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What do you install on your new MacBook Air?
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That is so dependent on what you will be using it for. You should think about what you want to use your MacBook Air for and then ask about applications that can do what you want.
I rolled my own actually, using OpenVPN and a linux Virtual Private Server. Though I hear WiTopia is pretty good.
iWork (I have office too but I do a lot of work on Keynote and Pages)
Dropbox (essential; recently also added 60gb of Copy)
Airmail (my new email solution after Sparrow)
Motion
FCPX
Lightroom (my go to app for managing and post processing; im into photography)
Illustrator
Xtrafinder (this will probably be gone when Mavericks arrives)
Photoshop
Alfred (my app launcher, amongst the many things it does)
Bartender (keeps it neat)
Dropbox (essential; recently also added 60gb of Copy)
Airmail (my new email solution after Sparrow)
Motion
FCPX
Lightroom (my go to app for managing and post processing; im into photography)
Illustrator
Xtrafinder (this will probably be gone when Mavericks arrives)
Photoshop
Alfred (my app launcher, amongst the many things it does)
Bartender (keeps it neat)
I find Caffeine is an excellent little menubar helper that toggles between normal energy saver sleep settings and 'always on' - useful if giving keynote or powerpoint presentations.
My standard installers for any new mac are:
Dropbox
Skype
VLC
Transmission
Office
Keynote
Chrome
Flash
Caffeine
CCcleaner
Parallels
Little snitch
My standard installers for any new mac are:
Dropbox
Skype
VLC
Transmission
Office
Keynote
Chrome
Flash
Caffeine
CCcleaner
Parallels
Little snitch
iWork
Pixelmator
Flash Player
Only the first two are really necessary.
Do you prefer pixelmator over photoshop?
I'm ok with using VLC for my video files, but what I liked about Perian is that those video files would be available in Quicklook. I'd love to find a replacement so that I can Quicklook my videos again.
The three I install first:
1Password + Safari plugin
Evernote
Dropbox
- Scrivener (always my first and most used installed programme)
- Skim (Free PDF editor that meets my needs better than Preview)
- iClipboard (I couldn't do without this now I think!)
- Chrome (I don't like it but I have to have flash support sometimes)
- Default Folder X (Really, really useful little plug-in)
- Total Finder (Love the tabbed functionality of this one)
- Folder Brander (I like to make my folder icons more informative)
- Cubby (For backups)
I install lots of other stuff too that I use a lot, but these are the first.
- Skim (Free PDF editor that meets my needs better than Preview)
- iClipboard (I couldn't do without this now I think!)
- Chrome (I don't like it but I have to have flash support sometimes)
- Default Folder X (Really, really useful little plug-in)
- Total Finder (Love the tabbed functionality of this one)
- Folder Brander (I like to make my folder icons more informative)
- Cubby (For backups)
I install lots of other stuff too that I use a lot, but these are the first.
- Chrome
- Dropbox
- Xcode
- Xtrafinder (awesome Finder add-on: http://www.trankynam.com/xtrafinder/) - will probably be obsolete with Mavericks, though, I'm not sure.
- SourceTree
- Dropbox
- Xcode
- Xtrafinder (awesome Finder add-on: http://www.trankynam.com/xtrafinder/) - will probably be obsolete with Mavericks, though, I'm not sure.
- SourceTree
ABBY FineReader Express
Adobe Digital Editions
Boom
ClipGrab
Frostwire
Handbrake
iWork
iExtractMP3
MacXVideo Converter
MPlayerX
Jumsoft Clipart
Speech Pack
Wuala
Adobe Digital Editions
Boom
ClipGrab
Frostwire
Handbrake
iWork
iExtractMP3
MacXVideo Converter
MPlayerX
Jumsoft Clipart
Speech Pack
Wuala