10 Free Mac Utilities for a Faster, Cleaner, Healthier Mac

Your Mac does a decent job of looking after itself, but over time the cruft creeps in. These are 10 free apps that help you keep it in good order: updating the apps Apple ignores, making bootable USB sticks, finding what's stopping you ejecting a drive, catching anything that sneaks onto your mic or webcam, watching your network traffic, sorting out your Wi-Fi, managing passwords across every device, clearing out digital clutter, spotting internet drop-outs and taming your startup items.

APPS IN THIS VIDEO

macCurrent (macOS 15 or later)
https://maccurrent.com/

macUSB (macOS 14.6 or later)
https://www.macusb.app/
Homebrew: brew install –cask macusb

Sloth (macOS 11 or later)
https://sveinbjorn.org/sloth
Homebrew: brew install –cask sloth

OverSight (macOS 12 or later)
https://objective-see.org/products/oversight.html
Homebrew: brew install –cask oversight

Sniffnet (Apple silicon and Intel)
https://sniffnet.app/
Homebrew: brew install sniffnet

NetworkWeather (macOS 14 or later)
https://www.networkweather.com/
Homebrew: brew install –cask network-weather

Bramble (macOS, Linux, iPhone, Android, Chrome and Firefox)
https://bramble.sh/
Homebrew: brew install –cask bramble

PureMac (macOS 13 or later)
https://github.com/momenbasel/PureMac
Homebrew: brew install –cask puremac

IsThereNet (macOS 11 or later)
https://lowtechguys.com/istherenet/
Homebrew: brew install –cask istherenet

StartupManager (macOS 15.6 or later)
https://startupmanager.appmac.fr
https://startup-manager-pro.macupdate.com

ALSO MENTIONED

Mole: https://github.com/tw93/Mole
Little Snitch: https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html

Chapters
00:00 – Intro
00:57 – The Small Print
01:53 – macCurrent
03:39 – Mac USB
05:09 – Sloth
06:46 – Oversight
07:36 – Sniffnet
08:50 – NetworkWeather
09:53 – Bramble
11:59 – PureMac
13:02 – IsthereNet
14:04 – StartupManager Pro
15:25 – Outro