awesome-macos
github.com/ichait/awesome-macos ↗ A curated list of awesome applications, softwares, tools and shiny things for macOS.
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Applications
- 1PasswordUtilities
Password Manager and Secure Wallet.
- AcornGraphics
A very Mac-like image editor with a comprehensive feature set.
- AerialOthers
Apple TV Aerial Screensaver for Mac.
- Affinity DesignerGraphics
Vector image design tool, possible Adobe Illustrator alternative.
- Affinity PhotoGraphics
Raster image design tool, possible Adobe Photoshop alternative.
- AirmailEmail Utilities
Lightning fast email client designed for El Capitan.
Discussion Forums
Command Line Utilities
- Awesome macOS Command Line
Use your macOS terminal shell to do awesome things.
- Mac-CLI
macOS command line tools for developers.
- mas
A CLI for the Mac App Store.
- m-cli
Swiss Army Knife for macOS.
- Mocker
Docker-compatible container CLI for macOS, built on Apple's Containerization framework.
Miscellaneous
macOS Utilities
- Bluetooth Debug Menu
Factory reset devices and more.
- Command Line Utilities Part 1
- Command Line Utilities Part 2
- EnvPane
An preference pane for environment variables.
- Glances
System monitoring tool that runs in terminal.
Security
- GPG Suite
Full GPG toolkit with easy to understand GUI applications and Mail.app plugin.
- LinkLiar
Menu application written in Swift to help you spoof the MAC addresses of your Wi-Fi and Ethernet interfaces.
- Lockpaw
Locks the screen while letting background tasks, builds, and AI agents keep running. Native macOS menu bar app.
- macchanger by acrogenesis
Easily change your MAC Address
- macchanger by shilch
Change / spoof MAC address (random, custom and restore).
- MIDAS
Intrusion Detection Analysis System.
Setup
- https://gist.github.com/jimmynotjim/7617722macOS 10.13 High Sierra Setup
- https://gist.github.com/kevinelliott/0726211d17020a6abc1fmacOS 10.10 Yosemite Setup
- https://gist.github.com/kevinelliott/3135044macOS 10.9 Mavericks Setup
- https://gist.github.com/kevinelliott/7152e00d6567e223902a4775b5a0a0bemacOS 10.15 Catalina Setup
- https://gist.github.com/kevinelliott/7a152c556a83b322e0a8cd2df128235c/macOS 10.12 Sierra Setup
- https://gist.github.com/kevinelliott/ab14cfb080cc85e0f8a415b147a0d895macOS 10.14 Mojave Setup
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