Fresh Mac Installs – November 2014

I just replaced my 5-year old 27″ iMac with a beautiful new 27″ Retina iMac. Normally it would be best to restore from a Time Machine backup but I decided that with 5 years of crud built up I would start from scratch. I'm sure I'll hate myself later.

It's fun to rethink what software I need every now and then. Here's the list of things I've installed so far.

• 1Password
• Dropbox
• PopClip
• TextExpander
• Bittorrent Sync
• Hazel
• Xcode
• Homebrew
• zsh (and oh-my-zsh)
• Mutt
• tmux
• Skitch
• iTerm2
• Vim
• Better Rename 9
• Acorn
• Tinderbox
• DEVONthink Pro Office
• TheBrain (and so also Java)
• Day One
• Vuescan
• Clarify
• Evernote
• Interarchy
• Reeder
• Slack
• Vuescan
• Lightroom
• Photoshop CC
• Capture One Pro
• Photo Mechanic
• BBEdit
• Taskwarrior
• Sonos
• YNAB
• Final Cut Pro

It’s all mostly the usual suspects. No surprise there. I was surprised by Mutt and Vim, since I swore off terminal apps again recently. Also, Evernote is taking a more prominent spot in my workflow lately. Or I should say, again.

It feels great to start fresh, even though it eats up a couple of days.