Who said the best things in life come for free? They do, check out my favourite FREEWARE list below. The list is built of applications and tools that I am using or I have deployed. While many alternatives may exist, these are the ones that do the job for me. There is no such thing as a free lunch, so you will need to tolerate some advertising or constraints in functionality. If you are willing to ‘pay that price’, you have a good deal. Enjoy the free ride!
the freeware open-source alternative office productivity software suite
LibreOffice for macOS works well with MacOS Ventura
Virus and Spam Protection
- Trend Micro Antivirus is a FREE virus scanner that works well for MacOS.
- AVIRA is a FREE virus scanner that works well for MacOS.
Backup Tools
- FreeFileSync is a FREE backup and file synchronisation tool that works well for MacOS.
- KeyPassXC is a FREE password manager that works well for MacOS.
System Cleaning and Filing Tools
- AppCleaner is a small application which allows you to thoroughly uninstall unwanted apps.
- Dr. Cleaner is a FREE system optimization tool that works well for MacOS.
- Dr. Unarchiver is a FREE file compression tool that works well for MacOS.
- FileZilla is a FREE file transfer client and server that works well for MacOS
Media Library and Conversion Tools
- VLC is a FREE media player with great video codec support that works well for MacOS
- calibre is an ebook management tool that works well for MacOS
- Mixxx is free, open source DJ software that works well for MacOS
- iTunes is a FREE (discontinued) mediaplayer and library tool that works well for MacOS
Retroactive can modify iTunes to run on macOS Catalina (or later).
Remote Assistance Tools
- TeamViewer is a FREE Remote Assistance Client that works well for Windows XP, Vista and 7 to 10 and MacOS
Note: check out my posts on Remote Assistance support
Browsers
- Safari is a FREE web browser that is offered by default on MacOS and works well.
- Ghostery Lite is a FREE web browser extension for Safari to block tracking.
- DuckDuckGo is a FREE web browser search engine for Safari for better privacy.
- Mozilla Firefox is a FREE web browser that works well for MacOS.
- Google Chrome is a FREE web browser that works well for MacOS.