most essential software to get for your mac

[Bucnawesome]

what does everyone think? what's the single piece of software free or purchased that you couldn't live without? My vote's for handbrake, Adium, and Roxio Toast

 

[Neil321]

what does everyone think? what's the single piece of software free or purchased that you couldn't live without? My vote's for handbrake, Adium, and Roxio Toast

I'd try doing a search on this one as it's been done just as many times as the glossy vs matte or parallel's vs fusion debate

 

[mail4asim]

Firefox !! I use my mac at work and have a few intranet sites that don't work well with Safari but work very well with Firefox. If it wasn't for firefox, I wouldn't be able to use my Mac at work.

 

[GGJstudios]

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[messedkid]

.... so what's the "single piece of software"? 😀

IMO...stuffit.

Sure those other apps are nice, but you pretty much NEED an expander.

 

[reclusivemonkey]

As a pretty new Mac owner (just over two months now) the first thing I have bought is Coda; its a fantastic application, the best HTML editor I have used. Its a really clean interface but at the same time very powerful.

 

[watergun]

LOL, different people have different needs...If I have to choose one common, most important software for mac...it's gonna be Leopard 😀

 

[Sky Blue]

IMO...stuffit.

Sure those other apps are nice, but you pretty much NEED an expander.

I'd vote stuffit as the worst OS X expander. The one piece of software that will never go near my mac.

 

[krye]

what does everyone think? what's the single piece of software free or purchased that you couldn't live without? My vote's for handbrake, Adium, and Roxio Toast

Toast.
iLife (if that counts)
Pixelmator
NeoOffice (any Office suite for that matter. They're all the same, but you need at least one)
AppZapper

 

[redgaz26]

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iTunes for my music and my iphone !!!!

 

[randyharris]

LaunchBar
Camino
iLife
OpenOffice Aqua [beta] (or NeoOffice)
VisualHub
MetaX
The Unarchiver
Transmission
Perian

 

[GGJstudios]

I'd vote stuffit as the worst OS X expander. The one piece of software that will never go near my mac.

Care to elaborate? Why don't you like it? What do you recommend as an alternative, that will open compressed files, including .sit files?

 

[Father Jack]

I'd vote stuffit as the worst OS X expander. The one piece of software that will never go near my mac.

I have been using Stuffit for a couple of years without any sort of problem .. 😕

 

[dirt farmer]

Vienna as my RSS reader

EasyFind as my Spotlight replacement. It's powerful medicine!

SuperDuper as my hassle-free, painless backup option.