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<blockquote data-quote="AWSPhotography" data-source="post: 1503419" data-attributes="member: 297377"><p><strong>The definitive “Apps you must get for your first imac” guide</strong></p><p></p><p><strong><u>IMPORTANT</u></strong> before you read any further, if you havn't read chas_m's guide for us newbies i highly recommend you do that first. You can find it <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/switcher-hangout/208133-sage-advice-new-mac-switcher.html" target="_blank">Here</a></p><p>Ok, 2 days to before I get mine and I have been reading this forum a lot, and one thing I have noticed is that there seems to be a million and 1 apps for everything. Now I can imagine that an experienced apple user will, without thought, be able to know what’s best for their mac, but for us switchers, well we haven’t a clue to be fair. So a thread like this I think would be very useful. </p><p></p><p>Now I’m not on about apps like aperture for photos or something like a spreadsheet / word processing from what I have read the apps that come with are perfectly able to what is required with a minimum of fuss. The kind of things I am on about are like this “ONYX”(???) app for maintenance, and “Xtrafinder” for file organising. I could be barking up a wrong tree here but if im not then it could be a valuable source of help.</p><p></p><p>If it is a good idea then could I ask you to suggest your apps in the format:</p><p></p><p>[appname]</p><p>[short description]</p><p></p><p>And a personal note as to why you think it should be in this list</p><p></p><p>If the consensus is that it’s a good suggestion then ill edit this first post adding your suggestion with credit to you and organize it into a relevant section. For EG</p><p></p><p><strong><u>Photographic</u></strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Lightroom 4</strong></p><p>This app allows you to edit, keyword, organize and print all your photographs with ease. New in version 4 is the ability to create books.</p><p><em>Thanks to awsphotography for this suggestion</em></p><p></p><p>Over to you experienced mac users…. </p><p>Ta</p><p></p><p>Andy</p><p>====================================================================================================</p><p></p><p><strong><u>Security</u></strong></p><p></p><p><strong>1Password</strong></p><p>A great app that manages all the passwords for all your accounts online. It also keeps track of bank information, credit cards, personal data, and secure notes. Furthermore, it allows you to quickly and easily generate strong passwords so that you don't commit the fatal flaw of using the same password on every site. If you're concerned about web security, this is a great app, and I highly recommend it. It is also available on iOS and Windows in case you need it there too.</p><p><em>Thanks to J.Fo for this suggestion</em></p><p></p><p><strong><u>Maintainance</u></strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Onyx</strong></p><p>Onyx is a very good tool for maintaining our Mac. Running the automated tools say once a month will keep the gears greased.</p><p><em>Thanks to mrplow and chas_m for this suggestion </em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AWSPhotography, post: 1503419, member: 297377"] [b]The definitive “Apps you must get for your first imac” guide[/b] [B][U]IMPORTANT[/U][/B] before you read any further, if you havn't read chas_m's guide for us newbies i highly recommend you do that first. You can find it [URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/switcher-hangout/208133-sage-advice-new-mac-switcher.html"]Here[/URL] Ok, 2 days to before I get mine and I have been reading this forum a lot, and one thing I have noticed is that there seems to be a million and 1 apps for everything. Now I can imagine that an experienced apple user will, without thought, be able to know what’s best for their mac, but for us switchers, well we haven’t a clue to be fair. So a thread like this I think would be very useful. Now I’m not on about apps like aperture for photos or something like a spreadsheet / word processing from what I have read the apps that come with are perfectly able to what is required with a minimum of fuss. The kind of things I am on about are like this “ONYX”(???) app for maintenance, and “Xtrafinder” for file organising. I could be barking up a wrong tree here but if im not then it could be a valuable source of help. If it is a good idea then could I ask you to suggest your apps in the format: [appname] [short description] And a personal note as to why you think it should be in this list If the consensus is that it’s a good suggestion then ill edit this first post adding your suggestion with credit to you and organize it into a relevant section. For EG [B][U]Photographic[/U][/B] [B]Lightroom 4[/B] This app allows you to edit, keyword, organize and print all your photographs with ease. New in version 4 is the ability to create books. [I]Thanks to awsphotography for this suggestion[/I] Over to you experienced mac users…. Ta Andy ==================================================================================================== [B][U]Security[/U][/B] [B]1Password[/B] A great app that manages all the passwords for all your accounts online. It also keeps track of bank information, credit cards, personal data, and secure notes. Furthermore, it allows you to quickly and easily generate strong passwords so that you don't commit the fatal flaw of using the same password on every site. If you're concerned about web security, this is a great app, and I highly recommend it. It is also available on iOS and Windows in case you need it there too. [I]Thanks to J.Fo for this suggestion[/I] [B][U]Maintainance[/U][/B] [B]Onyx[/B] Onyx is a very good tool for maintaining our Mac. Running the automated tools say once a month will keep the gears greased. [I]Thanks to mrplow and chas_m for this suggestion [/I] [/QUOTE]
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