My MacBook Pro has been acting up since the hard drive upgrade. So coming from such a strong Windows background, the natural answer is to reformat the MacBook Pro.
I’m backing up my personal data right now, I think it will take another hour or so.
(About five days later…)
I was a little busy and postponed the reformat until this past weekend. Everything is running great! Since I decided not to restore from a backup, I needed to reinstall some applications that I use daily. So here are some apps that I think are must haves (that Apple has not provided):
- Adium – I prefer Adium over iChat because it integrates all my Instant Messenger accounts, although the video chat on iChat rocks!
- AppCleaner – This is a great tool to have, it’s even better if you never have to use it.
- Firefox – I love Safari and use it often, but the allure of the Awesome Bar!
- Flip4Mac – For the occasional .wmv file I come across.
- Growl – A fantastic notification tool.
- Perian – Video codecs for the Mac, must have.
- Quicksilver – Spotlight is awesome, but you can apply actions to Quicksilver! Not only can you launch iTunes, but with the right plugins enabled–you can even start playing music!
- Skype – Essential to video chat with my sister or my friends in other states / countries.
- Twitterrific – I love to tweet, I love to receive tweets, but I hate refreshing my browser all the time.
- VMware Fusion – If you have any need to virtualize at all on the Mac, get Fusion. My Windows and Linux VMs come in super handy.
Let me know if you have any must haves that I should check out!