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log.info(”fred is blogging”);Top softwares on my mac
So you just got your brand new shiny Unibody MacBook (Pro) and now you want to the load the beast with some cool software? Well I can’t help but I can give you the list of software I’m using on my MacBook - some freeware, some I paid for, some I’m still in the eval period.
To fill the little holes (like there is a need too…)
Growl THE notification system. It’s the kind of software you install once and then you never go back to it, it’s there, it does its work.
unaceX to extract .ACE archives
UnRarX to extract .RAR archives
iStat menus to get nifty statistics
AppZapper to uninstall apps
Appfresh to update all apps in one shot
To get, to put, to control
Cyberduck FTP client (and other protocols too)
Transmission best BitTorrent for OS X?
Little Snitch to make sure no other software is using your Internet connection behind your back
Chicken of the VNC to connect to VNC servers
Remote Desktop Connection to connect to Windows machines - sometimes you have too
To talk with others
Adium multi-protocol chat client, AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Facebook, IRC…
Microsoft Messenger right from the Microsoft Mac BU
X-Lite SIP client
Development
Aquamacs Emacs to remind me of the old X-Emacs days
TextMate for all my Ruby on Rails developments
To help my creativity
CSSEdit visually edit your CSS
Pixelmator a simple (yet powerful) replacement for Photoshop
RapidWeaver easy web site editor, most of my personal websites are made with it these days
Skitch to take screen snapshots
For the fun of it
To watch videos
For the other world
Things I’m evaluating
Versions SVN client
Color Schemer Studio to find the right colors
Disco to burn DVD (although I don’t do that often)
MarsEdit as a replacement for Wordpress built-in editor
OmniGraffle Professional to create beautiful diagrams, GUI prototypes
Screenflow to record my screen when I (badly) attempt to create screencasts
That’s all I have and actually use. If you find cool stuff you think I should try, let me know…
Gilles said on Thursday, October 30, 2008, 21:44
Hi,
Thanks for the tips. Note that Growl is so useful that Adium has already proposed me to install it.
Gilles (mac newcomer).
Seraphiel said on Friday, October 31, 2008, 5:52
Don’t forget the Pixelmator Tutorials video podcast!
They are available on http://pixelmatorpodcast.com
and on iTunes: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=284768359
Guillaume said on Friday, October 31, 2008, 11:22
I would add Perian : http://perian.org - a quicktime extension which allows it to read most common video formats. You could use vlc, for perian means any app relying on quicktime to read video will benefit from it. You can import non-quicktime videos into your itunes library for instance, or you can edit and convert them with quicktime pro.