Your top 5 (or so) apps you use and recommend

gene cleangene clean
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
I thought we could use a thread like this, both to show what we use daily and for noobs to OS X to find some really cool apps without going through hoops.



I searched and could not find a similar topic. If there is one, I apologize. But even if there is, I'm of the opinion that apps have changed/new apps have come to light and that we should have an up-to-date thread with our most used apps.



Please post a list of 5 or so applications you use most and write a short description about what they do with a (optional) link.



I'll start.

Thanks!
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  • Reply 1 of 52
    midwintermidwinter Posts: 10,060member




    Lesser known:



    Nisus Writer

    Soho Notes

    Yojimbe (likel to replace SOHO Notes)

    Omni Outliner 3

    The Missing Sync

    New Newswire Light

    Quicksilver (indispensable)



    Not pictured: The utterly brilliant iCalViewer and FinderPop.
  • Reply 2 of 52
    zozo Posts: 3,117member
    Adium - kill iChat.. use Adium. Only use iChat for video/audio conf..

    Azureus - bittorrent client

    DTV - http://participatoryculture.org auto download some awesome video, sync with iPod, etc...

    Skype - www.skype.com

    MS Office - www.microsoft.com/mac

    Adobe PS

    VLC Player - www.videolan.org the only "other" video player you'll ever need

    Flip4Mac - WMV player (see MS site)

    PearLyrics - Widget/App that gets lyrics of song you're listening to and adds them to the MP3/AC automatically. You can then read the lyrics on the iPod as well. To download, see versiontracker.com and read the comments, there is sure to be a link
  • Reply 3 of 52
    macanoid(tm)macanoid(tm) Posts: 344member
    In this order:



    Launchbar

    Newsfire

    Devonthink Pro

    Freeway 4 Pro

    Omniweb 5
  • Reply 4 of 52
    kwsanderskwsanders Posts: 327member
    Adium

    Think Free Office

    Adobe Photoshop Elements 3

    QuickSilver

    TigerLaunch

    Cocktail

    ecto (blogging tool)
  • Reply 5 of 52
    bspearsbspears Posts: 147member
    Safari

    Mail

    iTunes

    Nisus Writer

    eFax



    These are the apps I use every day.
  • Reply 6 of 52
    krisnephkrisneph Posts: 143member
    Quicksilver(app launcher and much more)

    Adium(msn,jabber,aim,yahoo client)

    Acqlite(file sharing)

    Firefox(recomend for PC)

    BurnX Free(burn cd's fast for free)

    Quartz Composer(make screen savers free with OS X)
  • Reply 7 of 52
    trojanshawntrojanshawn Posts: 91member
    What exactly does Quicksilver do??
  • Reply 8 of 52
    brclark82brclark82 Posts: 182member
    Thunderbird (I only use it as a newsgroup reader though)



    Handbrake



    Google Earth (I don't use it that often but it's pretty neat to check out every once in a while)



    FUGU (sFTP)



    VLC





    And all of the above are free apps
  • Reply 9 of 52
    gene cleangene clean Posts: 3,481member
    Thanks folks. Keep it coming!
  • Reply 10 of 52
    oldcodger73oldcodger73 Posts: 707member
    The ones I use day in, day out are:



    Safari

    Mail

    iTunes

    MS Office

    FileMaker

    PhotoShp/In Design

    3D Hearts Deluxe
  • Reply 11 of 52
    xoolxool Posts: 2,460member
    OmniOutliner

    OmniGraffle

    OmniDiskSweeper



    all by OmniGroup
  • Reply 12 of 52
    krisnephkrisneph Posts: 143member
    Quote:

    What exactly does Quicksilver do??





    Well honestly anything you want it to do. It is very good at launching apps but you can set it up to do lots of things.



    For example:



    I select text in Safari > Press F1 > Type "MT" (for Mail To)

    The Type "JJ"(For James Johnson for example) and hit enter



    it launches Mail for me and I can just press send or type some more stuff.



    You can also move or copy items in the Finder very quickly.

    There are tons a plug-ins available and it's very customizable
  • Reply 13 of 52
    midwintermidwinter Posts: 10,060member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by TrojanShawn

    What exactly does Quicksilver do??



    It's basically an application launcher. I trigger it with control+space, which brings up a little window. I type "Ma" and Mail.app is selected. It launches when I hit return.



    It's also quite extensible, with plugins and whatnot to control other apps.



    Really, really handy.
  • Reply 14 of 52
    thegreatlukethegreatluke Posts: 65member
    Once my MacBook Pro and Universal versions of the below come out, they'll be:



    Safari

    iLife

    iWork

    The Sims 2

    Civilization IV



    :P How original!
  • Reply 15 of 52
    midwintermidwinter Posts: 10,060member
    My dock at the office:







    Nisus Writer

    Word

    SOHO Notes

    Yojimbo

    OO3

    Acrobat

    Safari

    Camino

    Mail

    iChat

    Address Book

    iCal

    iTunes

    Macupdate

    The Missing Sync

    Quicksilver

    Preview
  • Reply 16 of 52
    brussellbrussell Posts: 9,812member
    Aside from the obvious (Safari, Firefox, iTunes, TextEdit, Mail), I regularly use R, the open source statistics software, and Realbasic for the little programming I do. I use Word and Powerpoint everyday, but iWork sits unused.



    SPSS users - give up. Resistance to R is futile.
  • Reply 17 of 52
    gene cleangene clean Posts: 3,481member
    I just added Quicksilver to my favorites. Great app.
  • Reply 18 of 52
    macanoid(tm)macanoid(tm) Posts: 344member
    While Quicksilver has a few more features due to its plugin architecture, Launchbar is way way faster. So much, it's like comparing a bicycle (QS) to a Ferrari (LB)
  • Reply 19 of 52
    midwintermidwinter Posts: 10,060member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by macanoid?

    While Quicksilver has a few more features due to its plugin architecture, Launchbar is way way faster. So much, it's like comparing a bicycle (QS) to a Ferrari (LB)



    Has it been a while since you used QS?
  • Reply 20 of 52
    krisnephkrisneph Posts: 143member
    Well Quicksilver is free and plenty fast on my new DC G5.
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