We’ve covered all but two of the Mac apps I can live without. Here are the last two.
#2 Microsoft Teams
Teams may be OK on a Windows machine [as if a Windows machine can be OK – ed], but on a Mac, it is barely usable. I would say 50%* of the time, Teams does not launch correctly, 25%* of the time it whines about needing more permissions than it has, and 25%* of the time it is adequate. Hitting .250 seems to get you a job in the major leagues as a designated hitter, but in the computer world, that gets you sent down to single A ball or qualifies you to manage a T-ball team. I like Zoom, since it just works.
As an extra bonus, if you can contain yourself to 40 minutes of meeting, Zoom has a free version that does the job! If you cannot contain your meetings to 40 minutes, take a good look at what you are doing and figure out why you have to talk so long.
*These are my estimates. Your mileage may vary. Void where prohibited.
And, a drum roll please, the number 1 Mac app I can live without: Parallels Desktop
I used to rely on Parallels Desktop to run a couple of Windows-based apps that didn’t work on the Mac. Whatever those apps were, they are long gone from my repertoire, and I have found that even though I own a license to Parallels still, I don’t ever fire it up. I am sitting here trying to remember what I would possibly have run under Parallels, and I am coming up empty. [What did you have for breakfast? -ed]
I guess I could run Windows XP under Parallels if I felt so inclined, but I could also slap myself in the face with a pilchard. [Who uses words like “pilchard,” you pompus jennet? -ed] So, Parallels ends up taking up 630,683,290 bytes for the main program plus the gigabytes for a virtual machine. If I ever need the space, Parallels will need to go.
Up next: The one Mac app I can’t live without.