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.