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Adium. Quicksilver. Homebrew. Dropbox. Also: Chrome, Xcode, Skitch, Divvy and the basic CLI tools.

by SeoxyS 14y ago

acangiano 14y ago
I prefer Alfred over Quicksilver, and Window Magnet instead of Divvy. Just in case someone is interested in alternatives.
fusiongyro 14y ago
It's funny. I used to use Psi, but then I switched to iChat. I used to use Quicksilver, then I switched to Launchbar, and now I just use Spotlight. I have Homebrew, because MacPorts can't install 3.2 of GNU Smalltalk and for no other reason. I haven't installed Dropbox ever, or Skitch (never heard of it, will check it out) or Divvy (I think I downloaded a demo of it once, thought it would be cool, and never went back to buy it). I don't know what my problem is, but I guess my need for new features keeps diminishing. Maybe in forty years I'll finally be able to use Plan 9.
- sjs 14y ago
  I went from LaunchBar to Quicksilver to Spotlight to LaunchBar. Can't live without that clipboard history! I don't use many of its other features anymore though. Preview annotates things well enough that I never use Skitch, although Skitch is cool if you want to use the sharing features. You might be missing out on Dropbox. I wouldn't want to go without it these days as I use more than one computer regularly and don't have to remember to commit 'WIP' on a branch before I head home, I just drop the mic and get the fuck out. YMMV. Divvy is great. I use it w/ SizeUp every day and wouldn't want to go without them. I don't miss xmonad at all anymore. Other than that I install 1Password, The Unarchiver, Growl, CrashPlan, Flux, TextMate, iTerm, and GitX and I am good to go. I seem to shed tools as OS X improves as well, but I hope that nobody is using plan9 in 40 years! ;-)
  - fusiongyro 14y ago
    Agree on TextMate. Haven't heard of most of the other stuff. I used Xmonad for about six months, then I basically copied the keybindings into an fvwm config, then I switched to KDE, brought over a handful of the keybindings and I seem to be alright. I would probably use Dropbox if I didn't have a VM. A friend has been trying to get me to use one of their competitors for a while. Plan 9 is great, just a bit too much ideology to actually get anything done. I hope it's still maintained in 40 years in case I do go that way. :)
- iusable 14y ago
  I feel exactly the same way. Suddenly I feel like a curmudgeon. "Maybe in forty years I'll finally be able to use Plan 9." - LOL!!
SeoxyS 14y ago
Whoops, I totally forgot to mention 1Password. Another top 5 essential. Without it, I can't login anywhere :). Also: Growl.
- jacquesm 14y ago
  Wait, I'll come in again ;) You just made me realize I don't even have a 'top 5' anymore, a basic linux installation contains everything that I need to get through my working day. Email, browser, vi, c-compiler.
- gulbrandr 14y ago
  Digression: > Without it, I can't login anywhere Here is the problem with 1Password and other similar tools: if you are in a place where you don't have access to 1Password, you can't login at all (i.e. you are screwed). This is why I force myself to remember all my passwords even if they are complex and numerous.
  - asmala 14y ago
    You can sync to Dropbox: http://help.agile.ws/1Password3/configure_dropbox_on_mac.html http://help.agile.ws/1Password3/configure_dropbox_on_mac.htm...
  - danbee 14y ago
    As asmala said, you can sync to Dropbox, plus it has a web based version that works great directly from the Dropbox web interface. So you can access your passwords anywhere you can log into Dropbox.
    - robgough 14y ago
      I've had 1Password for a few months now, and didn't know this. Colour me impressed. Thanks for pointing it out.
  - haraball 14y ago
    You're right, but if it's critical I'll just request a new password. A bit tedious, but I'm not often in that situation.
gurkendoktor 14y ago
The one more thing that I really, really recommend for anyone to try is Flux. I really wish the iPad had it. And then there are lots of "default writes" that I do on every new computer… :(
- superchink 14y ago
  It is available on Cydia for jailbroken iPads/iPhones, if you're into that sort of thing. You probably knew that, but just in case…

Adium. Quicksilver. Homebrew. Dropbox. Also: Chrome, Xcode, Skitch, Divvy and the basic CLI tools.

by SeoxyS 14y ago

Adium. Quicksilver. Homebrew. Dropbox. Also: Chrome, Xcode, Skitch, Divvy and the basic CLI tools.

I prefer Alfred over Quicksilver, and Window Magnet instead of Divvy. Just in case someone is interested in alternatives.

fusiongyro 14y ago

It's funny. I used to use Psi, but then I switched to iChat. I used to use Quicksilver, then I switched to Launchbar, and now I just use Spotlight. I have Homebrew, because MacPorts can't install 3.2 of GNU Smalltalk and for no other reason. I haven't installed Dropbox ever, or Skitch (never heard of it, will check it out) or Divvy (I think I downloaded a demo of it once, thought it would be cool, and never went back to buy it). I don't know what my problem is, but I guess my need for new features keeps diminishing. Maybe in forty years I'll finally be able to use Plan 9.

sjs 14y ago
I went from LaunchBar to Quicksilver to Spotlight to LaunchBar. Can't live without that clipboard history! I don't use many of its other features anymore though. Preview annotates things well enough that I never use Skitch, although Skitch is cool if you want to use the sharing features. You might be missing out on Dropbox. I wouldn't want to go without it these days as I use more than one computer regularly and don't have to remember to commit 'WIP' on a branch before I head home, I just drop the mic and get the fuck out. YMMV. Divvy is great. I use it w/ SizeUp every day and wouldn't want to go without them. I don't miss xmonad at all anymore. Other than that I install 1Password, The Unarchiver, Growl, CrashPlan, Flux, TextMate, iTerm, and GitX and I am good to go. I seem to shed tools as OS X improves as well, but I hope that nobody is using plan9 in 40 years! ;-)
- fusiongyro 14y ago
  Agree on TextMate. Haven't heard of most of the other stuff. I used Xmonad for about six months, then I basically copied the keybindings into an fvwm config, then I switched to KDE, brought over a handful of the keybindings and I seem to be alright. I would probably use Dropbox if I didn't have a VM. A friend has been trying to get me to use one of their competitors for a while. Plan 9 is great, just a bit too much ideology to actually get anything done. I hope it's still maintained in 40 years in case I do go that way. :)
iusable 14y ago
I feel exactly the same way. Suddenly I feel like a curmudgeon. "Maybe in forty years I'll finally be able to use Plan 9." - LOL!!

SeoxyS 14y ago

Whoops, I totally forgot to mention 1Password. Another top 5 essential. Without it, I can't login anywhere :). Also: Growl.

jacquesm 14y ago
Wait, I'll come in again ;) You just made me realize I don't even have a 'top 5' anymore, a basic linux installation contains everything that I need to get through my working day. Email, browser, vi, c-compiler.
gulbrandr 14y ago
Digression: > Without it, I can't login anywhere Here is the problem with 1Password and other similar tools: if you are in a place where you don't have access to 1Password, you can't login at all (i.e. you are screwed). This is why I force myself to remember all my passwords even if they are complex and numerous.
- asmala 14y ago
  You can sync to Dropbox: http://help.agile.ws/1Password3/configure_dropbox_on_mac.html http://help.agile.ws/1Password3/configure_dropbox_on_mac.htm...
- danbee 14y ago
  As asmala said, you can sync to Dropbox, plus it has a web based version that works great directly from the Dropbox web interface. So you can access your passwords anywhere you can log into Dropbox.
  - robgough 14y ago
    I've had 1Password for a few months now, and didn't know this. Colour me impressed. Thanks for pointing it out.
- haraball 14y ago
  You're right, but if it's critical I'll just request a new password. A bit tedious, but I'm not often in that situation.

gurkendoktor 14y ago

The one more thing that I really, really recommend for anyone to try is Flux. I really wish the iPad had it. And then there are lots of "default writes" that I do on every new computer… :(

superchink 14y ago
It is available on Cydia for jailbroken iPads/iPhones, if you're into that sort of thing. You probably knew that, but just in case…