Is there any must have Mac apps?

bobright · Dec 5, 2012, 05:46 AM

I know when my 27" comes the first thing I am getting is Tweetbot.

So what else is a must get, fire away?!?!

GunZi · Dec 5, 2012, 05:48 AM

Steam

VLC

leman · Dec 5, 2012, 05:51 AM

These are what I always install first: Xcode, TextMate, MacTeX, mercurial, R

Snarl · Dec 5, 2012, 06:06 AM

Diablo III

Pages
Numbers
Open Office
Steam
Ultrafan
Spell Tower

hacke · Dec 5, 2012, 06:22 AM

Carbon Copy Cloner

davidlv · Dec 20, 2012, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by hacke

Carbon Copy Cloner

Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC), the latest update is even better.

Disk Warrior

Onyx

smcFanControl

gfxCardStatus (for systems with 2 gfx cards)

Office for Mac (necessary evil for compatibility with the Windows fans) 4

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Max and MacMP3Gain (file converter and gain control for working with music files)

apedance · Dec 5, 2012, 06:29 AM

Alfred
Chromium
Jdownloader
VLC or/and MPlayerX
Word

hakuin · Dec 5, 2012, 06:53 AM

Free:
jDownloader (Download manager)
VLC (Media player)
HandBrake (DVD ripper/encoder)
FileZilla (FTP client)
Transmission (torrent client)
Onyx (System tweaks and more)
XLD (CD ripper/audio encoder)
Meteorologist (Weather in menu bar)
LibreOffice (Word processor and a bit more)
Calibre (Ebook conversion/management)
BetterTouchTool (Adds serious multitouch functionality)
LastPass (Password manager)
DropBox (Online file syncing/sharing)
Keka (File archiver/unarchiver)

Rockoar · Dec 5, 2012, 06:56 AM

Don't even bother buying iWork, save some money and buy MS Office. iWork is pretty ****** unless you don't care so much about text processing and stuff.

DagazaGZ · Dec 18, 2012, 04:06 PM

Oh yeah, pixelmator is great! I could never understand photoshop. Pixelmator is easier and I could actually afford it lol.

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bobright macrumors 68030 Join Date: Jun 2010	Is there any must have Mac apps? I know when my 27" comes the first thing I am getting is Tweetbot. So what else is a must get, fire away?!?!
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Rockoar macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Paris (France)	Don't even bother buying iWork, save some money and buy MS Office. iWork is pretty ****** unless you don't care so much about text processing and stuff. __________________ (10 August 2012)
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Dec 5, 2012, 05:48 AM	#2
GunZi macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2012	Steam VLC
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Dec 5, 2012, 05:51 AM	#3
leman macrumors 68020 Join Date: Oct 2008	These are what I always install first: Xcode, TextMate, MacTeX, mercurial, R
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Dec 5, 2012, 06:22 AM	#5
hacke macrumors member Join Date: Nov 2011	Carbon Copy Cloner
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Dec 5, 2012, 06:29 AM	#7
apedance macrumors member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Vienna	Alfred Chromium Jdownloader VLC or/and MPlayerX Word
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Dec 5, 2012, 06:53 AM	#8
hakuin macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2010	Free: jDownloader (Download manager) VLC (Media player) HandBrake (DVD ripper/encoder) FileZilla (FTP client) Transmission (torrent client) Onyx (System tweaks and more) XLD (CD ripper/audio encoder) Meteorologist (Weather in menu bar) LibreOffice (Word processor and a bit more) Calibre (Ebook conversion/management) BetterTouchTool (Adds serious multitouch functionality) LastPass (Password manager) DropBox (Online file syncing/sharing) Keka (File archiver/unarchiver)
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Dec 18, 2012, 04:06 PM	#10
DagazaGZ Banned Join Date: Dec 2010	Oh yeah, pixelmator is great! I could never understand photoshop. Pixelmator is easier and I could actually afford it lol.
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