Just ordered a 27" iMac

[rickfc]

This is my first Mac...what good apps should I be on the lookout for? Especially for a web developer...

[Teggy]

Not for web developing, but put Quicksilver on it - super handy launcher utility.

[Lee]

I like Reeder if you want RSS reader. Aperture is awesome if you have a lot of pictures (iPhoto kind of sucks). iBank is probably the biggest Quicken contender until they give us a real Quicken (rumored). The official Twitter app is pretty good. Yojimbo is a good note taker/scrap book program.

With the app store it's so easy to find anything you could want nowadays, if it exists for Mac, it's usually in the store.

Congrats, I keep a gaming PC (gaming in Bootcap runs VERY hot and the fans don't seem to come on), but my iMac is used for my everyday machine. Love the thing.

[th'FOOL]

Not for web developing, but put Quicksilver on it - super handy launcher utility.

Actually, I prefer Alfred these days.

As for other apps: Skitch, Coda, Transmit, DaisyDisk, xScope are all good.

Printopia allows you to use connected printers with iOS devices (print directly from iOS no matter what printer you have).

Handbrake for video re-encoding stuff.

Also, a great photoshop alternative is Pixelmater.

What specs on the iMac? We just got the 27" 3.4 Ghz Core i& with 8GB memory (about to order more third party) and AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2048 MB

[rickfc]

Not for web developing, but put Quicksilver on it - super handy launcher utility.

Actually, I prefer Alfred these days.

As for other apps: Skitch, Coda, Transmit, DaisyDisk, xScope are all good.

Printopia allows you to use connected printers with iOS devices (print directly from iOS no matter what printer you have).

Handbrake for video re-encoding stuff.

Also, a great photoshop alternative is Pixelmater.

What specs on the iMac? We just got the 27" 3.4 Ghz Core i& with 8GB memory (about to order more third party) and AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2048 MB

27" 2.7GHz i5 4GB RAM and AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512MB

I have a friend that's going to hook me up with another 4GB (2x2) in the meantime. In a couple of months, I'll buy 16GB http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Memory-Module-KTA-MB1066K2-8G/dp/B001PS9UKW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1327339379&sr=8-2

[gellar]

Sweet.  I'm still trying to hold out for the next refresh.

Adium is an obvious app to get for IM.  Xcode is nice for an easy/free way to get an iOS simulator up and running to test websites.  Evernote and the aforementioned Skitch are my favorites as well.

[Ænima]

Homebrew is essential for installing utilities at the command line. You can do things like "brew install git" and it will install git and all of the needed dependencies.

[crumsteel]

Good apps for web development I would look at are:

Textmate - awesome text editor and version 2 I believe is in beta. What I use for coding
Chocolat - an up and coming text editer, it looks to be good.
Snippets - great program for holding snippets of code for later us.
Codebox - another snippet program, less feature, it seems ok.
Transmit - ftp program, has great features and works awesome,
Parallels - If for some reason you need to run windows in a vm.

Other programs I use regularly:

Sparrow Mail App - This is my favorite mail application and the integration to gmail is great.
Socialite - great app for viewing multiple social networks with multiple accounts, facebook, twitter, digg, google reader
iStats Menu - If you like to see your cpu, memory, temperature usage
Fantastical - calendar app that sits on the menu bar that access iCal info, works great
Chronicle - bill paying app, has nice reminders and logging of paid bills
1Password - password manager. even will sync with dropbox across other devices and machines.


There has to be more, but that is what I can think of right now.

Welcome to Mac!

[Crusis]

Steam!

Just wanted to say that we got one of these for xmas and it's been a huge hit with the family. Wife and kids absolutely love it. The machine is fast and I was able to add 8 gigs of ram for $40. I switched to Scrivener for all of my writing about a year ago - if you have any interest in writing, look into this program. I don't know how I used to organize books before this.

Welcome to the club.