Difference between revisions of "Setting up a Macintosh"

Revision as of 18:15, 5 March 2011

My strategy for setting up a new Mac:

Wipe the disk and install OS.
Download and install Apple Developer tools.
Consider purchasing and using these Apple Apps:
1. iLife
2. iWork
3. When you have installed them, be sure to run Apple Update.
Download and install the following commercial apps (many of them are free; others are licensed):
1. Norton Anti-Virus (recommended by DoD)
2. Microsoft Office
3. Microsoft Silverlight
4. SuperDuper!, an easy-to-use backup system for the Mac which makes bootable drives.
5. OmniGraffle
6. PDF Pen
Download and install the following open source software:
1. MacPorts
2. Adium
3. A GUI EMACS Aquamacs, Emacs 21 for MacOS , or Emacs.app
4. MacTeX
GUI Tweaking:
1. Drag the Terminal, Console, and Activity Monitor applications from /Applications/Utilities into the Dock.
2. Put the Dock on the right side of the screen (it was designed for use on the right side of the screen and takes up less screen real estate there.)
3. Go to Preferences/Keyboard and make the CAPSLOCK key a control key.
Go to the Terminal and type the following:
1. sudo port selfupdate
2. sudo port install unison

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 ## A GUI EMACS [http://aquamacs.org/ Aquamacs], [http://members.shaw.ca/akochoi-emacs/ Emacs 21 for MacOS] , or [http://emacs-app.sf.net/ Emacs.app]
 ## [http://www.tug.org/mactex/ MacTeX]
-# Go to the terminal and type the following:
+# GUI Tweaking:
+## Drag the Terminal, Console, and Activity Monitor applications from <tt>/Applications/Utilities</tt> into the Dock.
+## Put the Dock on the right side of the screen (it was designed for use on the right side of the screen and takes up less screen real estate there.)
+## Go to Preferences/Keyboard and make the CAPSLOCK key a control key.
+# Go to the Terminal and type the following:
 ## <tt>sudo port selfupdate</tt>
 ## <tt>sudo port install unison</tt>