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New macbook coming
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Apr 2007
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Hey guys,
Ordered a macbook, its coming tomrrow does anyone suggest anything to do to the mac itself or software to install?
I will be doing light gaming, web design/development, web browsing, instant messaging (DO ANY work with aim or msn on mac?)
Thanks all!
: Joe
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Senior User
Join Date: Nov 2002
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web design/development - CSSEdit, TextMate
web browsing - Firefox (also very handy for web dev)
instant messaging - Adium
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: May 2005
Location: La Crosse, WI
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I agree, get Adium for AIM use. Personally I prefer to use the actual MSN client as opposed to Adium when it comes to chatting on MSN (don't ask why, it just seems to work a little better and I've used it for years), but Adium is excellent for AIM. The actual AIM client for Macs SUCKS!
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2.3 GHz Intel i5 MacBook Pro
iPhone 4 - 16 GB - Black
8gb iPod Nano
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Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Vancouver
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A little more focused on utilitarian tools but still a reasonable starter list; all free too!
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Apr 2007
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Thank you very much everyone!
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Washington state
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Since I also have a new MacBook coming tomorrow for my daughter, I have made my own list!
Safari Extender (to add the capability to import bookmarks)
Onyx (to clean up the computer occasionally)
NeoOffice (can import new Office and export easily in older formats)
Graphic Converter (to play with pictures)
FireFox
Stuffit (update the one from Apple and do the same for Adobe Reader)
But first and foremost, run Software Update and update OSX! Then run "repair disk permissions" and then run Software Update again! Repeat until the machine says that it is happy.
sam
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: London, UK
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I haven't used mac for years so these applications might not be around but are well worth a search 
Carbon Copy Cloner - makes a mirror of your whole hard disk (to USB Firewire drive) perfect for backups & you can boot from it too - excellent & free
Romeo an application that lets you do all kinds of cool things with a bluetooth phone - like control the cursor, keynote / powerpoint, itunes, vlc etc etc (also free)
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: London, UK
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Oh & ofcourse Open office - free office suite for all your spreadsheet / word provessing needs OpenOffice.org: Home
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
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Originally Posted by SVass 
But first and foremost, run Software Update and update OSX! Then run "repair disk permissions" and then run Software Update again! Repeat until the machine says that it is happy.
sam
What is "repair disk permissions" and why should one run it? and that too repeatedly..!!
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Washington state
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Ignore the last two messages! NeoOffice is the Mac version of Open Office and Super Duper is better than Carbon Copy Cloner. sam
PS: Disc Utility (in Utilities subfolder of Applications) has a repair permissions function that fixes stupid problems created by installers written by inferior programmers (I am biased). If it is not run after every system update, some programs will not run properly.
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