My Essential Mac Apps
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- Andy Miller
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here's a quick list.. i'll edit/add to this as i get more time
Textmate - bar none, best text editor - shareware
Quicksilver - program launcher - nothing else beats this - free
Pathfinder 4 - finder replacement - shareware
Transmit - Fantastic FTP client - shareware
Dejamenu - assign window menu to key or button - free
iTerm - Tabbed terminal - essential - free
Colloquy - superb IRC client - free
Proteus - multiprotocol messenger - shareware
skype - you know it, you love it - free
netnewswire - best rss reader on the planet - shareware
Apple Mail - better than thunderbird on the mac - free
Firefox - Safari is good, firefox has more tools - free
Zend IDE - PHP development - commercial
Eclipse - PHP/Java development - free
Bits on Wheels - for torrents - free
SmartSyncronize - compare/diff tool - commercial
SmartSVN - decent svn client - commercial
Omnigraffle - awesome charting tool - free
Navicat - great Mysql client tool - commercial
SuperDuper - very nice backup program - shareware
Toast Titanium - CD/DVD burning app - commercial
VoodooPad - note taking and brain dump app - shareware
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- HNL
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Hi Andy,
Thanks for the list. Gives my something to learn and look for.
I also want to recommand VoodooPad.
Use it on a daily base.
You can drop anything in it, in the way you want it.
And Gus is a really very nice guy!
Always helpful and very quick to answer
your questions in a personal way.
Piece of Essential Mac software to me.
For Windows users there is a similar program called WikidPad.
But I have no experience with that program.
Cheers, HansNL
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I'm going to throw into the ring, SketchUp by At Last Software. It's commercial and not necessarily cheap (depending on your POV), but it is a stunning value from mine.
One ought not be allowed to have this much fun on a computer. ;D
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- Andy Miller
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- Sketchup does look very cool - pricey though
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Andy Miller wrote:
Sketchup does look very cool - pricey thoughYeah... you'd have to be a keen hobbyist if it weren't for professional use...
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- Andy Miller
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- Was just playing with the demo, quite fun. You know of anyway to manipulate cylinders? Was thinking of trying to make a version of the rocket logo with this but doesn't seem to handle round objects, only polygon based stuff.
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It's not really a NURBS modeller in the classic sense, but there is a way to do it. Give me a day or two and I'll see what I can do. Actually... is there a vector version of the logo art you can send me?
dlattari [AT] kadocreative [DOT] com
For a fabulous little modeller that comes in at number two fun apps on the Mac for me is Cheetah.
www.cheetah3d.com
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My list looks similar.
I use
DEVONthink instead of VoodoPad (a lot more expensive but it's a heavy duty data storage app)
Yummy FTP instead of Transmit (don't like the interface as well but it's noticibly faster)
Never could make the transition from BBEdit to Textmate. It looks great but there are too many years of use hardwired into my fingers. Maybe BareBones will get worried and roll the text collapse into the next version. That would be cool.
Omnigraffle is only free for Powerbook users.
Have you tried Curio? It's an amazing visual project planning/asset management tool.
iBiz keeps track of my project hours and billing.
Oh, and Ecto the best desktop blogging tool around.
Don't forget the new Garageband. It really does make podcasting a piece of cake.
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- Andy Miller
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- Web Kahuna
- I tried Yummy a while back and went back to Transmit. Can't remember now what that reason was. Anyway, giving Yummy a second chance and liking it so far. I think you are right, it is faster.
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- HNL
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Michael Mckee wrote:
My list looks similar.
I use
DEVONthink instead of VoodoPad (a lot more expensive but it's a heavy duty data storage app)
Yummy FTP instead of Transmit (don't like the interface as well but it's noticibly faster)
Never could make the transition from BBEdit to Textmate. It looks great but there are too many years of use hardwired into my fingers. Maybe BareBones will get worried and roll the text collapse into the next version. That would be cool.
Omnigraffle is only free for Powerbook users.
Have you tried Curio? It's an amazing visual project planning/asset management tool.
iBiz keeps track of my project hours and billing.
Oh, and Ecto the best desktop blogging tool around.
Don't forget the new Garageband. It really does make podcasting a piece of cake.
Hi Michael,
You talk about some programs I did not know.
Nice to research them.
DEVONThink is a class in itself.
Indeed other stuff then VoodooPad
I would vote also for anything from DEVON Technologies.
DEVONAgent can find things for me that Google wo'nt.
Cheers, HansNL
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