Your essential Macbook Air Software

[MultiFinder17]

Thanx for sharing this app, but I can get it to work on my Air. Is there some trick to it?

You should be able to just turn it on and have it work - I know that often Apple changes a few little things in newer revisions of their trackpads, and the developer winds up needing to update Jitouch for them, so you might want to try e-mailing them and asking them if it has been confirmed to work on your Air. Here's how I have mine set up working right now if it helps:

 

[silentsim]

jiTouch does not work on my 11" air. Is yours 11" or 13"? It works fine on my 17" Pro.

 

[St. G]

The most essential piece of software loaded on my MBA is Windows 7.

 

[MacsAreBetter\]

Only thing I've got that's not Apple is VLC, Steam and Vuze.

 

[Psilocybin]

microsoft word-for work and presentations.
vlc-watching media
xcode-programming
boot camp-haven't decided if im going to waste space on windows or not
cleanmymac-self explanatory
idisk-mobileme (i love mobileme)- i use this for the cloud and to keep my things in sync with my iphone and ipad.
drop box- just to make another backup of things
jiTouch- although some of the gestures don't work on my 13 MBA 2010
1password-keep my info in sync with my iphone and ipad.

 

[atr]

jiTouch does not work on my 11" air. Is yours 11" or 13"? It works fine on my 17" Pro.

Doesn't seem to want to work on my 11" either.

 

[solowmodel]

Only thing I've got that's not Apple is VLC, Steam and Vuze.

I wondered what Vuze was; see it used to be Azureus!

 

[Psilocybin]

there seems to be alot of issues with jitouch

 

[MultiFinder17]

jiTouch does not work on my 11" air. Is yours 11" or 13"? It works fine on my 17" Pro.

Mine is an older 2009 13" Air.

 

[sorc1]

apple remote desktop to control my mac mini

 

[neteng101]

SmartSleep - Turns off safe sleep unless the battery is low, letting the machine sleep faster

Does SmartSleep do anything on the MBA? I thought the MBA doesn't behave like a typical MBP when put to sleep?

 

[MultiFinder17]

Does SmartSleep do anything on the MBA? I thought the MBA doesn't behave like a typical MBP when put to sleep?

No, it does indeed. If you notice when you put your Air to sleep, the light stays on for a little bit, then starts pulsing. SmartSleep keeps it from writing the contents of RAM to the hard disk, which is especially nice with an SSD, as it saves a good bit of wear and tear. Naturally, this applies to the older Airs.

I'm honestly not really sure what's going on in the new ones, as they seem to have their own special sleep setups.

 

[ChristianVirtual]

All what I need for on-the-road development:

XCode
Pixelmator
TestWrangler
iWorks

A second icon maker; name I forgot but recently shopped in AppStore

No VLC, Thunderbird, Firefox or AngryBirds. It's only for dev-work. If more my iMac would get envy.

 

[thejadedmonkey]

The most essential piece of software loaded on my MBA is Windows 7.

How does 7 run on the new macbook air?

 

[neteng101]

I'm honestly not really sure what's going on in the new ones, as they seem to have their own special sleep setups.

That's what has me confused since it has no light. I still haven't been able to figure out how it works exactly.

 

[MultiFinder17]

That's what has me confused since it has no light. I still haven't been able to figure out how it works exactly.

It's Magical™

Revealing how it works would break the illusion, everyone knows that!

 

[kryca]

CoolBook

 

[DarwinOSX]

Heres a good article on one mans setup for his MBA 13"

http://blog.frankchimero.com/post/2799470127/the-setup

 

[KPOM]

How does 7 run on the new macbook air?

Quite adequately. In Boot Camp, it flies on the 4GB model and generates a mid-4 Experience Index. Windows 7 has good SSD support. In virtualization, it runs acceptably (much better than it did in the Rev B).

 

[Starlights]

Quite adequately. In Boot Camp, it flies on the 4GB model and generates a mid-4 Experience Index.).

Are you talking about the 11" MBA?

I just finished installing Win 7 (64) on my MBA 13 and with the Bootcamp drivers my Windows Exp Index is 5.3 ...... So i guess no point installing the manuf drivers...

 

[KPOM]

Are you talking about the 11" MBA?

I just finished installing Win 7 (64) on my MBA 13 and with the Bootcamp drivers my Windows Exp Index is 5.3 ...... So i guess no point installing the manuf drivers...

Actually, you are correct. I was quoting from memory. For some reason I thought one score was in the mid-4s but that might have been the Rev B. I have been very pleased with Windows 7's performance on the Rev D.

 

[kory108]

Here's the full list of my most important mac software. A lot of this isn't Air specific.

Sparrow - A light weight mail client for mail:http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/
Transmission - A light weight torrent client:http://www.transmissionbt.com/
Facebook Notifications - a menu bar app:http://www.facebook.com/notifier
LimeWire Pirate Edition - LimeWire Pro for free: Search for a Torrent...
coconutBattery - Provides statistics on your batteries health:http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/
CleanMyMac - Cleans out universal binaries, extra languages, log files, etc (paid): http://macpaw.com/
Disk Inventory X - Categorizes file usage:http://www.derlien.com/
CoolBook - Undervolt your processor to get extra battery life:http://www.coolbook.se/CoolBook.html
GeekTool: Allows you to add live unix commands to your desktop: http://projects.tynsoe.org/en/geektool/
Growl: Live notifications for apps: http://growl.info/
HyperDock: Live thumbnails for open dock apps:http://hyperdock.bahoom.de/
iStatMenus: Live statistics for memory, CPU utilization, etc:http://mac.brothersoft.com/istat-menus-2.0.html
PhotoBook - Allows you to view and download any albums from Facebook and import them into iPhoto:http://www.caffeinatedcocoa.com/
AppCleaner - Uninstalls apps, including the library files:http://www.freemacsoft.net/AppCleaner/
AutoRate - Rates iTunes songs based upon play usage:http://code.google.com/p/autorate/