01Collection · 7 apps
First apps on a new Mac
What we install before anything else.
A fresh Mac is quiet and a little bare. These are the apps that make it feel like yours in the first ten minutes: a faster way to do everything, a proper terminal, an archiver that opens anything, and a Mac that stays awake when you need it to.
Raycast
A keyboard launcher that runs your whole Mac.
“The first thing we install on a new Mac. Clipboard history, snippets and window snapping come built in, so it replaces three or four other utilities on its own.”
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Ghostty
A fast terminal that looks and feels like a Mac app.
“Fast like the GPU terminals, native like Terminal.app, and the defaults are good enough that most people never open the config file.”
Open sourceKeka
Compress and extract almost any archive format.
“The archive utility macOS should ship with. The free download and the paid App Store copy are the same app; buying it just supports the developer.”
FreeAmphetamine
Keep your Mac awake on your terms.
“Free, no ads, no upsell, and the triggers mean you set it up once and stop thinking about sleep settings.”
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Aside
A web browser with an AI agent that does the clicking.
“The agent browser that feels most like a real browser first, and it asks before it spends your money or sends anything on your behalf.”
Free + Pro
Mole
Clean, uninstall, analyse and monitor your Mac, in one native app.
“CleanMyMac, an uninstaller, DaisyDisk and iStat Menus in one well-made app, from the developer of the free Mole command-line tool with over 70,000 GitHub stars. You review every item before anything is deleted.”
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Mullvad VPN
An anonymous VPN with one flat monthly price.
“The only VPN we recommend without reservations. No email, no personal details, one honest flat price.”
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