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JP ๐ŸŒˆ @pixelpaperyarn

hopefully getting my way overdue new MBP in a couple months and i'm starting to gather links to the tools i'm going to install.

fresh new machine. what would you all install first?

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@pixelpaperyarn Chrome, BBEdit (don't buy a license though), iTerm2, Parallels Desktop, SpiderOakONE, Wireshark, Zenmap, TeX Live, Homebrew, brew install python3

@mxsparks @pixelpaperyarn you might give Firefox Quantum a chance. I left FF for Chrome ages ago when they started messing it up, but they've really got their act together this time.

@moormaan @mxsparks i agree, at least for my personal stuff. i've never left FF and Quantum is a nice upgrade.

@mxsparks BBEdit! haven't even looked at that in years. i still occasionally use TextWrangler because i've never found a live diffing tool i like better.

@pixelpaperyarn I tried to download TextWrangler, but apparently they've officially retired it in favor of (the free subset of) BBEdit

@mxsparks oh noes! and i'm getting a new machine soon. wonder if i can just move it over from the old one. ugh!

@pixelpaperyarn i just downloaded BBEdit and let the trial period expire, the only thing that happens is that the "premium" features go away and it turns into TextWrangler-but-with-updates

@mxsparks oh perfect!!! thank you!

i don't use it often, but that "compare" feature is my favorite.