Comments on: 7 Awesome Mac Applications

By: Michael Schirmer

Michael Schirmer — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:54:58 +0000

Thanks so much for your list and the list of others. I just converted over to a iMac and i probably will look into everything listed, just to see how the Mac Compares to the PC.

By: Dave Peterson

Dave Peterson — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:50:09 +0000

I second Aaron’s endorsement of VMware Fusion. There are still a few Windows apps I need, and with a nice, clean installation of Win XP, Fusion makes my MacBook Pro the fastest Windows machine I’ve ever used.

By: Topo

Topo — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:50:42 +0000

Good list. I find Flip4Mac is far more powerful than visual hub. Here’s a great blog post that lays it all out about F4M: http://flip4mac.vox.com/library/post/10-reasons-to-use-flip4mac.html

With reference to Drive In, I actually like the idea of working with a DVD copying program that’s on the “up and up”. Sounds great to me.

By: David Reynolds

David Reynolds — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:09:25 +0000

I love lists like this - I now have a whole raft of apps to try out

I probably only have a couple that I use on a day to day basis and they are:

- Netnewswire: the best RSS reader I have come across, especially now that the full featured version is free.

- Textmate: Text editor of choice: great for any programming language, along with a pretty much any mark up language you can think of thanks to it’s bundle architecture.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:12:14 +0000

- Firefox 3 RC1: World’s faster than any other Web browser on Mac or Windows and more stable than Safari in Leopard.

- Overflow: A cheap, easy-to-use launcher that looks great, too.

- Delish: Del.icio.us bookmarks app for Mac. A must-have to easily find a bookmark from among the thousands.

- VMware Fusion: I work in a Windows-only enviornment (even our VPN isn’t Mac-compatible), so this app lets me get my work done and still keep my Mac apps running.

- Resize ‘em All: My favorite of the numerous batch resizing and renaming apps. Looks great, and works perfectly. A must-have for loading photos to a blog or Web site.

- Linotype FontExplorer X: A free font manager that is much better than FontBook and even the pay font managers (Suitcase and FontAgent Pro).

- OnyX: Great free cleaner app.

- AppZapper: Cheap and fun application removal tool.

- MacTheRipper: Free DVD ripping tool Also strips copyright protections and compresses. (Only use on your personal DVDs, kids!)

Lots more that I can’t think of right now.

By: Nanda

Nanda — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:57:47 +0000

gotta agree with Coda, love it.

I also love:

- Transmission
- Comic Book Lover
- Adium
- Speed Download

etc. etc.

By: Brady Friedrich

Brady Friedrich — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:17:46 +0000

Oh great, just what I need: more reasons why I should get a mac… I’m jealous!

By: Rick Yaeger

Rick Yaeger — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:57:36 +0000

Hmm… avoiding the mundane “Mail” or apps relating to my work, like “Photoshop,” here’s what I’d list:

SpamSieve
TextExpander
1Password
LaunchBar
Skitch
Twitterific
Transmit

By: MacMasore

MacMasore — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:54:04 +0000

Adium: the best messenger client.
CSSedit: like coda but only for css
Quicksilver: handy do-it-all.
Quinn: the best version of tetris ever…
Transmission: just does it’s job and does it good.
Camouflage: to hide that nasty cluttered desktop
Videobox: handy for downloading flash video.