A friend of mine is buying his first Mac, so here’s a list I made for him for essential software.

  • Chrome for web browsing with LastPass for passwords.
  • Alfred for launching apps, small actions, etc. I can’t imagine using MacOS without it.
  • iTerm2 for terminal windows.
  • Homebrew for Unix tools. It’s not awesome, but the best option.
  • Sublime Text for text editing.
  • nvALT for note taking.
  • Adium for instant messaging.
  • VLC for playing video and audio. Plex for networked serving of video.
techmac
  2014-12-05 16:50 Z