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Hi guys. I have unwrapped my Mac and i'm looking for some pointers from fellow Mac users on software.
Adobe/Macromedia products are grand for their usage and i'll end up getting them but in the mean time, what free apps can i get which will spruce up my arsenal of applications?
So far I have installed Firefox, Opera and VLC. I'm looking for an alternative for iTunes (i use winamp on my win system) and a FTP program.
What applications in general should i get for my Mac. I wasn't expecting the delivery to be this quick, i was expecting it to arrive on Monday next! So i have littel chance to look up apps.
Yep, agree with ddoran on Transmit, it's a gem. Also try...
TextMate - a really good text editor. Not free but worth the €39 IMO.
Linotype FontExplorer X - free font management app that's also a must.
Quicksilver - free automation app that just makes life easier (you'll probably need to get used to the Apple Finder first before this becomes useful, but trust me, it does!)
SilverKeeper - free back-up utility by LaCie for backing up to external drives.
Thunderbird - Firefox's companion for the email! (Apple Mail is actually really good as well)
Skype - makes full use of the built in eye-sight camera
Should keep you going, best of luck with the new machine!
OpenOffice.org - free open source office suite. Opens all Microsoft files (.doc, .ppt, .xls etc...). It's a bit of a chunky piece of software but worth it if you only need to open MS Office files and don't want to spend a fortune buying MS Office. You may have to install X11 first but it's easy to do.
And just for fun...
Pac the Man X - as it says on the tin!
Thank Buttermilk Jack , I'm trying to find my feet with the Mac, it's proving to be a bit more difficult than I first thought. I just have to un-windows myself I suppose. That will take some time.
Cheers for the tip regarding Transit, David.
Michele, I got an iMac 20" 2.16Ghz Core2, IGB Ram, 250GB HD, 126MB Graphics Card...
There are a lot of similarties between Mac and Linux. I know they are closely related but for someone with a lot of Linux expeirence, especially Ubuntu, the transition wouldn't be as hard as one from Windows to Mac.
oh! OO on the Mac. Nice
I'm really going to miss using GaIM, Google Talk, Winamp and Filezilla on my windows pc though
Not free but xScope is a great little app for examining a page - checking alignment, sizes, zooming, seeing how a page looks at different resolutions etc.
Iconfactory : Software : Xscope
Also, not free and not cheap, but get Parallels if you want to run windows (and other OSs) under virtualisation. For cross browser checking alone it's a must.
Virtual pc, virtual machine and multiple operating system solutions by Parallels, Inc.
Quick Post,
Best apps are Parrallels, Transmit for FTP (anything from Panic is top notch)
Toast 8 us now universal
I'd prefer Nice instead of VLC
I've a Macbook 13.3"
Filezilla is after making its way onto Mac and Linux! - SourceForge.net: Files -
Filezilla FTP beta on the MAC, great news! | Cormac Moylan
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