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Must have programs

Okay, here's some of my killer apps I could not live without in OS X.

Browser: Mozilla. Tabs - 'nuff said.
IM: Proteus. I like it better than Fire.
Email: Entourage. The only MS product I used.
IRC: Snak. BitchX was just a little too screwy in X.
FTP: Captain FTP. Arr, matey.

Other useful apps:
TinkerTool. Lets you customize the GUI a little.
Visage. Change the boot panel, dock poofs, etc.
ASM. Bring back the app switcher menu at the upper left.
TransparentDock. Customize your dock.

There are many many more good utilities for X out there, if I still had my Mac I could recall most of them too. I would also recommend reading this page:

»homepage.mac.com/megasad/ibookswan/

It documents one guy's first Mac purchase, an iBook, and details what he did to customize his Mac. Very well written and informative, plus lots of links to utilities and such and tips for optimizing your Mac OS X experience.
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reply to BrushedTooth
for an all-around, nifty little OSX graphics app/utility
that's fun and freeware to boot,

check out
PhotoStickies

once at the webpage, see links at top.
click "material", then "software".
»home.arcor-online.de/grunenberg/···enu.html

EDIT:
whoops...the PhotoStickies link is right on the main link too....

[text was edited by author 2002-06-18 04:15:02]

reply to BrushedTooth

said by Its_Smee:

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So far I am really liking my Mac, and iTunes rocks. I was wondering what programs or utilities everyone here suggests, or finds useful. I know RC5 will come up, and I will be setting that up later on this week.

Thanks!!!

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reply to BrushedTooth
Thanks all, I was hopping some Os X visual stuff would be listed. I will download and play with these when I get home from work tonight.
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Its not you Its_Smee, aka j789........

reply to BrushedTooth
if you have a scanner,I recommend Vuescan. Just make sure your scanner is supported.

reply to BrushedTooth
dont bother with MacSatellite... (RIAA killed AudioGalaxy grrr oh well, thats another topic)

also, try NetMonitor and PixelNhance.

Search for everything in the OSX section of versiontracker.com
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If it's not an Apple, it's just a lemon!

reply to BrushedTooth
Graphic Converter - Pretty neat and basic graphic editing app (as stated before) (shareware). I don't have it yet, but Photoshop 7 is the big daddy.

DeLocalizer Will help you reclaim some HD space from removing the non-American English localization resources you don't want.

Adium. Short, sweet, and simple AIM client.

MoonDock Displays the moon phases in the dock and, if you want to, in a transparent floating moon on the desktop.

MetamorphX Theme switcher. Use this and the Alumite theme. Very cool Aqua replacement.

WeatherPopAdvance, FruitMenu, Mozilla, and CeePeeYou are also must haves (and allready stated earlier).

[edit]Carbon Copy Cloner How could I forget this! Perfect for making perfect copies of OSX partitions/disks. I use this once a week to copy a full backup of my OSX startup disk to another partition.
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reply to BrushedTooth
BBEdit 6.5 - a powerful text/HTML/programming editor
»www.barebones.com/products/bbedit.html

TinkerTool 2.2 - preference pane allows you to customize certain "hidden" aspects of OS X
»www.bresink.de/osx/TinkerTool2.html

FruitMenu 2.0 - brings back the functionality of OS 9's Apple Menu into OS X, customize your Apple Menu
»www.unsanity.com/haxies/fruitmenu/

WindowShade X 2.0 - also brings back the functionality of OS 9's Windowshading into OS X, fully customize the effects
»www.unsanity.com/haxies/wsx/

IPNetMonitor X 1.0 - a must have networking tool, better than OS X's Network Utility
»www.sustworks.com/site/prod_ipmx···iew.html

Transmit 1.7b2 - simple but powerful FTP client
»www.panic.com/transmit/

Mactracker 1.7.1 - a cool app that gives info on all Macintosh hardware, old and new
»members.shaw.ca/mactracker/

BatChmod 1.3.1 - easily manipulate file/folder permissions, and force Empty Trash, for those "not enough privileges" messages
»www.macchampion.com/arbysoft/

--->Robert
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"Mac users swear by their computers. PC users swear at their computers." -Anonymous

reply to BrushedTooth
Given that I'm lazy, I just put a link to this thread into the FAQ (much easier than cutting, and pasting, and fixing). It's under useful little utilities (OS X).
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reply to BrushedTooth
You may also like:

Radio free, Stream Catcher or iNet Stream Archiver - For copying internet streams which gets converted into mp3.

Macjanitor - Freeware utility to run the system's daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance scripts (located at /etc/daily, /etc/weekly, and /etc/monthly).

These scripts are normally run between 3am and 5am, and will not be run if you shut off your Mac at night. This will allow log files to grow very large, and prevent system databases from getting backed up.

XOptimize - Prebind tool optimizes app launch & run times

Son of weather Grok- Displays weather, good combo with WeatherPOP pro.

Lite Switch X - Keyboard application switcher like in OS 9.

IE Cache Trasher 1.2 X - Trashes Internet Explorer's download cache file.

Web Jumper - Floating window to search 14 different search engines.

Zingg - CM lists all apps that can open a file.

Ambar - Displays icons for all running apps in the menu bar.

Sherlock Menu - instantly access Sherlock search channels.

Net Monitor - Tool to graph network interface throughput.

Those are a few just off the top of my head. I may have missed some
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Calvin Lee
Creative Director
Mayhem Studios

reply to BrushedTooth
Wow, thanks for all the replies, that is a lot of stuff to get, but I already started to. I just finished installing my logitech cordless optical mouse, and OS X mouseman software, works very nicely a lot better than that single button corded mouse.

Great idea about adding to the FAQ!
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Its not you Its_Smee, aka j789........