fuzzn said:
any chance somebody could tell me which applications all those are? i'm a windows user but i'll be gettin my mac mini sometime in august... i juss feel like knowing what all that stuff mac users use is? don't hate me
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I'll name the ones I recognize, in order as shown on the Dock:
Finder - Mac file browser, equivalent of Windows Explorer
Dashboard - Konfabulator-like widgets as part of the OS
Mail - Mail program
Safari - Web browser
Address Book
iTunes - Music player and organizer
iCal - Calendar program
Quicktime player - plays video
System Preferences
Roxio Toast Titanium - CD/DVD burner
Final Cut Pro - Professional video editor
Adobe Premiere (I think)
One of the Abobe CS apps, not sure which one
Azureus - Bittorrent client
Activity Monitor - Monitors your system
DVD Player
VLC Player - Nearly universal video player
an Apple Pro sound app, not sure which one
Adobe CS app, not sure which one
Not sure
Automator - Automates many operations
Calculator
Compressor - Professional video compresser, comes with Final Cut Pro
Dictionary
Not sure
Printer management app
Ac3 decoder
Not sure
Font Book - Font management program
iChat - AIM and Jabber chat client
iDVD - DVD burner, part of iLife
Image Capture - downloads photos from camera or scanner
iPhoto - Manages photos, part of iLife
iSync - Synchronizes information with your phone or iPod
LimeWire - Gnutella client
not sure
not sure
Preview - opens images and PDF files
Quark - desktop publishing/layout design program
Apple Remote Desktop - allow you to control multiple computers
Sherlock - Finds many different types of information on the internet
not sure
Stickies - puts virtual PostIt notes on your desktop
not sure
TextEdit - Text editor, can open Word files
Transmit - Excellent FTP client
not sure
Graphing Calculator
Keychain - keeps your passwords
Grab - takes screenshots
Network Utility - allows many network operations such as WHOIS and Finger
Terminal - opens windows to the OS's UNIX core
System Profiler - shows detailed info about your system
Printer Utility - add/remove printers
not sure
Soundtrack - professional music program, comes with Final Cut Pro
not sure
not sure
not sure
JackTheRipper - DVD ripper
not sure
Windows Media Player - Ironically named WMV player
Hope this helps!