The first things I install on any Mac (and goodness knows there have been lot of them): - Google Chrome (http://chrome.google.com) - iTerm2 (http://www.ite

The first things I install on any Mac (and goodness knows there have been lot of them): - Google Chrome (http://chrome.google.com) - iTerm2 (http://www.iterm2.com/) - Xcode (http://developer.apple.com/xcode/) - Homebrew (http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew) - For emacs-snapshot, zsh, git, gnupg, etc. - Google Drive (https://drive.google.com) - Flux (http://stereopsis.com/flux/) - TextMate (http://macromates.com/) - VLC (http://www.videolan.org/vlc) - Transmission (http://www.transmissionbt.com/) Then, things like the Sonos controller, the Rdio and Spotify apps, Adobe Lightroom 4, Photoshop, etc. But the above are the ones that seem to make it onto every new machine in the first day or two. Enjoy!