I recently bought a new 27-inch iMac with the stunningly thin new design. It’s beautiful and it’s fast, but a new computer means a whole lot of software installations and configurations. This is the list of installations, in the actual order — it paints a picture of my workflow and priorities, I think.
Transfer ~/Library settings: Mail, Preferences, and Application Support
MailTags
MailActOn
Dropbox
SugarSync
1Password
Microsoft Office
Scrivener
Things
Fantastical
OmmWriter
LaunchBar
TextWrangler
Zotero
Zotero Safari Connector
MarsEdit
Moneydance
Evernote
Chrome
Firefox
Evernote Clearly
Evernote Web Clipper
Thunderbird*
Postbox*
Sparrow* (*Clearly, I’m looking for alternatives to Mail)
Skype
PathFinder
Cyberduck
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