Macbook Air install log

I got a new MacBook Air. These are the first things I do with it given my experience with the older 2011 MBA, based on what worked well for my environment and what not.

• Open the box, unpack stuff, got upset that the power supply has a new MagSafe adapter - this means my old power brick will not serve without an adapter.
• Charge the battery. Set up the basics and register the Mac.
• Log in for the first time. Change the background, make the dock smaller.
• set the trackpad to the tap mode, I prefer light tapping to strong clicking.
• remove some apps from the dock that I rarely use: the stock email reader, FaceTime, Contacts, etc. Many of these are integrated in my Google apps.

AppStore

Install some apps from the AppStore:

• TextWrangler
• Evernote
• Numbers, Pages, Keynote
• MplayerX
• SmartConverter Pro
• The Unarchiver
• Caffeine
• Sketchbook Express
• Kindle

Other Apps

Install some apps from other sources, or directly from the developer.

• Google Chrome
• KeyRemap4MacBook
• Winebottler - like Wine on Linux

ToDo

• Wine
• Microsoft office
• Parallels