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A new Best Mac apps thread

Best Torrent Engine?

Transmission or uTorrent seem to be the most popular in this thread
I have been using Vuze on my macbook but it was been freezing alot lately looking to change

Looking to change but want to hear more feedback on these two
 
chrome
spotify
itunes
adium
coconutBattery
quicktime codecs (PERIAN, VLC)
Transmission
VMWare
BookReader
ForismaticQuotes
swakett
Growl
Daisy Disk (VERY GOOD)
and Garage Band :) haha

ooo, and DropBox
 
Best applications IMHO

This is my short list:

Totalfinder (visor)
Caffeine
Quicksilver
Growl
MPlayer OSX Extended
XBMC
 
Hi there,
A lot of you are recommending Caffeine.
Can someone tell me why you'd never want your Mac to sleep?
Would this not shorten the lifespan of your display?
And can it not be done in System Preferences?
thanks for the advice,
malch
 
I don't use too many apps, but here's what I like and use

Transmit
Coda
PS
LightRoom
BBEdit
RapidWeaver
Bento
VMWare Fusion
MS Office.

Of this list, these apps are what I use all the time, I have other apps installed but I use them infrequently. I use these just about on a daily basis
 
malch said:
Hi there,
A lot of you are recommending Caffeine.
Can someone tell me why you'd never want your Mac to sleep?
And can it not be done in System Preferences?
thanks for the advice,
malch
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You may want to have Energy Saver preferences set to sleep the display after 5 minutes and sleep the computer after 20 minutes, for example. However, if you get up to get more coffee or are interrupted by a long phone call, your Mac could sleep when you didn't want it to. So you can click the Caffeine icon to override the preferences and keep it awake. When you're ready to return to your preference settings, one click on the Menu Bar icon does it, without having to frequently go back into System Preferences and change the settings.
malch said:
Would this not shorten the lifespan of your display?
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Not to any measurable degree. Unless there's a defect, you will have replaced your computer long before the display wears out.
 
Oh boy, here's a few I use that I don't think have been mentioned yet:

Calibre--ebook organizer/converter
DevonThink Pro Office--paperless office organizer
pdfsam--split/merge pdf's
Max--audio format converter
MP4 Tools--video format converter
MPEG Streamclip--video converter, I use it mainly to grab still frames for iMovie projects, since you can't do that within iMovie 11!
Neat Image--noise filter for my scanned photos/negatives
ExifChanger--make changes to EXIF, IPTC metadata of image files
 
ControllerMate is simply awesome—and I doubt anything quite the same exists on any platform but Mac.

It lets you make your own USB/Bluetooth controller “drivers” that make devices do anything you can dream up. Incredibly powerful—must be seen to be believed—and it’s all by drag-and-drop of visual flowcharts.

Make your joystick work as a mouse, make your mouse buttons change the volume, make a second keyboard do something unique, make iCade work with Mac... and lots of advanced stuff like long-press vs. short-press, custom cursor acceleration, shift-buttons, and custom profiles for specific apps.

It has made my gaming far better, and my productivity shortcuts too. It also lets lots of "non-Mac" controller devices work really well on Mac.

Plus it’s just fun (for me) to invent your own complex actions by purely visual "programming.”

P.S. Boring as it sounds, TextWrangler gets my vote too.
 
Some add-on apps and utilities I use regularly:

1Password
BBEdit
Better Rename 8
Carbon Copy Cloner
Find Any File
Geek Tool
Google Earth
GraphicConverter
Lightroom
Little Snitch
MacGPG2
Microsoft Office 2008
MTR
PCalc
Skim
Thunderbird
Transmit
Vienna
VLC
VMWare Fusion
 
eric/ said:
Why don't people use the BitTorrent app?

http://www.bittorrent.com/
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Looks just like µTorrent.
Application use is always subjective, especially with the "BEST" moniker thrown around.

The applications I use are the best for my usage patterns, though if they are really the best, is up to daily debate on countless fo message boards, just like the stupid "Mac OS X vs. Windows" (yeah, PC is short for Windows, I know, stupid frakking me) threads, that come up every now and then, here and on YouTube, the best place to have a good conversation riddled by idiots.
 
simsaladimbamba said:
Looks just like µTorrent.
Application use is always subjective, especially with the "BEST" moniker thrown around.
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Yeah I know, but I see a lot of people suggesting different clients and I've always wondered why people don't download and use the actual official BitTorrent app.

:confused:

FWIW I've always had good results with it. It's minimal, highly functional, and it's never been obtrusive. no advertisements or anything either.
 
As of now...

1. Alfred - Seriously THE BEST app ever!
2. Growl
3. 1Password
4. FreeMemory Pro
5. AppCleaner
6. Spotify - Why did I just find out about this?!!!
7. Steam
8. Chrome
9. Adium
10. DaisyDisk

Those are the apps I use the most, some other apps I love but seldom use(or are always on)...
- XLD, iSnap, HandBrake, PranayamaFree, VLC, Dropbox, The Unarchiver, GeekTools, Caffeine.
 
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GGJstudios said:
In most cases, app removal software doesn't do a thorough job of finding and removing files/folders related to deleted apps. For more information, read this.
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Yea I know, sometimes if I'm not lazy I'll delete other files it missed in the Library folder and other folders.
But I'm not too worried about it, as it gets the bulk for the most part. :)
 
Aperture
Logic Pro
Handbrake
Pages
The Gimp


Many more, but these are the basis of my daily usage....I have 1 major game on my iMac...(Rules is rules!) Bioshock. I may never finish it, but enjoy paling from time to time.
 
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