What should I download?

[TattooedMac]

My list and there is some double ups here but i have this Stickied/Stuck to copy and paste for this reason


Adium ~ Chat Client
Growl Notifications
SuperDuper or CarbonCopyCloner ~ Both make bootable copies of your HD
HandBrake ~ Video Converting
Burn ~ As it says A Burning App
Transmission ~ p2p client
Skitch ~ Screen capture and more
VLC ~ Video player that plays most codecs and does a lot more
Perian and Flip4Mac Makes watching certain codecs easier ... This is Essential IMHO
Audacity ~ Play with Music App
CandyBar ~ Mods all your icons, and dock
MainMenu or Oynx ~ Does the same as Disk utility only more thorough
Quicksilver ~ Works like Spotlight but way way better and does so much more
StuffitExpander ~ Opens Zip and rar files and more
Lil Snitch ~ Firewall type App that looks at your incoming and outgoing traffic
and last but certainly not least .....
AppTrap ~ Once installed it sits in System Preferences and deletes all associated files of anything that you put in the trash ...

Cheers

 

[thekilierdonut]

Thanks for all the help, everyone!

 

[chas_m]

Actually, apart from Flip4Mac WMV Player and Perian, I don't recommend you buy ANYTHING for a while. I suggest instead that you play around with and learn the plethora of stuff that's already on your Mac.

That way, you will a) have a much clearer idea of what your Mac can already do (to avoid wasting money on software that does the same thing) and what you actually need (I am constantly amazed at how much even long-time Mac users DON'T know about their machine and what it can do).