You just bought a new laptop, built a new desktop PC, or are simply clean installing on a new solid state drive, good for you! Gotta love the taste of a fresh new machine, but now you have to get back to productivity Zen by recovering your files and installing programs.
Not sure which ones? Well, let us help.
We’ve compiled a list of essential programs to get you started. Many of these apps are also available as web services, but app versions have the advantage of offline access.