Windows and Linux users what are your must have apps/programs when you set up MacOS for the first time?
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.
These are the Mac-exclusive apps I use regularly on my MacBook Pro 14"
CotEditor Amazing open source text editor just for Mac
BetterSnapTool for snapping windows (old school I know)
Image2icon is useful for making my dock icons consistent
TopNotch because the notch is annoying
TG Pro because Macs get hot
Keka because sometimes you run across a RAR or 7z file
These are just Mac apps, but I also use a bunch of cross-platform apps
CotEditor looks kind of like Notepad++ which I love for when I just want a simple text editor that is a little more functional that the default text editor without launching visual studio code. Thanks for the recommendations.