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I do most of my work on Macs because I like having a full Unix operating system, I like having well-integrated graphical tools, I like having hardware that's highly integrated with the software, and I like having other people worry about the system administration. The Mac is a great system, but I've also found that there are some programs that make it a lot easier to use:  
I do most of my work on Macs because I like having a full Unix operating system, I like having well-integrated graphical tools, I like having hardware that's highly integrated with the software, and I like having other people worry about the system administration. The Mac is a great system, but I've also found that there are some programs that make it a lot easier to use:  


==Recommended Installations==
* [[Notes on Setting up a Macintosh]]
===Open Source software via MacPorts===
Install these applications in this order
* Download and install the latest version of XCode from http://developer.apple.com/
* [http://www.macports.org/ MacPorts], a nice port management system for Open Source ports on the Mac.
*# Install MacPorts
*# <tt>sudo port selfupdate</tt>
*# <tt>sudo port install unison</tt>
*# <tt>sudo port install py26-matplotlib</tt>
*# <tt>sudo port install py26-wxpython</tt>
''This installs matplotlib for the python in /opt/local/bin/python2.6, so you'll need to type <tt>python2.6 </tt> to use it. The advantage is that you can update the python by using <tt>port update installed</tt> but the disadvantage is that you don't get the  most up-to-date version of matplotlib.''


===File System Tools===
You may find these file systems useful for interacting with others:
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsx/ Ext2FS for MacOS]
* [http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/ NTFS-3g for MacOS]


===Other Free Software===
===Other Free Software===
I find these these free software applications useful:
I find these these free software applications useful:
* [http://www.adiumx.com/ Adium]
* [http://www.macports.org/ MacPorts], for managing open source software.
* [http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/ Skim-App], open source tool for editing and annotating PDF files.
* [http://www.adiumx.com/ Adium], an instant messaging program.
* [http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/ BibDesk], which many peole use to maintain a BibTeX database.
* [http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/ Skim-App], open source tool for reading and annotating PDF files.
* [http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/ BibDesk], which many people use to maintain a BibTeX database.
* [http://www.sagemath.org/ Sage], Open source Math Software. "Mission: Creating a viable free open source alternative to Magma, Maple, Mathematica and Matlab."


===Commercial Software===
===Commercial Software===
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* [http://www.inf.unibz.it/~franconi/mac-emacs/ Enhanced Carbon Emacs] (ECE) plugin
* [http://www.inf.unibz.it/~franconi/mac-emacs/ Enhanced Carbon Emacs] (ECE) plugin
* [http://itexmac.sourceforge.net/pdfsync.html pdfsync]
* [http://itexmac.sourceforge.net/pdfsync.html pdfsync]
* [http://www.linkbackproject.org/ LinkBack Framework]; you want the Keynote plug-in
* [http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html SuperDuper!], an easy-to-use backup system for the Mac which makes bootable drives.
* [http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html SuperDuper!], an easy-to-use backup system for the Mac which makes bootable drives.
* Textmate - some people swear by it, I use EMACS.
* Textmate - some people swear by it, I use EMACS.

Latest revision as of 17:36, 13 October 2013

I do most of my work on Macs because I like having a full Unix operating system, I like having well-integrated graphical tools, I like having hardware that's highly integrated with the software, and I like having other people worry about the system administration. The Mac is a great system, but I've also found that there are some programs that make it a lot easier to use:


Other Free Software

I find these these free software applications useful:

  • MacPorts, for managing open source software.
  • Adium, an instant messaging program.
  • Skim-App, open source tool for reading and annotating PDF files.
  • BibDesk, which many people use to maintain a BibTeX database.
  • Sage, Open source Math Software. "Mission: Creating a viable free open source alternative to Magma, Maple, Mathematica and Matlab."

Commercial Software

These commercial applications should be installed:

  • Microsoft Office 2008 (Institutional install)
  • Apple iWork 09 (for Keynote)
  • Apple iLife '09 (for iPhoto with face recognition)
  • Cisco VPN Client

Other Installations

You may find these interesting

See Also

Other places to look for cool Mac stuff:

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