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Alfred is amazing (and the Power Pack is totally worth it). F.lux is great if you plan on spending any significant amount of time on it after dark. Bartender is

Alfred is amazing (and the Power Pack is totally worth it). F.lux is great if you plan on spending any significant amount of time on it after dark. Bartender is quite nice to have. As others have mentioned, iTerm2 is a must, it offers a vastly superior experience to the native Terminal.app. Disable Caps Lock and switch it to Alt, you'll save yourself some pain in the palm/thumb (Google how). Enable Dark Mode (subjective, but I and most people I know greatly prefer it). Enable Autohiding on your dock, and Google how to speed up the animation and reduce the delay. Make heavy use of Spaces. Enable 4-finger swipe to switch spaces, and three-finger drag for click-and-hold. Get rid of the Widgets space (useless). Wish I could provide more links but I'm on my phone at the moment. Hope this helps, enjoy your new MacBook!

infiniteseeker 12y ago
Please provide some links when you get a chance :)
- notduncansmith 12y ago
  Here you go :) #Apps Alfred: http://www.alfredapp.com/ http://www.alfredapp.com/ Also, here are some good workflows to get you started (heads-up: PowerPack required for workflows): https://github.com/zenorocha/alfred-workflows https://github.com/zenorocha/alfred-workflows Bartender: http://www.macbartender.com/ http://www.macbartender.com/ F.lux: https://justgetflux.com/ https://justgetflux.com/ iTerm2: http://iterm2.com/ http://iterm2.com/ Dash (offline docs browser - one of those things you don't know you need until you need it): http://kapeli.com/dash http://kapeli.com/dash Cellist (HTTP debugging proxy that beats Charles): https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cellist-http-debugging-proxy/id897814548?mt=12 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cellist-http-debugging-proxy... LimeChat (IRC client): http://limechat.net/mac/ http://limechat.net/mac/ Keka (zip utility): http://www.kekaosx.com/en/ http://www.kekaosx.com/en/ Raindrop (bookmarking app): https://raindrop.io https://raindrop.io Spectacle (window management): http://spectacleapp.com/ http://spectacleapp.com/ Tower (git GUI): http://www.git-tower.com/ http://www.git-tower.com/ Homebrew (package manager): http://brew.sh/ http://brew.sh/ --- # Tutorials http://www.howtogeek.com/tips/how-to-disable-the-useless-dashboard-on-mac-os-x/ http://www.howtogeek.com/tips/how-to-disable-the-useless-das... http://krypted.com/mac-security/remove-the-delay-for-the-dock-to-pop-up/ http://krypted.com/mac-security/remove-the-delay-for-the-doc... Remapping Caps Lock: Every Google result wants you to download some bogus software. Nonsense. System Preferences > Keyboard > Modifier Keys Gestures: System Preferences > Trackpad Enabling word-jump in iTerm2 (weird that it doesn't come with it I know): https://coderwall.com/p/h6yfda/use-and-to-jump-forwards-backwards-words-in-iterm-2-on-os-x https://coderwall.com/p/h6yfda/use-and-to-jump-forwards-back... --- That's my bag of tricks, without getting into more personalization type stuff. Should be enough to get you up and more productive than before in a matter of weeks. Let me know if you have any other questions!

infiniteseeker 12y ago

Please provide some links when you get a chance :)

notduncansmith 12y ago
Here you go :) #Apps Alfred: http://www.alfredapp.com/ http://www.alfredapp.com/ Also, here are some good workflows to get you started (heads-up: PowerPack required for workflows): https://github.com/zenorocha/alfred-workflows https://github.com/zenorocha/alfred-workflows Bartender: http://www.macbartender.com/ http://www.macbartender.com/ F.lux: https://justgetflux.com/ https://justgetflux.com/ iTerm2: http://iterm2.com/ http://iterm2.com/ Dash (offline docs browser - one of those things you don't know you need until you need it): http://kapeli.com/dash http://kapeli.com/dash Cellist (HTTP debugging proxy that beats Charles): https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cellist-http-debugging-proxy/id897814548?mt=12 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cellist-http-debugging-proxy... LimeChat (IRC client): http://limechat.net/mac/ http://limechat.net/mac/ Keka (zip utility): http://www.kekaosx.com/en/ http://www.kekaosx.com/en/ Raindrop (bookmarking app): https://raindrop.io https://raindrop.io Spectacle (window management): http://spectacleapp.com/ http://spectacleapp.com/ Tower (git GUI): http://www.git-tower.com/ http://www.git-tower.com/ Homebrew (package manager): http://brew.sh/ http://brew.sh/ --- # Tutorials http://www.howtogeek.com/tips/how-to-disable-the-useless-dashboard-on-mac-os-x/ http://www.howtogeek.com/tips/how-to-disable-the-useless-das... http://krypted.com/mac-security/remove-the-delay-for-the-dock-to-pop-up/ http://krypted.com/mac-security/remove-the-delay-for-the-doc... Remapping Caps Lock: Every Google result wants you to download some bogus software. Nonsense. System Preferences > Keyboard > Modifier Keys Gestures: System Preferences > Trackpad Enabling word-jump in iTerm2 (weird that it doesn't come with it I know): https://coderwall.com/p/h6yfda/use-and-to-jump-forwards-backwards-words-in-iterm-2-on-os-x https://coderwall.com/p/h6yfda/use-and-to-jump-forwards-back... --- That's my bag of tricks, without getting into more personalization type stuff. Should be enough to get you up and more productive than before in a matter of weeks. Let me know if you have any other questions!