What Software do you use?

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Tell every one what your favorite software is. Like iTunes, Adobe Photoshop ect.
Mine: iTunes, Quick Time Pro, Adobe Photoshop CS3, aMSN, Safari and Adobe Premiere Pro CS3.
 
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iTunes, SPSS, Papers, Safari, Lightroom, Rosetta Stone
 

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Aperture, Final Cut Express, Coda, Snapz X Pro, Quicktime Pro, Photoshop CS, Smultron, Safari, Mail, MpegStream clip, Eye TV2, etc
 
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MobileMe and associated apple s/w, photoshop cs3, word, ichat, acrobat 9 proff
 
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Update: People use some pretty nice apps Kepp em' coming guys.
 
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Adium X - IM Application
Cyberduck - FTP and SFTP
Quicksilver - just try it
Flip4Mac - Watch Windows Media Format files on my Mac
VLC - The best video player in my opinion
Firefox - The best browser :)
The Unarchiver - To unpack files, UnrarX is also good for .RAR files.
iWork - For my budget
VMWare Fusion - When i need windows
Transmission - When i want to download .torrents
Acquisition - When i want to download music (Not free though)

All of these applications are free except Acquisition
 
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ibook g4, imac 2ghz c2d, mbp 2.4ghz c2d - 10.5.1
Adium X - IM Application
Cyberduck - FTP and SFTP
Quicksilver - just try it
Flip4Mac - Watch Windows Media Format files on my Mac
VLC - The best video player in my opinion
Firefox - The best browser :)
The Unarchiver - To unpack files, UnrarX is also good for .RAR files.
iWork - For my budget
VMWare Fusion - When i need windows
Transmission - When i want to download .torrents
Acquisition - When i want to download music (Not free though)

All of these applications are free except Acquisition


I didn't think iwork was free
 
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Sorry, my mistake :)
 
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Macbook Pro 2.2ghz Leopard
Photoshop and Indesign cs2
Safari at work Firefox at home
mac mail
aperture - use at home instead of iphoto, more options than iphoto easier to use than photoshop for home use
time machine
garageband
the unarchiver
transmission
office 04
itunes
toast
mac the ripper
handbrake
games currently playing - age of empires III, starcraft, quake III arena, halo
bootcamp running ubuntu, having problems with this, cant get rid of the partition because bootcamp somehow forgot it was there
 
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The 10 thirdparty apps I use most is:

- Firefox
- Colloquy
- Skype
- Photoshop Elements
- Skitch
- Rapidweaver
- Smultron
- Transmit
- Delicious Library
- OpenOffice (3.0 beta)
 
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iMac (Penryn) 2.8ghz 4GbRam 500GbHDD
Really new to Mac but already loving:-

iWorks08

Truecrypt 6 - (FREE!) Encrypt you entire HDD, if it gets knicked, or the HDD has to go away for warranty replacement no-one is getting any of your info.

Evernote - (FREE!) Remember stuff, notes etc. Screen clip from Website, email to your personal Evernote email or Just drag it in there. Takes a bit of playing with but excellent once mastered. I frequently take a photo of a book, business card, price on my phone & email to my evernote. Once in evernote it's even text searchable within the photo.

Skype - (FREE! for Skype to Skype calls) The video calls are just excellent, most of my family seem to have Skype (PC & Mac users) and I'm really impressed with the quality of the calls. I had a better webcan on my PC, but the internal iMac one is just fine too.

SuperDuper - (FREE for "Full Backup Only" restricted function operation) Backup software my Dad can operate. Enuff said. I actually just ordered a Time Capsule so I reckon this'll not get used much after that.

1Password - Password archival/generator. Allows you to give REALLY complex passwords on websites and just remember a local password to access them.

Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client 2 - Just updated (July 08) and is excellent for logging on to work without the need for a PC at home. This is the only version I've used, I understand earlier ones weren't quite so good.

Messenger for Mac 7.01 - (Updated June 08)This works just great, I will replace it with a more generic messenger aggregator once I find one that suits. For now I use Skype, MSN & iChat with the most people on MSN due to work contacts.



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I also bought 2 copies of this year's MacHeist II bundle (1 for my Dad & 1 for me). How I wish I could still buy the previous bundles. I haven't fully explored it all but included in my bundle & associated bonus software was several bits of software I love:-

Text Expander - Simple replace text program but so powerful. I use this every single day without thinking about it. I'm even using it to insert the links in this thread as I have the "quote with description" structure set as UURL shortcode, same for quotes, addresses, contact info, stanadrd letters I frequently type & more.

BitClamp - Simple drag & drop file encryption, easy enough for my Dad to use. Now I can email to & from securely. I'll set up GnuPrivacyGuard once I get a little more proficient but this is great for now.

Wiretap Pro - Tagline "Record Anything" and they're not wrong, Skype calls (with permission of course), if the Mac plays it you can record it. My daughter wanted some live songs off of one of her concert DVDs on her iPod, did it not problem.

Sound Studio 3 - An Audacity-like sound editor, I used this to fade in/out on the songs I put on my daughters iPod.

Overflow - Add additional, perhaps lesser used, dock items sorted by genre, or any other strategy you chhose. I have, Music, Video, Internet, Photo & Utility panes that have massively cleaned up my dock.

Wallet - Securely keep sensitive information on your Mac Locked away safely.

Without Macheist I'm sure I'd have never discovered these, or the masses of other apps included for my $49. Awaken, ChaChing, Devonthink Personal, Coversutra, iClip, WriteRoom, XSlimmer & 3 Games and a few minor apps.

I'd strongly recommend registering at Macheist to be notified when the next bundle appears.

For most other things I've been using the bundled software, iWeb, iPhoto, Garage Band etc.

I've a lot of things I haven't discovered the best solutions for yet, but that's for another day.

Mark.
 
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In no particular order:
Firefox
Google Earth
QGIS
R
EndNote
iTunes
NeoOffice
Terminal (I'm learning :) )

And to a lesser extent:
Audacity
Seashore
VoodooPad
Freemind
 
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2.4 GHz Blackbook, 4GB memory, 250GB HD
Safari
iTunes
iPhoto
ichat
Mac mail

Im still new to mac but slowly learning.
 
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Its amazing how much software is out there.
 
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Feel Free

Feel free to tell people what software your using.
 
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iTunes, SPSS, Papers, Safari, Lightroom, Rosetta Stone

I need to use a statistical program to analyze some pre and post tests and am debating between SPSS and R. I have used SPSS on a PC, does it look the same on a MAC?

Thanks,
 
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Safari, iTunes, Lightroom 3, Photoshop CS4, Painter 11, x-chat aqua, Outlook, Word, Excel.
 
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Here are app's I use frequently.

Main Apps:

Time Machine
- Backup Both my mac's to my Time Capsule

Mac Mail - Email client.

iTunes
- Music, Podcast, TV shows and Movies.

iMovie - Edit video's I make.

iPhoto
- Store and organize all the photos I take with my iPhone.

iChat - Aim and Gmail messenger.

iCal - Personal events, Work events and day's bill's are due

iWork - I mainly just use Pages.

Things - Keep track of things I need to do, it syncs up to my iPhone.

Adobe Lightroom 3
- Cataloging and simple photo editing.

Adobe Bridge - Proof photos

Adobe Photoshop CS5 - Intuitive photo editor (pixel editor)

Aperture 3 - Similar to Lightroom, but i use this mainly for the album design feature.

Skype - The one IM that me and my GF have in common.

Firefox - Web browser.

AppCleaner - Searches computer for files associated to an App I am about to delete.

CandyBar - Icon changer

CocnutBattery - Monitor the life of the battery, I use this only on my MBP Obviously.

Cue-Splitter
- Splits single large MP3 files into individual tracks.

GrandPerspective - Displays what takes up space on the HD in a graphical view.

OnxX - OS X Maintenance App.

RAR Expander
- Expands .rar files.

Transmission - Torrent client.

iMedia Converter by iSkysoft - Converts and rips media.

iPhoto Library Manager by Fat Cat Software - I use this to merge multiple iPhoto libraries together from different computers.



Other Apps and widgets:

gfxCardStatus - Allows me to monitor which graphic card my MacBook Pro is using. It also allows me to switch it manually. Only for the 15" 2010 MBP's.

Xmarks
(for Safari and Firefox) - Syncs bookmarks between computers and browsers.

Growl - It's a notification system for Mac OS X: it allows applications that support Growl to send you notifications.

Perian - "Swiss army knife for Quicktime" Codecs

Paragon NTFS for Mac OS X - Allows me to Read/Write to NTFS drives.

iState Pro
- System monitor widget

Delivery Status By Junecloud - Delivery status information, it syncs to the cloud. I also have the iPhone and iPad app. Supper sweet app!!
 

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