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Brilliant applications you have only recently discovered

Cromulent

Cromulent

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Well thought I'd start a post about excellent applications that people have only just discovered.

I found a couple today and they have changed how I do things on my computer so I am pretty happy.

Max 0.7.1
Unison 1.7.9

Both are pretty darn useful. I have been looking for a decent newsgroup reader for Mac OS X ever since I switched over from Windows in October and I think Unison looks like a very promising application.

As for Max, being able to convert Flac files to Apple Lossless Format directly is a god send :). Probably up there in my top 5 most useful applications.

So anyone else have any applications they have only just discovered and want to share with anyone else who may not know about them?
 
Cromulent said:
As for Growl, it can be very helpful. Especially when you install the addons for iTunes and Mail. Also handy if you use Adium.
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That's exactly why I got it: Adium, iTunes, Mail...plus it works with iChat if you have the Chax add-ons to iChat. Vienna also accesses it (which I believe Unison does as well).
 
Saft is a great add on to Safari. You can move tabs. Go full screen or max screen, control a variety of other preferences and best of all, all new windows can be opened in a new tab, also next to the current tab.
 
roland.g said:
Saft is a great add on to Safari. You can move tabs. Go full screen or max screen, control a variety of other preferences and best of all, all new windows can be opened in a new tab, also next to the current tab.
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If you like Safari enhancements, I definitely recommend Inquisitor.
 
Scrivener

I can't imagine writing without Scrivener. It took a little while to understand its workflow (since I'm so used to using crappy last-century word processing software like Word as writing software - which it definitely isn't.)

Seriously - I write simple things like weblog entries with Scrivener, and its perfect for organizing all my thoughts and media and research. When it finally comes time to write that great novel, I can't imagine being without it.
 
Kilamite said:
Or you could use iTunes in miniplayer option and have full functionality with the remote for free.
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Of course you could, but then you wouldn't get the lovely display of album art on your desktop. Nor would you get the global hotkeys, either (even though I use QS for my hotkeys), nor the Last.FM integration.

But yes, you could roll with just the mini-player for no money. Agreed.
 
I just found the "FileMerge" app in the OSX>>Developer>>Applications>>Utilities folder on my mac...Freakin Awsome!

I modify my webpages, with html coding after I make the raw part in WYSIWIG, and I like to make sure that I'm only uploading the Files that have changed,

Start Filemerge, drag the previous site build folder into the Left Box, and the new site folder into the Right Box, and compare.

It tells you which files are different, you can select which way you want to see which is different, and it will even oopen them in side-by-side windows and show you exactly which lines have changed.

Incredible.

Brian
 
SmartBackup
I just got a copy of this and a new external hard drive. It works great. Although you have to use iCal or something else to get it to schedule, it has an option to run automatically when started.

I haven't been using OSX long enough to really know of anything else. I will be watching this thread for a while. :)
 
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