It’s frankly a terrifyingly long list, but I recognize most of the apps and can see keeping most of them just in case.
Here’s just the 'A’s:
!nstaBro
1Blocker
1Password 7
2Do
A Better Finder Attributes 6
A Better Finder Rename 11
Ableton Live 10
Acorn
ActiveDock
Activity Monitor
Adobe Lightroom 3
Adobe Lightroom Classic
Adobe Photoshop 2020
Adobe Photoshop CC 2019
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5
Affinity Photo
After Focus
Airfoil
Airfoil Satellite
Airmail
AirPlayRecorder
AirPort Utility
Airy
Alfred 4
Anesidora
Anki
Annotate
Antnotes
Any File Info
Any HEIC Converter
AnyList
AnyMP4 Video 2 GIF Maker
App for Dropbox
App for Dropbox +
App Store
AppDelete
Apps on Sale
AppSomnia
Aquallegro
Archy
Aristocrat
Art Text 3
Artpip
Artwork Extractor
Asset Resizer
atMonitor
Audio Hijack
Audio MIDI Setup
AudioBookBinder
Authorizer
Authy Bluetooth
Automator
The Go64 app, which hunts down and shows installed 32-bit apps, says it found 60 32-bit apps, but 1,083 “apps” total, but that total includes things like little registration utilities for old Adobe apps and uninstallers and printer utilities.
It would be nice if Apple made a 32-bit emulator as I miss my favorite outliner “Tree” I think it is the only outliner that did outlines in a horizontal orientation
Only 749 after deleting the 32-bit apps when upgrading to Catalina and a few utilities. And that doesn’t include the handful of Windows-only apps on the Parallels VM. I ran Go64
Not really. Only 128 actual apps (plus a few Windows-only stuff on Parallels VM). As Bowline noted, The Go64 app , which hunts down and shows installed 32-bit and 64-bit apps, says it found 749 “apps” total, but that total includes things like little registration utilities for old Adobe apps and uninstallers and printer utilities.
I am doing the difficult task of reducing my apps going towards a Minimalist lifestyle and it is very difficult mindset to adopt. A bad case of FOMO withdrawal
Today’s Execution is Yojimbo transferring functionality over to DevonThink
I realized that my new MacBookPro had a fresh install of Catalina when I purchased it and I decided to only install what I need. So I ended up with a mere 67 apps in /Applications. OK, not a record low here.
For the record, Catalina comes with 52 apps hidden away in /System/Applications. So everyone running Catalina needs to add 52 to their totals.
I was getting jealous with all of the 100+ apps, but hoped with a newer machine, I would be on the lowest end. Coming in at 69 apps right now. I am not sure whether to prune more or add…
My Mac Mini is at 84 apps, so a couple lower than my MBP, which surprises me. I feel compelled to see what is different…but I really should resist that pointless task! TripMode is one, I suppose. Must resist.
Here’s a Google Sheet that can do that. If people run TJ’s terminal command, then paste the results in a new column on the first tab (next to my MPB results), the chart should auto-update.
Just thought of a slight flaw for this … I use home brew and those apps won’t show up. Granted they’re primarily commandline so maybe it’s less of a concern.