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Hi All
I just bought my MBA 13 and since it's the first time I am using mac , I was wondering what are the -must have- applications that each user should have ?
Thanks
Hi All
I just bought my MBA 13 and since it's the first time I am using mac , I was wondering what are the -must have- applications that each user should have ?
Thanks
I am a new mac user and therefore I have to start from scratch. For example vlc is something I would most likely think of installing for movies(never used imovie before so I might not have to install vlc after all).
I've been told that istat pro is really good as well for monitoring the activity of the CPU,SDD etc
Also, do I need a seperate archive tool ? (i.e to open .*rar, *.zip files?)
Thanks for all the help
Also, do I need a seperate archive tool ? (i.e to open .*rar, *.zip files?)
Thanks for all the help
The first things I install upon buying a new Mac are...
iWork (Apple's MS Office)
Clean My Mac (Similar to CCLeaner, deletes cache and language files your may not need)
Total Finder (Allows for a tabbed Finder experience so you don't have to have open multiple windows)
Cinch (Brings the W7 snap feature to Mac)
There's a few more that are purely tailored to my needs (Photoshop, Coda, etc). But those are the basics.
I'm sure other people will have more suggestions.
I would not recommend CleanMyMac, based on the number of complaints that have been posted in this forum and elsewhere. As an example: CleanMyMac cleaned too much. While you may not have experienced problems yet, enough people have that it's wise to avoid it, especially since there are free alternatives that have better reputations, such as Onyx.Clean My Mac (Similar to CCLeaner, deletes cache and language files your may not need)
Personally, I like to replace ... iCal with BusyCal, and Mail.app with Postbox
The first things I install upon buying a new Mac are...
iWork (Apple's MS Office)
Clean My Mac (Similar to CCLeaner, deletes cache and language files your may not need)
Total Finder (Allows for a tabbed Finder experience so you don't have to have open multiple windows)
Cinch (Brings the W7 snap feature to Mac)
There's a few more that are purely tailored to my needs (Photoshop, Coda, etc). But those are the basics.
I'm sure other people will have more suggestions.
Seconded, but again that's personal opinion.
Adium for chat (MSN Messenger, GTalk etc.) is another Mac staple.
Yes, you can buy iWork as a package.Is there an iWork package I can purchase? I do I have to get Keynote, Pages and Numbers separately?
I would not recommend CleanMyMac, based on the number of complaints that have been posted in this forum and elsewhere. As an example: CleanMyMac cleaned too much. While you may not have experienced problems yet, enough people have that it's wise to avoid it, especially since there are free alternatives that have better reputations, such as Onyx.
You don't need "cleaner" or "maintenance" apps to keep your Mac running well, and some of these apps can do more harm than good. Most only remove files/folders or unused languages or architectures, which does nothing more than free up some drive space, with the risk of deleting something important in the process.
These apps will not make your Mac run faster or more efficiently, since having stuff stored on a drive does not impact performance, unless you're running out of drive space. In fact, deleting some caches can hurt performance, rather than help it, since more system resources are used and performance suffers while each cache is being rebuilt.
Many of these tasks should only be done selectively to troubleshoot specific problems, not en masse as routine maintenance.
Mac OS X does a good job of taking care of itself, without the need for 3rd party software. Among other things, it has its own maintenance scripts that run silently in the background on a daily, weekly and monthly basis, without user intervention.
Will the mid-2012 MBA 13" 1.8/8/128 run Civilization V?
MS Office 2011
Caffeine
Handbrake
Skype
Dropbox
Gimp
Will the mid-2012 MBA 13" 1.8/8/128 run Civilization V?