Five Apps To Install On Your New Macbook

These are the first five apps I install on a fresh Mac.

WezTerm

• terminal replacement
• config is a .lua file
• alternatives: iTerm2, kitty, Alacritty, Ghostty (private beta)

Raycast

• spotlight search replacement
• community supported extensions marketplace
• alternatives: Alfred, Monarch, LaunchBar

Visual Studio Code

• text editor/ide
• huge extension marketplace
• alternatives: Zed, BBEdit, CodeEdit, Cot Editor, Nova, Sublime Text

Rectangle

• window management
• free and open source
• alternatives: Magnet, Swish, Moom, yabai, Aerospace, BentoBox

SensibleSideButtons

• back/forward buttons not working as expected on third party mice
• this fixed it
• free and open source