Gabe and Jeff, both recovering from nuking their operating systems in acts of wanton Xcode installation, go into detail about how to get your gear back up and running.
Techniques for backing up your data and recovering it with all settings in tact can be a tall order and they found it was best discussed while drinking a Moon Gun. A mellow amber ale, Moon Gun is a collaboration between Maryland's DuClaw Brewing Company and Florida's Cigar City Brewing Company.
Impey Barbicane's Moon Gun by DuClaw/Cigar City
Brewery - DuClaw
Brewery - Cigar City
BreweryDB
Beer Advocate
Initial Installs
1Password
https://agilebits.com/onepassword
- Browser plugin
- Software licenses
Bar Tender Mac
Little Snitch
https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch
- Pain in the ass but totally worth it
TextExpander
https://smilesoftware.com/TextExpander/
Keyboard Maestro Mac
http://www.keyboardmaestro.com/
- Screenshots
- Test manipulation
Hazel for Mac
http://www.noodlesoft.com/hazel.php
Mountain for Mac
Anaconda Python Installer
- Python with gusto
Default Folder X
http://www.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/
Alfred for Mac
- Tried to replace with Spotlight
BetterTouchTool
http://www.bettertouchtool.net/
Applications
YNAB
https://www.youneedabudget.com/
BusyCal
http://www.busymac.com/busycal/
BusyContacts
http://www.busymac.com/busycontacts/
DEVONthink
http://www.devontechnologies.com/products/devonthink/overview.html
MailMate
Skype
CodeRunner
Sublime Text
nvALT
http://brettterpstra.com/projects/nvalt/
iThoughts HD
http://toketaware.com/ithoughts-ios/
Path Finder Mac
Slack
- Almost went web only
Fantastical for Mac
Marked 2 for Mac
Acorn for Mac
http://www.flyingmeat.com/acorn/
Tweetbot
Transmit FTP for Mac
Coda for Mac
Curio for Mac
http://www.zengobi.com/products/curio/
Deliveries app for Mac
http://junecloud.com/software/mac/deliveries.html
PCalc
PDFPen Pro
https://smilesoftware.com/PDFpenPro/