{"id":1797,"date":"2025-12-25T16:48:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T17:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/?p=1797"},"modified":"2025-12-26T13:18:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T13:18:47","slug":"got-a-new-mac-here-are-five-apps-i-cant-live-without","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/25\/got-a-new-mac-here-are-five-apps-i-cant-live-without\/","title":{"rendered":"Got a new Mac? Here are five apps I can\u2019t live without"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"feat-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/macbook-air-hello-m2.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Whether you just got your first Mac or upgraded to a brand-new machine, it\u2019s always helpful to get started on the right set of tools. Here are the very first apps I usually install as soon as I get a new Mac.<\/p>\n<p> <a data-layer-pagetype=\"post\" data-layer-postcategory=\"mac,macos\" data-layer-viewtype=\"taxonomy-ninetofive_guides\" data-post-id=\"1033487\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/12\/25\/here-are-five-mac-apps-i-cant-live-without\/#more-1033487\" class=\"more-link\">more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you just got your first Mac or upgraded to a brand-new machine, it\u2019s always helpful to get ...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1797"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1800,"href":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1797\/revisions\/1800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}