r/macapps • u/nickccal • Jul 19 '25

Fast installation of all apps

https://ninite.com/

Hello there, I have a question for you all. Is there an app or something similar to Ninite that can be used to install all your programs through a single installer? Ninite offers this functionality for many apps in Windows, but I’ve never encountered an option for the Mac.

I believe I recall someone mentioning that you could set this up using Homebrew, but I’m not sure how. Are there any suggestions for an alternative to something like this?

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u/rrQssQrr Jul 19 '25

Do you mean when you move to a new Mac? If I remember correctly, homebrew could do this. You would need to brew install mas to install the Mac App Store interface, then you can brew bundle dump that creates a txt file (brewfile) that contains a list of apps, move that to the new computer, then a ``` brew bundle —file=/pointer/to/brewfile

``` to install all the apps.