Yesterday I decided to reclaim the 20 GB of hard drive space I had allocated to Kubuntu. (I plan to install it on a virtual machine eventually, perhaps when VMware becomes available on the Mac.) Rather than jumping through hoops to fix up my partitions, I simply reinstalled OS X.
What does it take for me to set up my Mac so that I’m productive?
First, I must configure OS X so that it’s even usable. This includes enabling active screen corners for exposé (lower-left for all windows, lower-right for desktop), enabling trackpad gestures, and tweaking the dock (small, right side of screen, automatically hidden).
Second, I need to set up .vimrc to get use useful features such as syntax coloring in vim.
Third, I need to install the software I can’t live without:
Finally, I need to install utilities that I use infrequently but am going to need eventually (for example, BitTorrent and Skype).
What’s on your list of Mac OS X essentials?
