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Retina Macbook Pro

Fresh Mavericks OS X Install

Run Software Update…

- OS X Update 10.9.1, iBooks, iTunes, etc.
- Install / Update Apple Programs (Optional)
	- iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote)
	- iLife (iMovie, iPhoto, Garageband)

Install Xcode

- Takes a while to DL, so start it now!
- Launch Xcode to accept the License Agreement

Install Homebrew

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/go/install)"

Install Homebrew Cask

brew tap phinze/homebrew-cask
brew install brew-cask

gsort and other useful utils

brew install coreutils
brew install findutils

essential

brew cask install f-lux
brew cask install iterm2

Use Solarized Dark color scheme for iTerm

Helpful when moving from another Mac

brew cask install synergy

Alfred

brew cask install alfred
brew cask alfred link 			

Alfred link makes sure that apps in /opt/homebrew-cask/Caskroom show up correctly

Clipboard history util

brew cask install clipmenu

YADR and dotfiles

sh -c "`curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/skwp/dotfiles/master/install.sh`"

Dropbox

brew cask install dropbox

Evernote

brew cask install evernote

Auth / Password Utils

brew cask install onepassword
brew cask install authy-bluetooth

Browsers

brew cask install google-chrome
brew cask install firefox
brew cask install opera-next

Single-site browsers / utils

brew cask install fluid
brew cask install choosy

[https://github.com/lhl/chrome-ssb-osx](Chrome SSB) is a good alternative to Fluid

Productivity

brew cask install keyboard-maestro
brew cask install hazel

Keyboard customizations

Change Caps Lock to “No Action” (will remap to Hyper key)
brew cask install pckeyboardhack
Change caps lock = keycode 80 (F19)
brew cask install keyremap4macbook

Text Editor

brew cask install bbedit

FTP / S3 Client

brew cask install transmit

Database utilities

brew cask install sequel-pro
brew cask install robomongo

IRC

brew cask install colloquy

S3 CLI Utils

brew install s3cmd

Team tools

brew cask install hipchat
brew cask install screenhero 

Video / Audio

brew cask install vlc
brew cask install handbrake
brew cask install screenflow
brew install mediainfo
brew install ffmpeg
brew cask install audacity
brew install mplayer
brew cask install mplayerx

rbenv

brew update
brew install rbenv
brew install ruby-build
brew install rbenv-gem-rehash

Ruby 2.0

rbenv install 2.0.0-p247
rbenv global 2.0.0-p247
gem install bundler
gem install rails

Ruby 1.9.3

rbenv install 1.9.3-p194 rbenv rehash

rbenv global 1.9.3-p194 ruby —version ruby 1.9.3p194 (2012-04-20 revision 35410) [x86_64-darwin13.0.2]

Refer to [http://blog.zerosharp.com/installing-ruby-with-homebrew-and-rbenv-on-mac-os-x-mountain-lion/](Installing Ruby with Homebrew and RBEnv)

Sensible defaults for OS X

https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx

More Random Utils

brew cask install cloudapp
brew cask install bartender
brew cask install moom
brew cask install the-unarchiver

brew cask install gfxcardstatus
brew cask install istat-menus

brew cask install rcdefaultapp
brew cask install onyx

brew cask install kindle

brew cask install controlplane
brew cask install daisydisk

brew cask install paparazzi

SourceTree (git)

brew cask install sourcetree

Dev utils

brew cask install httpscoop
brew cask install charles
brew cask install mou

Backup

brew cask install arq

Command line utilities

brew install autojump # https://github.com/joelthelion/autojump
brew install jq

MongoDB

brew install mongodb
ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/mongodb/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents #Launch Mongo at startup
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mongodb.plist #And start now

Utilities

brew cask install little-snitch
brew cask install filebot

Downloader / Put.io magnet link handler

brew cask install igetter
brew cask install putio-adder

CloudApp CLI

gem install cloudapp

Python stuff

brew install python
pip install bitbucket-cli

local dns

brew install dnsmasq

DNS speed test

brew cask install namebench

More CLI utilities

brew install wget
brew install terminal-notifier

Web video download utilities

brew install youtube-dl
brew install rtmpdump

Image optimizing utilities

brew install pngcrush
brew install optipng
brew install jpeg

MySQL / PostgreSQL / Memcached / Redis

brew install mysql
brew install postgresql	
brew install memcached
brew install redis

LiveReload

brew cask install livereload

Node

brew install node

Philips Hue CLI

npm install -g hue-cli

ImageMagick

brew install imagemagick
brad install png2ico

Local Tunnel — for local development with online APIs

npm install -g localtunnel
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