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3 Seldom Used Tools/Apps in OS X Installed by Default

If you're a new Mac user, check out this list of cool Mac apps installed by default.

1. Automator - an awesome application to automate repetitive tasks. The icon is of a robot, which I don't understand why people don't click this awesome looking icon. It's surprising how little this is used, considering how awesome it is. Use this! It can save so much time.
2. Emacs games - this is quite hidden, but if you thought Chess was the only game available in OS X, you're wrong. Just open Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities/Terminal) and type in "emacs" without quotes. Then, press enter, then Esc and X at the same time. Yes, Esc. Type "tetris", press enter and enjoy. There are loads of other games included in the Emacs program.
3. Archives.prefPane - just a simple prefPane to change settings of Archive Utility.app in the System Preferences. You can change this by navigating to /System/Library/CoreServices, then opening Archive Utility.app, but this prefPane should really be included in the System Preferences app. But just navigate to /System/Library/CoreServices, right click Archive Utility.app and select "Show Package Contents". Navigate into Contents/Resources and double click Archives.prefpane.

Enjoy!