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My Mac is soon coming and i need some programs.

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Mac1212

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OK first i need a torrent program with RSS (is uTorrent for OS X?)
Is VLC the best AVI playing program or is there better for OS X , i heard PLEX was good to.
And if u have any other programs i need please tell.
 
Perian is a great add-on for quicktime. It really does the job for so many file and video types. Plus it integrates it with itunes, so you can have a library of ogg files!

I use Transmission for for BT, but I guess you'd need to get the uTorrent beta for RSS.
 
I recently ran a clean install of OS X and decided to compile a list of essential applications.

Can see that list here
 
I would recommend transmission for torrents, personally I think it's better than µtorrent for mac. Not sure if it has an RSS feature though.
 
Thanks for all the answers, now i will have a good start on my imac when i get it
 
uTorrent beta for RSS, but to create new torrents just grab transmission (i still don't understand why they would release the beta without a create torrent function)

Stuff I use.. mainly a/v programs

VLC for video/audio playback
Perian for all the codecs you need
Mactheripper for ripping DVDs
Handbrake for DVD > avi,mkv etc.
Last.fm is a pretty cool addon if you listen to a lot of music through itunes
Adium for messaging
Speed Download for downloading files
XLD for proper audio conversion and CD rips
Audacity for audio editing
Filezilla for ftp
Toast is always good for burning
Unrarx for rarchives
xACT for lossless audio
Logic for all things audio
NX client for remote access
Adobe Acrobat 9 for pdfs
obviously ilife 09 and office 08

to name a few i see on my dock.
 
dmbfan41 said:
uTorrent beta for RSS, but to create new torrents just grab transmission (i still don't understand why they would release the beta without a create torrent function)

Stuff I use.. mainly a/v programs

VLC for video/audio playback
Perian for all the codecs you need
Mactheripper for ripping DVDs
Handbrake for DVD > avi,mkv etc.
Last.fm is a pretty cool addon if you listen to a lot of music through itunes
Adium for messaging
Speed Download for downloading files
XLD for proper audio conversion and CD rips
Audacity for audio editing
Filezilla for ftp
Toast is always good for burning
Unrarx for rarchives
xACT for lossless audio
Logic for all things audio
NX client for remote access
Adobe Acrobat 9 for pdfs
obviously ilife 09 and office 08

to name a few i see on my dock.
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Hey sounds like many good program, and i only download i dont create so maybe uTorrent Beta is fine for me then
 
Mac1212 said:
Hey sounds like many good program, and i only download i dont create so maybe uTorrent Beta is fine for me then
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yeah. my only complaint about os x is the lack of programs. so many programs i want to run are windows and linux only.

someone needs to port over EAC asap
 
dmbfan41 said:
yeah. my only complaint about os x is the lack of programs. so many programs i want to run are windows and linux only.

someone needs to port over EAC asap
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The programs may [or may not] be Windows-only, but the functionality is probably available on most computer platforms. Instead of complaining about the lack of programs, you will be better served by stating the functionality you want. The members of this forum can then help you locate the programs that do what you want.
 
lets see- crossover for running windows programs (belive me you don't need boot camp or parallels)
AirRadar - if you you are getting a laptop
Utorrent - I think we all know what this does ;)
Limewire - Again ;)
Frostwire - ;)
GoogleEarth - A must have
Boxee - If you like tv shows and movies check it out. It is a really cool program.
AppCleaner - A must have. This should be the first thing you download.
DockLibrary - You wont use this at first, but in a month or two you will use it a lot. If you want to customize your dock this is a good one.
CandyBar - Again you wont use it at first (you will be to amazed about the apps that come on the mac) but in a month or two you will want this. It customizes your dock and more importantly your icons.
SuperDocker- Same thing as Docklibrary but it is good to have both.
Rightzoom - google it. it is very useful.
Burn - Very useful for burning dvds and iso's

Here is a invaluable website for any mac begginer http://web.mac.com/simon_elliott/simon_elliott@mac.com/Software.html
I hope you enjoy.
Also Google all those programs to find out how to download, and because some of them are paid apps, search youtube on how to get it for free ;)
You might even see some of my videos.
 
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