WINE has made tons of progress since CrossOver 8.0.0/WINE 1.0.16. Heck, I think they're up to version 1.0.32 now, if not 1.0.33. Most of the fixes are for 64-bit support, which is a good thing
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Something to mux mkv files to mpeg/vob so you can play them on the PS3. tsMuxeR did this but it doesn't work on Snow Leopard. There's a Windows app called mkv2vob that is perfect but the developers are not interested in making it for OS X.
I would also like applications to stream sports to the computer, like StreamTorrent and Sopcast etc.
I would also like applications to stream sports to the computer, like StreamTorrent and Sopcast etc.
well Virtual PC, I need to run 3.11 for very old games and vm fusion 3 sucks as it wont mout real floppies, and then paraless does not have drivers, so like WTF!
so I boot to boot camp and play my old games
so I boot to boot camp and play my old games
It took awhile, but I successfully replaced every function I needed from Windows with a suitable OS-X program.
Some of the CAD programs I have used in the past would be nice to have for mac because boot camp is a ball ache and parallels is a bad solution really.
Also blu-ray player/creator/ripper
Also blu-ray player/creator/ripper
Also blu-ray player/creator/ripper
There's already Blu-ray ripper (Make MKV) and players (Plex, XBMC) for Macs. Just nothing that can handle the DRM or menus of BD structures.
Something that can handle the DRM or menus of BD structures.
The Make MKV dev is considering the addition of on-the-fly disc decrypting and de-HDCP'ing (i.e., no ripping required). After that, someone would need to develop the app that could read those disc structures. My guess is the Plex folks would do it.
Newsbin Pro and AutoUnpack
I have yet to see a newsgroup binary reader that can match Newsbin Pro, and I've tried them all. They all pretty much do the samething, but none of them can automate downloading and unpacking as automatically as these 2 apps combined.
AutoUnpack automates unpacking .rar files, and automatically deletes the .rar parts.
These 2 apps are the only reason I still have to run Parallels every day. I wish I didn't have to.
I have yet to see a newsgroup binary reader that can match Newsbin Pro, and I've tried them all. They all pretty much do the samething, but none of them can automate downloading and unpacking as automatically as these 2 apps combined.
AutoUnpack automates unpacking .rar files, and automatically deletes the .rar parts.
These 2 apps are the only reason I still have to run Parallels every day. I wish I didn't have to.
Framemaker.
I'll never forgive Adobe for dropping this from the Mac about 5 years ago. There is nothing like it for making books with complex structures, indices, etc, etc...
I'll never forgive Adobe for dropping this from the Mac about 5 years ago. There is nothing like it for making books with complex structures, indices, etc, etc...
European version of Quickbooks for mac. Switched my design and printing business to mac a few months back. Everything much sleeker and I'm far more efficient. Photoshop and Illustrator being the mainstay. Hate having to switch on my old pc now just to run Quickbooks. Get your fingers out Intuit and give us a macversion
MediaMonkey If I could run it in OSX with out needing to resort ot Vmware Fusion, I would be a Very Happy man.
A free, good version of Hearts and Solitaire. Not joking. I'm suddenly addicted to playing hearts and sick of playing it through VMWare. I'd even be willing to pay for a version executed as smoothly as the Windows 7 one.
If you aren't afraid of using the terminal there are plenty of python based clients that are one stop shops so to speak. Check out hellanzb or sabnzbd+.
There's no support for decrypting Blu-ray discs on the fly in OS X, thus no way to play them off the discs. But you can rip them (Make MKV) then play those Blu-ray videos on your Mac (Plex and XBMC) with 5.1 Dolby Digital or DTS audio and 1080p video.
Something that will print labels and let me retain my dark hair, not turn it gray or make me want to pull it out! I need something that will take my file done in MS Works (not Word) and let me import it to somewhere on this Mac and print my ~500 labels...been looking for this for almost two yrs. Apple, are you paying attention?
Try Handbrake or FFmepg. Quicktime with Perian installed does server quite well too for some of the needs.
Winamp! (Macamp?
Connect to a digital audio device (e.g., receiver), that way you remove the audio responsibility from the Mac.
I'm pretty sure Bento will do this.
OneNote
Probably the only MS program that is worth the money.
Directory Opus 9 - GPSoftware
I miss it so badly.
Probably the only MS program that is worth the money.
Directory Opus 9 - GPSoftware
I miss it so badly.