For non-commericial purposes Intel Composer is now free for OS X. It is possible to survive using gnu compilers and freely available maths libraries, but Intel Fortran and MKL tend to be faster and better tested (easier to compile). I am happy with the results so far, and the standard install gives a good base set of packages. Python package and environment maintenance can cause headaches, so this time I went with Conda for Mac. For video and image editing ffmpeg and imagemagick are essential. My base applications include: (standard office) Dropbox, Slack, MS Office ( Imperial link), Mactex, Texmaker, Mendeley (scientific computing) latest gcc/gfortran, iTerm, Textmate, XQuartz, Atom, Cyberduck, GitHub client (materials modelling) VESTA, Avogadro. Be sure to set up your bash_profile, ssh config, and vimrc files to make working faster and more comfortable. Open a Terminal and type make which triggers the system to install Xcode (if missing) and the command line tools module (basic UNIX commands including a gcc compiler). The first step is to install the command line tools. I started with a clean install of Mac OS 10.12 (Sierra). It is not an absolute guide, but simply one way to get going. An update of previous entries for setting up an Apple computer for scientific computing.
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