There’s a Second App Store for Your Mac (And It’s Free) – How To Use Homebrew

There's a second app store hiding on your Mac, and it's been there for sixteen years. It's called Homebrew, it's free, and it distributes everything from tiny open-source utilities to Spotify, Chrome and Zoom, straight from the developers themselves. In this video I'll show you how to install it, how to use it without going anywhere near scary Terminal wizardry, and whether there's anything to actually worry about security-wise.

Apps referenced:

Homebrew — https://brew.sh
CaskHub — https://github.com/alielsokary/CaskHub
Mole — https://github.com/tw93/Mole
Itsycal — https://www.mowglii.com/itsycal/
AltTab — https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app
NeoHtop — https://github.com/Abdenasser/neohtop
Maccy — https://maccy.app
Tappie — https://www.empiricapps.com/tappie

Can't install Caskhub because you're running an older version of MacOS? Try Brewmate instead: https://romankurnovskii.com/en/apps/brewmate/

Requirements
An Apple Silicon CPU or 64-bit Intel CPU 1
macOS Sonoma (14) (or higher) installed on officially supported hardware2
Command Line Tools (CLT) for Xcode (from xcode-select –install or https://developer.apple.com/download/all/)

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Chapters
00:00 – Intro
01:35 – The Small Print
02:14 – Beyond the Garden Wall
04:16 – How to Install Homebrew
05:59 – Terminal Case
07:53 – What Are the Downsides?
09:18 – Outro