Mac users ? ? ?

[Replicator]

I'm interested in knowing . . . What are the most useful applications you've found for your Mac.

I've gone through all the top 10 (or) 100 lists, but I'm interested in actual user experience and recommendations.

Thanks for your time !

:U Rock:

 

[Mainframe]

Default Folder (must have), Illy PS, & the airport wi fi widget, that's it for me, sure am enjoying this new Macbook Pro-I use Flexi to cut on the Rolands & XP to rip prints with Versaworks on the Mac at the shop, a friend told me to check out openoffice.org I think I might check it out

 

[FatCat]

- Adobe CS3 Premium Suite (Pshop, Illy, ID, Acrobat etc..)

- Pitstop Pro allows full control/editing of PDF files in Acrobat

- Filemaker Pro (database management and customization)

- I really like iTunes and iPhoto - FREE, very convenient and easy to manage/customize your music and photos.

- Silverkeeper backup software (from Lacie) makes my external FW hard drive a complete duplicated bootable backup from both my macs.

-VMWare Fusion - allows me to run Windows on my mac at the same time as I can jump back and forth between Quickbooks, MS Office, & Publisher while still having my designs open in the mac.

 

[omgsideburns]

a friend told me to check out openoffice.org I think I might check it out

open office sucks. it's great if you're running linux, but it runs so poorly on windows and osx in my experience, you're better off with the real thing. iwork isn't bad either, but it isn't office.

 

[SebastienL]

You have pretty much all you need out of the box. You can open and edit all Microsoft Word and excell files. You can open all types of image files, including tiffs and eps.

Just add CS3 and you're in bussiness.

Any other application you add is just gravy...

 

[synergy_jim]

I love all of the iwork software, transmission, popcorn, handbrake, i can go on and on....

 

[Replicator]

Thanks for the great responses !

 

[petepaz]

we just got a new mac w/ 24" screen
haven't used it yet waiting on the software

we used to use mac back in the day
i don't remember what mac it was but the one i stated on was similar to the set up today
the hard drive and disk drive where all in one with the monitor
but my monitor was only 6" or 8" and it had a dual disk drive(the 3.5" floppy)
then we got the lc and then one of the first power macs
aahhh the good old days

 

[Rodi]

I use old software, Live Picture 2.6, Pixar Typestry 2.2x, LetraStudio 2.x, FontStudio 2.0x, on OSX I use PitStop, Freehand, Illustrator, and I wish I had the money for PDF Tuner from CGS.

Interestingly enough except Typestry, the old mac software is mac only.

 

[Replicator]

Afternoon BUMP !