SPeedY_B

What apps would people recommend for OS X ? I'm mainly using the integrated stuff like iTunes, Safari, Mail and so on, to perform the every day stuff.

Other apps that I'm using a lot at the moment are:
WebCam - EvoCam - http://www.evological.com/
FTP - RBrowserLite - http://www.rbrowser.com/RBrowserLite/
IRC - X-Chat Aqua - http://xchataqua.sourceforge.net/
P2P - Poisoned - http://www.poisonedproject.com/
ScreenCaps - SnapNDrag - http://www.yellowmug.com/

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SuDs

itunes, safari, and their version of notepad (can't remember what it's called)

besides the stuff they give,
-illustrator
-indesign
-photoshop
-director mx

irc-minerva (i think)

dreamliner77

*shudders at the thought of using a Mac*

Don't know if you care, but the best lossy music encoder has finally been ported to mac. Read about it here http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/index.p...pics&highlite=

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SPeedY_B

*shrug* I have everything encoded into mp4.

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penguin

Speedy, what is better about snapNDrag over the built in screen capture?

As far as ftp i use transmit.

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SPeedY_B

Never liked the fact it captures to PDF, unless that can be changed?

Few people have recommended transmit actually, only thing that's keeping me away from it, is the fact it features a price tag, where-as RB/Lite (which I'm now used to) is free

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Petros

I used to have this program called "Hyperstacks" for my Mac. Way better than this newfangled and confusing "HTML" and "PHP".

penguin

You can change the default capture to other formats. I don;t remember where you do this but Iwill try and find it for you.

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penguin

I found a folder action that will convert the PDF screen captures to any other format on the fly. You can see it HERE.

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yodler

macs are perfectly fine. I don't know what the whole problem is here¿

SPeedY_B

There's nothing wrong with macs, some people are just scared of them.

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Grandmaster

Says the Apply b!itch






















But seriously, Macs aren't as bad as people think.

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SPeedY_B

Macs aren't bad at all. Don't understand why anyone would get that impression.

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Grandmaster

Switching over to somthing completely different, perhaps.

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SPeedY_B

Possibly. I used to hump XP though, now look at how much I love my mac, and this is my first mac, it's not like I'd even used one (properly) before. (had used OSX previously for about 4 hours total, but only using IE to browse the web)

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penguin

One thing I here from people is that they are so expensive. Which is really not true. Apple only uses the highest quality hardware in their computers. A similarily spec'd PC will be just as much and will lose it's resale value much quicker. Not to mention that the life of the Mac will be longer.

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sean.ferguson

agreed ^^

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muzikool

What else is useful that doesn't come with the OS...
system utilities?
security/spyware/pop-up stopper apps? -- I'm not sure how Macs differ from PCs on these issues
GUI apps?

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SPeedY_B

Security: Just set system update to grab vital patches and alert you when they're ready to install, there's certainly no worry of spyware (No IE integrated into the o/s is a massive help to this), however there are security holes, as I say though, just use sys update and you'll be ok.

Pop-up stopping is built into the default web-browser (Safari) on the menu bar just click 'Safari' then 'Block Pop-Up Windows' to turn it on and off, alternatively hit Comamnd+K (Command is the "Apple key" on the keyboard).

Oh, and I'm sure that you're first impression of Safari will be that it's slow, however it's not, it appears to be slow due to the way in which it gathers data and paints the screen, without going into detail, it's basically an optical illusion and the end result is no slower than FireFox etc.

Not sure what you mean by GUI apps?

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NetRyder

Perhaps GUI apps refers to themes etc?
You could look into Shape Shifter, although it's not freeware. Seen a lot of Mac users who use it:
http://www.unsanity.com/haxies/shapeshifter/

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