On 27 June 2013 03:20, Shane Curcuru <a...@shanecurcuru.org> wrote: > I just switched to a Mac for much of my stuff, and am wondering how other > committers organize their Macs and what kind of software they use.
Install xcode and the commandline tools that come with it (look in preferences). I use homebrew http://brew.sh/ in preference to macports. apple's term is good, but I like http://www.iterm2.com/ better. > In particular, what's the best GUI-ish SVN clients? http://www.sourcetreeapp.com/ is free if you give atlassian an email address. > Your favorite basic text editors? I don't need a big IDE, just simple > markdown/python/ruby, and occasional web page editing. http://mouapp.com/ is a super-simple markdown editor that imho gets things right. bikesheds galore :-). I spend 80% of my day in komodo ide (but the free komodo edit is very nice too), 20% vi, occasionally sublime text, but I never really liked it. Aquamacs is nice for people who drank the kool-aid. > Also, a silly question, I know, but if I have my work on SSD, is there any > reason that I should *not* configure FileVault? It seems like a no brainer > for any laptop. Similarly, any reason to turn off the built-in Firewall? Other stuff I use: ## passwords http://www.keepassx.org/ there are fancier tools but it's opensource https://github.com/keepassx/keepassx ## communicating skype but I would love a SIP-based OSS alternative IRC: textual http://www.codeux.com/textual/ is nice, BSD licenced, but you can buy a built copy from app store. http://limechat.net/mac/ is another popular option. ## apps vlc http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html for watching videos. firefox nightly + chrome canary for web dev. If you sign up for the free microsoft MSDN deal that ASF gets, you can install excel/word/powerpoint etc if you need them. Amazon's free Kindle.app for reading books (lots of gutenberg project ones & similar free stories in mobi format) calibre http://calibre-ebook.com/ for managing all my ebooks (on an aging Kindle DX). fluid.app turns browser windows into separate "apps" http://fluidapp.com/ vmware fusion + vagrant & ansible for spinning up instances everywhere and configuring them. ## storage MacZFS http://code.google.com/p/maczfs/ is pretty good, albeit an old version. once I got past 4GiB of RAM I've had no trouble. SSD with zfs compression is nifty, I have it on a 2nd internal drive. I use openafs instead of dropbox. backup: arq http://www.haystacksoftware.com/arq/ I used backblaze and time machine for backups, but I prefer controlling my own storage. github & bitbucket for really important stuff. ## productivity launchers - http://www.alfredapp.com/ others swear by http://qsapp.com/ quicksilver, the latter is free https://github.com/quicksilver/Quicksilver and ALv2 licenced. pomodoro app is great, https://github.com/ugol/pomodoro BSD licenced but you can buy from app store http://www.pomodoroapp.com/help/pomodoro-timer-for-mac/ is a more GTD-heavy app, with a free option. A+ Dave
