New To Mac Programs

[new-Mac-owner]

I recently bought Some mac items like a mbp,I was wondering what types of programs are good for photo editing and what programs do you have that you like?

 

[jmadlena]

Welcome to the Mac community! You're in for a great experience with your MacBook Pro; I love mine.

For photo editing and the like, I would try Aperture, which is made by Apple. Or Adobe Lightroom. They are pretty similar in function, although I've read that Lightroom is a little more powerful.

Or you can always use plain old Photoshop.

And one of my favorite apps of all time is Delicious Library. It is a great app for organizing your movies, cds, and books. A new version is coming this month (hopefully) and should prove to be even better. Check it out here.

 

[new-Mac-owner]

Do you use a card reader If so what type?

 

[jmadlena]

Do you use a card reader If so what type?

A card reader for my photos? No, I just plug my camera into my MBP via USB and import them into iPhoto.

 

[new-Mac-owner]

what else are some good starter programs?IM slowly getting into mac so I have no clue.

 

[aristobrat]

If you google for "top 10 mac applications", you'll get like 100 people's opinion of essential Mac applications. It's a cool way to get to know your Mac. 🙂

 

[ucsdmac]

If you google for "top 10 mac applications", you'll get like 100 people's opinion of essential Mac applications. It's a cool way to get to know your Mac. 🙂

I Agree.. My new MBP is suppose to come either tomorrow or Thursday..but Ive already been searching for the past few days and downloaded all the cool free apps and I CANT wait to try them all .. hahah..as you can tell..I'm a first time MBP user too. 😀

 

[KingYaba]

what else are some good starter programs?IM slowly getting into mac so I have no clue.

http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php - free word processor

http://www.transmissionbt.com/ - free torrent program for your Mac

http://perian.org/ - components for your Quicktime Player

http://www.flip4mac.com/ - allows you to play Windows media files

http://www.unrarx.com/ - for those rar files...

http://www.fadingred.org/senuti/ - grab music files off of your iPod

 

[mackindergarten]

Hi!

If you are a Safari user, I suggest, you get the great SafariStand plugin. I posted a tutorial on installing and setting it up over at Mac Kindergarten.

/Rupert