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Memory Clean for memory optimization Alfred for searching things on your Mac (better than Spotlight) BetterSnapTool for window management (cheaper than Divvy) GitHub for Mac and Atom are excellent as others have mentioned
Alfred is amazing (and the Power Pack is totally worth it). F.lux is great if you plan on spending any significant amount of time on it after dark. Bartender is quite nice to have. As others have mentioned, iTerm2 is a must, it offers a vastly superior experience to the native Terminal.app. Disable Caps Lock and switch it to Alt, you'll save yourself some pain in the palm/thumb (Google how). Enable Dark Mode (subject…
Please provide some links when you get a chance :)
#Apps
Alfred: http://www.alfredapp.com/ Also, here are some good workflows to get you started (heads-up: PowerPack required for workflows): https://github.com/zenorocha/alfred-workflows
Bartender: http://www.macbartender.com/
F.lux: https://justgetflux.com/
iTerm2: http://iterm2.com/
Dash (offline docs browser - one of those things you don't know you need until you need it): http://kapeli.com/dash
Cellist (HTTP debugging proxy that beats Charles): https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cellist-http-debugging-proxy...
LimeChat (IRC client): http://limechat.net/mac/
Keka (zip utility): http://www.kekaosx.com/en/
Raindrop (bookmarking app): https://raindrop.io
Spectacle (window management): http://spectacleapp.com/
Tower (git GUI): http://www.git-tower.com/
Homebrew (package manager): http://brew.sh/
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# Tutorials
http://www.howtogeek.com/tips/how-to-disable-the-useless-das...
http://krypted.com/mac-security/remove-the-delay-for-the-doc...
Remapping Caps Lock: Every Google result wants you to download some bogus software. Nonsense. System Preferences > Keyboard > Modifier Keys
Gestures: System Preferences > Trackpad
Enabling word-jump in iTerm2 (weird that it doesn't come with it I know): https://coderwall.com/p/h6yfda/use-and-to-jump-forwards-back...
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That's my bag of tricks, without getting into more personalization type stuff. Should be enough to get you up and more productive than before in a matter of weeks. Let me know if you have any other questions!
One thing that took me a while to get up to speed on was the different in alt+tab here switching between entire apps vs individual windows as on a PC. To be able to get that functionality back, install Witch http://manytricks.com/witch/
You can use Cmd+` to switch between windows within apps.
On the topic of OSX productivity, is there a way to keybind moving a window to a new space?