Your favorite applications....
Sorry if this has been addressed before, but I am curious about the applications you guys use to enhance your mac, or anything pretty much that is written for free, or from versiontracker etc. Guess I will start out.
1 - I use Dockless for TheMissingSync for PocketPC so I can have it open, but it does not appear anywhere.
2 - VNCThing works great at least for me to, well, VNC to my other computers.
3 - Transparent Dock to move my dock to the bottom right and to remove the background.
4 - LameBrain to encode mp3's. Works great.
5 - MacAmp Lite X. It is free now and if I want something to not be added to my iTunes library, I use this. (I wish iTunes had a 2nd default playlist for when you open up a song file so it isn't added to your library, but that is a different topic alltogether)
6 - (edit) Just started using iCar. It lets me do auto responding. (Come on Apple, add this in already!)
That is all I can think of at the moment, but if I think of more I will post here. What are some things you guys use? Thanks!
-Jeremiah
1 - I use Dockless for TheMissingSync for PocketPC so I can have it open, but it does not appear anywhere.
2 - VNCThing works great at least for me to, well, VNC to my other computers.
3 - Transparent Dock to move my dock to the bottom right and to remove the background.
4 - LameBrain to encode mp3's. Works great.
5 - MacAmp Lite X. It is free now and if I want something to not be added to my iTunes library, I use this. (I wish iTunes had a 2nd default playlist for when you open up a song file so it isn't added to your library, but that is a different topic alltogether)
6 - (edit) Just started using iCar. It lets me do auto responding. (Come on Apple, add this in already!)
That is all I can think of at the moment, but if I think of more I will post here. What are some things you guys use? Thanks!
-Jeremiah
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My list, from a similar thread a while back, edited to be Panther friendly and more reflective of my current usage:
Launchbar - open any file/url/address/application without having to navigate to it.
WeatherPop Advance - Took over for Meteorologist which has all but died.
OmniOutliner - A great app for outlining and brainstorming. I love it. Use it with OmniGraffle for some great diagraming fun.
OmniGraffle - The best diagraming application I've ever seen. Combine it with OmniOutliner and you never have to have a loose argument again!
Art Director's Toolkit - I never knew I needed this app until I used it. It does all sorts of things that you could do on your own, but it makes it way easier. Essential for web design (IMHO).
Fink Commander - If you want to use Fink, you have to use this. It gets rid of all that apt-get/dselect madness.
RAqua - An OS X front-end for the R stat programming language. Free and powerful as hell.
SubEthaEdit - Free texteditor with syntax coloring and a whole slew of other cool features.
CSSEdit - A great shareware CSS editor. It makes my life so much easier.
Transmit - The best FTP app out there.
Can you tell I've been doing a lot of code work lately?
1 - Share My Desktop for a VNC server. It runs as a system service, so it is much better in my opinion than always having to have a program open.
2 - CocoaMysql is a great utility for managing mysql databases. It is still a bit buggy, but very very promising.
3 - DnsUpdate I use to give my computer a *.dyndns.org address. It updates it whenever my static ip changes, and runs as a process, but not in the dock.
I think that is all for now...
These are what I use and are a little more common. You can search for these on MacUpdate.com of versiontracker.com:
MenuMeters- Good & simple stat program for Disk, Processor, Network, and ram
Barware- Mix like a pro, just not all on the same night
Video Viewer- Watch firewire video on your computer. Through a DV camera or video bridge
Brickhouse- Great simple firewall config utility
OnyX- OS X Maintenance and hidden option config
OnMyComand- Gives you costomizable Contextual Menus for OS X
PeripheralVision- (Get an old version) Though not free, is a great troubleshooting utility when something is not working.
Whitecap- Visual plugin for iTunes and other apps. (2 of my configs were accepted. See if you can spot them.)
Konfabulator - I'm lovin the widgets. Also a great app. I use the internal temp monitor, a weather widget, and one that tells how much data is in the trash (I miss that from previous OS versions)
Meterologist - Even though it is dead, still a great app.
I think thats it. It's late and I don't remember, I'll edit if I find more.
Originally posted by alcimedes
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Originally posted by DMBand0026
PTH iTunes Notifier - Sweet app. I love it, can't live without it now.
Konfabulator - I'm lovin the widgets. Also a great app. I use the internal temp monitor, a weather widget, and one that tells how much data is in the trash (I miss that from previous OS versions)
Meterologist - Even though it is dead, still a great app.
I think thats it. It's late and I don't remember, I'll edit if I find more.
Could you post some links to PTH iTunes Notifier & Meterologist apps please? TIA
(too lazy to google them up right now)
Poision: great peer to peer intergration
Mplayer OS X 2: Play all Xvidz
VLC: alternative video playback tool, in charge .cue tasks on my laptop.
iVisit: real multi-party video audio solution, , and it is cross platform.
Fire: throw laggy msn away
Launchbar: reduce diffusive dock
Synergy: great extension goes with iTune
WeatherPop: weather forecast
Toast: burn your own bread
Pixadex: icon gathering
Candybar: system icon replacing app
gBrowser: must-have picture browsering tool, even has small compatiblity problem with Panther, but I still prefer him rather than a slow iPhoto.
GCam: record with ya webcam, have some fun with it.
Freesnap: snap at ease.
Atomix Dojam X SC: free english-chinese, chinese-english dictionary.
Those are mentioned here, should every mac nuts ownz.
Launchbar : be lost without it
Freeway Pro : my favourite web design program. It's mac only guys!!
Not much of a "third party shareware app/utility" kinda guy. I dig my OS and environs fairly pure and stock.
I find I have few problems that way.
But I do dig Konfabulator a bit, even though I could easily live without it.
And the Terminal is always fun