Re: [OT] My Fav Mac Software

["jeyellok" <johnflamont@xxxxxxxxx>]

Couple of others:

Aperture - Apple's RAW image workflow package, does things from a
Photograp=
hers=20
perspective. New version 2.0 imminent.

PearLabelizer - great donationware for more powerful label printing than
Ad=
dress Book.

AppZapper - when you delete an app, drag it onto this do-hickey and it
tras=
hes the apps=20
.plist and support files. simply effective

Quicksilver - An amazing powerful app launcher that also scripts into
Apps.=
eg. when=20
adding a task to my Omnifocus App, i double tap CTRL, a box opens, i type
t=
he task TAB=20
then type OF (for sending the text into OmniFocus) thump RETURN. QS is a
st=
unningly fast=20
tool for those who find keyboards faster than mice. Spotlight in Leopard
is=
much improved=20
and can do similar things now..

Aurora - free alarm tool...kicks off itunes easily

Panic's Transmit - FTP tool (costs =A3 but worth it) others are yummpFTP,
c=
yberduck

iStumbler - see WiFi signals...

iWork - With the addition of Numbers spreadsheet to Pages and the
fantastic=
Keynote its=20
finally worth the asking price. Openoffice 2.2 is of course better value
at=
=A30, or via=20
donation. Unfortunately because the rest of the world is STUCK in MS
Office=
, to talk to=20
these people business-wise i may invest in Mac Office 2008, due out next
we=
ek.

Visual Hub - Great and simple video conversion tool & try VLC.

OmniGraffle - a clean and useful vector graphic tool,

RapidWeaver - a mac web creation app, lots of plug-ins, now with a recent
p=
aypal store=20
option through PayLoom. Expected to move to version 4.0 at Macworld next
we=
ek.

Reunion - Best Family History app on a mac.

Super Duper - Clone drive backup tool - great for backing-up to a Firewire
=
drive from=20
which you can boot.

VMware's Fusion - better than paralels - more robust & efficient. On my
Mac=
Pro with=20
Windows running homeseer2.0 it peaks out at 65% of one 3GHz core - diddly
s=
quat.

Indigo2 from Perceptive Automation. I am now wrestling with this to
replace=
my 7 year old=20
Homeseer setup. I was never really happy moving to Homeseer's 2 .NET
rehash=
and=20
much preferred the old 1.7. Anyway now moving everything over to mac
native=
apps and=20
will try and sell my Homeseer 2. license....anyone ?

Best for last, every now and then there is a bundle of small mac apps
usual=
ly containing 2-
3 good ones sold for $49 and the proceeds go to charity. This one just
anno=
unced is worth=20
it:

http://www.macheist.com/

For =A325 you get =A3170 of software, perhaps =A3100 of it actually useful.

Don't overlook the OS X built-in Automator, in Leopard it has loops and
var=
iables.

At heart Apple is a Software company, although hardware is well designed,
i=
ts the way it=20
works together for the benefit of the user that i switched from 20+ years
o=
f  PCs.  Perhaps=20
one day OS X will be launched for PC's (non Apple ones...)