller
  • Appcleaner
  • Pearcleaner
• Database (handling and editor)
  • Draxed: query editor; mysql & postgreSQL supported
  • symphytum: personal database
  • DBeaver: database management & analysis with MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite support
• Video viewer
  • VLC: multi-format viewer
• RAW viewer & image processing
  • Hasselblad Phocus
• Cloud hosting
  • Dropbox
  • Box
• File synchronization
  • FreeFileSync: folder comparison and synchronization that creates and manages backup copies of all kind of files
  • Syncthing: file synchronization between computers
• File sharing
  • LocalSend: file transfer across our wifi network
• Browsers
  • Google Chrome: internet browser
    • plus this add-ons: - Full Page Screen Capture - Block Ads: uBlock Origin - Get around paywalls - Cookie Remover - Citationsy - Writefull - Grammarly - HTTPS Everywhere - Open Access - Kopernio - Handsfree for Web - Voice Control -deprecated- - Privacy Badger
  • Mozilla Firefox: internet browser
    • plus this add-ons: - Multi-Account Containers: workflow, privacy
  • LibreWolf: internet browser
  • Vivaldi: internet browser
  • Opera: internet browser
  • Brave: internet browser
  • Orion: internet browser
• Personal groups, files & chat
  • Keybase
• Virtualization
  • Oracle VirtualBox: virtualization of operating systems, et. al.
    • Virtualbox extension pack: add-on for Oracle VirtualBox
    • VirtualBuddy: virtual machine
• File renamer (batch & automatic)
  • FileRenamer
• Android emulators
  • BlueStacks: android emulator
  • GenyMotion: android emulator
• GIS & maps & GPS
  • QGIS: GIS handling
  • Google Earth: virtual globe
  • gpxsee: GPS log file viewer and analyzer
• Office automation
  • LibreOffice: ofimatic
• Text converter
  • Pandoc: universal file text converter
• Text capture
  • TRex
• Text expander (automatic replacement)
  • Espanso: universal text expander
• Rich text editor
  • Texts: markdown file format viewer and editor
• Ebook manager (plus metadata editor)
  • Calibre: multi-format ebook reader, cataloguer, searcher
  • thelibrarian: catalogue, organize and manage your collections of books or other kind of documents such as scientific articles
• PDF Reader
  • Foxit Reader: pdf reader
  • Sioyek: PDF viewer designed for reading research papers and technical books
  • Skim PDF reader and note-taker for macOSX. It is designed to help you read and annotate scientific papers in PDF file format
• PDF Viewer
  • Okular: with capabilities of become a EPUB, MOBI, FB2, CHM, XPS, DjVu file format reader too.
• PDF editor
  • LibreOffice Draw PDF editor
  • Apache OpenOffice Draw
  • PDFSam
  • PEP: PDF Editor for Mac
  • PDFGear
• Vector image editor
  • Inkscape
• Raster image viewer
  • Xnview MP
• Password management
  • KeeWeb
• Font Management
  • Fontba.se: typography management
• Note taking
  • Joplin
• 3D editing
  • Meshlab
  • Blender
  • Cloud Compare
• 3d file viewer
  • Clay-viewer
  • 3DEM
• Image enhancer & editor & management
  • GIMP: image editor and converter
  • GIMPshop: free alternative to Photoshop
  • ImageMagick: image editor and converter
  • Dark Table: image treatment, enhancer in a non destructive way
  • DigiKam: photo management
  • DJView: DJVU viewer
  • ImageJ: java-based image processing and analysis
  • Tropy: research photo management
• Image compressor
  • Image shrinker
• Image to pdf
  • Alchemy
• Document management
  • PaperWork
• Digital notebook / Note taking
  • Evernote: offline and online mode. Cloud based.
    • Add this add-on: Evernote for Firefox; Evernote for Google Chrome
• Video meetings
  • Skype: virtual meetings deprecated
  • Zoom.us: virtual meetings
  • Google Meet: virtual meetings
  • Utterly: environment noise cancellation
• Network tools
  • Wireshark: wifi analyzer
• Messaging (multi-platform)
  • Ferdi
• Remote desktop access
  • Rustdesk
• Bibliographic & citation & personal research assistant
  • Zotero
  • Citationsy: bibliographic citation organizer
  • thelibrarian: create bibliographical references in a click using the most common citation styles (APA, Chicago, MLA, IEEE, Harvard, Vancouver)
  • JabRef: bibliography reference manager
  • Publish or Perish: retrieves and analyzes academic citations
  • Pubs: your bibliography on the command line
• Bibliography searcher
  • ScienceFair: discover, collect, organize, read and analyze scientific papers
• Virtual server environment
  • AMPPS: PHP, MySQL and Apache running on MacOSX El Capitan (10.11) or later
  • ServBay: web development environment
• Data validator
  • DataProofer: proofreader for your data
  • Talent open studio for data quality: data profiling and analytics with graphical charts and drill-down data
  • OpenRefine: tool for working with messy data: cleaning it; transforming it from one format into another; and extending it with web services and external data
• Statistics
  • R
  • R Studio
  • LabPlot: data visualization and analysis
• Math & equation editor
  • MacTeX
• Translator
  • Deepl
• Hard disk & pen-drives (access)
  • ntfstool
  • Mounty for NTFS
  • Hasleo NTFS for Mac
  • SSDReporter: check & monitor SSD/Flash storage health
• Clipboard management
  • CopyQ
  • Maccy
• Health / Ergonomics
  • SavemyEyes
  • Keyboard Cowboy: keyboard shortcut management
• IA
  • jan: local AI assistant
  • gpt4all: run local LLMs on any device
• Miscellaneous
  • f.lux: blue light screen protection
  • MonitorControl: control your external monitor brightness & volume
  • Command X: cut and paste files from Finder
  • DwellClick for macOS: assistive app for mouse clicks
  • iTunes
  • Veusz: scientific plotting package
  • Java: runtime to leverage apps
  • AlDente: battery charge management
  • Node.js: javascript runtime
  • Rectangle: management of system windows
  • Talus: bash script to automate download & setup your Mac OS X development environment
  • Advanced Android File Transfer Application for macOS
  • Folding@home: fighting diseases donating processing's computer (runs in background and in non-intrusive mode)
  • SilentKnight: verifying security system
  • gasmask: hosts file manager for OS X

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