A new Mac works out of the box, but small frictions soon appear: awkward window snapping, RAR files that will not open, limited video format support, menu bar icons hidden by the notch and leftover files after uninstalling. From Mac apps on this site we picked lightweight, mostly free or open-source tools that fix these everyday pain points without changing how macOS fundamentally works.
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Google Chrome for Mac, Google's free Chromium-based browser for Apple silicon and Intel Macs.
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The official WeChat client for macOS, available from the website or the Mac App Store, for chatting and file sharing on a Mac.
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Raycast is an extendable Mac launcher bundling app search, clipboard history, window management, snippets and AI.
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Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas
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Lightweight clipboard manager for macOS.
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The Unarchiver is a free macOS app from MacPaw that extracts RAR, 7z, Zip and many other archive formats.
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The modern video player for macOS.
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Snipaste for Mac, a snipping tool that pins screenshots and clipboard content onto the screen, free for personal use.
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macOS system monitor in your menu bar.
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Powerful menu bar manager for macOS.
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AppCleaner is a free Mac uninstaller that removes apps along with the files they leave behind.
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An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop
