MacOS Best of Breed (Freeware) Software

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.