Difference between revisions of "Setting up a Macintosh"

Revision as of 07:09, 5 March 2011

My strategy for setting up a new Mac:

Wipe the disk and install OS.
Download the current Developer tools and install them.
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. SuperDuper!, an easy-to-use backup system for the Mac which makes bootable drives.
4. OmniGraffle from OmniGroup
Download and install the following open source software:
1. MacPorts.
2. A GUI EMACS Aquamacs, Emacs 21 for MacOS , or Emacs.app

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 # Wipe the disk and install OS.
 # Download the current Developer tools and install them.
-# Download and install the following open source software:
-## [http://www.macports.org/ MacPorts].
-## 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]
 # Download and install the following commercial apps (many of them are free; others are licensed):
+## Norton Anti-Virus (recommended by DoD)
 ## Microsoft Office
 ## [http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html SuperDuper!], an easy-to-use backup system for the Mac which makes bootable drives.
 ## OmniGraffle from OmniGroup
+# Download and install the following open source software:
+## [http://www.macports.org/ MacPorts].
+## 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]