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5 Important Mac Utilities For Developers
The applications and utilities that ship with a machine like the MacBook Pro are plentiful, easy to use and effective. You get programs like word processors and video editors for free out of the box, but what happens if you need more? What about tools for power users, developers or those who constantly want to tinker?
If the Mac is your primary tool for work, then it serves you to configure it to work more efficiently for you. Sometimes the default tools just don’t cut it. I’ve put together a list of some of the best and most useful applications and utilities for bringing out the true power of working on a Mac. Let’s take a look.
Homebrew
Homebrew is a package manager for macOS that enables you to install a wide array of open-source software on your Mac. Just like apt-get or yum on Linux, Homebrew lets you install and keep packages updated on your system.
Using Brew allows you to install software quickly and satisfy dependencies efficiently so you can get back to the task at hand. Here’s an example of how simple it is to install a package using Brew:
brew install wget
