I recently got a new (refurbed) 2023 M3 Macbook Pro, and figured I’d make a post detailing what tools I’m installing on it, mostly for my own future reference.

Stuff management #

• homebrew, brew. Mac package manager thing.
• git, git. Git for version management.

Image/video/document conversion #

• ffmpeg, ffmpeg. Video and audio conversion. I use it a lot for flac -> mp3 for iTunes.
• ocrmypdf, ocrmypdf. Probably my most used CLI tool, looking to start selfhosting my Zotero library so I can automatically run OCRmyPDF on all new PDFs.
• imagemagick magick. I use it for image conversion, ie webp -> jpeg.
• LyricsFinder. Finds and adds lyrics to iTunes library mp3s.

Other stuff #

• curl, curl. Web request maker.
• cloudflared, cloudflared. Cloudflare Tunnels CLI.
• yt-dlp, yt-dlp. YouTube video downloader.
• zoxide, z. Cool, better, more ergonomic cd.