MBP coming OSX tips
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MBP being delivered next week, as its my first mac has anybody got any advice on the best programs (I design and build websites) and also any good tips I should know.
CHEERS!
- georgesIII0
do you have a fixie?
- No! Fixies should only be read by couriers. Just want a decent computer, sick of using pc's********
- No! Fixies should only be read by couriers. Just want a decent computer, sick of using pc's
- ********0
CS4
- jaylarson0
coda
cs5
vlc
onyx
cocktail
transmission
- ephix0
transmit
- ukit0
Photoshop. It's awesome
- uan0
safari
firefox
chrome
virtualbox.org or parallels
windows
- stewdio0
TextMate. http://macromates.com
Excellent text editor for coding. It has many complex features, but if you're not ready to learn the extras they just remain out of your way; no extra visual clutter to mire through. Particularly great for working in Ruby / Ruby on Rails.Transmit 4. http://panic.com/transmit
For FTP, SFTP, etc. Sure, you could just use OS X's FTP capabilities for free, but that will litter your server with OS X hidden files. Cyberduck and its brethren just don't stand up to Transmit's speed and attention to detail.MacPorts. http://macports.org/install.php
This really makes managing your installed command-line software easier. It's been really helpful for me in dealing with various Ruby installs although I can see how purists might be opposed to this.Xcode. http://developer.apple.com/techn…
This should come on your OS X install disc. You'll need this to do anything with the iPhone / iPad of course, but also convenient to have it installed because if you need to compile Ruby gems or similar items in the future you'll already have the GCC compiler ready for use.iShowU. http://store.shinywhitebox.com/i…
You've probably heard of SnapzPro for doing video capture of your desktop. I find that piece of software to be lousy, slow, and bug ridden. A few years back after much searching I decided on iShowU and it's been absolutely wonderful. Clean, fast, and efficient. Actually... is desktop video capture taken care of now in Snow Leopard? I'm running Snow Leopard but only vaguely remember something about this as a feature...Sequel Pro. http://sequelpro.com
This is the best GUI for dealing with MySQL databases. After the Cocoa MySQL project died and its various forks died there was a horrible void of bad software packages that only half worked. And then Sequel Pro popped up. Perfect.ShellHere. http://etresoft.org/shellhere.ht…
If you work a lot in Terminal this will make life a lot easier. It's just a tiny script and a button for your Finder windows. It allows you to open Terminal to whatever path you're using in Finder. Stupidly simple but so nice to have.iWork. http://apple.com/iwork
Definitely worth having. Never install Microsoft Office again! Here's the MS to Apple conversion: Word --> Pages. Excel --> Numbers. PowerPoint --> Keynote. And of course OS X already comes with iCal, Address Book, etc.Virtual Box. http://virtualbox.org
I haven't tried this yet but it's an open-source virtualization app for running Windows, Linux, etc on a Mac. Of course you'd still have to "legally" obtain a copy of Windows.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
If you're hardcore about OpenSource (which is slightly odd because we're talking about OS X, not Linux) there's http://opensourcemac.org
Safari is still my favorite but I assume if you're developing websites you'll install FireFox, Chrome, and Opera as well. I'm becoming a big fan of Opera. They're really coming out from behind the pack with Opera 10. I'm always happy to see a software company take a hard look at their products and then go to great lengths to wow users with a new version. It's inspiring.
I could go on and on... but best to cut it off here.
- someONE, is working hard to make us look bad,
BURN HIMMMMgeorgesIII - :)georgesIII
- VirtualBox is brilliant - I use it on Linux, and it's top notch.********
- Hey, that ShellHere is great! Thanks!elahon
- you can also drag & drop anything into terminal and it will print the pathacescence
- Great post!!! Yep, Quicktime X on Snow Leopard has video capture.fyoucher1
- someONE, is working hard to make us look bad,
- comicsans0
If you do much writing then Scrivener, a full screen writing environment http://www.literatureandlatte.co… is absurdly cheap for what you get.
If you work with databases at all then DbVisualizer http://www.dbvis.com/ covers every database you could need.
Both have excellent support.
NeoOffice for a free office suite.
Omni group software is worth looking at also
- stewdio0
Ok sorry. Can't help myself:
Temperature Monitor. http://bresink.com/osx/Temperatu…
I think this software is a bit ugly so if anyone has suggestions I'd like to hear them. It's been really helpful to see what makes my laptop super hot. (Flash video and Skype video in particular send the GPU up to 80C!)
Processing. http://processing.org
But of course. Quickly jump into data viz programming, among other things. And if you're looking for a similar Python-based tool try NodeBox at http://nodebox.net/. And if you get serious about Java a lot of people recommend the Eclipse IDE at http://eclipse.org/. I think both Java and Eclipse are fugly, but sometimes you just have to put on boots and wade through it, eh?
Ruby-Processing. http://wiki.github.com/jashkenas…
Ruby (and even Python!) come pre-installed with OS X so you can get up and running with your first Ruby-Processing 3D spinning cube animation in under 10 minutes!! I wrote a little blog post about it here: http://stewdio.org/blog/2010/03/…- You install software to measure the temperature? That's ridiculous.monospaced
- hahaha you serious?Miguex
- Also it's not "flash video" but video in general, try a plain quicktime from your HDMiguex
- ********0
How about the products from cycling74.com?
If I had a mac, I think I'd use Max MSP ..
- Oh yea totally! I've not gotten into it but friends high recommend it.stewdio
- uan0
Quicktime Player 7 Pro (I like it for fast editing and converting) with Flip4Mac (allows playback of wmv movies) and Perian (allows flv playback and converting)
- Continuity0
MAMP is nice for local MySQL/PHP development.
- ********0
Great stuff deff got photoshop, coda, textmate, transmit on my list. Will now add iWork. Anyone got any tips for the OS shortcuts, must know tricks etc. Never used it before.
- acescence0
I do web dev locally on my box, so it's handy to be able to see files like .htaccess that would normally be hidden. in terminal, enter this command to view all files in finder...
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
then enter, then:
KillAll Finder
to turn it off, just change true to false.
- fyoucher10
Adobe Creative Suite
VLC Player:
for playing media files. Will play most file formats.Xee:
VERY quick and small app to open pictures instead of opening PS or Bridge, much better than Preview. You can view all pics in a folder, set a preview background color, zoom, rotate. Very simple and convenient. Not too feature packed.Font Explorer X: Font management
SnapNDrag: Quick lil screenshot app, not too feature-filled but better than Grab
- busy0
iStats - monitor all your cpu goin-ons ---- temp, cpu processor, dl/upload speed, avail space - i recco!
- acescence0
uTorrent :-)