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Just got MBP, What apps?

MattZani

MattZani

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Basically, looking for anything useful, i already got istat, but thats it. Also, must be free, as im saving for CS3 :p
 
Transmission for torrents.

Adium for msn etc.

Colloquy for IRC

Neooffice for office functions

VLC Player for those online movies

Just a few :)
 
Thanks, tried Audim, but couldnt get used to it, so using MSN For Mac 7.

And getting Office 08 soon, so thats not a problem either.

Downloaded coconut battery, and its saying my MBP is 3 months old!?!?!? I havent calibrated it properly yet i will do tomorrow.
 
MattZani said:
Thanks, tried Audim, but couldnt get used to it, so using MSN For Mac 7.

And getting Office 08 soon, so thats not a problem either.

Downloaded coconut battery, and its saying my MBP is 3 months old!?!?!? I havent calibrated it properly yet i will do tomorrow.
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It means the laptop was manufactured 3 months ago, not how long you've had it.
 
flip4mac - wmv/wma in quicktime.
awaken - use your mac as a alarm
coffiene - make sure you mac dosnt go to sleep in the wrong moments
kill monty - braindead, yet fun, game.
writeroom - full envoriment writing program
transmission - torrent
transmit - ftp
adium - IM
colloquy - irc
quicksliver - program-launcher program
aperture 2 - photo-organzing program
AppZapper - nice for cleaning programs
iStat Menus - as widget
textmate - the Missing Editor for Mac OS
cssedit - playing with css? then get this
Toast Titanium - burning software
shimo - vpn client, owns cisco
Little Snitch - check (block/allow) which programs get acces to the net
unrarx - unrar .rar

some of those i think you should check.
 
Thanks, coming from about 9 years of PC Use, installing stuff was confusing, i had no clue how to uninstall! App Zapper downloaded!

Also, on a PC, the Windows Key + L Locks the PC, is there a similar function on OS X? Also, how do i set a password? My Account has a password, but it still auto logs me in...
 
MattZani said:
Thanks, coming from about 9 years of PC Use, installing stuff was confusing, i had no clue how to uninstall! App Zapper downloaded!

Also, on a PC, the Windows Key + L Locks the PC, is there a similar function on OS X? Also, how do i set a password? My Account has a password, but it still auto logs me in...
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You uninstall by dragging the programs from the application folder to the bin, welcome to the mac world. :)

Oh and the lock, i use: http://chriscook.info/?p=8 - then the programs keep running in the back, nice and fast.
 
MattZani said:
Thanks, coming from about 9 years of PC Use, installing stuff was confusing, i had no clue how to uninstall! App Zapper downloaded!

Also, on a PC, the Windows Key + L Locks the PC, is there a similar function on OS X? Also, how do i set a password? My Account has a password, but it still auto logs me in...
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In Windows the WindowsKey + L (Login) is used for fast user switching... taking you to the login screen without shutting down apps. If you have multiple users defined on the Mac, the name of the current user is in the top right area of the Menu Bar. Click that and you'll see any other users, as well as "Login Window", which is the equivalent of WindowsKey + L in Windows.

If you're a single user, you can define a screensaver with password lock and define a Hot Corner to activate it just by moving your mouse.
 
Ok, when i say lock, on my PC, im a single user, so pressing (w) + L puts a password box, with my username above, and my desktop, only way out is entering password or rebooting the PC, only to be faced with login.

Thanks for helping a switcher out, im learning!
 
MattZani said:
Ok, when i say lock, on my PC, im a single user, so pressing (w) + L puts a password box, with my username above, and my desktop, only way out is entering password or rebooting the PC, only to be faced with login.

Thanks for helping a switcher out, im learning!
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That sounds like what XP Pro does when Windows-L is pressed. I believe it is regular XP that goes to the user login screen.
 
visualhub: great application to convert videos in any formats!

Roxio Toast: for all your cd/dvd burning needs
 
Got Lock Desktop, now looking for:

System Prefs App that adds Keyboard shortcuts to open apps
Free - $20 DVD Ripper, At Full Quality, including 5.1 track, and maybe even menu's?
 
Programs I use:

http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/
http://www.ntfs-3g.org/
-useful for reading those ntfs-formatted disks

http://sbooth.org/Max/
-CD ripper/encoder . . . more customization than iTunes . . . also a little faster way to get my music onto my Mac

http://cogx.org/
-Because I don't like using iTunes for playing my MP3s

MPlayer OS X
-Unless you want to use CCCP on VMware fusion/Parallels/Bootcamp, this is one of the better ways to play subbed anime (enter -ass -embeddedfonts -fontconfig in the advanced part of prefs and hit "j"--no quotes--for english subs)

http://perian.org/
-Because QuickTime doesn't have all the necessary codecs to play anime, etc.

http://handbrake.fr/
-So you don't have to bring your DVD with you when you want to see a movie on the plane

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23049
-Customizes the speed of your fans

Hope this helps,
Esther
 
Definitely check out SMCFancontrol. It might have been posted earlier in the thread. Your inner thighs will appreciate it if you plan on using your laptop on your lap a lot :p
 
The Unarchiver - for all zips and .rar's
Visual Hub - for changing video formats and sizes... works an absolute charm!
Apimac Timer - free and useful. I like the full screen clock mode for when Im working (although you have to pay for the pro version for perks like that! ha)
 
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