Intro

Probably the best part of this guide to discover helpful apps.

Oh, hello there! Here are some of the apps and tools we use on a daily basis. Apps we love are marked with a 🏆 emoji in their category. You don't need to install everything. Take what you need and experiment with what works for you.

Installation

As much as possible, I try to install everything using Homebrew because I find updating and managing these apps faster on the terminal.

brew install --cask <app-name>

However, not everything is available on the caskroom, such as Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.), so there will be a few exceptions of course. This is why some of the apps will be installed via mas (Mac AppStore) command line.

Pro Tip

So I usually turn off automatic updates for everything by default. That's to prevent updates from popping in when I'm in the middle of work. Usually at the end of the week - that's when I run OS updates and app updates. With Homebrew upgrading everything is as easy as typing in this command:

brew cu --all

Then sit back, relax, and enjoy the show 😎

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