With the M1 chip already featured in Mac minis, iMac, MacBook Air, and 13-inch MacBook Pro, you’ve probably already jumped on the Apple Silicon bandwagon with your latest makeover. And you’ve probably noticed the increase in performance already, but there’s nothing quite like check it with the apps that are already running natively on the platform. We’ll name some of these apps in case you want to do your own testing or want to make choice changes to prioritize this performance above anything else.
CleanMyMac X
This well-known maintenance application became native to Apple Silicon last February, and thus became one of the best choices to clean your Mac and free up space from the trash that may leave your system in the form of registers and settings of uninstalled applications.
CleanMyMac X is an option to consider for those of you who always want to have your Mac in top condition and with as much free space in your storage as possible. You can use it for free on a limited basis or buy an annual license for 29.95 dollars.
Pixelmator Pro
If you are fed up with the price of Adobe subscriptions, remember that Pixelmator Pro is the best alternative for macOS users on the M1 chip. Perfectly optimized and with spectacular performance thanks to its Machine Learning algorithms, it can be yours for a single payment of 21.99 dollars (it’s an offer, so the price may increase).
VLC Media Player
Do you think your Mac can’t play 8K MKV videos? Nothing but our little big road cone can not solve combined with the power of M1 chip. And best of all, it’s completely free. Make sure to download the Apple Silicon version of the program by choosing it from the drop-down menu on its download button.
Microsoft Office
Intel is in a cold sweat with the M1 chip, but Microsoft hasn’t hesitated a minute to jump on the bandwagon, no matter how competitive Apple is. The world’s most famous office suite works great on new Macs, something that is particularly noticeable in large worksheets for Excel.
To be able to read and edit Word, PowerPoint and Excel documents on Mac, you need to purchase an Office license, which can range from a one-time payment of 159 dollars to 69 dollars per year for the Microsoft 365 plan which includes 1TB of storage in line from the OneDrive service.
Affinity designer
If you want stop using Adobe Illustrator, this alternative to the Affinity suite is ready to run on the M1 chip and enjoy all of its benefits. One of the best options for being able to work with vector graphics, which temporarily lowered its price from 54.99 to 27.99 dollars. And no subscription, it’s a one-time payment.
World of warcraft
There is still a long way to go to see the full potential Apple Silicon can bring to the game, but World of Warcraft is one of the few games that is already fully native without being an iPadOS game. Its graphics aren’t the most modern in the world (so-called WoW is already an age), but it still has a huge community of devotees and the M1 chip lets you play in maximum detail with the monitor’s native resolutions. you have. You can try it for free and subscribe for 65.94 dollars per semester.
GeForce now
Another way to play the games you want is through the cloud: you run everything from a remote server with Windows but the video signal goes to your Mac with perfect performance thanks to the native service client GeForce Now. You can use it for free (games cost money) or for $ 9.99 per month if you want the best quality and unlimited sessions.
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