switching to mac...
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- exador1
hey folks. the boss here is finally getting me a new macbook pro...
haven't used a mac in a few years, and am wondering if there are any apps (besides the usual adobe etc) that you can't live without? productivity, entertainment, just plain ol cool stuff that you dig...whatever...
for example, one of the guys in the office forwarded me this http://www.cocoatech.com/
i guess it's this sort of thing i'm interested in....
any ideas?
cheers
ex
- powertoni0
if you do flash (or any coding) get textmate
- raf0
Forklift, if you're a Total Commander user.
www.binarynights.com
- thatblokemike0
softpedia has a ton of em... top of my head
cyberduck
adium
versions
subethaedit
getdropbox
mpeg streamclip
toast
QT proI probably couldn't do my job without that lot at least...
- cyberduck is nicesection_014
- cyberduck is slooow. transmit is betteracescence
- why would you need toast these days?monkeyshine
- thatblokemike0
transmission
- +3doesnotexist
- don't know what you are talking about!!!stem
- type it into google (a search engine for the interweb) and click the first linky winkythatblokemike
- i hate transmission... too bad utorrent for mac suckskush
- doesnotexist0
linotype font explorer
thunderbird
- exador10
hey guys..thanks for the links...thats exactly what i was hoping for...
much appreciated :)
cheers
ex
- Dancer0
Picasa
Coda
Font Xplorer
Skype
toast
Firefox
YousenditAll extra on mine plus the usual Adobe/MS/Apple stuff
- kalkal0
quicksilver
- kalkal0
VLC Player. Obviously.
- Meeklo0
I second font explorer
- bulletfactory0
third
- juhls0
Pretty much anything by Panic: http://www.panic.com
Including Coda, Transmission, and Candybar.Try some of the Omni Group products as well, such as OmniGraffle and OmniOutliner: http://www.omnigroup.com/
I also use:
Pages, VLC Player, Quicktime Pro, Azureus, Adium, Limewire, QuickShareIt, Handbrake, and a bunch of others I can't remember.
- graphiknature0
BBEdit: http://www.barebones.com/product…
Transmit: http://www.panic.com/transmit/
iStat Pro (widget): http://islayer.com/apps/istatpro…
VM Ware: http://www.vmware.com/products/v…
Flip4Mac: http://www.apple.com/downloads/m…
- GrandChamp0
SMC Fan Controller so you don't set your lap or desk on fire when your MacBook reaches the temperature of the Earth's core.
- nocomply0
Hey not to hijack the thread but...ok I guess to hijack for just a minute....
If I buy the white mac book on the right on this page and hook it up with 4GB ram, I should be able to run the adobe suite for basic web dev pretty well right? I don't care if its CS2, 3, or 4. In fact at this point I might even prefer older versions since I'm more familiar with them.
http://store.apple.com/us/browse…
Last night I reached my threshold of patience with Windows. I am done. It's time to consider alternatives.
Thanks everyone.
- erikjonsson0
i like it in general but the motherfucker crashes everything. adobe programs. even setting dialogs like screen saver setting "quits unexpectedly" for me.
- nicole_marie0
well there you go... now you don't have any room on your shit to do any work.