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Install the basics to your Mac

Ok, just bought your new Macbook. That software will install it? essentials, the essentials ... what you can not miss!

First of all

First of all, makes an OS Update: if it comes with an OS X Leopard pass it to Snow Leopard. It also updates the Safari.

Growl - to get notifications. It is to your liking, but highly recommended.

The Basics

Open Office Open Office - to edit text files, spreadsheets and presentations. (Compatible with Word, Excel and Powerpoint)

VLC - for movies AVI, DIVX, and certain formats are not supported by QuickTime. In addition to listening to the radio online.

Adium - A multi-chat client. Supports Messenger, Gtalk and Facebook among others

Skype - well-known chat and videoconferencing client

TextMate - Very good text editor. (Recommended by Wacko)

Chrome / Firefox / Opera - Web Browsers for those (like me) do not convince Safari.

Expod ​​- If you have an iPod or iPhone and want to download music to disc without iTunes will delete all expod is what you need.

Intermediate

Dropbox - Store your synchronized folders in the cloud. To have your files anytime, anywhere, on your Mac, PC or mobile.

Cyberduck - FTP and SFTP clients.

Transmission / BitTyrant - Bittorrent client.

jDownloader - download multiple rapidshare, megaupload, rapidshare, etc..

Acquisition - Client P2P search and download files

Handbreak - to change the format videos. Very useful for passing a large movie screen of your mobile.

Simble - Some hacks to give more power to your Mac requires installing plugins Simble and then we are interested in the list of available plugins.

For Development:

Xcode SDK - for elbowing applications in Objective C Mac / iPhone / Iphone / Ipod Touch

MacPorts - packeted several useful manager to install from the command line, including:

apache2
php5
mysql5
postgresql80

Charles - Proxy to see the request and responses that come and go.

Eclipse - Java programming Ide, Php, Web, C, C + + and modeling.

Sequel Pro - MySQL client

There are surely many other Mac applications very useful and necessary. I'll try to be keeping the list updated. If you have suggestions feel free to email me or comment on the Post, thank you.

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  1. wacko
    August 7th, 2010 at 19:40 | # 1

    TextMate! unless you're a fan of vim, you always need a text editor at hand. And TextMate is very good

  2. Nacho
    August 8th, 2010 at 15:19 | # 2

    Yes, TextMate is great, it's pay but offer a 30 day trial. I will include with any other free alternative, thanks Wacko!

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