Some of the paid products might seem pricey on their own, and the price tag altogether may be too much for many people’s budget to buy all at once: it’s over $300 if you purchase all my main recommendations. (I’ve cheated a little I list more than 10 as I offer a couple of alternatives.) Here’s the top 10 I recommend, a mix of free software, donationware, and inexpensive paid products. I’ve used many hundreds of Mac utilities over decades, and still rely on them to make my computing life better. A lot of the fiddly missing stuff we used to need an app for is built in, but Apple aims for the simplest experience for the most people, which leaves more advanced users or those that want a choice of how they carry out a task looking for alternatives.
As Apple has tweaked and improved its Mac operating system, the need for third-party utilities just shifted-it never went away.
