Useful and suggestive recommendations. I've used VLC on Windows and Linux for years, and now also on MacOS, largely because it allows easy correction of wrong aspect ratio, poor sound, etc. And thanks for making your videos free of blaring music, shouting, and bad jokes. It's a pleasure to find instructive fare that actually instructs and that respects the intelligence of its audience.
I’ve been using Macs for quite a few years but I know that I am always learning new things. And that includes new applications. You have taught me at least two new applications today. Thanks!
Great videos, thanks Gary. I switched to the macOS from Windows a couple of years ago and watching your videos has really helped make transition a very smooth one.
With Libre Office, if you launch the draw application, you can open a PDF file and edit it. Then you can export as a pdf file. It is very usefull for filling a form, signing it and resend it as a PDF file.
Another no nonsense, concise, clear video. Thanks Gary, I'm a long time Mac power user and it's refreshing to watch your simple, direct and clear videos. Excellent. ...one of these days I might even join patreon!
Gary, thanks for this tutorial. A few months ago I purchased M1 Mac Mini. As a clipboard assistant I have been using JumpCut for a number of years. Still works! Questions: - What would you use to replace "X-Assist" (menu like OS 9 to quickly switch between apps using the mouse on the right side of the screen vs using "Command-Tab")? - How about Tab Mix Plus for Firefox (for at least multiple rows of tabs) I miss them both! Thanks, Gary!
I finally found you! I used to watch you on my old Tivo DVR, but they dropped the podcast-ish function years ago, so I lost touch with MacMost. Then I saw your face on a suggested video on RUclips, and said... "I know that guy!" Clicked... Great to see you again! Looking forward to catching up with your wealth of knowledge. Mahalo from Hawaii.
Thank you for your videos. I am getting the 24" iMac at the end of the month and the information will be helpful to me, even after being on only Apple computers for almost 40 years.
Thank you, Gary, as always for another very useful video. I added all of the apps you recommended, including a clipboard manager app from the App Store. I do have a request for another video: In addition to the apps you recommended in this video and earlier this year when you recorded the Best Mac Apps 2021 (Top 25 MUST-HAVE Apps), might you consider recording a video telling us about the preinstalled apps that came with our iMacs that we DON'T need? I have so many apps on my iMac that I don't use, have never used. However, I'm uncomfortable deleting them because I'm afraid I'll need them one day. I'm sure I'm not alone. I have an iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020) running on MacOS Big Sur, version 11.5.2. Thank you, Gary. Jay Creighton
I don't recommend deleting any of the apps that come with macOS. There really aren't that many and most are very small. You won't save much space just deleting the apps. They tend to be integrated with macOS so deleting can cause issues. And of course you may find them useful later on. Just ignore them if you don't want to use them.
I get very annoyed when app stores feature an app that is "free" but actually is only a trial or only can be used 50 times/days etc. When is an app TOTALLY free, no strings attached?
thank you! I just bought a macbook pro and was looking for how to get familiar with it. watched a lot online but found yours most accurate, sincere and worthy. keep it up and enlighten us.
Thanks for another very informative video, Gary. Re. 3rd party app suggestions - I have used Amadeus Pro for a long time now to edit and create digital audio files. I used it to digitize my vinyl record library and it worked great. It has a lot of tools specific to doing that. Now it is $60US (one-time) but really worth it.
Hello with a question: I notice in your explanatory videos that down right I can see you talking while explaining. Is there a way to do this with FCPX? Thanks in advance and btw thanks for the great way you explain.😀
Thanks for these. You are a great resource for help. My two favorite simple go-to graphic programs from the past were not free but inexpensive. TypeStyler (clean and powerful typesetting program), and Color It - ( simple paint program good for tracing and cleaning). Did you ever hear of them or use them? They no longer support the newer mac operating systems. I miss them both.
It gives you the same editing power as MsOffice, and the new versions are more and more incredible and compatible with other suites (It is also possible to change the appearance of LibreOffice and leave it the same as MsOffice).
VLC has more options for Windows than Mac but since I have been using Mac I have quit using VLC because Mac does a much better job at zooming and fast forward and rewind and step or frame forward and backward. On Mac these functions are a lot smoother. VLC is very sloppy in doing these stuff. I have downloaded all your other suggestions. Thanks!
Oh thanks for always being there I was worried about an alternative for MS Office and this Libre Office I think will do most of my jobs. I can remember I have used it on my Ubuntu laptop once upon a time but couldn't stay with it long.
Thanks a lot, Gary. Very useful. I use VLC a lot, and I have used Audacity too. For simple works, I have used Open Office a lot instead of Pages. Is Libre Office much easier to use than Open Office?
I think sometimes people over look VIM and Nano through the terminal... Vi or VIM takes a while to learn but Nano is quite easy to use for basic text editing.
I know them both well (well nano, I was never that thrilled when I had to use vi) but I still prefer cotEditor, BBEdit or even TextEdit, even when working with files on a server.
Hello, we found your videos very helpful. Curious if tags can be used to between outlook and MacBook Pro to find and organize emails without saving every email to hard drive and folder or tag
These vids are great. Thank you for your time and effort preparing them. (I'm a 20 year Windows user who changed to MacBook Pro 2 months ago so I'm a complete Mac dummy). I have a Q that I can't find an answer to in your list of videos. I downloaded several of the Apps you recommended. Apps from the AppStore don't need any arranging but Apps from a website, such as Libre Office, leave the installation files on my desktop. I have no idea what to do with them or where to store them (if needed). Do any of your vids cover that? Or do you know of a site that does cover it?
Gary, what main apps do you think are essential for coding? (What apps do you use to write down todos and requirements and notes). Trying to find best practice when trying to code.
Who is Carl? I'll answer though. Essential for coding: depends on what you use for coding. The only essential one is your actual IDE. = I use Reminders and Notes for those things. But for coding notes, I would just use text files in whatever text editor you like the most.
Gary what do you recommend for video editing software on a Mac, which is free? I want to pixelate some videos but I couldn't do it on iMovie (or it is too much works)
I use Elmedia player. Snazzy labs also recommended it. The best feature I find is that if I've a movie and I open it using Elmedia, it will automatically search for subtitles from the web for that movie and download it and play for me.so I don't have to search for subtitles seperately. Also it can play any video link from the web , eg. Dailymotion/youtube inside the player by just pasting the link. Especially handy if you go to sites which have a lot of stupid pop pups when you try to play/pause a video.
Looks like CotEditor can do it. I haven't explored much, I just downloaded it, so I don't know how much validation help it has built in, but it can edit xml.
Hi Gary, Thanks for the free apps. I hope I can find the apps here in Holland. I wonder if Libre Office can be used on the IPad. Because I have a company and I have my administration in Microsoft excel. But you have to pay for on your phone and IPad. We are planning to turn the administration over to numbers, but it’s not that easy.
If would stick with Excel. Your tax advisor probably needs the data as .xlsx files. LibreOffice works well with Microsoft Office files. It is polished on the desktop but not so much on the iPad.
To convert audio to video you need to add the video part. Use iMovie and then create a nice still image to be the video background, then place the mp3 as an audio track under it.
Word. If you absolutely must have it in Word and it is important, then there is no substitute for being able to precisely work with it in Word itself. Export from whatever you have it as now into Word format, and then get Word and work with it there.
Hello Gary and thanks for your "like". Any thoughts on a replacement for "X-Assist" (a menu on the right of the screen like in OS 9 to quickly switch between apps using the mouse on the right side of the screen vs using the keyboard "Command-Tab" feature)? How about "Tab Mix Plus" for Firefox (presently using FF version 93). Thanks again Gary!
@@macmost Gary, X-Assist allowed the user to click on the right side of the screen, showing a menu of *running* apps, much the same as Mac OS9 did it and as Command-Tab does... except not having to use the keyboard. TabMixPlus allowed a Firefox user (Mac or Windows) to easily see and then clean up rows and rows of tabs. I swore by both of them for years and now they are gone. :( Thanks for any guidance you'd care to share.
@@lawrenceel5321 Try using the Dock for this. You can even put it on the side if you like. As for tabs, the new Safari 15 tab groups should be something you like. But the tab overview seems to be the closest feature.
Useful and suggestive recommendations. I've used VLC on Windows and Linux for years, and now also on MacOS, largely because it allows easy correction of wrong aspect ratio, poor sound, etc. And thanks for making your videos free of blaring music, shouting, and bad jokes. It's a pleasure to find instructive fare that actually instructs and that respects the intelligence of its audience.
Thank you ! I’ve been using MacOS for ten years and when I watch your videos I really feel haven’t been making the most out of it ☺️
same here
Same, except I've used Macs for 20 years.
@@sthubbins4038 for real?
Touché
I’ve been using Macs for quite a few years but I know that I am always learning new things. And that includes new applications. You have taught me at least two new applications today. Thanks!
Great videos, thanks Gary. I switched to the macOS from Windows a couple of years ago and watching your videos has really helped make transition a very smooth one.
With Libre Office, if you launch the draw application, you can open a PDF file and edit it. Then you can export as a pdf file. It is very usefull for filling a form, signing it and resend it as a PDF file.
In Sonoma you can use Preview t to do this now. In fact sometimes I just select/ copy the from the pdf and transfer it all to pages or bean.
Another no nonsense, concise, clear video. Thanks Gary, I'm a long time Mac power user and it's refreshing to watch your simple, direct and clear videos. Excellent. ...one of these days I might even join patreon!
Gary, thanks for this tutorial.
A few months ago I purchased M1 Mac Mini. As a clipboard assistant I have been using JumpCut for a number of years. Still works!
Questions:
- What would you use to replace "X-Assist" (menu like OS 9 to quickly switch between apps using the mouse on the right side of the screen vs using "Command-Tab")?
- How about Tab Mix Plus for Firefox (for at least multiple rows of tabs)
I miss them both!
Thanks, Gary!
I finally found you! I used to watch you on my old Tivo DVR, but they dropped the podcast-ish function years ago, so I lost touch with MacMost. Then I saw your face on a suggested video on RUclips, and said... "I know that guy!" Clicked... Great to see you again! Looking forward to catching up with your wealth of knowledge. Mahalo from Hawaii.
Thank you for your videos. I am getting the 24" iMac at the end of the month and the information will be helpful to me, even after being on only Apple computers for almost 40 years.
Maccy is my favorite clipboard manager. Lightweight and totally meets all my needs.
Us mac users are lost to its compliexities and curiosities without you, thank you ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS!!
Those look very useful! Used 2 of them already! Libre Office is going to be downloaded today!
This kinda very helpful. Thanks Gary!
Bean is a good free word processor for the Mac. It's sort of more stripped down, and focused than Word.
Such great advice! Coteditor is one of my favorites as well as copy clip. thank you.
Thank you, Gary, as always for another very useful video. I added all of the apps you recommended, including a clipboard manager app from the App Store. I do have a request for another video: In addition to the apps you recommended in this video and earlier this year when you recorded the Best Mac Apps 2021 (Top 25 MUST-HAVE Apps), might you consider recording a video telling us about the preinstalled apps that came with our iMacs that we DON'T need? I have so many apps on my iMac that I don't use, have never used. However, I'm uncomfortable deleting them because I'm afraid I'll need them one day. I'm sure I'm not alone. I have an iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020) running on MacOS Big Sur, version 11.5.2. Thank you, Gary. Jay Creighton
I don't recommend deleting any of the apps that come with macOS. There really aren't that many and most are very small. You won't save much space just deleting the apps. They tend to be integrated with macOS so deleting can cause issues. And of course you may find them useful later on. Just ignore them if you don't want to use them.
I get very annoyed when app stores feature an app that is "free" but actually is only a trial or only can be used 50 times/days etc. When is an app TOTALLY free, no strings attached?
Fr tho I mean like I understand the business but damn
Thanks for the video. Going to download some of these now.
hey bro your videos are very helpful and easy to understanding, great work ✌🏽✌🏽
No one beats Gary-sensei!
thank you! I just bought a macbook pro and was looking for how to get familiar with it. watched a lot online but found yours most accurate, sincere and worthy. keep it up and enlighten us.
Welcome to the Apple club bro! 🍷🍎
Just awesome content as always!!
Thanks a lot
You are the best Gary. Thanks a lot for all your informations
Another excellent job Gary. I appreciate learning the apps you use and why. The text editor looks like one I’ll try.
Thank you Gary, very helpful indeed 👍
Sorry, I was downloading from the App Store..then I went as you suggested to the .or site...and now it is working perfectly.THANKS!
Thanks for another very informative video, Gary. Re. 3rd party app suggestions - I have used Amadeus Pro for a long time now to edit and create digital audio files. I used it to digitize my vinyl record library and it worked great. It has a lot of tools specific to doing that. Now it is $60US (one-time) but really worth it.
Some very interesting apps there, some I knew about and some completely new to me. Thanks Gary
Thank you very much, Gary, for all these info
Great selection of free apps. All are very good!
Great video, as always! 👍
best channel on youtube! t
Thank you so much for sharing these! Liked and subscribed!
Hello with a question: I notice in your explanatory videos that down right I can see you talking while explaining. Is there a way to do this with FCPX? Thanks in advance and btw thanks for the great way you explain.😀
Great tutorial! Thanks for those great suggestions.
Another informative video and first in again Garry
Thanks for these. You are a great resource for help. My two favorite simple go-to graphic programs from the past were not free but inexpensive.
TypeStyler (clean and powerful typesetting program), and Color It - ( simple paint program good for tracing and cleaning). Did you ever hear of them or use them?
They no longer support the newer mac operating systems. I miss them both.
This is very useful. Thank you. Question what is the advantage of using Libre office against Keynote, Numbers, etc?
It gives you the same editing power as MsOffice, and the new versions are more and more incredible and compatible with other suites (It is also possible to change the appearance of LibreOffice and leave it the same as MsOffice).
VLC has more options for Windows than Mac but since I have been using Mac I have quit using VLC because Mac does a much better job at zooming and fast forward and rewind and step or frame forward and backward. On Mac these functions are a lot smoother. VLC is very sloppy in doing these stuff. I have downloaded all your other suggestions. Thanks!
wow thanks been looking for stuff like this :)
VLC is available for practically ANY operating system. If VLC won’t play it, it’s a proprietary format. Other tann that, VLC plays them all.
Thanks ! This was great. New Mac mini user here
Oh thanks for always being there I was worried about an alternative for MS Office and this Libre Office I think will do most of my jobs. I can remember I have used it on my Ubuntu laptop once upon a time but couldn't stay with it long.
Another great video Gary. Well done
Excellent recommendations, thank you!
Awesome! Thank you, Gary!
thank you so much, very concise and practical.
Thanks a lot, Gary. Very useful. I use VLC a lot, and I have used Audacity too. For simple works, I have used Open Office a lot instead of Pages. Is Libre Office much easier to use than Open Office?
I don't really use LibreOffice or Open Office, so I don't have an opinion there.
Thanks Gary, these are very helpful.
I think sometimes people over look VIM and Nano through the terminal... Vi or VIM takes a while to learn but Nano is quite easy to use for basic text editing.
I know them both well (well nano, I was never that thrilled when I had to use vi) but I still prefer cotEditor, BBEdit or even TextEdit, even when working with files on a server.
I love caffeine to keep my mac from going to sleep. Used it for years.
Amphetamine is a similar app…offered for free on app store with much more functionality
I use Amphetamine
@@amfareed30 Thanks, I'll try it!
I use KeepingYouAwake
But I thought caffeine is no longer compatible with Mac latest OS? Coz I remember mine wasn’t working properly on Mountain Lion.
Video suggestion: How to use a clipboard manager and what they can do.
Thanks for the great vids! 👍
See ruclips.net/video/TqUrsV8nxck/видео.html
@@macmost great, thanks!
You just made my day! 2 of those I have and 2 I'm Downloading, Thanks!
I love PasteBot for Clipboard Manager app. Also, been using TextMate as my Text Editor
Great video! Will be interesting to see if Apple adds clipboard history to MacOS, now that Windows 10 has it.
Amazing my friend, I'm glad you are helping us! god bless you!
Inkscape -- powerful free vector drawing - super great.
Very grateful, thanks Gary
So helpful! Thank you.
VS Code is in my opinion the best text editor.
Hello, we found your videos very helpful. Curious if tags can be used to between outlook and MacBook Pro to find and organize emails without saving every email to hard drive and folder or tag
Not sure what you mean but if Outlook has tags then sure, I suppose you could use them to organize.
Another great video. Very informative! Thank you, Gary! ❤️👍🏻
These vids are great. Thank you for your time and effort preparing them.
(I'm a 20 year Windows user who changed to MacBook Pro 2 months ago so I'm a complete Mac dummy).
I have a Q that I can't find an answer to in your list of videos.
I downloaded several of the Apps you recommended. Apps from the AppStore don't need any arranging but Apps from a website, such as Libre Office, leave the installation files on my desktop. I have no idea what to do with them or where to store them (if needed).
Do any of your vids cover that? Or do you know of a site that does cover it?
Once you are finished using an installer, you can just put it in the Trash.
I love your video’s. Wondering if you could explain the files app on a video in the future?
On iOS? Think of it like the Finder, but for the iPad and iPhone.
Thanks for sharing 👍
Gary, what main apps do you think are essential for coding? (What apps do you use to write down todos and requirements and notes). Trying to find best practice when trying to code.
Who is Carl? I'll answer though. Essential for coding: depends on what you use for coding. The only essential one is your actual IDE. =
I use Reminders and Notes for those things. But for coding notes, I would just use text files in whatever text editor you like the most.
@@macmost my mistake. Fixed the comment lol.
I like how you make use of apple apps most usually.
Thank you.
I'm late to this party ( 2024) but, as always, still a wonderful and informative video. Thank you, Gary.
You're fantastic !
Thanks so much.
I have VLC and Seashore; both really useful.
Thanks a lot for such aan amazing video. Can you suggest an alternative to OBS studio.(Because, OBS is still not compatible for M1)
Gary what do you recommend for video editing software on a Mac, which is free? I want to pixelate some videos but I couldn't do it on iMovie (or it is too much works)
I can't think of anything that would allow you to pixelate easier and still be free, sorry.
OOOOOHH!! Bean is a fabulous word processor.
*** its worth noting that ElectricSheep is pretty cool music visualizer that you can use as your screensaver.
Great information and video.
I use iina because it’s visually 100% more pleasing :)
I use Elmedia player. Snazzy labs also recommended it.
The best feature I find is that if I've a movie and I open it using Elmedia, it will automatically search for subtitles from the web for that movie and download it and play for me.so I don't have to search for subtitles seperately.
Also it can play any video link from the web , eg. Dailymotion/youtube inside the player by just pasting the link. Especially handy if you go to sites which have a lot of stupid pop pups when you try to play/pause a video.
Excellent. Great recommendations.
Great video and very good information First in again Garry
Thanks Gary. Good stuff.
Hi Gary, Can you recommend a good free XML editor? Thanks! 🙂
Sorry, I don't work with XML much. I would just use TextEdit for free and easy, BBEdit for code in general. I don't know about other apps.
Looks like CotEditor can do it. I haven't explored much, I just downloaded it, so I don't know how much validation help it has built in, but it can edit xml.
Gary I just bought two HomePod mini. Is they a way to have Apple Music to continue to play at my home?
That’s handoff. See support.apple.com/guide/homepod/play-audio-using-your-ios-or-ipados-device-apdfb81a72e4/homepod
Hi Gary, Thanks for the free apps. I hope I can find the apps here in Holland. I wonder if Libre Office can be used on the IPad. Because I have a company and I have my administration in Microsoft excel. But you have to pay for on your phone and IPad. We are planning to turn the administration over to numbers, but it’s not that easy.
If would stick with Excel. Your tax advisor probably needs the data as .xlsx files. LibreOffice works well with Microsoft Office files. It is polished on the desktop but not so much on the iPad.
Thank you for the great apps
Thank you very much!
As ever. Great video.
I love vlc, been using it for years to play stuff my 2012 MBPro wouldnt play, think im gonna put it in my MBPro 2021.
been using open office for a long time. Haven’t downloaded it on my new mac yet.
thanks Gary
What do you think about GIMP as a photo editor? It is also free….and would you compare it to seashore?
GIMP is more of a direct Photoshop competitor. But I think it is overly complicated for most people. I don't like using it myself.
I use Affinity Photo.
are there advantages to using libre office over open office
Just found this Vid, great stuff Gary. Pity Libre is not free in the UK ....but nothing ever is !
LibreOffice is definitely free everywhere. LibreOffice.org
@@macmost Aha I see, I was tryi8ng to get it thru the App Store, The Libre link goes thru Collabora is this the one ? Best rgds Nick
@@nevn8912 Not sure what you mean. Just go to the office site at www.libreoffice.org
@@macmost Ok got it many thanks Gary. I'm building you a new fan base here in Surrey south of England !
Hi Gary, I dl'd VLA and it did not convert .mp3 to the movie file I choose. YT does not allow .mp3s and I need a converter
To convert audio to video you need to add the video part. Use iMovie and then create a nice still image to be the video background, then place the mp3 as an audio track under it.
@@macmost I'm honored that you replied thanks!!
Gary, I have written a book and now I find I must reformat it to word before I can get it printed. What is the best program to do this task?
Word. If you absolutely must have it in Word and it is important, then there is no substitute for being able to precisely work with it in Word itself. Export from whatever you have it as now into Word format, and then get Word and work with it there.
Gary...I think I saw on one of your previous videos an app that compresses PDF files to a smaller size?
Not an app, but something you can do in Preview: ruclips.net/video/_8D0UeiWD84/видео.html
Thanks
Hello Gary and thanks for your "like".
Any thoughts on a replacement for "X-Assist" (a menu on the right of the screen like in OS 9 to quickly switch between apps using the mouse on the right side of the screen vs using the keyboard "Command-Tab" feature)?
How about "Tab Mix Plus" for Firefox (presently using FF version 93).
Thanks again Gary!
I don't remember X-Assist and don't know about Tab Mix Plus. If you want to switch apps with the pointer, why not use the Dock?
@@macmost Gary, X-Assist allowed the user to click on the right side of the screen, showing a menu of *running* apps, much the same as Mac OS9 did it and as Command-Tab does... except not having to use the keyboard. TabMixPlus allowed a Firefox user (Mac or Windows) to easily see and then clean up rows and rows of tabs. I swore by both of them for years and now they are gone. :( Thanks for any guidance you'd care to share.
@@lawrenceel5321 Try using the Dock for this. You can even put it on the side if you like. As for tabs, the new Safari 15 tab groups should be something you like. But the tab overview seems to be the closest feature.
Thanks for this GREAT video ... 👏👍😃
Great video 😊
Great. Thanks!
Can you Open Word Files within Libre?
I believe so. Try it.
Is there a way I can download Libreoffice directly rather than through torrent?