Software I Currently Use

General Productivity

Application Function Notes
Microsoft Office* Word Processing, Excel, etc.
Microsoft OneNote* Notetaking
Notion Notetaking App
TeX Document Production Installed with Brew

Communication

Application Function Notes
Thunderbird E-Mail and Calendar
Discord Chat
Microsoft Teams* IM/VoIP/Video Conferencing
Slack IM/Chat
Zoom* Video conferenceing

Browsers

Application Function Notes
Arc Browser
Chrome Browser

Geeky

Application Function Notes
ActivePerl Programming/Scripting Language
cbmbasic Programming/Scripting Language Built from Source for Apple Silicon M3
GNU EMACS Text Editor, etc.
Homebrew Package Manager (get UNIX Tools)
iAccess AS/400 Access
iTerm2 ge.io/) Commodore 64 Emulator
Aperture Photo Management and Editing
GIMP Bitmapped graphics

Creating

Application Function Notes
Inkscape Vector graphics
Audacity Audio Editing
iMovie* Video Editing
Open Broadcast Studio (OBS) Video production Allows merging of muliple sources (cameras, microphones, screens, etc.) in real time.
youtube-dl Download YouTube videos

Utilities and Drivers

Application Function Notes
Better Mouse Mouse Manager Logi Opions replacement. Allows assignment of buttons to functions by applications (also works for keyboards).
Disk Inventory X Disk space visualization and management
Epson ScanSmart Scanner software
Fliqlo Flip Clock Sceen Saver
Hand Mirror Provides quick camera preview
Hunspell Spellcheck for EMACS
IBM Semeru Java Runtime Engine Access IBM iSeries (AS/400)
Maccy Clipboard Manager Provides clipboard history
MacFUSE/sshfs Disk access/FUSE Works with rclone, sshfs, and others
Pandoc Document Conversion
QLMarkdown Allows QuickLook of Markdown files
rclone Used for accessing cloud storage
Retroactive Allows use of legacy MacOS software, like Aperture Allows use of 32-bit MacOS Apps. Needed for Aperture
Yubikey Authenticator 2FA Works with a YubiKey

Fun and Fitness

Application Function Notes
Steam Gaming
Wahoo SYSTM Trainer Videos Sufferfest, etc.
Zwift MMORPG for Endurance Athletes

*Installed via the Apple App Store

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Created by I. Charles Barilleaux
Last Updated May 13, 2025