All Mac Switchers... list your favorite software

[aphex]

I can't recommend this program enough - App Fresh - http://metaquark.de/appfresh/

Scans your Mac for all your applications and fully automates updating all of them with the latest version, all at once.

 

[secretanchitman]

torrents - transmission
p2p - frostwire
ftp - cyberduck
extraction - the unarchiver

 

[quackagator]

Originally posted by: TheTurk
1-HANDBRAKE..period..can rip any DVD with ease. (Free)
2-If you need video chat with MSN messenger, aMSN seem to be the only one working without problems..(Free)
3-Phoenix Slides (Photo Viewer, Free, seems to be the only one that works to a degree)

Then..

4-Shapeshifter (Tweaks Menus, $20)
5-GarageBand
6-iTunes (of course)
7-PS 2
8 YASU (Cleans history etc., Free or $2 donation)

(Still... no free application to view photos like you would in Windows OS. iPhoto has its own mind, anything else is half ars)

Picajet
http://picasaweb.google.com/qu...to#5110598441375702706
Has a free versin also But i have not tried it yet

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: quackagator

Originally posted by: TheTurk
1-HANDBRAKE..period..can rip any DVD with ease. (Free)
2-If you need video chat with MSN messenger, aMSN seem to be the only one working without problems..(Free)
3-Phoenix Slides (Photo Viewer, Free, seems to be the only one that works to a degree)

Then..

4-Shapeshifter (Tweaks Menus, $20)
5-GarageBand
6-iTunes (of course)
7-PS 2
8 YASU (Cleans history etc., Free or $2 donation)

(Still... no free application to view photos like you would in Windows OS. iPhoto has its own mind, anything else is half ars)

Picajet
http://picasaweb.google.com/qu...to#5110598441375702706
Has a free versin also But i have not tried it yet

Do they have an OS X version of Picajet? It looks really nice, but I only see a Windows version...

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: quackagator

Originally posted by: TheTurk
1-HANDBRAKE..period..can rip any DVD with ease. (Free)
2-If you need video chat with MSN messenger, aMSN seem to be the only one working without problems..(Free)
3-Phoenix Slides (Photo Viewer, Free, seems to be the only one that works to a degree)

Then..

4-Shapeshifter (Tweaks Menus, $20)
5-GarageBand
6-iTunes (of course)
7-PS 2
8 YASU (Cleans history etc., Free or $2 donation)

(Still... no free application to view photos like you would in Windows OS. iPhoto has its own mind, anything else is half ars)

Picajet
http://picasaweb.google.com/qu...to#5110598441375702706
Has a free versin also But i have not tried it yet

Do they have an OS X version of Picajet? It looks really nice, but I only see a Windows version...

try "acorn"...i downloaded it and it hasnt nagged me yet for any activation/serial, even though it says you can purchase it for $30.

 

[MovingTarget]

bump. This is a useful thread. Can we possibly have a sticky?

 

[loup garou]

Well I'm not a "switcher" (god, I hate that fucking term almost as much as "fanboy"), but xmeeting is one of the most impressive bits of freeware I've come across for my macbook. h.323 standard videoconferencing software, uses builtin iSight, with builtin STUN support (and some free servers), location profiles, and can control remote cameras on Polycom videoconf systems, I'm going to test it with some Tandberg systems tomorrow as well.

 

[CrackRabbit]

marked! 🙂

 

[crazycarl]

Textmate, Adium, MacTheRipper, NeoOffice, and OmniOutliner are all amazing and I use most of them every day. Preview, Safari, and iTunes come with the OS of course, but are also excellent.

 

[MovingTarget]

I'm in grad school for math, so I've recently found TeXShop and FreeMAT to be very useful. They are both free/open source. The former is for typesetting mathematical expressions (used for typing articles) and the latter a free alternative to MATLAB. Both are available on SourceForge.