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Episode 039 — Impey Barbicane's Moon Gun and Setting Up a New Computer


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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

    http://www.macbartender.com/

    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

        http://appgineers.de/

        Anaconda Python Installer

        http://continuum.io/downloads

        • Python with gusto
        • Default Folder X

          http://www.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/

          Alfred for Mac

          http://www.alfredapp.com/

          • 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

            http://freron.com/

            Skype
            CodeRunner

            https://coderunnerapp.com/

            Sublime Text

            http://www.sublimetext.com/

            nvALT

            http://brettterpstra.com/projects/nvalt/

            iThoughts HD

            http://toketaware.com/ithoughts-ios/

            Path Finder Mac

            http://www.cocoatech.com/

            Slack
            • Almost went web only
            • Fantastical for Mac

              App Store

              Marked 2 for Mac

              http://marked2app.com/

              Acorn for Mac

              http://www.flyingmeat.com/acorn/

              Tweetbot

              http://tapbots.com/tweetbot/

              Transmit FTP for Mac

              https://panic.com/transmit/

              Coda for Mac

              https://panic.com/coda/

              Curio for Mac

              http://www.zengobi.com/products/curio/

              Deliveries app for Mac

              http://junecloud.com/software/mac/deliveries.html

              PCalc

              http://www.pcalc.com/

              PDFPen Pro

              https://smilesoftware.com/PDFpenPro/

              Sonos
              Dropshare

              https://getdropsha.re/

              Shush Mute button for Mac

              http://mizage.com/shush/

              Homebrew Cask Mac

              https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask

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