MAC
Following are some software that might be useful on your machine and how to install.
Office
You can download and install office on 5 machines. You can download it (after logging in) from https://www.office.com/
JetBrains
This is the software used by our group to development. Using an IDE will make your productivity 10 times higher. Depending on what project you work on you might need some of their tools. Best is to start with the toolbox https://www.jetbrains.com/toolbox/app/. You will also need to ask for a license, contact Rob Kooperfor one.
Once you have installed the toolbox you can select to install other tools, such as:
pyCharm : development tool for Python Development
Intelij Idea : development tool for Scala/Java Development
WebStorm : development tool for web Development
there are many others as well.
Brew
Java
Windows
Not much here