New mac, essentials apps

[cesararjona]

Hi,

Just got a new macbook pro 13. Is my first mac and I want to know what are the important apps to download. Thank you.

 

[firedept]

First thing to worry about is getting a good backup drive. Then a good program to get is Carbon Copy Cloner. It will do a clone of your hard-drive. Should your internal HDD ever fail , you can then boot from your external drive. To me, having a backup is always my first priority.

 

[old-wiz]

the apps to download will depend on what you want to do with the Mac.

There are numeous threads, easily found via search, about essential apps.

 

[Tlamaki]

Hi,

Just got a new macbook pro 13. Is my first mac and I want to know what are the important apps to download. Thank you.

• VLC
• OnyX
• Firefox

That's all you need.

 

[ArtOfWarfare]

• Firefox

That's all you need.

If you want an alternate browser, you want Chrome. Personally, I think you're silly if you think any other browser has anything on Safari. (Although Trailblazer looks interesting... but it hasn't been updated in a decade. I've thought about making a new browser with similar features to it...)

 

[nissan.gtp]

Xtrafinder

BetterSnapTool

Little Snitch

 

[Sital]

If you want an alternate browser, you want Chrome. Personally, I think you're silly if you think any other browser has anything on Safari. (Although Trailblazer looks interesting... but it hasn't been updated in a decade. I've thought about making a new browser with similar features to it...)

Personally, I think the only browser worse than Safari is IE.