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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1839643" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>Not so much what to get, but what to avoid. Don't use an antivirus, no need as there are no viruses in the wild for Mac at this time so A/V software pretty much just slows down the Mac for zero benefit. Avoid things claiming to clean, speed, tune or in any way "improve" your Mac performance. Most of them are rubbish, some are positively harmful. EDIT: One exception is OnyX, from <a href="https://titanium-software.fr/en/index.html" target="_blank">Titanium Software | Operating system utilities for Mac - Home</a> . Either OnyX or Maintenance are useful to run every few months or so. Get the proper version for your version of the operating system.</p><p></p><p>OK, that said, if you browse a lot and are bugged by ads on websites, there are some handy tools for that: Ghostery, AdBlock+ and a couple of others. </p><p></p><p>Password managers are handy and can keep you from slipping into bad habits of easy passwords. 1Password is what I use, but there are other good ones out there.</p><p></p><p>If you think you have been hit with some sort of malware (browser hijacker, dns redirect, popups, etc), DirectX Swift is a mighty good destroyer of those things. I think there is a free version, but I liked it so much I paid for it. </p><p></p><p>To do better searching on the Mac, either Find Any File or EasyFind will do a better job than Spotlight.</p><p></p><p>For now, that should get you started. Welcome to the Mac world!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1839643, member: 396914"] Not so much what to get, but what to avoid. Don't use an antivirus, no need as there are no viruses in the wild for Mac at this time so A/V software pretty much just slows down the Mac for zero benefit. Avoid things claiming to clean, speed, tune or in any way "improve" your Mac performance. Most of them are rubbish, some are positively harmful. EDIT: One exception is OnyX, from [url=https://titanium-software.fr/en/index.html]Titanium Software | Operating system utilities for Mac - Home[/url] . Either OnyX or Maintenance are useful to run every few months or so. Get the proper version for your version of the operating system. OK, that said, if you browse a lot and are bugged by ads on websites, there are some handy tools for that: Ghostery, AdBlock+ and a couple of others. Password managers are handy and can keep you from slipping into bad habits of easy passwords. 1Password is what I use, but there are other good ones out there. If you think you have been hit with some sort of malware (browser hijacker, dns redirect, popups, etc), DirectX Swift is a mighty good destroyer of those things. I think there is a free version, but I liked it so much I paid for it. To do better searching on the Mac, either Find Any File or EasyFind will do a better job than Spotlight. For now, that should get you started. Welcome to the Mac world! [/QUOTE]
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