我的 macOS 装机清单(2025 版)
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一份(并不极简的)macOS 新机设置指南。图例:🎫 付费 · 🆓 免费 · 🍺 可用 Homebrew 安装 · Apple 生态。
Todos
- Set up iCloud account.
- Install Bitwarden. This is a self-deployed password management service.
- Install Warp. The intelligent terminal.
- Install Homebrew. THE package manager for macOS.
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"asciinemabat<-catbtop<-htopandtopemacsexiftooleza<-lsandexafxfzfjqneofetchneovim<-vimprocs<-psscctldrtre(brew install tre-command)<-treetmuxuvvizdatayt-dlpaxeliperf3moshmtrnodescrcpyspeedtestsmartmontoolsffmpeg
- Change computer and host name:
sudo scutil --set ComputerName "newname"sudo scutil --set LocalHostName "newname"sudo scutil --set HostName "newname"
- Stop Time Machine local snapshots.
tmutil disablelocalwas deprecated since Mojave. Use TimeMachineEditor instead. - Create a global
gitignorefile at~/.gitignore. See this one as an example:git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore - Generate and add SSH key to GitHub account.
- Turn off the Spotlight.
- Generate and add SSH key to My servers.
- In Safari, go to Preferences - Advanced, turn on “Show Develop menu in menu bar”.
Application list
A
- Acorn. 🎫
- AirBattery. Get battery usage of all devices on Mac. 🆓
- Affinity Photo 2. 🎫
- Amphetamine. Keep the machine awake.
Cmd+Shift+A: turn on/off - Anki 🆓
- Applite, user-friendly GUI macOS application for Homebrew Casks.
brew install --cask applite🍺🆓 - App Cleaner & Uninstaller, Best uninstaller and cleaning assistant. 🎫
- APTV, Live Stream Player. 🎫
B
- BetterDisplay. Display customization tool. From the same developer of Monitor Control. 🎫
- BestTV, Live Stream Player. 🎫
- Bob, 翻译 & OCR 软件. 🎫
- Bitwarden, Self-deployed password management. 🆓
- Brave, Desktop Browser. 🆓
C
- calibre. E-book management.
brew install --cask calibre🍺🆓- calibre-douban. 豆瓣插件.
- Fix Kindle Ebook Cover. A tool to fix damaged cover for Kindle.
- ChatGPT, ChatGPT on mobile or desktop. 🆓
- ChatWise, The second fastest AI chatbot™. 🎫
- Cherry Studio, AI chatbot. 🆓
- CleanShot X, Screen capturing tool. 🎫
- Cursor, The AI Code Editor 🎫
D
- Dato. Menubar Calendar, World Clocks. 🎫
- DaisyDisk. Disk usage in a wind rose diagram. 🎫
- Dia. AI Browser. 🆓
- Dropover 🎫
- Discord.
brew install --cask discord🍺🆓 - Downie 🎫
- Drafts. For drafting. 🔁
Cmd+Shift+1= Drafts main windowCmd+Shift+2= Drafts quick entry
- Dropshare. File Sharing Tool. 🎫
E
F
- Final Cut Pro. 🎫
- Motion. 🎫
- Compressor. 🎫
- ForkLift, Dual pane file manager. 🎫
- Folo, Follow everything in one place. 🆓
G
- GarageBand. A recording studio on your Mac. 🆓
- Google Drive, Cloud storage and backup. 🆓
- GitHub Desktop. Easy-to-use Git GUI. 🆓
- Google Chrome. 🆓
- Google Earth Pro. 🆓
H
- Handbrake. Open source video transcoder.
brew install --cask handbrake🍺🆓 - Hush. Content blocker for Safari.
I
- Ice. Bartender alternative.
brew install --cask jordanbaird-ice🍺🆓 - IINA. Media player.
brew install --cask iina🍺🆓 - Immersive Translate, 沉浸式翻译. 🆓
- Input Source Pro, Switch and track your input sources with ease ✨. 🆓
- Infuse, An elegant video player. 🎫
- IriunWebcam, Webcam.
- iStat Menus, The ultimate system monitor. 🎫
J
- JPEGmini Pro, Compress image. 🎫
- Jump Desktop, Remote desktop app. 🎫
K
kcc, Kindle Comic Converter. 🆓- Keka
brew install --cask keka🍺🆓 - KeyClu. Cheatsheet alternative 🆓
- Double press cmd and hold to activate the cheatsheet.
- Double press cmd and quick release to activate Siri.
brew install --cask keyclu🍺
L
- Latest. Checks applications’ latest update on macOS.
brew install --cask latest🍺🆓 - LocalSend. Share files to nearby devices. 🆓
- Loop. Alternative to Moom. 🆓
- Left
Ctrlto activate a selector ring. brew install --cask loop🍺
- Left
- Logic Pro. 🎫
- Loon, Network tool. 🎫
M
- mac-cleanup-py clean up script for macOS.
brew tap mac-cleanup/mac-cleanup-py; brew install mac-cleanup-py🍺🆓 - MarkEdit. 🆓
- MenubarX, Menu bar Browser. 🎫
- Min Browser.
brew install --cask min🍺🆓 - Mimestream. Gmail client. 🎫
- Movist Pro, Media player. 🎫
- MusicFree, 免费音乐播放器. 🆓
N
- Navicat Premium Lite, a compact version of Navicat. 🆓
- Nova, Code editor. 🎫
O
- Obsidian. Second brain / digital garden / Zettelkasten. Go subscribe to Obsidian Sync to support the development! 🆓
- Obsidian Web Clipper. 🆓
- OBS Studio, Live streaming and screen recording. 🆓
- Ollama. Local LLM. 🆓
- OrbStack. A light-weight Docker and Linux runtime management.
brew install --cask orbstack🍺🆓 - OpenCat. AI 聊天客户端. 🎫
P
- Parallels Desktop, Run Windows. 🎫
- PDF Expert 🎫
- Pearcleaner. A free, source-available and fair-code licensed mac app cleaner.
brew install pearcleaner🍺 - Permute 3 🎫
- Pixelmator Pro. Image editing. 🎫
- Planet. Web3 publishing and following web content. 🆓
- PopClip, Instant text actions. 🎫
- ProNotes, Supercharged Apple Notes.
- Plex.
brew install --cask plex🍺
Q
- QLMarkdown. macOS Quick Look extension for markdown files.
brew install --cask qlmarkdown🍺 - Quantumult X, A Powerful Network Tool. 🎫
R
- Reeder 🔁
- Raycast. Extendable launcher substitute to Spotlight, with an extension store.
Cmd+Space: Activate Raycast.(Disable this shortcut for Spotlight)brew install --cask raycast🍺 - Reminders Menubar
brew install --cask reminders-menubar🍺
S
- Sequel. Keep track of the movies, shows, games, books and audiobooks.
- ServerCat. Server Status
- Shadowrocket, Rule based proxy utility 🎫
- sing-box, The universal proxy platform. 🆓
- SnippetsLab, Snippet manager. 🎫
- Steam
- Speedtest
- Sublime Text, Text editor. 🎫
- Surge, Network Toolbox. 🎫
T
- Tailscale. 🆓
- Telegram.
brew install --cask telegram🍺 - Things 3. The best GTD.
Ctrl+Space: quick entry.Hyper+T: quick entry with autofill. This requires Things Helper.
- TimeMachineEditor. Manually control Time Machine backup schedule.
brew install --cask timemachineeditor🍺 - Transmission
brew install --cask transmission🍺 - Tiny Image Native client of TinyPNG. 🆓
- Tot, collect & edit text. 🆓
- Transmit, macOS file transfer apps. 🎫
U
- UltraEdit, Text editor. 🎫
- Ulysses, Writing App. 🎫
- uPic. Image (and small file) upload tool for macOS.
brew install bigwig-club/brew/upic --cask🍺
V
- Visual Studio Code. 🆓
- VMware Fusion, Run Windows, Linux and other virtual machines.
W
X
Y
- YACReader
brew install --cask yacreader. 🍺
Z
- Zed. Might be better than VSC.
brew install --cask zed🍺 - Zen Browser. Might be better than Firefox. Plugins associated with Firefox should be synced.
- ZeroTier 🆓
Font selections
- Lexend, sans-serif
- Roboto family
- Roboto, sans-serif
- Roboto Condensed, sans-serif
- Roboto Serif, serif
- Roboto Mono, monospace
- IBM 3270, monospace
- JetBrains Mono, monospace
- Ubuntu Monospace, monospace
- Noto Mono for Powerline, monospace
- Amazon Ember and Bookerly from Amazon Complete Font Set, sans serif, serif
- LXGW WenKai / 霞鹜文楷, serif
- LXGW Neo XiHei / 霞鹜新晰黑, sans-serif
- 喜鹊宋体, serif
- Atkinson Hyperlegible, sans-serif
- Charis SIL, serif
- Server Mono, monospace