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Collection! This list of necessary free software makes your Mac more valuable

Not long ago, Apple updated its MacBook Pro product line, bringing us the new 2018 MacBook Pro.

In fact, compared with hardware, what makes Mac more interesting is its system, macOS, and the massive high-quality software it provides. As the saying goes, sharpening a knife doesn't hurt the firewood cutter. A powerful software can often make you work twice as hard as you can when you are working with a computer.

Today, according to the open source software project on GitHub, Mr. A has compiled a collection of more than 50 free software worth downloading on macOS. Get ready to arm your Mac with these premium software!

Pap.er

I believe that the first thing many people do after buying a computer is to change their favorite wallpaper. After all, the original wallpaper is too ugly. Looking for wallpaper on Baidu pictures? Why not try Pap.er.

This software updates exquisite wallpapers from photographers around the world every day. A theme will also be introduced from time to time, such as "Summer" theme when Mr. A wrote this article and "Meow" in the previous period.

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In addition, Pap.er is "portable" and has no special application interface. All operations are performed in a small window expanded in the status bar. In addition, more powerful than other software that only helps you download wallpaper, Pap.er can not only download, but also help you set up, truly achieving the function of "one click wallpaper change".

What about users who use the expansion screen? Don't worry. Pap.er also provides 4k or even 5k wallpapers, as well as the most popular vertical screen wallpapers, which really take care of all users.

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App Cleaner

Do you think Mac won't get stuck? It's naive. If you don't clean up the junk files in your computer for a long time, you will know it is wrong when the hard disk is in a "shortage". When it comes to cleaning up system garbage, the most famous one should be "Clean MyMac", but because of its high price and our meagre wallet, we finally had to give up.

Is there no way? no, it isn't. Today, Mr. A brings you a free cleaning software: App Cleaner.

App Cleaner itself is small in size, simple in interface and operation. After you open App Cleaner, you just need to drag the unused software icons into the box of App Cleaner to automatically uninstall and clean the residual files.

Get into the habit of cleaning up unused software regularly and say goodbye to the "card machine".

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The Unarchiver

One of the big slots in MacOS is that. zip is the only file format that can be decompressed without downloading third-party software. But how to choose when there are so many third-party decompression software? Mr. A will recommend one to you today: The Unarchiver.

The Unarchiver supports mainstream compression formats including RAR, ZIP, TAR, BZIP2, GZIP, and 7-ZIP. The method of use is also very simple. After installation, you only need to double-click the compressed file to automatically decompress it.

In addition, he has several very considerate optional functions, including automatic detection of file name encoding (effectively preventing garbled code after decompression), automatic deletion of source files after decompression, and creation of new folders for unzipped files.

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IINA

There are thousands of video players. Why do I love IINA alone?

It starts with appearance and ends with talent.

Once I had a question, which was why a system with such high face value as macOS could not find a video player software with the same high face value. This problem was really unsolvable until I met IINA.

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This is a video player specially designed for macOS. Simple pictures, a large number of frosted glass elements, and four high-quality themes make people fall in love at first sight. Or can't meet your requirements? It doesn't matter. It also has a lot of UI settings that allow you to customize the player that suits you best.

In addition to high appearance, IINA's strength is also good. The core of IINA is mpv. In short, it can not only play almost all video formats, but also bring more stable and faster video rendering. At the same time, it also provides users with a wealth of shortcut keys and script systems, providing users with considerable playable space.

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If you and A Jun will add additional screens and keyboards to your MacBook, the next two software are also suitable for you.

Karabiner Elements

If you are using macOS, but have to use a Windows keyboard, or you are using a keyboard with strange keys like Minila Air, this reconstruction artifact is quite suitable for you.

As mentioned above, this is a key changing software. The most basic function is to set key mapping. With it, you can change the space to delete or change the deletion to enter.

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How to use it? Take Mr. A's keyboard as an example. The "OPTION" and "COMMAND" keys of this keyboard are arranged in the opposite way to Apple's keyboard. Then Mr. A just needs to map "OPTION" to "COMMAND", "COMMAND" to "OPTION", and then change the key cap.

In addition, Karabiner Elements can also store multiple modification schemes, which is quite practical for peripheral parties with various keyboards.

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Lunar

In addition to the keyboard, many users will also add one or more extended screens to their MacBook. Generally, when you use the external expansion screen, you will encounter a problem, that is, it is too troublesome to adjust the brightness.

On a computer, you can solve the problem by pressing "FN"+number keys, but you still have to find those small physical buttons on the display. For the sake of clean appearance, some monitors even omit an icon. Sometimes, they can't adjust the brightness after pressing for half a day, not to mention the anti human design of those buttons on the back of the monitor.

If you have such a problem, installing Lunar is a good solution.

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First of all, the basic function of Lunar is to adjust the brightness of a single display without affecting the notebook screen, and all operations are completed on the desktop.

You can also preset specific brightness for specific software on Lunar. For example, the software used for work can be slightly darker, and the software can be slightly brighter when watching movies and playing games. In addition, you can also choose to change the brightness over time on Lunar, so that Lunar will recommend and change the screen brightness for you according to the change of time.

It's more than that

In addition to the above, there are many free, practical and interesting open source software on GitHub, an open source software community. In addition, Mr. A also compiled a list of 50 practical open source software for everyone. The following is a part of the list:

CAM: Video recording with iMac or MacBook camera

Tickeys: The macOS key tone allows you to use a butterfly keyboard to create a mechanical keyboard.

Shadow backup: Easily create backups of lightweight applications, installation packages, fonts, etc

Noto: macOS text editor with customizable theme

Gifcurry: Gif editor that can cut and add text

Image: PNG, JEPG image compression tool

Kawa: input source switcher

GfxCardStatus: single display/collective display switcher

Ao: Todo desktop application with elegant interface

Apple Juice: battery power management application

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