What is the Most Common Thing That You Do on Your Mac?

[GodBless]

I usually am either browsing the internet for knowledge with Safari, making 2D invention models in Keynote, composing music with GarageBand, sorting/shopping for/listening to music in iTunes, typing a document in Word or checking/composing email in Mail. Easy, simplistic and fast.

 

[gauchogolfer]

The most common thing I do? That's easy.

Browsing Macrumors and responding to random threads.

 

[timnosenzo]

I said Mail because its *always* open, but I use Safari a lot, iChat, Aperture, Photoshop, etc, etc, etc...

 

[PlaceofDis]

iTunes, Adium, and Camino are just about always open. often times WoW is as well.

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

iTunes, Firefox, Mail and TextWrangler are all running almost constantly.

Transmission and Photoshop aren't that uncommon, either.

 

[DavidLeblond]

Textmate and Safari, and then I switch over to Windows for Dreamfall.

 

[iGary]

Quickbooks Pro
Google Earth
Mail
Safari
VPC runnig Garmin MapSource
Photoshop
iTunes
Transmit

All open all day every day.

 

[clevin]

quicksilver
qim
virtual desktops
adium
transmission
firefox
thunderbird
excel
word

 

[thworple]

Sat on an edit suite most of my life staring at the Final Cut Pro interface.

I swear I'm starting to get a timeline and footage bin burned into my retinas. Every time I look at someone I instinctively start to trim footage of them in the Viewer.

 

[skunk]

Open every day:
Safari
Word
Photoshop
Illustrator
iTunes
Preview
iPhoto
FirstClass

 

[mkrishnan]

I make it a clean mix of web (FF), IM (Adium), and mail (Mail), with more of those three than iPhoto and iTunes....

But I don't understand how you can make a poll like this and not make pr0n an explicit option...

 

[miles01110]

Mail and Mathematica.

 

[imacintel]

What I need open usually: Safari, Mail, MSN Messenger, LimeWire(legal), iTunes. Sometimes iMovie and iPhoto.

 

[ziwi]

iPhoto
Photoshop
iTunes
iMovie
Safari
Mail
Final Cut Express

 

[the Western zoo]

I allways have Firefox, Thunderbird, iTunes, iCal, Skype and messenger running... other than that I use word and some photo apps pretty frequently...

 

[SpookTheHamster]

Most commonly running in background: Quicksilver

Otherwise it's Safari/iTunes tied.

 

[aricher]

Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
Acrobat
Safari
MS Entourage (Work) Mail (Home)
iTunes
MS Excel
Painter 9.5
Final Cut Pro
MS Word
MS PowerPoint
FlightCheck Pro

 

[oingoboingo]

Terminal.app for the win!!

 

[sunfast]

Mail, Safari and iTunes are always open. So's EyeTV.

At the moment, iSquint is probably my busiest app as I'm converting loads of video for my iPod.

 

[pianoman]

iCal always open but I use Safari the most. Second place would be iTunes.

 

[iSaint]

More than one:

Entourage
Firefox
Word

 

[John Jacob]

The applications that I use the most are Camino and Firefox. Don't use Safari that much, for some reason.

 

[emw]

My top ones, in no particular order:

FileMaker
Photoshop
Safari
Notes
OmniGraffle Professional
Preview

But I don't understand how you can make a poll like this and not make pr0n an explicit option...

That was my first thought as well, but the poll is officially asking about applications, not activities, so it's probably covered under browser use and QuickTime.

 

[puckhead193]

safari the most, then MS word

 

[zim]

wouldn't the Finder be an application? if so then the Finder would be what I use the most Otherwise... iChat, Safari, Mail, textEdit, iTunes, iPhoto... hard to say but all those are open everyday including the addressbook, photosohp... etc..