Purely out of curiosity, what kind of freeware is out there for the Mac, and which ones do you guys like to use?
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mad jew
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You may want to be a little more specific because there are literally thousands of freeware apps at sites like Version Tracker as well as Apple's own download page.
Here's a pretty cool thread for starters though. 🙂
Here's a pretty cool thread for starters though. 🙂
TMA
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I like any freeware that's good and the developer wont suddenly start charging for after you've been using it for years.
Net Monitor was great as freeware, but the **** chomper decided he would start charging. http://homepage.mac.com/rominar/net.html
Net Monitor was great as freeware, but the **** chomper decided he would start charging. http://homepage.mac.com/rominar/net.html
superbovine
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TMA
macrumors 6502a
superbovine said:
No don't get me wrong, I have absolutely no problem with people charging for software that they've spent ages creating in their own free time.
What I have a problem with is something that's free for years and then suddenly you're asked to pay. You can't even use the older free versions of this software either.
Moans about shareware
What I have a problem with is something that's free for years and then suddenly you're asked to pay
You mean like the iLife suite...
There's no such thing as a free lunch. Thank your lucky stars you got to use it for a while for nothing.
What I have a problem with is something that's free for years and then suddenly you're asked to pay
You mean like the iLife suite...
There's no such thing as a free lunch. Thank your lucky stars you got to use it for a while for nothing.
PCMacUser
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Ditto on that. When I got my Powerbook (since returned) one of the first things I noticed was that you needed a piece of software to sort Safari bookmarks. This software was free until the release of Tiger, then they decided to start charging. So I removed Safari from my dock and got a real browser...TMA said: