# 15 MUST-Have Free Apps for Mac These are useful apps that I actually use. Not any fancy apps. I have installed all these apps on my new mac mini M1. ### [1\. Brave](https://brave.com/download/) Main feature: ad blocker. Especially for youtube. I consume a lot of youtube videos, so it's really useful for me. Also, it's 99% similar to chrome. So you will not feel any difference. ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1674902773703/31b80752-23a8-4e67-a812-f952bdd81737.jpeg align="center") ### [2\. Chrome](https://www.google.com/intl/en_in/chrome/) I installed chrome because some sites may rarely break on brave like irctc, payments, etc. Also, sites like meet calls, etc work best with chrome. ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1674902810112/bcc2949a-cb15-478f-895a-3910969e58bb.png align="center") ### [3\. Barrier](https://github.com/debauchee/barrier/releases/) Barrier is a really useful software for people who have two computers. It lets you use more than one computer with a single pair of mouse and keyboard. ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1674902936091/cf94b06a-22fc-4658-9d87-97d617724882.jpeg align="center") ### [4\. Audacity](https://www.audacityteam.org/download/) It is simply one of the best apps for audio editing. I needed it to edit audio for my youtube videos. ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1674903007537/112caf9a-024a-440d-a34f-b1d0d6d0454d.png align="center") ### [5\. VN editor](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vn-video-editor/id1494451650?mt=12) It's a very nice and simple video editor. Slightly differ from traditional video editing applications. ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1674903121567/7b49ee78-3838-4493-84fc-e7d6ee1e577c.png align="center") ### [6\. VLC](https://www.videolan.org/vlc/) Mac's QuickTime player is also good but I am used to VLC so I installed it next. ![VLC ](https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/oTP20g_V9sZBWsgL1ZnhVf137g_ZsXvXIkaazBKVud8zsKP01e9sZMdVnekxBlOjJRIv align="center") **The next 5 apps are very useful productivity apps.** ### [7\. Rectangle](https://rectangleapp.com/) Rectangle helps you manage open windows. Just like we do it on windows os. ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1674903263762/7c728684-f8cc-4383-a68e-36c44c65c91f.png align="center") ### [8\. CopyClip](https://apps.apple.com/in/app/copyclip-clipboard-history/id595191960?mt=12) CopyClip lets you choose from the last few copied items in the clipboard. Again windows is better in this case too. You will just need `Win + v` shortcut. ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1674903322600/9ff195a1-8f5e-438c-b0b2-06cdcf87e669.png align="center") ### [9\. Shottr](https://shottr.cc/) best free app for screenshots and also quickly editing screenshots. Lets you blur text, remove icons, etc. ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1674903380485/40951294-3690-472b-a214-e99d28bcdafa.png align="center") ### [10\. QuickShade](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/quickshade/id931571202?mt=12) QuickShade lets you control the display brightness of external monitors. ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1674903440430/1efc46ab-d002-4790-88ae-90860713e62d.png align="center") ### [11\. Mockuuups studio](https://mockuuups.studio/download/) Quite a useful app for thumbnail and content creation. It helps perfectly place any image on different screens. ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1674903558932/362eaf69-2ff3-4072-b112-b61f8044272d.png align="center") ### [12\. Android file transfer](https://www.android.com/filetransfer/) Most useful software if you have a mac and android phone. It's very handy for me as I record videos on an android phone and edit them on a mac. ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1674903621416/001d0451-4cfd-4d2c-b7d1-808fe8050887.png align="center") The next one is a very important app, I think everyone should use it. ### [13\. Bitwarden](https://bitwarden.com/download/) Bitwarden is one of the best free password managers. It's open-source as well. Works well on different platforms. ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1674903681044/77bee875-7885-44b0-ad58-d11aa62c05f8.png align="center") ### [14\. Google drive](https://www.google.com/intl/en_in/drive/download/) If you use google drive often then this is for you. Once you install google drive on mac, you will be able to browse google drive content in the finder itself. ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1674903736785/29e125db-8f50-4f22-b977-7aebc0bddfe9.png align="center") ### [15\. BitLord](https://www.bitlord.com/download/) BitLord is the best free torrent client on mac. ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1674903862977/68bd2c01-1945-4d7f-9986-f11fd6601268.png align="center") ### [16\. AppCleaner](https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/) A very handy app for uninstalling mac applications including all the system files related to that app. ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1674903915697/6d7ffdba-f74f-49a9-bf2e-8c2ff805a39c.png align="center") ### [17\. Da Vinci](https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve) This is the best free video editing software available. ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1674904023171/2362ae88-be2e-4592-9daf-7afc1308927b.png align="center") I hope you find this article helpful.