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nownot
10-05-2006, 03:10 AM
im new to os X and was wondering what are some must have apps? thanks for the responses.
Quicksilver
Azureus
iSerial Reader
wastern
10-05-2006, 04:33 AM
check out the Sticky at the top of the mac forum. but to narrow it down some...
Flip4mac
Divx
^^^ both Quicktime plugins to play media
Quicksilver, but only if you are a power user. I wouldn't recommend it otherwise
I'd get Firefox just because. I RARELY use it, but every now and then you'll hit a site that Safari won't work in that Firefox will handle
A lot of what you need is right there out of the box. What is it that you are looking to do, we may be able to better give you some program options then. What are your interests in relation to the computer?
wastern
10-05-2006, 04:35 AM
iSerial Reader
SerialSeeker tends to work better, for me at least. It remembers your db file so you don't need to reopen it each time and it also loads a lot faster. You might want to give it a look
(the above program is used for evaluation purposes only)
I'd get Firefox just because. I RARELY use it, but every now and then you'll hit a site that Safari won't work in that Firefox will handle
+ the truth.
jdhore
10-05-2006, 06:37 AM
As for a alternative to Safari, would you guys recommend Firefox or Camino?
phatlip12
10-05-2006, 06:46 AM
As for a alternative to Safari, would you guys recommend Firefox or Camino?
I would use Firefox. I personally like Firefox better then Safari (I just wish Firefox came up faster).
SerialSeeker tends to work better, for me at least. It remembers your db file so you don't need to reopen it each time and it also loads a lot faster. You might want to give it a look
Serial Seeker was the first one I used, but even though iSerial Reader is a bit slower, it looks a lot sleeker, but come to think of it, I might change back.
wastern
10-05-2006, 03:09 PM
As for a alternative to Safari, would you guys recommend Firefox or Camino?
Safari is the fastest browser on the mac without question. Camino is ok, but I don't really care for the interface, it has never seemed quite as complete as the other options out there. Some people swear by it though, but personally I just think they like the idea of it and convince themselves its good
casework
10-05-2006, 03:50 PM
I don't use Safari on my computer, but I'm sure it's faster. As mentioned, Firefox initially loads pretty slowly, but other than that, it's the same old Firefox, so that's good.
They have Camino and Safari on the Macs in a lot of the computer labs on campus, so I've used Camino a few times. It's really not that good. Even though I'm not partial to Safari, I would use Safari long before I used Camino.
nownot
10-05-2006, 05:31 PM
thanks for the responsed. everything worked good except one i found on teh other thread, omni or something like that. it stopped one of my hd's from mounting i uninstalled and it works good now. but thanks.
noonebutme
10-05-2006, 08:50 PM
Camino(Web Browsing), Onyx(Cleaning System Files), Adium(IM), Xchat Aqua(IRC), Transmit(FTP), Azureus(Bittorrent), Crossover Mac(Running XP App's), Flip4mac(Playing WMV's), VideoLAN/VLC(Playing video files), Chicken of the VNC, Unison(Usenet), Little Snitch(Control apps that access internet), MenuMeters(Sysinfo), Virtue Desktops(Virtual desktops), UnrarX(Archive manager), Growl Framework(Notification), XCode(Updated libraries), Fink(Possibly run some *nix app's if they can be compiled for OS X), Parallels(Run other OS's)
wastern
10-05-2006, 11:05 PM
Camino(Web Browsing), Onyx(Cleaning System Files), Adium(IM), Xchat Aqua(IRC), Transmit(FTP), Azureus(Bittorrent), Crossover Mac(Running XP App's), Flip4mac(Playing WMV's), VideoLAN/VLC(Playing video files), Chicken of the VNC, Unison(Usenet), Little Snitch(Control apps that access internet), MenuMeters(Sysinfo), Virtue Desktops(Virtual desktops), UnrarX(Archive manager), Growl Framework(Notification), XCode(Updated libraries), Fink(Possibly run some *nix app's if they can be compiled for OS X), Parallels(Run other OS's)
I don't think they average user will need or have any use for Xcode or Fink
arth-vader
10-08-2006, 03:23 AM
this is my set of faves for the OS X world...
Camino (web browser)
Growl (notifier)
Transmission (torrents)
Ejector (disk ejector in the menu bar)
NetNewsWire [Lite version is free] (RSS)
Virtue Desktops (multi desktop switcher [think Leopard's spaces, but years early])
VLC (media player extraordinaire)
Perian (allows QT to play pretty much anything)
Adium (chat client)
iClip (clipboard manager)
UNO (GUI tweaker, really makes things look nice)
and my #1 program of all time, Spark (http://www.shadowlab.org/Software/software.php?sign=Sprk) (hotkeys for just about EVERYTHING)
I don't launch much without using Spark these days, it's just that easy
hope this stuff helps,
Arth
g33k0ft3ch
10-08-2006, 05:10 AM
Mine:
Firefox or Camino(Web browsers duh)
Adium(Instant Messenging)
VLC(Kick ass media player)
Podtube(Makes Youtube videos play in iTunes and on your iPod)
Bitrocket(Because the Bittorrent on Mac's sucks total ass)
Quicksilver(If you don't use this already then go jump off a..I mean it makes commands easier for you)
iBackup(Backs up your stuff, that is until Time Machine gets here)
iclip(Manages your clipboard)
Crossover(You can run Windows apps in Mac OS X, without going on Bootcamp or Parallels)
Perian(Makes everything basically play in QT without installing any other software
Well that is mine. Hope you enjoyed that!
noonebutme
10-08-2006, 07:42 PM
I don't think they average user will need or have any use for Xcode or Fink
If your on rev3 forums, i'd assume that your slightly smarter/want to do slightly more then the average user does - so i thought i'd mention it. It's always good to have Xcode for the updated libs even if your not going to code anything.
nownot
10-08-2006, 09:06 PM
how about a good c++ and java comiler/programmer somthing like eclipse or visual studio
friend18
10-09-2006, 04:14 AM
Flip4mac
divx codec
vlc player
handbrake
mac the ripper
limewire
burn
skype
Firefox/Camino
Corel Painter/Photoshop
If you have a video ipod:
Isquint
Senuti
I also hear Gimp and Openoffice are good. I havent downloaded them though since I have photoshop, corel painter, and MS office.
wastern
10-09-2006, 04:28 AM
how about a good c++ and java comiler/programmer somthing like eclipse or visual studio
its unix so you have or be able to install via fink gcc++, pop open the terminal and check for it. if its not there then you can go ahead and install it
as for java i used a port of netbeans back in college that worked well. Xcode will do it if you are programing cocoa with java, but for pure java stuff i'd using something else
here is a link to a little about netbeans in os x as well as a link to the download
http://developer.apple.com/java/netbeans.html
synack
10-09-2006, 04:53 AM
Sup,
Check out some books to go with that software.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/security/
This URL may help
http://www.macosxhints.com/
synack