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Windows and Linux users what are your must have apps/programs when you set up MacOS for the first time? (kbin.social)
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For me these have entered into my must haves

  • BetterDisplay: For better scaling support for external monitors
  • Rectangle: To be able to use a mouse to drag and snap windows
  • Pixea: To be able to double click an image with a mouse in any folder and then use arrow keys or scroll wheel to proceed to the next file in the folder. Replaced the stock preview with this.

Something I'm looking for now is the ability to use the forward and back buttons on my mouse when I'm in Finder and want to go back to the previous folder I was in. Doesn't work in Safari either. Works in good old dependable Firefox though.

And separate volume controls for each applications.

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[-] brainfreeze@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

App Cleaner!

https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/

[-] kratoz29@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

As a Mac user it is a bit of a shame that we need to depend on apps like this... Despite this app is awesome lol.

Sometimes getting rid of certain programs is like getting rid of malware lol.

[-] ImaginaryFox@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Does Mac not cleanly uninstall programs? Is this needed for programs installed from the official Mac store too?

[-] Riven@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Most Mac apps don’t have an uninstaller (or installer) you’re meant to just toss the app in the trash. The problem is this leaves in place your preferences files, any “application support” files it may have downloaded, maybe a cache, etc

That said, I’ve been migrating the same Library folder from Mac to Mac since around 2003 and have never used an app cleaner. It really isn’t an issue 99% of the time.

[-] arquebus_x@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I can imagine a very edge use case for an app cleaner, but for most purposes - 99% of users - there's really no reason for it. Macs don't have a Registry. If you remove the application itself, all of its ancillary files in Application Support and elsewhere will just... not do anything. And they won't interfere. They won't interact in any way with anything else on your computer. And in most cases, they're tiny files. There's functionally no reason to care that they're still around.

[-] arden@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Sometimes there's random startup files that clutter up the startup menu

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