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so i just bought a mac..
13" Macbook 2.16ghz Intel Core Duo. 1gb ram, 120gb hdd. 8x dvd burner.
should have it in next few days.. what are some good, handy,useful,must have apps? anything i should steer clear of? probs only be used for music,photos,internet, but post anything. |
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Re: so i just bought a mac..
Adium
- combined IM, speak to people on Yahoo, MSN, etc (better than iChat IMO) NeoOffice - a free MS Office substitute - open, edit and save .doc, .xls etc files. Depending on what you get (or rather, how you get it ![]() Little Snitch Loads of things I can't remember at the moment (recently lost my bookmarks ![]() http://macspecialist.org/content/art...ssential_apps/ http://www.coolmacapps.com/ Will try and post more as and when I remember. |
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Re: so i just bought a mac..
Spam!
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Re: so i just bought a mac..
U R.
thanks for the links. currently downloading Guitar Pro, already got it for windows and got 55000 tabs for it. will get google earth too. whats best soulseek client? solarseek? |
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Re: so i just bought a mac..
Transmission is great for Torrents. Adium is the best chat client. Cyberduck is free for FTP.
google "Best Free Mac Apps" and use a link from lifehacker, tuaw.com, engadget or other similar tech site.
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Re: so i just bought a mac..
yeah, you'll also need to download Perian, it's the Swiss Army Knife of video codecs for mac. probably Flip4Mac too, but Perian may handle it all.
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Re: so i just bought a mac..
Quicksilver
zen mac-ified. although rumors persist of it's demise - it's a sweet little launcher - and has so much extension power built in. Growl - is dead handy - system-wide and nifty. seconded VLC - although with Perian and Flip4Mac - most content plays in QT. Get QT Pro-d. get more RAM - 2GB if you can. that'll make everything better. If you feel like mucking around - VMWare's Fusion is super. I've got Ubuntu and Windows XP virtual sessions that I fire up every now and again. Although Ubuntu is so GUI - it doesn't feel very hackish at all. I like TextWrangler for text editing. I use Firefox 3 on my personal iMac - but on my school supplied Macbook - FF3 eats itself - so trial your browsers. Fluid - is neat. Helps you make stand-alone web apps. Try it out. Appcleaner is good for tidying up your files/apps - and deleting associated crud. I should have done links with all of those - but just do a google for them.
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Re: so i just bought a mac..
Yojimbo - from Barebones Software.
Great app for organising and tidying up all that digital crud you have hanging around your life.
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