New to Mac:)!!! Please recommend your favorite software.

[motobonsai]

Hi everyone. I just bought a 24 inch imac. I love it. I will never go back to pc.

Anyway I was wondering if you all could recommend your favorite software.

I am open to most categories. I have browsed the mac site but i was kinda overwhelmed. So far my favorite download has been Candybar. Candybar provides an easy way to set up custom icons and docks.

Thank you in advance.

 

[jmann]

I LOVE adium!! Best for IMing.

 

[marold280]

picasa if you dont like iphoto
and adium obvs.

i love supertux . its AMAZING

 

[Tomorrow]

Aside from the programs pre-loaded on the Mac, here are the ones I use most often:

Firefox
Photoshop Elements
VLC
Office 2008
Fusion

Enjoy!

 

[Insulin Junkie]

Firefox
VLC

Definitely!

I love Miro (Video downloader) now with Hulu support
Photoshop CS
Tor
Seashore (simple but gets the job done for quick image editing)

As for games... I'm kind of addicted to Otis. I firmly believe that nobody's got a higher highscore than me on that game!

 

[EmperorDarius]

Camino browser, definitely worth a try.

 

[JavaWizKid]

Spotify for free music streaming.
doubleTwist for anything that is incompatible with iTunes.
VMware Fusion for running Windows beside my Mac.
Photoshop (depending if you need it).
iWork or Office Mac.
AppCleaner to remove any junk while removing an application.
Adobe Air platform.
Firefox.
The list goes on... The more you use your mac the more great software you discover

 

[jsgreen]

A few more that I didn't see mentioned:

1Password for managing logins, web forms, identities (I use it daily), works great along with the 1Password iphone application

PandoraJam for recording & saving Pandora streams to iTunes (includes some simple tags too)

Netflix viewer (might be Microsoft's Silverlight product) for watching movies

Meteorologist for weather

 

[QuantumLo0p]

ClamXav (because I respect my friends who use windows)
iLife 09
iWork 09
Quicktime Pro (adds cut-copy-paste and other goodies to QT)
App Zapper (for deleting apps)
Cyber Duck (ftp)
Nikon Camera Control (to tether my Nikon)
Silverkeeper (backing up)
Little Snitch (security)
Evocam (security)
iStopMotion (for clay-mation movies)
Rapidweaver (web sites for dummies)

 

[miles01110]

Try any of these threads.

 

[Darth.Titan]

Try any of these threads.

I agree. Do we need another one of these threads? To the OP, welcome aboard and all, but there's tons of these threads here on the boards already.

 

[SHADO]

I agree. Do we need another one of these threads? To the OP, welcome aboard and all, but there's tons of these threads here on the boards already.

The search function is a great thing. Use it wisely. Now would be a good time to use it wisely lol.

 

[Michaelgtrusa]

Boxee

Houdini

Zbrush