Homebrew on Mac -Everything a Beginner Needs to Know About the ‘Other’ AppStore & Its Epic Free Apps
A beginner's guide to Homebrew, the free package manager that acts as the "other" Mac app store. Install, update and remove apps with a single line in Terminal, then back the whole lot up to a file you can restore on a new Mac.
Covers installing Homebrew, adding and removing apps, updating everything in one command, listing what you've got, adopting apps you installed the old fashioned way, health checks and cleanup, plus a look at the app-store-style front ends for anyone who'd rather click than type.
Commands used in this video:
brew install –cask [app name]
brew uninstall –cask [app name]
brew uninstall –cask –force [app name]
brew install –cask –adopt [app name]
brew search [app name]
brew list –cask
brew upgrade –greedy
brew cleanup -n
brew cleanup
brew doctor
cd ~
brew bundle dump
brew bundle install
*Apps and links*
Homebrew: https://brew.sh
Homebrew .pkg installer: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/releases
Ghostty (terminal): https://ghostty.org
EnviousWispr (dictation): https://enviouswispr.com
AppCleaner: https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
CaskHub: https://caskhub.app
Applite: https://aerolite.dev/applite/
Taphouse: https://taphouse.multimodalsolutions.gr/
Tappie: https://www.empiricapps.com/tappie/
Chapters
00:00 – Intro
00:43 – The Small Print
01:31 – Homebrew For You
03:21 – Up & Running
04:59 – Installing & Uninstalling Apps
06:43 – Managing Your Homebrew Apps
08:55 – Adopt An App
10:29 – Homebrew With a GUI
14:53 – Outro
