• Firefox: web browser
• TextWrangler: text editor
• Smultron: text editor
• FileZilla: sftp client
• OpenOffice

• gcc: C compiler, install using the Xcode Tools (under Download Software/Developer Tools on the Apple Developer Connection).

• Perltidy: utility to tidy up perl codes
• Wget: command-line utility to fetch files

• Jalview: multiple sequence alignment viewer (Java-based)
• GelAnalyzer: electrophoresis gel image analyzer (Java-based)

• R: software environment for statistical computing and graphics

• Energy Saver: Computer sleep = never, Display sleep = 10 min, shutdown when UPS battery level is below 20%, enable start up automatically after a power failure.
• Print & Fax: add lab printer
• Network: set up lab intranet using AirPort
• Bluetooth: off
• Sharing: set Computer Name, enable File Sharing and Remote Login
• Accounts: disable Automatic login, display login window as Name and password, enable Show input menu in login window

• Assign one external hard drive for each mac workstation as the Time Machine backup drive.

• Use /etc/crontab to maintain ownership and permission of shared files on the file server:

$ cat /etc/crontab
# /etc/crontab: system-wide crontab
# m h dom mon dow user command
0 * * * * root /usr/sbin/chown -R root:wheel /Users/Shared 
1 * * * * root /bin/chmod -R a+w /Users/Shared

• Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
• Resetting the PRAM and NVRAM