In need of some good mac sites....

[Ancillo]

Hi guys,
I need to browse for some relevant software...
Still,
Im quite an apple noob

I would like some links to good general apple sites to browse and find up-to-date info on mac 3rd party software and else--without bumping into windows stuff every sec..

Thx!!!

PS:_Any other browsers suggested apart from Safari?

 

[emaja]

I would like some links to good general apple sites to browse and find up-to-date info on mac 3rd party software and else--without bumping into windows stuff every sec.

Apple is a good place to start. VersionTracker and MacUpdate are also very good

Any other browsers suggested apart from Safari?

Only a million.

I like Camino, but Firefox, Shiira, Opera, and Flock are probably the best known and most used to the rest.

They are all free, so download them and see if they do what you want a broswer to do.

 

[turbopants]

emaja answered that very well. this is also a good list of applications. It also has some very good suggestions in the comments. It will be good once you get comfortable with your new system.

 

[kretzy]

Have a dig around in the forums here and you'll usually find a useful link to a specific piece of software. As for Safari alternatives, there are many - as listed above - though give Safari a chance, it's by far my fav web browser.

 

[Ancillo]

thx guys,
great stuff...
ill go and give all your suggestions a spin..

Ill keep u posted.

as for the browser,
I would like the best in order to display pages correctly..
Safari is good but with some sites it has a layout problem or so.

 

[20rogersc]

MacWorld has a pretty good website as well as magazine.

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[mduser63]

thx guys,
great stuff...
ill go and give all your suggestions a spin..

Ill keep u posted.

as for the browser,
I would like the best in order to display pages correctly..
Safari is good but with some sites it has a layout problem or so.

To be honest, I very rarely have layout problems with Safari. If you're running into that kind of thing, your best bet is probably Mozilla Camino (Mac-only) or Mozilla Firefox. Both are official Mozilla browsers and use the same Gecko rendering engine. Since Firefox is the second most popular browser in the world, a lot of web designers specifically check for good compatibility with Firefox. BTW, last I heard, Safari was the third most popular browser after IE6 for Windows and Firefox.

 

[keithbennis]

Apple is a good place to start. VersionTracker and MacUpdate are also very good



Only a million.

I like Camino, but Firefox, Shiira, Opera, and Flock are probably the best known and most used to the rest.

They are all free, so download them and see if they do what you want a broswer to do.

Pretty much all that, and the site turbopants mentioned, http://macspecialist.org/content/articles/essential_apps/ is really helpful.