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Hey everyone,
My MacBook Pro Retina arrived yesterday! 
What programs / apps do you suggest I get for a nice smooth work flow?
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mine arrived also yesterday! Didn’t have much time until weekend though
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The first thing that comes to mind is Alfred:
http://www.alfredapp.com/
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uniquefx said
The first thing that comes to mind is Alfred: http://www.alfredapp.com/
That looks interesting. Will have to give it a try. 
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Please do.I know i can’t live without it anymore.
Other popular applications are:
Growl : http://growl.info/ – Notification system (might come obsolete in future OSX versions)
Perian : http://perian.org/ – Adds support for many popular types of media.
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I am sooo subscribing to this thread
Here’s one I bought in advance, even if still need to wait for my Mac: http://beamer-app.com/
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Congratulations on your first Mac
Here’s a few apps I know I can’t live without.
- Coda
- Chrome
- Spotify
- Caffeine
- Adium
- CloudApp
- Plex (stream movies from your Mac to your iPhone, iPad, iPod, etc)
- VLC
- Mac Appstorm (lots of useful round-ups and tips)
Never been a fan of Alfred, I use Spotlight for what I need and it works better for me. Anyway, there’s a small list of useful apps 
Enjoy!
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Mine are:
Development:- Sublime Text 2
- CyberDuck
- Sequel Pro
- Team Viewer
- Terminal Scripts (custom to me)
- CloudApp
- Growl
- Perian
- Chrome
- AppZapper
- Google Drive
- Sparrow
- Twitter App
- Spottify
Im now going to use this for when i get my Macbook Pro.
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You should give the Nettuts+ Sturcturer a try. Here is the free version and the paid version.
Another app that comes in really handy is CodeBox and Flow for FTP .
Additionally I would like to recommand the Dropbox app for your backups and the Google notification app for your GMail notifications.
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I just got my new mac as well although mine isn’t retina.
I had one before this one so the first things I installed were Alfred and Dropbox.
After that Photoshop + Illustrator cs6, sparrow, kickoff, Skype, twitter.app, coda, gradient.app transmit, reeder, iA Writer, suitcase fusion 4, x scope, wallet and VLC . App zapper, cloud.app are also must haves.
Enjoy your new mac, you’ll never go back
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