Useful software on Mac (with native Apple Silicon ARM64 support):

1. Homebrew: 

2. Mounty: to r/w NTFS.

    * install Mounty by homebrew as it will automatically install ntfs-3g and macfuse: 

brew install gromgit/fuse/mounty

3. Skim: lightweight tab PDF reader

* Use "defaults write -app Skim AppleWindowTabbingMode -string always" to enable opening in tab by default.  

4. CloudFlare WARP: secure wifi access

5. BBEdit: all-round free editor. 

* Add this to make BBEdit as the default editor in command-line:

export EDITOR="/Applications/BBEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/BBEdit"

6. ToyViewer: lightweight image viewer (App Store)

7. RealVNC

Scientific software:

1. FSL: If the installer didn't stop after 100% complete, just kill it by Ctrl+C. It will be ready to use.

2. ANTs (need to compile for ARM64)

* Set the following in .bashrc to enable multicore support:

export ITK_GLOBAL_DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_THREADS=8
export ITK_GLOBAL_DEFAULT_THREADER=Pool

3. Visual Studio Code: powerful IDE for almost any coding.

4. Julia: super fast Matlab-like software.

* Set the following for multicore support:

export JULIA_NUM_THREADS=8

5. MRIcroGL: powerful Nifti viewer/converter.

6. Xcode command line tools: for compile. Install by "xcode-select –install".