Best macos on Reddit
250 reviews from r/macapps, r/MacOS, r/OpenCoreLegacyPatcher and 11 more subreddits
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#1
Apple
4.2
(66)
"I would suggest Monterey or higher to run current version of applications, like Chrome, HP printer utility, etc."
"Monterrey is working perfectly fine."
"If you’re specifically looking for stability, then macOS High Sierra is your best bet."
"For my case Sonoma is great."
"I think i will go back to Monterey. I need this Version as a minimum requirement for my DJ software."
"Mojave was absolutely solid."
"I chose to reboot the whole thing and keep using Monterrey. For everyday use it runs very well."
"My 2017 MBA runs Monterey like a champ."
"Everything works, and I only use it for this purpose."
"The best performing OS is High Sierra for your machine"
#2
Raycast
4.7
(9)
"Raycast, Homebrew, keyboard maestro, karabiner element, airbuddy, aldente."
"Raycast"
"Raycast"
"Raycast, my all in one AI tool."
"- Raycast"
"Raycast"
"I use Raycast and set Opt+V as the hotkey for the Clipboard History extension. It works as expected and has become a habit from using Windows with Win+V."
"Raycast, it has the clipboard extension that works fine!"
"Raycast (https://www.raycast.com/)"
#3
Safari
4.1
(8)
"Safari is my first preference, then Edge as secondary if something breaks on Safari."
"Safari. It’s the best. It comes pre-installed too."
"Safari is pretty good."
"Safari and Orion for having safari plus Firefox and chrome extension and arc sometimes."
"Safari is great & sometimes things won’t load on Firefox so I use safari."
"Safari and Orion are the only good browsers."
"If you want stick with Safari though, you would need to do Monterey."
"I used google chrome for a while, but my battery was draining way too fast so i switched to safari."
#4
Logic Pro
4.2
(6)
"I use Logic Pro and it works fine. The nice thing about Logic Pro, it's now 11, is that it is just $199 and that's it."
"If ur already used to garageband logic pro is pretty much just a beefed up version of it"
"Logic."
"Logic or Ableton."
"Logic Pro"
"Logic Pro"
#5
Alfred
5.0
(5)
"Alfred and Keyboard Maestro."
"Alfred and Karabiner are my 2 must haves"
"Alfred: it's like Spotlight on steroids."
"Alfred"
"Alfred, is easily the most frequently used and essential utility I use"
#6
Parallels
4.6
(5)
"Parallels. Nothing smooth as this."
"Parallels is probably the most polished looking and performing but also the most expensive."
"Parallels works great and is super easy."
"Personally I would choose Parallels over VMWare Fusion because of the stability, as well as easier to use."
"It's very good but of course good products come with a premium."
#7
Vivaldi
4.0
(5)
"Love Vivaldi."
"I use Vivaldi. I like that it's crated by former Opera team."
"I've been trying out Vivaldi. It has some glitches, but I'm enjoying its features so far."
"Vivaldi - for best work productivity without VR."
"I am now exploring Vivaldi and Arc."
#8
Microsoft Edge
4.0
(5)
"I've been using Edge, and it works great."
"MS Edge."
"Give Edge a try. I did and never looked back."
"Edge - use less memory with multiple tabs than other browsers."
"I like Edge."
#9
Spek
5.0
(4)
"[Spek](https://www.spek.cc/)"
"Third for Spec"
"I also use spek, 10/10"
"I’m using “spek” for me much better than FTF"
#10
Rectangle
4.8
(4)
"[Rectangle]: resize windows."
"Rectangle"
"Rectangle."
"I use Rectangle and Alfred to handle this."
#11
VMware
4.8
(4)
"VMware fusion pro (the free version) runs windows 10 super smooth on my intel MacBook"
"I heard that VMWare is becoming free for personal use."
"I'm gonna recommend **VMWare Fusion Preview**, it's free and natively supports GPU acceleration (on the M-series macs) and it runs VMs very nicely."
"Try VMware Fusion, you can get it for free"
#12
HandBrake
4.5
(4)
"+1 for Handbreak for video. Been using it for decades."
"You should try the free Handbrake app."
"Handbrake for most videos."
"I would recommend handbrake. I believe handbrake uses the FFmpeg library."
#13
Brave
4.0
(4)
"Brave for work, Orion for personal!"
"If you use Firefox because of that, then you maybe haven‘t heard of Brave."
"Poll closed, but Brave for me."
"Brave."
#14
Mozilla Firefox
4.0
(4)
"Firefox because it's open source and Mozilla is awesome."
"Firefox mainly because it’s fast & has plenty of extensions to compartmentalize your focus."
"Safari is good but i use Firefox cus it have Facebook container."
"Firefox for daily use. Also use Edge from time to time if I need a Chromium browser."
#15
Zen Browser
3.8
(4)
"Been loving Zen! Visually nice, good customization and community."
"I like zen or arc, because are very different than others."
"Firefox or Zen (A firefox fork)."
"Zen browser - Firefox based, looks like arc with fully extensible environment."
#16
Arc
3.8
(4)
"Arc Browser for work because it has the best tab managements of all browsers."
"Just good chrome based - Arc browser."
"I still use Arc for two main reasons, tab organisation and being based on Chrome helps a lot for web dev stuff."
"I love so many of the features from Arc but it's dragging my MacBook through the mud sometimes."
#17
Homebrew
5.0
(3)
"I like the terminal, so I'll go with [Homebrew](https://brew.sh) and [Oh-My-Zsh](https://ohmyz.sh)."
"[Homebrew](https://brew.sh)"
"Homebrew is amazing."
#18
PDFgear
5.0
(3)
"For converting PDF files to/from other formats, I use PDFgear on my Mac."
#19
BetterTouchTool
5.0
(3)
"Bettertouchtool"
"BetterTouchTool."
"Here are some of my top picks. - Better Touch Tool."
#20
Mac OS X
5.0
(3)
"My mid-2012 15" MBP will forever be on Mojave (which I love) for 32 bit VST support."
"Mojave is great! Love it."
"14 Sonoma is also one of the best in a long time."
#21
Dropover
4.7
(3)
"I just bought Dropover, its worth the $5."
"Just a few I am instantly installing on all my new Macs: Dropover"
"Dropover"
#22
Ableton Live
4.7
(3)
"Ableton live is my recommendation. Ableton/vital are the core of my workflow can’t recommend it enough."
"Ableton Live is my DAW of choice"
"Ableton Live, Studio One. Both have Mac versions, both handle Vital well."
#23
Firefox
4.3
(3)
"Been using it for over a decade. Love the extensions."
"Firefox, only other option is Safari. However, Firefox extensions have much better ad blocking."
"FF is my fav but I definitely wouldn’t recommend it to everyone."
#24
SigmaOS
4.0
(3)
"I found out about simaOS here on the forum a few days ago. And he's amazing, the best replacement for my beloved Arc."
"SigmaOS has almost everything I want."
"Interesting safari based - SigmaOS."
#25
Google Chrome
4.0
(3)
"Chrome has been my favourite irrespective of OS."
"Mainly use Chrome, and every so often I'll use Safari for a few days."
"Chrome and Safari. Depends on the task."
#26
Cron
4.0
(3)
"I am checking out Cron and Fantastical for Calendar function today."
"I am checking out Cron and Fantastical for Calendar function today."
"I use Cron for calendar and Mimestream for email."
#27
Bitwig
4.0
(3)
"Bitwig. Try the demo"
"Pretty much any DAW vital is like one of the most used vstis out there. I'm using bitwig and love it"
"Bitwig is the best DAW, says the Bitwig fanboi here"
#28
Amphetamine
5.0
(2)
"Amphetamine"
"Here are some of my top picks. The links take you to a review, with download info, pricing and privacy info. - Amphetamine - Ultimate Sleep Prevention for Your Mac."
#29
ImageOptim
5.0
(2)
"Imageoptim"
"Mine is ImageOptim. Very handy."
#30
macOS
5.0
(2)
"That's macOS 14 Sonoma."
"Sonoma"
#31
PDF Expert
5.0
(2)
"I recently bought the PDF Expert on Stack social and it's great."
"PDF Expert. It is unfortunately not cheap, but it is the best I've found."
#32
UTM
4.5
(2)
"UTM works fine as well."
"UTM is free. If you don’t need tons of features, free is always good."
#33
AppCleaner
4.5
(2)
"AppCleaner"
"I've tried both, but found [AppCleaner](https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/) a little better. YMMV..."
#34
Clop
4.5
(2)
"Just a few I am instantly installing on all my new Macs: Clop"
"Just use whatever suites you best for your video recordings and then optimize the video file size with Clop."
#35
PearCleaner
4.5
(2)
"Just a few I am instantly installing on all my new Macs: PearCleaner"
"[Pearcleaner](https://github.com/alienator88/Pearcleaner)"
#36
Arc Browser
4.5
(2)
"+1 for Arc Browser"
"I really enjoy using Arc Browser because of its tab management."
#37
MonitorControl
4.5
(2)
"I use Lunar to control the brightness of my Dell monitor and it works great."
"MonitorControl will allow you to control brightness for any external monitor with DDC support."
#38
Orion
4.0
(2)
"Safari. For Chrome & Firefox extensions you can try webkit based browser Orion."
"Imo Orion, Safari, or Zen."
#39
PasteNow
4.0
(2)
"But you missed PasteNow https://pastenow.app
I would add it after PastePal"
"If you are willing to spend $8, I can recommend PasteNow."
#40
CleanMyMac
4.0
(2)
"CleanMyMacX is good; there are also other lightweight apps like TrashMe, CleanMyApp etc."
"CleanMyMac su-X"
#41
Maccy
4.0
(2)
"I use both Maccy and Raycast, initially uninstalled Maccy cuz of Raycast, but found Maccy is more convenient, and fast forward as it located in menu bar."
"Maccy is both free and open-soruce."
#42
Reaper
4.0
(2)
"Reaper"
"To be honest, I’d persevere with reaper. It’s one of the best DAW’s out there."
#43
FL Studio
4.0
(2)
"FL studio!"
"FL Studio ig"
#44
Mac OS
3.5
(2)
"Catalina. Works perfect with a good performance."
"With OCLP that macbook air can run Sonoma, but in my opinion is pretty slow (but stable enough)."
#45
Skookumlogger
5.0
(1)
"Skookumlogger is the only contest logging software worth considering for macOS."
#46
Final Cut
5.0
(1)
"The new Final Cut also digitizes MiniDV if you don't want to jump through hoops to get FCP7 working."
#47
EasyDict
5.0
(1)
"Just a few I am instantly installing on all my new Macs: EasyDict"
#48
IINA
5.0
(1)
"Just a few I am instantly installing on all my new Macs: IINA"
#49
LinearMouse
5.0
(1)
"Just a few I am instantly installing on all my new Macs: LinearMouse"
#50
News Explorer
5.0
(1)
"Just a few I am instantly installing on all my new Macs: News Explorer"
#51
PopClip
5.0
(1)
"Here are some of my top picks. - PopClip - A Must Have Productivity App."
#52
Downie
5.0
(1)
"Downie"
#53
Onyx
5.0
(1)
"Onyx"
#54
Aiko
5.0
(1)
"Aiko"
#55
HEIC
5.0
(1)
"Heic"
#56
KeyboardCleanTool
5.0
(1)
"It's a great app I use all the time."
#57
Devonthink Pro
5.0
(1)
"Devonthink Pro."
#58
DisplayMaid
5.0
(1)
"DisplayMaid: saves the sizes and positions of the windows."
#59
BetterDisplay
5.0
(1)
"BetterDisplay: helps solve the common flickering issue."
#60
AlDente
5.0
(1)
"AlDente for battery health / longevity."
#61
TG Pro
5.0
(1)
"[TG Pro] - lets me see the internal temperatures in my Mac."
#62
TextSniper
5.0
(1)
"[TextSniper] - I use this all the time."
#63
wezterm
5.0
(1)
"Wezterm / OhMyZsh / homebrew for terminal."
#64
neovide
5.0
(1)
"Neovide as NeoVim GUI."
#65
wipr
5.0
(1)
"Wipr."
#66
Hazel
5.0
(1)
"Hazel (automatically sort files etc)."
#67
Monitor Control
5.0
(1)
"Monitor Control lets you control your external display brightness."
#68
TablePlus
5.0
(1)
"[TablePlus]: database management."
#69
Proxyman
5.0
(1)
"[Proxyman]: network packet capture."
#70
MindMac
5.0
(1)
"[MindMac]: AI API GUI."
#71
FreeFileSync
5.0
(1)
"[FreeFileSync: Open Source File Synchronization & Backup Software]."
#72
Carbon Copy Cloner
5.0
(1)
"Carbon Copy Cloner - used for years for backups."
#73
VMware Fusion
5.0
(1)
"Since you're (also) on Intel, there's nothing wrong with VMWare Fusion."
#74
Owl
5.0
(1)
"Try owl for thunderbird."
#75
Preview
5.0
(1)
"Preview. It is by far the best PDF reader for MacOS."
#76
PDFelement
5.0
(1)
"To edit, I found PDFelement to be the best."
#77
UPDF
5.0
(1)
"Check out UPDF for lightweight PDF viewing/editing."
#78
macOS Monterey
5.0
(1)
"You should try out MacOS Monterey."
#79
VueScan
5.0
(1)
"Invest in Vuescan. Great software that has kept many 1000s of scanners working."
#80
SSD
5.0
(1)
"Do yourself a favor and bump the ram to 4GB or even 6."
#81
High Sierra
5.0
(1)
"I would suggest High Sierra 10.13."
#82
Sonoma
5.0
(1)
"If you want to develop for ios and Mac os you have to go with Sonoma."
#83
Magnet
5.0
(1)
"I use Magnet, has worked flawlessly for me"
#84
Boxysuite
5.0
(1)
"Always use Boxysuite, dedicated Gmail and dedicated calendar apps."
#85
Fantastical
4.0
(1)
"If you haven't checked it out, Fantastical might do the trick."
#86
Spark
4.0
(1)
"I use Spark for my email client and Fantastical for my calendar."
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