I just upgraded to a Mac Studio - any must have apps that require Apple silicon?

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I just upgraded from a 2019 27" iMac to an M2 Mac Studio. I recall coming across a couple of apps a while ago that looked interesting but wouldn’t run on an Intel Mac. Of course, I can’t remember what they were …

Is anyone using an Apple silicon-only app they’d recommend? Any must haves? Any nice to haves?

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It’s very niche, but the app I use the most on my M1 Mac is the Channels DVR client to watch TV and movies, and to schedule recordings. The iOS/iPad app works just fine on the Mac.

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I just fired up my three photo processing app yesterday (DXO Photolab, Lightroom, and Photoshop) and I can confirm that my M2 Mac Studio zips right through what my Intel iMac could barely manage.

Once I move my working files off of the external spinning disk where they currently live and on to the new Mac’s internal SSD, I suspect it will be even snappier.

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Here are some of the apps I have installed via Homebrew:

alfred , iterm2, screenflow,
appcleaner, karabiner-elements, Skype,
barrier, keyboard-maestro, Slack,
bunch, messenger, textexpander,
descript, microsoft-teams, visual-studio-code,
fantastical,

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Out of curiosity, why are you installing all of these apps via brew?

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Hombrew is the Mac package manager. It’s by far the best way to install apps. No need to download, run and finally eject/delete DMG files. Simply run the terminal command brew install (application name).

Hombrew gives the feel of a Linux environment.

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I migrated a fair number of these over from my Intel Mac. Is there anything on the list that requires Apple silicon to run? Not run better, but run at all. I suspect that more than a few “Mac with Apple silicon only” apps will be, in essence if not in fact, iOS apps.

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I can’t say that there are any applications that require Apple silicon to run.