Normally, the typical Mac user will not have to install Mac OS very often. Personally, I’ve gone from one Mac to the next simply by using Migration Assistant to move my data over and I’ve never installed a fresh Mac OS on any machine except my MacBook, when I replaced the hard drive.
Anyway, if you happen to need or want to do a fresh install of Mac OS X, there are some tweaks you can apply after installation that will improve your Mac experience right out of the gate. Don’t get me wrong: Mac OS doesn’t really need any tweaking (unlike Windows, where you usually spend the first day after a fresh install turning off all those annoying speech bubbles, teaching Explorer to stop hiding files and generally making Windows stay out of your way). But there’s a handful of things you can do to optimize usability, which you can read up on over at MacMembrane.
Peter has put together a comprehensive set of tips for tuning a freshly installed Mac OS X. Tips include, among other things, making sure your Mac stays up to date, making frequently used items readily available and generally tweaking settings to improve productivity.
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