Homebrew Cask

Homebrew is an package manager for OSX, that lets you easily install software that Apple did not ship with OSX. Homebrew Cask is an extension to Homebrew, to install and keep control over Mac applications distributed as binaries.

Installation

Open an terminal (Terminal.app or iTerm2.app) and type in the following commands.

# brew tap phinze/homebrew-cask
# brew install brew-cask

When they have run, you should have Homebrew Cask installed on your system.

Usage

List installable packages

# brew cask search

Install package

# brew cask install google-chrome

List installed packages

# brew cask list

Remove installed packages

# brew cask uninstall

The applications that I use.

# brew cask install alfred
# brew cask install cord
# brew cask install dropbox
# brew cask install evernote
# brew cask install f-lux
# brew cask install firefox
# brew cask install google-chrome
# brew cask install istat-menus
# brew cask install iterm2
# brew cask install the-unarchiver
# brew cask install totalspaces
# brew cask install tower
# brew cask install transmit
# brew cask install one-password
# brew cask install spotify
# brew cask install vlc
# brew cask install sublime-text