Windows and Linux users what are your must have apps/programs when you set up MacOS for the first time? - eviltoast

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.

  • 520@kbin.social
    7·
    1 year ago

    UTM. The best free VM software that works on all Macs, M1/M2 included. Can even virtualise MacOS instances relatively easily.

      • 520@kbin.social
        2·
        1 year ago

        Runs like an absolute dream on an M1 - provided you use an ARM64 image. X86 performance is shit.

        • cianmor@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 year ago

          How does it run Office and especially MS Teams? I guess you can watch a YouTube video but not really game on that VM?

          • 520@kbin.social
            1·
            1 year ago

            Depends on your setup. ARM based guest OSes will run them fine performance wise. X86 guest OSes run like dogshit just trying to boot the thing up.

            GPU acceleration is actually a thing but it is very much in beta and has known side effects, especially for Linux.

            It is worth bearing in mind that UTM can’t pass through the Apple laptop webcam and mic like it can with other USB devices. The same is true of all virtualisation software, as MacOS treats these devices very differently to regular USB devices.