macOS

Important Guides

osx-and-ios-security-awesome - macOS and iOS Security Related Tools

The above guides are good read and should be followed for a better hardening of macOS, however the OS is too stiff and proprietary so there's no way to disable "calling home" (Connecting with Apple servers) without breaking the device, to my knowledge.


Browsers

Brave Been in some contraversies in the past , but generally decent ig.

Firefox , Generally in terms of security chromium browsers are recommended, but if you want to use firefox, use it with hardened user.js Arkenfox (can break some sites) or use Hardened user.js Betterfox (better compatibility)

Search Engine

Mullvad Leta (Has brave search and google search and uses cached pages to show result, essentially privacy friendly), currently the best option IMO. Currently there is no tab to look for images, shopping, map etc.

Brave Search (the most closest result to google, at-least for me)

If you use Brave Browser, Brave Search is the default.

SearXNG (the link provides various instances which you can configure, but if you wish to get one that just works then you can find it here SearXNG )

StartPage Currently owned by an advertising company, I think the ad company is based in China

duckduckgo

Its's basically Bing but more privacy focused. It's the most recommended but people have hard time adapting to it. Have been in some controversies lately

mojeek ,has its own crawler and index, that is it is not dependent on google or bing results. The results however is pretty bad imo. It could be improved in the future if enough feedback is given ig?

Browser Extensions

uBlock Origin - Ad content blocker (For chromium based browsers = uBlock Origin Lite)

Bypass All Shortlinks Debloated (Requires either ViolentMonkey, Tampermonkey, or FireMonkey) (Greasy Fork, OpenUserJS or Userscripts Find new scripts from these sites)

Translate Web Pages

Firefox Multi-Account Containers - Color-coded tabs in this tool keep your online life separated, preserving your privacy. Cookies are containerized, allowing simultaneous use of multiple identities or accounts.

FOSS App Indexes

Awesome macOS

OpenSourceApple

Awesome Mac

Awesome OS Apps

Password Privacy / 2FA

Ente Auth - 2FA, All Platforms

Aegis - 2FA

Stratum - 2FA

Password Strength Chart

KeePass or KeePassXC - Password Manager

Bitwarden - Password Manager

Proton Pass - Password Manager

Strongbox - Password Manager

DNS Adblocking

Mullvad

NextDNS, Alternate Link

Adguard

1Blocker

VPN

Proton VPN

Mullvad VPN - Paid

IVPN - Paid

NYM - Paid

Antivirus

Malwarebytes

BlockBlock

KnockKnock

Safari Adblockers

⁠uBO Lite Safari

AdGuard Safari

wBlock, Guide

Stay

Privacy / Security Tools

Lockdown Privacy - Block Trackers \& Ads

LuLu - Mac Firewall

SuspiciousPackage - Analyze PKG Files

LinkLiar - Spoof MAC Address

Kextviewr - View All Kernel Modules

What Route - Network Diagnostic Tool

Sloth - Process Manager

Hardware / System Monitors

Conky - Hardware / System Monitors

Colors - Hardware / System Monitors

eul - Hardware / System Monitors

Stats - Hardware / System Monitors

Mission Center - Hardware / System Monitors

MacFetch - Hardware / System Monitors

Hot - CPU Monitor

TaskExplorer - Task Manager / Viewer

Pearcleaner - System Cleanup; Uninstallers. Github

File Tools

PeaZip, The Unarchiver, unxip, Keka - File Archivers

Readdle - Multipurpose File Tool

⁠OpenMTP - Mac / Android File Transfer Github

JDownloader - File Download Manager

Go Speed - File Download Manager; Extension; Plugins

FlyingCarpet - Cross-Platform AirDrop; Guide

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Pub: 16 Aug 2025 18:42 UTC

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