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 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
