Pauls Notes

MacOS useful tools

Brew MacOS Paketmanager

https://brew.sh/index_de

# install brew
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Rectangle

https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle

brew install --cask rectangle

iTerm

https://iterm2.com

Oh My Zsh

https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh

JAVA Versionsmanagement

https://github.com/jenv/jenv

brew install jenv

# ensure that JAVA_HOME is set
jenv enable-plugin export

# make Maven/Gradle aware of the Java version in use (and switch when your project does)
jenv enable-plugin maven
jenv enable-plugin gradle

# install java
brew install openjdk

# set manually JAVA_HOME to a working java installation in your shell-config, so that it will work in Founder

NVM Node Versionsmanagement

https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm

brew install nvm

# special config for Intellij
export NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT=true
...

Maccy (no MacOS 13 Ventura support)

https://github.com/p0deje/Maccy

brew install --cask maccy

Double Commander

https://github.com/doublecmd/doublecmd

Keka Archiver

https://www.keka.io/en/

Mounty for NTFS

https://mounty.app

brew install --cask mounty

Android File Transfer

https://www.android.com/filetransfer/

OpenMPT (Advanced Android File Transfer App for macOS)

alternative to Android File Transfer

https://openmtp.ganeshrvel.com/

Soduto + KDE Connect

https://soduto.com/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp

Nginx

brew install nginx

# config
vim /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf

# control
brew services start nginx
brew services stop nginx
brew services restart nginx

Simple Scan (Network Scanner incl. sane backend)

Install Simple Scan:

brew install simple-scan

Add your scanner IP to the Sane configuration:

sudo vim /opt/homebrew/etc/sane.d/xerox_mfp.conf

#Dell MFP Laser Printer
tcp 192.168.178.60 9400

Start Simple Scan, your scanner should be found now.

Darktable (Adobe Lightroom alternative)

https://www.darktable.org/

brew install --cask darktable

Upscalo (image upscaling)

https://upscalo.com/