After trying to use my Macbook now for a while as a HAM Radio PC – I had to admin it is much easier to use a Windows PC as a HAM Radio PC. So I moved back to a small PC (Lenovo ThinkCentre) as a HAM Radio PC in my shack.
Some of the mandatory tools are:
ComPortMan from Uwe Sieber
This allows you to properly control the many COM ports of a Windows PC and make them persistent.
https://www.uwe-sieber.de/ComPortMan_e.html
NTP Client from Meinberg
This allows for proper time-sync of your PC – something absolutely mandatory for running digital modes likes WSJT
