As a newbie who has just been familiar with Mac OS x lion, the biggest experience is that various tools such as Perl, PHP, Python, Vim, and Emacs that have been configured on Mac OS X lion are very convenient. This not only facilitates developers to reduce the size of software packages, but also facilitates common users to use these for development.
I have been familiar with some software in Mac OS x, and I think it is easy to use. It is now recorded here for reference by Mac OS beginners. (Some of them are pre-installed Mac OS software)
1. Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (RDC)
Function: a tool used to connect to a remote Windows desktop on a Mac
Get: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/zh-cn/details.aspx? Familyid = 68347e0d-44d3-4065-99bb-b664b27ee1f0 & displaylang = ZH-CN # quickdetails
2. xcode
Function: IDE for Mac OS or IOS Application Development
Get: free app for appstore
3. Dictionary (pre-installed)
Function: queries the word, Apple term, and Wikipedia term.
Introduction: there is a "Dictionary" Application in Mac OS X 10.7.2 (not used in previous versions). It can query both words and apple-related entries, it is very convenient to query entries on Wikipedia. Compared with many dictionary software in windows, the "Dictionary" in Mac OS X is very clean and concise, without any advertisement or fancy modification.
4. Radium
Function: FM radio
Introduction: A simple and powerful radio software.
5. iTunes (pre-installed)
Functions: Listen to music, listen to broadcasts, watch videos, etc.
Introduction: Music downloaded to a local device will be listened to by iTunes and automatically loaded to play now. Related Information and album covers will be added to the music file. You can also listen to radio broadcasts. In addition, the music management function is powerful, including automatic classification of singers, albums, and preference sorting.
6. MySQL workbench
Function: client software for MySQL database
Introduction: we are familiar with the essential software of MySQL.
7. VMWare
Function: Virtual Machine Software
Introduction: You should have used VMware and virtualbox on Windows or Linux with a UI interface. After installing windows on the Mac, VMWare is perfectly compatible with Mac OS X. Of course, you can also use it to install Solaris, Linux, and FreeBSD.
8. Zoc
Function: SSH client software
Introduction: This is similar to securecrt for Windows users.
9. 1 Password
Function: Password Management Software
Introduction: you can
10. iwork
Function: office software
Description: Page, keynode, and numbers correspond to Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, respectively.
11. Microsoft Office 2011 Mac OS
Function: office software
Description: it is the same as MS Office in windows.
12. betterzip
Function: compression and decompression software
Introduction: compression formats such as zip、rar、tar.gz and 7zip can be applied.
13. cleanmymac
Function: System cleanup Software
Introduction: easy to use features
14. Thunder
Function: Download Tool
Introduction: there are no strangers to thunder, but the thunder of Mac OS is really clean and there is no advertisement :)
15. activity monitor (pre-installed)
Function: Process Management Software
Introduction: The function is equivalent to the Job Manager in windows.
16. Key string access (pre-installed)
Function: Password memory
Introduction: helps you store passwords and provides access management
17. Airport (pre-installed)
Function: Mac user interconnection Software
Introduction: other Mac users in a relatively small scope can connect to each other
18. Console (pre-installed)
Function: Console
Introduction: CMD in windows and terminal in Linux
19. ISTAT menus
Function: monitors CPU, memory, network usage or traffic, and temperature.
Introduction: Powerful and user-friendly.
Get: http://soft.macx.cn/iStatMenus31-4067.htm
20. ichm
Function: CHM software Reader
Get: http://soft.macx.cn/3312.htm
21. Visual paradigm
Function: UML Tool
Get: http://www.visual-paradigm.com/download/download.jsp? Product = vpsuite
22. xquartz
Function: a version of the x.org X Window System that runs on OS X.
Get: http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/