What Mac software can you not live without?

* iLife '08
* iChat
* Safari
* Visual Hub
* Handbrake
* Unison
* MacPar Deluxe
* Toast Titanium
* Mail.app

QuickSilver
Inquisitor
Adium
Netnewswire
Growl

While I love Pages, I could be happy with alternatives, and the same goes for Safari.

Adobe CS3

Not too many I can't live without. At least that doesn't come on the Mac (like iLife). But I can't live without FileMaker Pro, Firefox and Office. Maybe throw CS3 in there, but if I had to, I could make do with something else.

iTunes
Amadeus
Intaglio
Camino
Httpmail (plugin)
Devonthink
Pacifist
Spark

funkychunkz said:

Httpmail (plugin)

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I wish that worked for my Hotmail account...I have to use the horrible web interface for now

Garageband
Firefox
VLC
iChat
iTunes
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Quicksilver- it was the first program I installed on my brand new Macbook last week.

for those of us that are new to the imac world, can you give a brief description of what the programs you can't live without do?

The OS?

OmniFocus. I've only been using it for 2 weeks, but it's totally changing my personal productivity. I'm actually completing tasks and actions to reach my goals instead of just watching TV, browsing MR and so on! It's ace.

Adobe Illustrator

I could live without these apps, but if I'm using a computer for most work items, I have to use:

Entourage (have to connect to an Exchange server with no IMAP)
Word & Excel (currently running 2008, but I could live with 04)
Finale (music notation)
Dr. Betotte (metronome)
iTunes
Filemaker Pro
Audacity
Pro Tools

Mail
Adium
Safari
iTunes
Preview

Papers
Mail
iWork 08 (Pages & Keynote)
iLife 08
Adobe Lightroom
iCal

firefox - simply because safari won't let me access my college email account. i've never known why, but just live with it.

Exposé - i know it's not really software, but i could not live without it. with no taskbar, like xp, it's hard to know what windows are open, but exposé rules out the need for a taskbar, and is much cooler.

i'll get back to this thread when i'm on my mac and realise there's something i always use!

Lack of these won't put me in the ground, but I'm partial to them since there aren't easy alternatives that I'm aware of:

Quicksilver
NeoOffice

Aperture
Photoshop
Office 2008
iTunes - I need my music.

Most important ones...
* Camino
* Adium
* iTunes
* Terminal
* Mail
* VLC
* Preview

cs3
ms word
iwork 08
ilife 06
adium
rise of nations gold
diablo 2
star craft
taco html
safari
quartz composer
apple works
snapz pro
activity monitor
terminal
cyber duck
mail

Got to be :

Firefox
VLC
Butler
NeoOffice

Firefox
VLC
Adobe CS3
Office 2008
Corel Painter
Adium

Transmission
Safari
Quicklook in finder
Twitterific
Pixelmator