Applications

Below are the applications I currently have installed for development & testing.

GUI Applications - see below for installation methods.

• Raycast (spotlight replacement)
  • enabled
    • File Search
    • Snippets
    • System
  • shortcuts
    • CMD + Space
• 1Password
  • Download
  • Chrome & Safari plug ins
  • Touch ID
• Google Chrome (web development, web browsing)
  • Preferences
    • set default browser
    • enable dark mode
    • never save passwords
    • always show bookmarks
    • import bookmarks from previous machine
  • Chrome Developer Tools
    • enable dark mode
    • Network -> only “Fetch/XHR”
  • Chrome Extensions
    • uBlock Origin
    • Bitwarden
    • React Developer Tools
    • GraphQL Network Inspector
    • MetaMask
    • GraphQL Network Inspector
• Firefox (web development)
• Brave (web browsing, wallet)
• Tor (secret web browsing)
• iterm2 (terminal)
• Visual Studio Code (web development IDE)
• Docker (Docker, see setup)
  • used for running databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MongoDB) in container without cluttering the Mac
  • Preferences
    • enable “Use Docker Compose”
• Rectangle (window manager)
  • use Rectangle settings, not Spectacle
• Slack (team messenger)
• Discord (community messenger)
• Signal (messenger)
• VLC (video player)
  • use as default for video files
• Calibre (epub/ebook editor)
• Figma (design)
• ImageOptim (performance)
• Maccy (clipboard manager)
  • enable “Launch at Login”
• ProtonVPN (VPN)
• Zoom (video conferencing)
• Skype (video conferencing)
• Sequel Ace (MySQL/MariaDB)
• ngrok (tunneling)
• OBS (streaming)
• KeyCastr (show key presses)
• Shotcut (video editing)

Brew installation - GUI apps

brew install --cask \  
google-chrome  \  
firefox \  
brave-browser \  
tor \  
iterm2 \  
visual-studio-code \  
docker \  
slack \  
discord \  
signal \  
vlc \   
zoom \    
obs \  
keycastr \  
shotcut

Brew installation - Command line apps

brew install \  
wget \  
exa \  
git \  
nvm \  
yarn \  
pnpm \    
pyenv \
golang \
hugo \
node \
nvm \
temporal \
spark \

Other interesting apps:

raycast \  
bitwarden \  
rectangle \    
calibre \  
figma \  
imageoptim \  
maccy \  
protonvpn \   
sequel-ace \  
ngrok \  
obs \  
shotcut